Finding aid for the Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and
photographs, 1972-2018, undated
Rachel Poutasse
Descriptive Summary
Title: Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and photographs
Date (inclusive): 1972-2018,
undated
Number: 2018.M.16
Creator/Collector:
Karras, Maria,
1950-
Physical Description:
10.9 Linear Feet
(18 boxes, 4 flatfile folders. Computer media: 57.1 GB [751
files])
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
Fax Number: (310) 440-7780
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection presents a record of the historic first years of the
Woman's Building in Los Angeles and the women involved with it, including Feminist Studio
Workshop founders Judy Chicago, Sheila de Bretteville, and Arlene Raven. Maria Karras's
photographs are joined by related ephemera, correspondence, posters, and other documentary
materials, together with a selection of original artwork by Karras and her peers.
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Language: Collection material is in
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Biographical Note
Maria Karras was born in New York City in 1950 and received her BFA in printmaking from the
State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973. Inspired by a two-day workshop led by Judy
Chicago that she attended before graduating, Karras decided to enroll at the Feminist Studio
Workshop (FSW), which opened later that year in the fall of 1973. She arrived in Los Angeles
that September, and became part of the inaugural cohort at the FSW, where she attended the
first classes held at co-founder Sheila de Bretteville's home and helped to transform what
had been the Chouinard Art Institute on South Grand View Street near MacArthur Park into the
first home of the Woman's Building, which opened to the public in November of that year.
From 1973 to 1980, Karras documented the daily life of the Woman's Building while also
taking part in the Feminist Studio Workshop and the Women's Graphic Center. During this
time, she also obtained her Master of Arts in art education from Goddard College and
produced her own feminist photography and books addressing gender roles, especially in
relation to race and ethnicity and her Greek-American heritage. In the late 1970s, she
received a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) grant, which she used to create
a project for the city's bus system titled
Both Here and
There.
This project was later included as part of the group exhibition
Issue: Social Strategies by Women Artists, curated by Lucy Lippard
for the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London.
Karras became certified as a registered biological photographer and worked in that capacity
at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center and the
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center from 1980 to 1988. In 1983, Karras
opened Maria Karras Photography, a creative portrait studio in Pasadena, California where
the artist continues to work.
In addition to the ICA London, Karras's work has been shown at the Woman's Building, the
Centre Pompidou in Paris, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and
the Brooklyn Museum. In 2011, she and Marguerite Elliot published
The
Woman's Building and Feminist Art Education, 1973-1991: A Pictorial Herstory
in
conjunction with the Getty's initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA, 1945-1980.
Sources:
Elliot, Marguerite, and Maria Karras, eds.
The Woman's Building and
Feminist Art Education, 1973-1991: A Pictorial Herstory.
Los Angeles: Otis College
of Art and Design, 2011.
Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and photographs, accession no.
2018.M.16, "Collection background and historical perspective," 2017, Box 16, Folder 10.
Tain, John. Acquisition Approval Form for "Maria Karras (American, 1950-), Collection of
Woman's Building Photography, 1973-1980," accession no. 2018.M.16, September 6, 2017.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers. Born digital content is unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and photographs, 1972-2018, undated, The
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2018.M.16.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2018m16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Maria Karras, BFA, RBP, MA. Acquired in 2017.
Processing Information
Rachel Poutasse processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in 2019 under the
supervision of Kit Messick and Sarah Wade. Photographic materials were preliminarily
processed in 2019 by Beth Ann Guynn. Digital materials were processed by Laura Schroffel in
2019. Further processing is required for remaining digital content.
Of the 751 digital files, 22 files are digitized contact sheets that feature events
described in both Series I and Series II. These 22 digital files are included in the file
count and size for the extent of both series.
Digitized Material
A portion of digital reference images from Series IA are available online
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2018m16bd
Related Archival Materials
Woman's Building records, 1971-2016, Getty Research Institute, 2017.M.43.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Maria Karras collection comprises ephemera and photographic documentation of the
Woman's Building and affiliated groups such as the Feminist Studio Workshop, as well as
projects by Maria Karras and other Woman's Building artists. Series I comprises photographic
materials that document activities at the Woman's Building, especially from 1973 to 1980,
and various Woman's Building ephemera collected by Maria Karras from 1973 to 2007, such as
posters, articles, publications, and promotional materials. Series I also includes artists'
books, mail art, and exhibition posters and announcements by individual artists affiliated
with the Woman's Building. Series II consists of Maria Karras's own work from her period at
the Woman's Building, as well as her 2011 collaboration with Marguerite Elliot on
The Woman's Building and Feminist Art Education, 1973-1991: A Pictorial
Herstory
. Karras's 1978-1979 project that documents the experiences of thirteen
bicultural women living in Los Angeles,
Both Here and There,
is especially well-represented. For both Series I and Series II, most sheets of negatives
and slides are accompanied by corresponding digital files.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: and
Series I. Woman's
Building papers and photographs, 1972-2018, undated;
Series II. Maria Karras's projects,
1973-1980, 2006-2018.
Born digital materials are integrated into their corresponding series based on content. The
original order of the files is retained in our digital repository.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Chicago, Judy, 1939-
Raven, Arlene
De Bretteville, Sheila Levrant
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Woman's Building (Los Angeles,
Calif.)
Subjects - Topics
Women artists -- Archives
Women artists -- California -- Los Angeles
Women artists -- United States -- 20th century
Feminism and art -- United States
Genres and Forms of Material
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Color prints (photographs)
Black-and-white negatives
Color negatives
Color slides
Born digital
CD-Rs
Printed ephemera
Contact sheets
Posters
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Karras, Maria,
1950-
Series I.
Woman's Building papers and photographs,
1972-2018,
undated
Physical Description:
8.2 Linear
Feet
(17 boxes, 2 flatfile folders. Computer
media: 40.7 GB, [524 files])
Scope and Content Note
Series I includes ephemera and photographic materials (slides, prints, negatives, and
digital reference images) that document events, people, and daily activities at the
Woman's Building, as well as artwork produced by individual artists affiliated with the
Woman's Building. Maria Karras's personal artwork and projects are included in Series
II.
Arrangement
Series I.A.
Photographic materials,
1973-2018
Physical Description:
5.4 Linear
Feet
(14 boxes. Computer media: 40.2 GB [521
files])
Scope and Content Note
Series I.A includes prints, slides, negatives, and contact sheets that document the
events, people, and daily activities of the Woman's Building from 1973 to 1980. Events
significantly represented in this subseries include the renovations and grand openings
of both the Grand View Street and Spring Street buildings, the Women in Design and
Women's Word's conferences in 1975, Leslie Labowitz and Suzanne Lacy's
In Mourning and In Rage performance, as well as weekly
meetings, classes, protests, and exhibition preparations and openings. In addition to
photographing Feminist Studio Workshop students and faculty, Karras documented the
visits of outside artists such as Anaïs Nin, Lucy Lippard, Rita Mae Brown, Grandma
Prisbrey, and other groups affiliated with the Woman's Building, such as The
Waitresses and Sisterhood Bookstore.
The majority of materials in Series I.A are black-and-white 35mm negatives. Each
sheet of negatives is accompanied by a contact sheet that corresponds to a digital
file. Nearly all slide sheets also have a corresponding digital file. Most
photographic prints are black-and-white, but there are a small number of color prints
as well.
Although the photographs themselves were taken between 1973 and 1998, the later dates
(2011-2018) refer to the latest dates of modification of the digital files. Software
formats were identified using a DROID (Digital Record Object IDentification) report
from information recorded in the PRONOM technical registry.
Most file titles, descriptions of events, identifications of individual people, and
dates were taken from the inventory provided by Maria Karras or from labels on the
slides or negatives. In a few instances, the title was devised by the cataloger when
no information was available. More precise information on dates was provided in some
cases by the timeline on the Woman's Building website. See Terry Wolverton, "The
Woman's Building Timeline," the Woman's Building, accessed November 2019,
http://thewomansbuilding.org/timeline.html.
