Finding aid for the Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and photographs, 1972-2018, undated 2018.M.16
Rachel Poutasse
Special Collections
2019
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Maria Karras collection of Woman's Building papers and photographs
Creator:
Karras, Maria, 1950-
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.M.16
Physical Description:
10.9 Linear Feet
(18 boxes, 4 flatfile folders. Computer media: 57.1 GB [751 files])
Date (inclusive): 1972-2018, undated
Date (bulk): 1973-1980
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 of Material: Collection material is in English.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers. Born digital content is unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Maria Karras, BFA, RBP, MA. Acquired in 2017.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series:
Series I. Woman's Building papers and photographs, 1972-2018, undated; and
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Publication Rights
Digitized Material
A portion of digital reference images from Series IA are available online
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2018m16bd
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women artists -- Archives
Women artists -- California -- Los Angeles
Women artists -- United States -- 20th century
Feminism and art -- United States
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
Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Chicago, Judy, 1939-
Raven, Arlene
De Bretteville, Sheila Levrant
Woman's Building papers and photographs, Series I.
1972-2018, undated
Physical Description: 8.2 Linear Feet(17 boxes, 2 flatfile folders. Computer media: 40.7 GB, [524 files])
Arrangement
The series is organized into three subseries:
Subseries I. Photographic materials, 1973-1989, 1998, 2011-2018;
Subseries II. Ephemera, 1973-2017, undated;
Subseries III. Artwork by Woman's Building artists and related ephemera, 1972-1987.
Scope and Contents
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.
Photographic materials, Series I.A.
1973-2018
Physical Description: 5.4 Linear Feet(14 boxes. Computer media: 40.2 GB [521 files])
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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, box 2
Black-and-white photographs,
1973 October
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
"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, box 2
Black-and-white photographs,
1974 March
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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, box 2
Black-and-white photographs,
1974 May
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
1 computer chip cartridge (USB flash drive). DR1 contains 12 Tagged Image File Format (.tif) files.
Feminist Studio Workshop meetings,
1975-2018