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged chronologically by event date, with born digital materials
integrated according to content.
Box 1, item MK58
Judy Chicago workshop,
1973
February 22
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print. Photograph taken by Melissa Backman of participants in the
Judy Chicago workshop held at the University of Buffalo. Maria Karras is in the
middle of the group.
Box 1, item MK46
First meeting of the Feminist Studio Workshop,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print. Meeting at Sheila de Bretteville's home in Los
Angeles.
Feminist Studio Workshop consciousness raising group meeting,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
Meeting at Laura Silagi's home in Venice, California. People: Maria Karras,
Sheila Ruth, Cheryl Swannack, Wendy Davis, Laura Silagi, Billie Tsien, Jazzmin
Meins, Helen Million Ruby.
Box 8, Folder 1
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop consciousness raising group meeting: Digital
reference images
Physical Description:
0.14
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Visit to
Eva Hesse Retrospective: A Memorial
Exhibition
at Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 1
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Visit to Eva Hesse Retrospective: A Memorial Exhibition at Los Angeles
County Museum of Art: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Feminist Studio Workshop moving into the first Woman's Building on Grand
View,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
Cheryl Swannack, Wendy Davis, and Phyllis Linda Yaven take down the for rent sign
on the first Woman's Building, rented by Judy Chicago, Sheila de Bretteville, and
Arlene Raven.
Box 8, Folder 2
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 1, item MK74,
MK88
Black-and-white photographs,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop moving into the first Woman's Building on Grand
View: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.24
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains seven Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Phyllis Linda Yaven and Maria Karras working on the vacuum table for
silkscreen printing for the Graphics Center,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 2
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 1, item MK59
Black-and-white photograph,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Phyllis Linda Yaven and Maria Karras working on the vacuum table for
silkscreen printing for the Graphics Center: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Cheryl Swannack,
Last Chance for
Art
,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Cheryl Swannack, Last Chance for Art: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.11
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Reconstruction of the first Woman's Building on Grand View,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
Building reconstruction went on all night long sometimes to prepare for the grand
opening in November. People: Phyllis Linda Yaven, Aleka Corwin Hankin, Ginger
Canzoneri, Meg Harlam, Travis Foote, Sheila Ruth, Marguerite Elliot, Cheryl
Swannack.
Box 8, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
box 1-2
Black-and-white photographs,
1973
October
Scope and Content Note
MK75, MK82.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2011-2018
Reconstruction of the first Woman's Building on Grand View: Digital
reference images
Physical Description:
0.22
GB
(9 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains seven Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Ceramics studio at Grand View Building,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 1, item MK81
Black-and-white photograph,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Ceramics studio at Grand View Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.13
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Sheila Ruth and Maria Karras working on the vacuum table for silkscreen
printing,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October
Box 2, item MK60
Black-and-white photograph,
1973
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Sheila Ruth and Maria Karras working on the vacuum table for silkscreen
printing: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.13
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Vacuum table built for silkscreen process at the Women's Graphics
Center,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 5
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October or November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Vacuum table built for silkscreen process at the Women's Graphics Center:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.26
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Cesar Chavez rally,
1973-2018
Box 8, Folder 5
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October or November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Cesar Chavez rally: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.28
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
First round of photo shoot for the Grand View Woman's Building opening
poster,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
Poster designed by Sheila de Bretteville, with photographs by Maria Karras for
the opening of the Grand View Woman's Building.
Box 8, Folder 8
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October or November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
First round of photo shoot for the Grand View Woman's Building opening
poster: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Final round of photo shoot for the Grand View Woman's Building opening
poster,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet. Poster designed by Sheila de
Bretteville, with photographs by Maria Karras for the opening of the Grand View
Woman's Building.
Box 8, Folder 9
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1973
October or November
Box 2, item MK76
Black-and-white photograph,
1973
October or November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Final round of photo shoot for the Grand View Woman's Building opening
poster: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.1
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Judy Chicago's first exhibition at Grand View,
1973-2018
Box 4, Folder 1
Color 35mm slides,
1973
November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2018
Judy Chicago first exhibition at Grand View: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(1 file)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file.
Grand opening of the Grand View Woman's Building,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Arlene Raven, Ruth Iskin, Meg Harlam, Travis Foote, Ginger Canzoneri,
Adele Wallace and Gahan Kelley (partners with Simone Wallace in Sisterhood
Bookstore), Maria Karras, Anaïs Nin, Judy Chicago, Sheila de Bretteville, Lita
Albuquerque, June Wayne.
Box 8, Folder 6-7,
10
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1973
November 28
Box 1, item MK39, MK47, MK62,
MK69
Black-and-white photographs,
1973
November 28
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Grand opening of the Grand View Woman's Building: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.31
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Box 1, item MK48
Maria Karras and Cheryl Swannack swinging Arlene Raven by her hands and
feet,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print. Photograph taken by Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger. Grand View
Woman's Building.
Box 1, item MK53
Feminist Studio Workshop Monday night critique,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print. Photograph taken by Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger. Grand View
Woman's Building.
Lucy Lippard visits the Feminist Studio Workshop,
1974-2017
Scope and Content Note
People: Lucy Lippard (writer, art critic, activist, and curator), Judy Chicago,
Cheryl Swannack, Susan King, Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger, Aleka Corwin Hankin, Susan
Mogul, Wendy Davis, Helen Million Ruby, Sheila Ruth.
Box 8, Folder 13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1974
February 13
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017
Lucy Lippard visits the Feminist Studio Workshop: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.15
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Maria Karras and Feminist Studio Workshop friends at the Woman's
Building,
1974-2017
Scope and Content Note
People: Maria Karras, Susan Mogul, Billie Tsien, Marguerite Elliot, Aleka Corwin
Hankin, Lita Alburquerque.
Box 8, Folder 14
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1974
February
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017
Maria Karras and Feminist Studio Workshop friends at the Woman's Building:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.14
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Feminist Studio Workshop Monday night program with visitor Isabella
Welch,
1974-2017
Scope and Content Note
People: Isabella Welch, Sheila de Bretteville, Arlene Raven, Susan Mogul, Judy
Chicago, Billie Tsien, Edie Gross, Wendy Davis, Susan Rennie, Kirsten Grimstad,
Maria Karras, Sheila Ruth, Cheryl Swannack, Wendy Davis, Billie Tsien. Helen
Million Ruby doing a performance piece.
Box 8, Folder 18-19
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
circa 1974
March
Box 2, item MK77
Black-and-white photograph,
circa 1974
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017
Feminist Studio Workshop Monday night program with visitor Isabella Welch:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.26
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
"A Woman-Made Day" at the Grand View Woman's Building,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
"A Woman-Made Day" was held in honor of Susan Rennie and Kirsten Grimstad, who
published
The New Woman's Survival Catalogue
(1973). People: Susan Rennie, Kirsten Grimstad, Judy Chicago, Jazzmin Meins,
Sheila de Bretteville, Arlene Raven, Maria Karras. Sisterhood Bookstore: Adele
Wallace, Gahan Kelley, Simone Wallace.
Box 8, Folder 19-24
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1974
March
box 1-2
Black-and-white photographs,
1974
March
Scope and Content Note
MK40, MK56, MK84. People: Maria Karras, Sheila de Bretteville, Jason de
Bretteville.
Box 4, Folder 2
Color 35mm slides,
1974
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
A Woman-Made Day at the Grand View Woman's Building: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
1
GB
(14 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains seven Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and seven Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Grand View Building courtyard and group meetings,
1974-2017
Scope and Content Note
People: Arlene Raven, Helen Million Ruby, Billie Tsien, Susan King, Laurel Klick,
Aleka Corwin Hankin, Marguerite Elliot, Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger, Judy Chicago,
Wendy Davis.
Box 8, Folder 25
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1974
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017
Grand View Building courtyard and group meetings: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.12
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Rita Mae Brown speaks at the Woman's Building,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Rita Mae Brown, Arlene Raven, Michele Kort, Cheryl Swannack, Susan King,
Judy Chicago.
Box 8, Folder 26,
29
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1974
May 18
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Rita Mae Brown speaks at the Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.23
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Feminist Studio Workshop Amazon play,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
Directed by Vicki Hall. People: Aleka Corwin Hankin, Helen Million Ruby, Laura
Silagi, Leslie Barnett, Sheila Ruth, Rachel Rosenthal, Wendy Davis.
Box 8, Folder 27-28,
37
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1974
May
box 1-2
Black-and-white photographs,
1974
May
Scope and Content Note
MK79, MK80, MK143.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop Amazon play: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.43
GB
(7 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files, two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files, one Raw JPEG Stream
(.jpg) file, and one Portable Network Graphics 1.2 (.png) file.
Anaïs Nin visits the Woman's Building,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Anaïs Nin, Susan King, Sheila Ruth.
Box 8, Folder 30
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1974
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Anaïs Nin visits the Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.07
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Women's Equality Day at Lafayette Park,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Zsuzsanna (Z.) Budapest, Susan Kuhner (Sister Magazine), Arlene Raven,
Cheryl Swannack, Sheila Ruth.
Box 8, Folder 31-34
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1974
August
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Equality Day at Lafayette Park: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.38
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and four Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Marguerite Elliot shaving her head,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
Marguerite Elliot shaved her head as a political act in response to police
brutality experienced at the Woman's Building.
Box 8, Folder 35-36
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1974
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Marguerite Elliot shaving her head: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.2
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Women in the Printing Arts photos for
announcement,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
Collaboration between Sheila de Bretteville and Maria Karras.
Box 8, Folder 38
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1974
Box 1, item MK63-MK65
Black-and-white photographs,
1974
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women in the Printing Arts photos for announcement: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Women in the Printing Arts,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Women in the Printing Arts was funded by a
National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Box 9, Folder 1-2,
24
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
January
Box 1, item MK68,
MK87
Black-and-white photographs,
1975
January
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women in the Printing Arts: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.26
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Feminist Studio Workshop students at Sisterhood Bookstore and Woman's
Building courtyard,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Sheila de Bretteville, Susan Mogul, Nouage, Diane Adcock Devine.
Box 9, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
January
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop students at Sisterhood Bookstore and Woman's
Building courtyard: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Rug preparation for Eileen Gray exhibition,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Sheila de Bretteville, Cheryl Swannack, Sheila Ruth, Ellen Ledley, Susan
Mogul, Michele Kort, Diane Adcock Devine.
Box 9, Folder 4, 14,
17
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Rug preparation for Eileen Gray exhibition: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.26
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files of contact
sheets that depict multiple events.
Conference mailings,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Sheila de Bretteville, Cheryl Swannack, Sheila Ruth, Ellen Ledley, Susan
Mogul, Michele Kort, Diane Adcock Devine.
Box 9, Folder 4
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Conference mailings: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Prep for Women in Design conference,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 17
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Prep for Women in Design conference: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.37
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of contact sheets
that depict multiple events.
Collaboration: Maria Karras and Susan Mogul, Rampart
Boulevard,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 6-8
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
January
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Collaboration: Maria Karras and Susan Mogul, Rampart Boulevard: Digital
reference images
Physical Description:
0.28
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Eileen Gray exhibition,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Probably
Eileen Gray Retrospective. Maria Karras
identifies the date as January 1975, but the Woman's Building website gives the
opening date as March 1975. See Terry Wolverton, "The Woman's Building Timeline,
1973-1975," the Woman's Building, accessed November 2019,
http://thewomansbuilding.org/timeline2.html.
Box 9, Folder 5
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
January or March
Box 14, Folder 7
Color 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
January or March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Eileen Gray exhibition: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.42
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Conferences: Women in Design: The Next Decade and Women's Words: Making
the Self Public,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Women in Design: The Next Decade (March 20-21) and Women's Words: Making the Self
Public (March 22-23). People: Kate Millett, Jill Johnston, Meridel Le Sueur,
Kathleen Fraser, Barbara Myerhoff.
Box 9, Folder 9-16,
36
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
March 20-23
Scope and Content Note
People: Meg Harlam dancing, Ellen Ledly, Ginnie Roe, Jill Johnston on the roof
with students, Susan Ruhner rehearsing
One Night
Stand
, Deena Metzger, Susan King, Bia Lowe, Anne Phillips, Estillita
Grimaldo.
Box 1, item MK55, MK85,
MK89
Black-and-white photographs,
1975
March 20-23
Scope and Content Note
Cynthia Marsh leading a graphics class with Sue Talbot and Leslie Barnett
watching (MK55), Cheryl Swannack in her office (MK89), and the entry hall at the
Grand View Woman's Building (MK85).
Box 14, Folder 1-5,
8
Color 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
March 20-23
Box 4, Folder 9-11,
15-17
Color 35mm slides,
1975
March 20-23
Scope and Content Note
People: Deena Metzger making a presentation; Jill Johnston holding court on the
roof of the Woman's Building; Kate Millet in the courtyard; Bia Lowe; Michele
Kort; Sheila de Bretteville.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Conferences: Women in Design: The Next Decade and Women's Words: Making the
Self Public: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
5
GB
(44 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 34 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and 10 Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Four files are of
contact sheets that depict multiple events.
Offset press being delivered to Grand View Woman's Building,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 12
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 1, item MK44
Black-and-white photograph,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Offset press being delivered to Grand View Woman's Building: Digital
reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Women's Graphics Center and Sisterhood Bookstore,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Cynthia Marsh teaching at the Women's Graphics Center.
Box 9, Folder 17
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 1, item MK86
Black-and-white photograph,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Cynthia Marsh photographing Leslie Barnett.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Graphics Center and Sisterhood Bookstore: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Ceramics conference,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Probably the Lady Fingers/Mother Earth: Women in Ceramics conference.
Box 4, Folder 14
Color 35mm slides,
1975
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Ceramics conference: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.29
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Feminist Studio Workshop group show,
1975-2018
Box 14, Folder 6
Color 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop group show: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.58
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files. Two files are of a contact sheet that depicts multiple
events.
Estillita Grimaldo, Womantours,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Womantours was the travel agency owned by Grimaldo.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Estillita Grimaldo, Womantours: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.29
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Maria Karras at the Grand View Building,
1975-2018
Box 4, Folder 12
Color 35mm slides,
1975
April
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Maria Karras at the Grand View Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.28
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Protest demonstration at West Los Angeles courthouse,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Demonstration in support of Zsuzsanna (Z.) Budapest, a practicing Wiccan, who was
accused of illegal fortune telling.
Box 9, Folder 20
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
April
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Protest demonstration at West Los Angeles courthouse: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Women's Graphics Center printing the Summer Art Program
brochure,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Susan Mogul, Susan King, Marguerite Elliot, Ellen Ledley, Sheila
Ruth.
Box 9, Folder 18
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
May
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Graphics Center printing the Summer Art Program brochure: Digital
reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Building Women Concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Building Women Concert raised funds for renovation of 1727 N. Spring Street,
featuring Lily Tomlin, Meg Christian, Holly Near, Margie Adam, Cris Williamson,
New Miss Alice Stone Ladies Society Orchestra. According to the Woman's Building
website, two concerts were held, one in May and the other in July. It is unclear
which concert this depicts. See Terry Wolverton, "The Woman's Building Timeline,
1973-1975," the Woman's Building, accessed November 2019,
http://thewomansbuilding.org/timeline2.html.
Box 5, Folder 1-6
Color 35mm slides,
1975 May
or July
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Building Women Concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
2
GB
(12 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 12 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files.
Feminist Studio Workshop meetings,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Wendy Davis, Michele Kort, Bia Lowe, Arlene Raven, Ruth Iskin, Marguerite
Elliot.
Box 9, Folder 18-19,
30
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop meetings: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.24
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Victim/Victory,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Healing ritual and performance in response to Los Angeles Police Department abuse
of women at the Woman's Building in 1974. Piece by Cheryl Swannack, Anne Phillips,
and Marguerite Elliot. Title is provided by the Woman's Building website. See
Terry Wolverton, "The Woman's Building Timeline, 1973-1975," the Woman's Building,
accessed November 2019, http://thewomansbuilding.org/timeline2.html.
Box 9, Folder 21-22
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
Box 1, item MK50
Black-and-white photograph,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Victim/Victory: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.74
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains five Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Feminist Studio Workshop students,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Marguerite Elliot; Diane Adcock Devine; Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger; Bia
Lowe, unidentified; Estillita Grimaldo; Bobbie Birleffi; Cheryl Swannack; Ginnie
Roe; Susan King; Vanalyne Green; Cynthia Marsh; Helen Alm Roth; Helen Million
Ruby; Sheila de Bretteville; Margie Adam playing piano; Sue Talbot; Susan King;
Michele Kort.
Box 9, Folder 23, 26,
29
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop students: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.38
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and four Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Four files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Women's Graphics Center,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 29
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Scope and Content Note
People: Maria Karras, Sue Talbot, Helen Million Ruby, Susan King, Michele
Kort.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Graphics Center: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.44
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Four files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Primitive Rituals from
Patriarchy
,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 31
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
Summer
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Primitive Rituals from Patriarchy: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.04
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Moving the Woman's Building to Spring Street,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Cheryl Swannack driving the forklift to move the printing press out of the Grand
View Building. People: Marguerite Elliot, Cheryl Swannack, Susan Mogul.
Box 9, Folder 32,
37
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
August
box 1-2
Black-and-white photographs,
1975
August
Scope and Content Note
MK90, MK135.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2011-2018
Moving the Woman's Building to Spring Street: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.18
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Summer Art Program art installation,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 33
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Summer Art Program art installation: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Summer Art Program,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Held at Maria Karras's apartment on Hamilton Way, Silver Lake.
Box 9, Folder 37
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 1, item MK54
Black-and-white photograph,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Summer Art Program: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.36
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Feminist Studio Workshop Prom,
1975-2018
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop Prom: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.6
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files.
Maria Karras's mother's visit to the Woman's Building,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Anastasia Karras visits the Woman's Building from New York for the first time.
Sisterhood Bookstore, courtyard, gallery, and the Women's Graphics Center.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Maria Karras's mother's visit to the Woman's Building: Digital reference
images,
Physical Description:
0.51
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Spring Street Building before renovations,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 34-35
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
September
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Spring Street Building before renovations: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.16
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Two naked women with a hammock,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 35
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Two naked women with a hammock: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Students sunbathing on the roof of the Woman's Building and
miscellaneous,
1975-2018
Box 9, Folder 38
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Students sunbathing on the roof of the Woman's Building and miscellaneous:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Spring Street Building exterior,
1975-2018
Box 10, Folder 14
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
circa 1975
September
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Spring Street Building exterior: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Renovating the Spring Street Woman's Building,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
First and third floor remodeling and reconstruction of 1727 N. Spring Street.
People: Cheryl Swannack; Susan King; Deena Metzger; Marguerite Elliot; Sheila de
Bretteville; Arlene Raven; Helen Alm Roth; Suzanne Lacy; Sheila Ruth; Cynthia
Marsh; E.K. Waller.
box 9-10
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
September
box 1-2
Black-and-white photographs,
1975
September
Scope and Content Note
MK101-MK104, MK107, MK109-MK110, MK112.
Box 5, Folder 7-9,
11
Color 35mm slides,
1975
September
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Renovating the Spring Street Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
1
GB
(31 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 28 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Feminist Studio Workshop group photos,
1975-2018
Box 10, Folder 1
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop group photos: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Cris Williamson and Margie Adam rehearsing,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Margie Adam, Cris Williamson, Cheryl Swannack.
Box 10, Folder 2-3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Cris Williamson and Margie Adam rehearsing: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.19
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Community members,
1975-2018
Box 10, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
Box 1, item MK105,
MK106
Black-and-white photographs,
1975
Scope and Content Note
People: Sheila Ruth (MK105), Phranc and Diana Johnson (MK106).
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Community members: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Holly Near and Meg Christian music conference,
1975-2018
Box 10, Folder 4-6
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
November
Box 5, Folder 15
Color 35mm slides,
1975
November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Holly Near and Meg Christian music conference: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.58
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains five Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
Grand opening of the Spring Street Woman's Building,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Margie Adam, Maria Karras, Diana Johnson, Katja Biesanz, Sheila Ruth.
Box 10, Folder 7-8
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
December
Box 1, item MK61
Black-and-white photograph,
1975
December
Scope and Content Note
Maria Karras at the grand opening.
Box 5, Folder 10-11
Color 35mm slides,
1975
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Grand opening of the Spring Street Woman's Building: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.79
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains six Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Box 5, Folder 13
Margie Adams concert,
1975
December 13
Scope and Content Note
Color 35mm slides.
Cris Williamson concert,
1975-2018
Box 5, Folder 16-19
Color 35mm slides,
1975
December 20
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Cris Williamson concert: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
1
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains eight Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files.
ABC-Women on Wheels planning meeting,
1975-2018
Box 10, Folder 9,
12-13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
ABC-Women on Wheels planning meeting: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.25
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Feminist Studio Workshop students installing art exhibition and dancers
rehearsing,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Anne Gauldin, Phranc, Cheryl Swannack, E.K. Waller, Ruth Iskin, Deena
Metzger, Nancy Angelo, Anne Phillips.
Box 10, Folder 10-11
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Studio Workshop students installing art exhibition and dancers
rehearsing: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.17
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files.
First floor Spring Street public relations photos,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Susan Kuhner, Maria Karras, Bobbie Birleffi.
Box 10, Folder 13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1975
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
First floor Spring Street public relations photos: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Cris Williamson, Meg Christian, and Holly Near meeting at Louise Brooks's
residence,
1975-2018
Box 5, Folder 12,
14
Color 35mm slides,
1975
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Cris Williamson, Meg Christian, and Holly Near meeting at Louise Brooks's
residence: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.6
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files.
Box 1, item MK111
Women reading
The New Woman's Survival
Catalogue
at Sisterhood Bookstore,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print.
Spring Street activities,
circa
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Mixed sheet with other images from the 1973 Grand View building opening. Circa
1975 images include a Feminist Studio Workshop photo shoot, art installations
(Ruth Iskin, Nancy Angelo, Deena Metzger, Anne Phillips), Women's Graphics Center
(Helen Alm Roth, Susan King), and photographs of the 1893 Woman's Building,
Chicago, Illinois.
Box 8, Folder 10
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
circa
1975
Box 2, item MK73
Black-and-white photograph,
circa
1975
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Spring Street activities: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.1
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Helen Alm Roth demonstrating silk screening at the Women's Graphics
Center,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
Sheila de Bretteville (founder of WGC) looks on.
Box 10, Folder 15-16,
19
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
Winter
1976
Box 1, item MK41,
MK42
Black-and-white photographs,
Winter
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Helen Alm Roth demonstrating silk screening at the Women's Graphics Center:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.3
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
MA Program Advisor Kouji Nakata with Maria Karras,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 15
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
MA Program Advisor Kouji Nakata with Maria Karras: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Women's Graphics Center,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Susan King, Helen Alm Roth, Sheila de Bretteville, Cynthia Marsh, Michele
Kort, Maria Karras.
Box 10, Folder 21-22, 27,
43
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Graphics Center: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.36
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and four Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Box 1, item MK45
Cynthia Marsh teaching at the Women's Graphics Center,
1976
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print.
Birthday party for folk artist Grandma Prisbrey,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley is California Historical
Landmark No. 939. People: Grandma Prisbrey, Arlene Raven, Marcie Baer, Helen Alm
Roth, Sheila Ruth, E.K. Waller, Diana Johnson, Suzanne Lacy, Nancy Angelo.
Box 10, Folder 17
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
March
Box 2, item MK99
Black-and-white photograph,
1976
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Birthday party for folk artist Grandma Prisbrey,: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.1
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Exhibition at the Woman's Building,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 18
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Exhibition at the Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.07
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Grandma Prisbrey:
Installation
,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 23-24
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Grandma Prisbrey, Installation: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.25
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Four files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
The Woman's Building 1893: Historical
Handicrafts
,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 23
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
March
Box 1, item MK43
Black-and-white photograph,
1976
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
The Woman's Building 1893: Historical Handicrafts: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.15
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Public relations photos of the entrance of the Spring Street
Building,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
Left to right: Cheryl Swannack, Sheila de Bretteville, Arlene Raven, Cynthia
Marsh.
Box 10, Folder 23
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 1, item MK72,
MK131
Black-and-white photographs,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Public relations photos of the entrance of the Spring Street Building:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.15
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
Women's Words Conference: Aurelia Morris with Cheryl Swannack and Sheila
de Bretteville,
1975 or
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
The conference identification may be incorrect. Karras identifies the year as
1976, but the Women's Words conference was held in 1975. Aurelia Morris hosted
multiple workshops at the Spring Street Woman's Building in 1976. See Terry
Wolverton, "The Woman's Building Timeline, 1976-1979," the Woman's Building,
accessed November 2019, http://thewomansbuilding.org/timeline3.html.
Box 10, Folder 20
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Words Conference: Aurelia Morris with Cheryl Swannack and Sheila de
Bretteville: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 Ccontains one Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet
that depicts multiple events.
Exterior of the Spring Street building,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 20,
25
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Exterior of the Spring Street building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.17
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Wendy Yoshimura visits the Woman's Building,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 26
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
April 4
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Wendy Yoshimura visits the Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.07
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file.
Party at Sheila de Bretteville's home,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 27
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
June
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Party at Sheila de Bretteville's home Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.1
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events.
LALALA celebration: Lesbian Cultural Event,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Bobbie Birleffi, Diana Johnson, Sheila Ruth, Marcie Baer, Diane Adcock
Devine.
Box 10, Folder 27-29
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
June
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
LALALA celebration: Lesbian Cultural Event: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.28
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are
of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Video artists group,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
It is unknown whether this group was part of the Woman's Building or the Feminist
Studio Workshop. People: Sheila Ruth, Diana Johnson, Annette Hunt.
Box 10, Folder 30,
37
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
June
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Video artists group: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.19
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events.
Bess Robinson exhibition and extension program,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 31,
35-36
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976
June
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Bess Robinson exhibition and extension program: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.24
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted.
Contact reference for reformatting.
Diane Adcock Devine, Marcie Baer, Marguerite Elliot, Faith Wilding, Anne
Phillips exhibition,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
Possibly
Reflections of Lesbian Culture
exhibition.
Box 10, Folder 36
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Diane Adcock Devine, Marcie Baer, Marguerite Elliot, Faith Wilding, Anne
Phillips exhibition: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Office of Susan Kuhner, Ph.D., psychologist at the Woman's
Building,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 37
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Office of Susan Kuhner, Ph.D., psychologist at the Woman's Building:
Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Estillita Grimaldo and staff of Womantours Travel Agency,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 38
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Estillita Grimaldo and staff of Womantours Travel Agency: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Rita Mae Brown speaking,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 39
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
July 4
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Rita Mae Brown speaking: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Sisterhood Bookstore and miscellaneous Woman's Building,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Bia Lowe, Diane Adcock Devine, Nouage.
Box 10, Folder 40
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Sisterhood Bookstore and miscellaneous Woman's Building: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Public relations photos for the Women's Graphics Center,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Susan King, Candace Compton Pappas.
Box 10, Folder 41
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Public relations photos for the Women's Graphics Center: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Women gathered outside the Woman's Building,
1976-2018
Box 10, Folder 42
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women gathered outside the Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Box 5, Folder 22
Inevitable Associations Part
I
,
1976
August
Scope and Content Note
Color 35mm slides. Performance by Suzanne Lacy at the Biltmore Hotel, Los
Angeles.
Woman's Building women at the Gay Community Service Center,
1977-2018
Box 11, Folder 1-2
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1977
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Arlene Raven in her office: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.19
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Arlene Raven in her office,
1977-2018
Box 11, Folder 3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1977
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Arlene Raven in her office: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Box 11, Folder 4
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1977
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Bess Robinson: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Chrysalis poster,
1977-2018
Box 11, Folder 5
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1977
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Chrysalis poster: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted.
Contact reference for reformatting.
Cheryl Swannack's party,
1977-2018
Box 5, Folder 24
Color 35mm slides,
1977
November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Cheryl Swannack's party: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.3
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Box 5, Folder 22
The Bag Lady,
1977
November
Scope and Content Note
Color 35mm slides. Performance by Suzanne Lacy at Downtown Center, de Young
Museum, San Francisco.
In Mourning and In Rage,
1977-2018
Scope and Content Note
Media event memorial for victims of the Hillside Strangler. Performed by Suzanne
Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Staurus at Los Angeles City Hall.
Box 11, Folder 6-8
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1977
December
Box 1, item MK71, MK139,
MK140
Black-and-white photographs,
1977
December
box 3, 5
Color 35mm slides,
1977
December
Arrangement
The slides in box 3 (MK67) are together as a specially curated set.
Box 3, item MK136-MK138, MK141,
MK142
Color photographs,
1977
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
In Mourning and In Rage: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
2
GB
(14 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 12 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Meeting,
1977-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Diana Johnson, Vanalyne Green, Anne Phillips, Ellen Ledley, Jerry Allyn,
Nancy Angelo.
Box 11, Folder 9
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1977
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Meeting: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Box 1, item MK100
Feminist Studio Workshop students Sheila Ruth and Edie
Hopkins,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white print.
Lesbian social event,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Diana Johnson, Sue Talbot, Ginnie Roe, Sheila Ruth, Jael Greenleaf.
Box 11, Folder 10-12
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Lesbian social event: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.22
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Zsuzsanna (Z.) Budapest Wicca event,
1978-2018
Box 11, Folder 22
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Zsuzsanna (Z.) Budapest Wicca event: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.13
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
From Reverence to Rape to
Respect
,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
Artists Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Starus holding a press conference at Los
Angeles City Hall, offices of Councilwoman Pat Russell. Also present: Sue Kunitomi
Embrey.
Box 11, Folder 26
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
circa 1978
April
Box 14, Folder 9
Color 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
circa 1978
April
Box 6, Folder 1-2
Color 35mm slides,
circa 1978
April
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
From Reverence to Rape to Respect: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
1
GB
(9 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains eight Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
FSW Feminist Seder,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
Hosted by Sheila Ruth and Jael Ginsburg. Guests: Helene Rosenbluth, Jerri Allyn,
Candace Compton Pappas, Marguerite Elliot, Annette Hunt.
Box 11, Folder 28
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
FSW Feminist Seder: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Gay night at Disneyland,
1978-2018
Box 11, Folder 33
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
May
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Gay night at Disneyland: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.07
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Women's Graphics Center,
1978-2018
Box 11, Folder 27
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 1, item MK108
Black-and-white photograph,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Shani Ginsburg at the press.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Women's Graphics Center: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Katja Biesanz dance class,
1978-2018
Box 11, Folder 27
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Katja Biesanz dance class: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file of a contact sheet that
depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Halloween at Cheryl Swannack and Arlene Raven's home,
1978-2018
Box 6, Folder 3-4,
16
Color 35mm slides,
1978
October
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Halloween at Cheryl Swannack and Arlene Raven's home: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.89
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains six Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Anti-Briggs demonstration by lesbian feminists,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
The Briggs Initiative (Proposition 6) was an initiative on the California State
ballot sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator from Orange
County. The failed initiative would have banned gays and lesbians, and possibly
anyone who supported gay rights, from working in California public schools.
Box 11, Folder 29-30
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
November
Scope and Content Note
People: Bia Lowe, Helen Rosenbluth, Nancy Angelo, Diana Johnson, Michael Rizzo,
Cheri Gaulke.
Box 2, item MK134
Black-and-white photograph,
1978
November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Anti-Briggs demonstration by lesbian feminists: Digital reference
images
Physical Description:
0.15
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and two Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Anti-Briggs rally by the gay community on Hollywood
Boulevard,
1978-2018
Box 12, Folder 1-3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
November
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Anti-Briggs rally by the gay community on Hollywood Boulevard: Digital
reference images
Physical Description:
0.25
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Nancy Fried: bread dough sculptures,
1978-2018
Box 12, Folder 7-8,
23-24
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Nancy Fried: bread dough sculptures: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.33
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and four Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of
a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted.
Contact reference for reformatting.
Unidentified event,
1978-2018
Box 12, Folder 11
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Unidentified event: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Fifth anniversary of the Woman's Building and exhibition of Maria
Karras's
Both Here and There project,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Judy Chicago, Sheila de Bretteville, Suzanne Lacy, Cheri Gaulke, Kate
Millett, Cheryl Swannack, Ruth Iskin, Maria Karras, Nancy Macko, Sue Maberry,
Nancy Angelo, Denise Yarfitz, Arlene Raven, Jerri Allyn, Laurel Klick, Deena
Metzger.
Box 12, Folder 27-31
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Fifth anniversary of the Woman's Building and exhibition of Maria Karras's
Both Here and There project: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.45
GB
(10 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains five Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and five Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files of a contact
sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact
reference for reformatting.
Books, Posters, and Postcards by
Women
,
1978-2018
Box 12, Folder 35,
37-38
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Books, Posters, and Postcards by Women: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.48
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains six Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Four files are of a contact sheet that depicts multiple
events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Writers' conference with Angela Davis,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Angela Davis, Deena Metzger, Jill Johnston.
Box 12, Folder 37
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Writers' conference with Angela Davis: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.28
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Arlene Raven in her office,
1978-2018
Box 12, Folder 42
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1978
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Arlene Raven in her office: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.11
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
The Waitresses,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
Group photos and unidentified performances.
Box 11, Folder 25,
31
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Scope and Content Note
People: Anne Gauldin, Denise Yarfitz, Leslie Belt, Patti Nicklaus.
Box 6, Folder 5-6, 10-11,
13-14, 25
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
The Waitresses: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
2
GB
(20 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 17 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted.
Contact reference for reformatting. Two files, Maria Karras_WB_1979_001.tif and
Maria Karras_WB_1979_001.psd, are missing their physical counterpart.
The Waitresses: Natural Fudge Company,
1978-2018
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
The Waitresses: Natural Fudge Company: Digital reference images
Physical Description:
0.27
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
The Waitresses: Jett's Café,
1978-2018
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
1
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains six Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Two files are of a contact sheet that depicts multiple
events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
The Waitresses: UC Irvine,
1978-2018
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.67
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains four Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files. Two files are of a contact sheet that depicts multiple
events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
The Waitresses: Woman's Building,
1978-2018
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.32
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Portraits: Arlene Raven and Cheryl Swannack,
1978-2018
Box 6, Folder 24
Color 35mm slides,
1978
December
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.24
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Unidentified conference, possibly Women Writers Series with Adrienne Rich
and Mary Daly,
1979-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Eloise Klein Healey, Judy Chicago, Jerri Allyn, Annette Hunt, Sue
Maberry, Nancy Angelo, Helen Rosenbluth, Adrienne Rich, Maria Karras, Diana
Johnson, Leslie Labowitz-Staurus, Susan Rennie, Terri Wolverton, Bia Lowe,
Marguerite Elliot.
Box 13, Folder 1-3
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1979
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.33
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains seven Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Raw JPEG Stream (.jpg) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Marion Baker exhibition: block prints with biblical themes,
1979-2018
Box 13, Folder 4
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1979
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.1
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Nancy Fried: bread dough sculptures,
1979-2018
Box 13, Folder 9
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1979
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Opening of Judy Chicago's
Dinner Party
Project
at the San Francisco Museum of Art,
1979-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Judy Chicago, Maria Karras, Diana Johnson.
Box 13, Folder 11-13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1979
March
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.3
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains six Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Two files are of a contact sheet that depicts multiple
events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Woman's Building meeting,
1979-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Diana Johnson, Terri Wolverton, Sue Maberry.
Box 13, Folder 25-26
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1979
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.09
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files of a contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Feminist Art Workers:
Heaven or
Hell?
,
1979-2018
Scope and Content Note
Performance based on a story that Nancy Angelo's grandmother told her about the
difference between Heaven and Hell: in Hell, a long banquet table is piled high
with sumptuous food and all the people are desperately trying to feed themselves
with four-foot-long forks, but in Heaven, the people feed each other. People:
Nancy Angelo, Laurel Klick, Cheri Gaulke.
Box 13, Folder 16
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1979
Scope and Content Note
Performance group incorrectly identified as The Waitresses.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.24
GB
(4 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Unidentified conference,
1979-2018
Scope and Content Note
People: Sheila de Bretteville, June Wayne, Arlene Raven.
Box 13, Folder 17
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1979
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.11
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Sheila de Bretteville,
1979-2018
Box 7, Folder 1
Color 35mm slides,
1979
June
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.25
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Cheryl Swannack,
1979-2018
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.22
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
1980-1989 events,
1980-2018
The Waitresses: Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California,
1980-2018
Box 13, Folder 18
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1980
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.08
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Box 7, Folder 18-20
Paintings by Sheila Ruth,
1980-1989
Scope and Content Note
Color 35mm slides.
Group portraits, 25th reunion of the Feminist Studio
Workshop,
1998-2018
Scope and Content Note
First-year students from 1973. People: Maria Karras, Phyllis Linda Yaven,
Stephanie Morris, Helen Million Ruby, Laura Silagi, Susan King, Suzanne Siegel,
Marguerite Elliot, Cheryl Swannack, Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger, Travis Foote,
Laurel Klick, Christy Kruse, Wendy Davis, Susan Mogul.
Box 3, item MK184.1-MK184.9
Box 14, Folder 10
70mm color negatives and contact sheet,
1998
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.3
GB
(2 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) file and one Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Individual portraits, 25th reunion of the Feminist Studio
Workshop,
1998-2018
Scope and Content Note
First-year students from 1973. People: Marguerite Elliot, Suzanne Siegel, Helen
Million Ruby, Christie Kruse, Phyllis Linda Yaven, Laurel Klick, Stephanie Morris,
Cheryl Swannack, Susan King, Susan Mogul, Wendy Davis, Travis Foote, Maria Karras,
Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger, Laura Silagi.
Box 2, item MK185.1-MK185.30
Black-and-white photographs,
1998
Box 13, Folder 19
70mm black-and-white negatives and contact sheets,
1998
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.56
GB
(7 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image
File Format (.tif) files and four Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable
until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Series I.B.
Ephemera,
1973-2017,
undated
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear
Feet
(2 boxes, 2 flatfile folders. Computer
media: 0.475 GB [3 files])
Scope and Content Note
Materials in Series I.B include articles written about the Woman's Building;
publications produced by groups affiliated with the Woman's Building such as
Womanspace; programs and posters for Woman's Building events
and exhibitions; Feminist Studio Workshop promotional brochures; and correspondence
for the 25th reunion of the Feminist Studio Workshop.
Articles about the Woman's Building,
1974-2002
Box 15, folder 1
"More Alternate Spaces: The Los Angeles Woman's Building,"
Art in America,
1974
Box 15, folder 1
"A Public Place for Woman's Culture: The Woman's Building in Los
Angeles,"
Barnard Alumnae,
1976
Box 17
"Return to the Source,"
Los Angeles
Times
,
2002
Events, programs, and exhibitions,
1973-2007
Box 15, Folder 2
Calendar of events for
Womanspace
opening,
1973
January
Box 15, Folder 2
Flier for
Bedtime Stories: Women Speak Out about
Incest
,
1974
Flatfile 3**
Poster designed by Sheila de Bretteville for
Women
in the Printing Arts
,
1975
January
Flatfile 3**
Posters designed by Sheila de Bretteville for Women in Design: The Next
Decade conference,
1975
March
Box 15, Folder 2
Flier for Women's Words: Making the Self Public conference,
1975
March
Flatfile 3**
Poster for the grand opening of the Spring Street building,
1975
December
Flatfile 3**
Women's Graphics Center Extension Program poster,
1976
Box 15, Folder 2
One by Thirteen exhibition
announcement,
1977
Box 15, Folder 2
Flier for the fifth anniversary of the Woman's Building,
1978
Box 17
Poster for the fifth anniversary of the Woman's Building,
1978
Box 15, Folder 2
Tenth anniversary of the Woman's Building publication and group photo in
signed folder,
1983
Box 15, Folder 3
25th Feminist Studio Workshop reunion correspondence,
1998–1999
Box 15, Folder 4
Arlene Raven memorial,
2006
October 14
Box 15, Folder 4
Claiming Space: Some American Feminist
Originators
exhibition catalog,
2007
Scope and Content Note
Exhibition curated by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard at the American University
Museum, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2007-January 27, 2008, featuring works by
Judy Chicago, Nancy Fried, and Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Staurus.
Promotional brochures,
1973-2017
Flatfile 1**
Laminated copy of Feminist Studio Workshop brochure,
1973
Box 15, Folder 6
Woman's Building and Feminist Studio Workshop brochures,
1973-1974
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital files,
2017
Physical Description:
0.48
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains two Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and one Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed) 2.2.1
(.jpg). Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Box 15, Folder 5
Woman's Building ephemera,
1974,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes an envelope with Grand View address; class schedule and assignments
presented by Sheila de Bretteville (page 2 only); correspondence from Cindy Nemser
to Maria Karras; and an information sheet from the Gay Community Services
Center.
Box 15, Folder 7
Woman's Building publications,
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Includes
FSW Newsletter I and
Womanspace Journal Vol. 1, No. 1 and Vol. 1, No. 3.
Series I.C.
Artwork and related ephemera by Woman's Building artists,
1972-1987
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear
Feet
(2 boxes, 1 flatfile
folder)
Scope and Content Note
Series I.C consists of original artwork (mostly artists' books and mail art) by
individual artists affiliated with the Woman's Building as well as ephemera such as
exhibition announcements and posters.
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged alphabetically by artist name.
Box 15, Folder 8
Belsley, Diane Calder,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Artists' book,
Mother Heard.
Box 15, Folder 9
Metamorphosis exhibition
catalog,
1975
Flatfile 3**
Metamorphosis poster,
1975
Box 15, Folder 9
The Dinner Party exhibition
announcement,
1979
Flatfile 3**
The Dinner Party poster,
1979
Box 15, Folder 10
Eber, Linda,
1982
Scope and Content Note
Report,
Changing Venice: Community or Commodity?
Box 15, Folder 11
King, Susan,
circa
1975
Scope and Content Note
Untitled collection of letters, postcards and correspondence.
Box 15, Folder 12
Kort, Michele,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Artists' book,
Some of My Friends.
Box 15, Folder 13
Labowitz-Starus, Leslie and Suzanne Lacy,
1978
February
Scope and Content Note
"In Mourning and In Rage," article in
Sister: Los Angeles
Feminist News
.
Box 15, Folder 14
Artists' book,
Rape Is,
1972
Box 15, Folder 14
Mail art,
Anatomy Lesson No. 1: Chickens Coming
Home to Roost, for Rose Mountain and Pauline
,
circa
1973
Box 15, Folder 14
Exhibition announcement,
Three Love Stories and
Other Photographs
,
1976
Box 15, Folder 14
Mail art,
Travels with Mona,
1978
Box 15, Folder 15
Lane, Linn,
1976
Scope and Content Note
Artists' book,
The Book of Bars and Devils.
Box 17
Marsh, Cynthia,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Printed sheets in plain manila envelope,
The Sporting
Life
.
Box 15, Folder 16
Rachel, Vaughan,
1972-1975
Scope and Content Note
Artists' book,
Thirteen Stories. Includes personal
note to Maria Karras.
Box 15, Folder 17
Six from Downtown exhibition
announcement,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Exhibition at The Rose Café, Venice, California, September 30, 1984-November 18,
1984.
Flatfile 3**
Six from Downtown poster,
1984
Box 15, Folder 17
Iconical Reflection postcard,
1987
Box 15, Folder 18
Seaton, Jessica,
1979
Scope and Content Note
Artists' book,
A Fugue and Related Systems.
Box 15, Folder 19
Shaw, Joyce Cutler,
1976
Scope and Content Note
We The People proposal materials.
Box 15, Folder 20
Simpson, Sylvia Salazar,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Mail art,
Eggs Verbal A-Z.
Series II.
Maria Karras's projects,
1973-2018
Physical Description:
2.7 Linear
Feet
(2 boxes, 2 flatfile folders. Computer media:
17.5 GB [249 files])
Scope and Content Note
Series II contains Maria Karras's own artwork, projects, and related materials from her
time at the Woman's Building, particularly for her 1977-1980 bus card project
Both Here and There, as well as her 2011 collaboration with
Marguerite Elliot to produce a pictorial history of the Woman's Building. Other projects
represented in this series include Karras's early photography projects exploring gender
roles, such as
The Bathroom Series and
Androgyny Series; books printed and published at the Woman's
Building such as
The Greek in Us: My Grandmother and I
and
The Woman's Building Chicago 1893-, The Woman's Building Los
Angeles 1973-
; and her
Lesbian Eyes series of
photographs of Woman's Building members. Titles, dates, and project descriptions are
based on the inventory provided by Maria Karras. Born digital materials are integrated
according to content.
Materials consist of photographic materials (especially black-and-white 35mm negatives
and the corresponding contact sheets and digital reference images); books and other
original artwork produced by Karras; project documentation; articles and publicity about
her work; and a small amount of ephemera relating to her participation in the Feminist
Studio Workshop.
Software formats were identified using a DROID (Digital Record Object IDentification)
report from information recorded in the PRONOM technical registry. All dates refer to
last modified dates of files.
Arrangement
Projects are organized chronologically.
box 16-17
Feminist Studio Workshop ephemera,
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Tuition receipt and certificate of completion.
Androgyny Series,
1973-2018
Scope and Content Note
Daniel del Solar (Latino media artist, 1940-2012) and Maria Karras perform a private
and intimate play on female and male roles. The artists begin by wearing
"socially-defined" traditional clothing. He wears a heavy black cape and broad brimmed
hat and she wears white satin and a sheer veil. In the series, they playfully exchange
clothing and transition to an anonymous state, both wearing the cape and hat with
their backs to the camera.
Box 8, Folder 4, 15-17
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1973-1974
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.73
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains five Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
The Bathroom Series,
1974-2018
Scope and Content Note
Photographic documentation of the artist exploring female and male identity
within.
Box 8, Folder 11-12
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1974
January
Box 4, Folder 3
Color 35mm slides,
1974
January
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.49
GB
(6 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains three Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Unavailable until
reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
The Woman's Building Chicago 1893-, The Woman's
Building Los Angeles 1973-
,
1975-2018
Scope and Content Note
Published at the Women's Graphics Center and printed on the press by Maria Karras and
Helen Alm Roth.
Box 1, item MK83, MK130
Black-and-white photographs,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Photographs for cover and centerfold.
Box 9, Folder 25, 27-28
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975-1976
Scope and Content Note
Preparations for book and book pages.
Box 4, Folder 13
Color 35mm slides,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Cover and centerfold of book.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.71
GB
(12 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains seven Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and five Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Four files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact
reference for reformatting.
Box 16, Folder 2
Papers,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Personal responses by Woman's Building members to the question "What does the
Woman's Building mean to you?"
Art Education and Art Making From a Feminist
Perspective
,
1976-2016
Scope and Content Note
Karras's Master's thesis from Goddard College.
Box 10, Folder 32
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheet,
1976
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital file and reference images,
2016-2018
Physical Description:
0.14
GB
(3 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Acrobat PDF 1.3 -
Portable Document Format (.pdf) file, one Tagged Image File Format (.tif) file, and
one Adobe Photoshop (.psd file). Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference
for reformatting.
Box 16, Folder 3
Comments on thesis by Sheila de Bretteville,
1976
April 14
The Greek in Us: My Grandmother and
I
,
1976-2018
Scope and Content Note
Published at the Women's Graphics Center and printed by Maria Karras and Helen Alm
Roth.
box 10-11
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1976-1977
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
0.57
GB
(8 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains five Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and three Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Two files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact
reference for reformatting.
Box 16, Folder 4
Newspaper article,
1977
July 7
Scope and Content Note
"Greek-American Woman's Book on Her Grandmother is a 5-year Labor of Love,"
Hellenic Times.
Box 2, item MK129
Black-and-white photograph,
1978
Scope and Content Note
People: Arlene Raven.
box 11, 13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978-1979
Scope and Content Note
People: Terry Wolverton, Nancy Fried, Bia Lowe, Anne Mavor, Jerri Allyn, Sue
Maberry, Arlene Raven, Cheryl Swannack, Denise Yarfitz, Marguerite Elliot, Diana
Johnson, Annette Hunt.
Box 6, Folder 26
Color 35mm slides,
1978
Scope and Content Note
People: Bia Lowe, Terry Wolverton, Arlene Raven, Cheryl Swannack.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2006-2018
Physical Description:
2
GB
(25 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 19 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files, five Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files, and one JPEG File
Interchange Format 1.02 (jpg.) file. Two files are of a contact sheet that depicts
multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
Both Here and There,
1978-2018
Scope and Content Note
Maria Karras was awarded a $10,000 CETA grant by the City of Los Angeles to create
and install a public art project. Her project,
Both Here and
There
, consisted of portraits and interviews of 13 bicultural and bilingual
women living in Los Angeles, which were installed on Los Angeles RTD buses from 1978
to 1979. These bus cards were also used in Los Angeles public schools as a teaching
aide.
box 11-13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Subjects include Toyo Miyataki photo studio in Little Tokyo; Thai cultural event
and reception; Armenian grocery store; Japanese tea ceremony; final bus cards and
bus installation; teaching children with the bus cards; exhibition at the Woman's
Building. People: Shunsui Kamimura (Japanese flower arranger); Virginia Monges
(Chicana teacher and organizer); Beverly Algallar (Filipina accountant); Lena
Adalian (Armenian graduate student) performing traditional dance; Phoebe Yee
(insurance executive); Shani Ginsburg; Mary Garfield (Jewish humanist and
philanthropist); Zarin Dexler; Malikia Hadi Hilton (black hairdresser); Johanna
Demetrakas (Greek filmmaker); Judy Baca (Chicana muralist); Young Choi (Korean
teacher and activist); Toi Tarugsar (Thai woman); Mai T. Bui (Vietnamese social
worker); Sophie Geronomos (Greek restaurant owner); Sue Kunitomi Embrey at Manzanar
dedication.
box 1-2
Black-and-white photographs,
1978-1979
Scope and Content Note
Includes photos of Maria Karras with Los Angeles RTD officials and fellow CETA
grant recipients (with index); portraits of participants; and photo by George Rose
of Maria Karras for "Both Here and There: Art in Transit" article
for Los Angeles Times. People: Shunsui Kamimura (Japanese
flower arranger); Phoebe Yee (Chinese insurance executive); Mai T. Bui (Vietnamese
social worker); Young Choi (Korean teacher/social worker); Zarin Dexler (Indian real
estate saleswoman); Johanna Demetrakas (Greek film maker); Beverly Algallar
(Filipina accountant); Lena Adalian (Armenian graduate student). MK14, MK52, MK66,
MK70, MK91-MK98.
box 6-7
Color 35mm slides,
1978-1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes exhibition photos; the opening reception on December 16, 1978; pictures of
Maria Karras on the bus; bus card installation; Maria Karras's media interview;
installation and opening of Lucy Lippard's
Issue: Social
Strategies by Women Artists.
Box 3, item MK49
Color photograph,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Maria Karras at the opening of Lucy Lippard's
Issue: Social
Strategies by Women Artists.
Box 18, Item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description:
12
GB
(158 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 120 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files and 38 Adobe Photoshop (.psd) files. Eighteen files are of a
contact sheet that depicts multiple events. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact
reference for reformatting.
Box 16, Folder 5
Research and production notebook,
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note
Research, production notes, journal, and documents for
Both
Here and There
.
Box 16, Folder 6
Promotional materials,
1978-1979
Box 16, Folder 7
Reviews and clippings,
1979
Scope and Content Note
Includes articles from
The Los Angeles Times,
Artforum,
Los Angeles Center for
Photographic Studies Newsletter
, and
The Hellenic
Community Calendar
.
Box 16, Folder 8
Issue: Social Strategies by Women Artists
exhibition materials,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Group exhibition featuring Maria Karras's
Both Here and
There
project, curated by Lucy R. Lippard, Institute of Contemporary Art,
London.
Box 18, item DR1
Inquiry from a Hesperia High School art teacher,
2009
Physical Description:
0.001
GB
(1 file)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains one Microsoft Word for
Windows 2007 (.docx) file. Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for
reformatting.
The Woman's Building and Feminist Art Education,
1973-1991: A Pictorial Herstory
,
2010-2011
Scope and Content Note
Book edited by Marguerite Elliot and Maria Karras and published in conjunction with
Pacific Standard Time, a 2017 initiative of the Getty
with arts institutions across Southern California, and in collaboration with Otis
College of Art and Design exhibition,
Doin' It in Public:
Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building
at the Ben Maltz Gallery, October
1, 2011 to January 28, 2012.
Box 18, Item CM1, CM2
Photographs taken by Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger of the Feminist Studio
Workshop and Woman's Building (1973-1974),
2010
Physical Description:
0.89
GB
(30 files)
Scope and Content Note
2 computer discs (CD-ROM) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. CM1 contains 15 Tagged Image File
Format (.tif) files. CM2 contains 15 Tagged Image File Format (.tif) files.
Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting. Permission was
given by Lilla Gilbrech Weinberger to Maria Karras to use these images in her
book.
Box 16, Folder 10
Collection background and historical perspective,
2017
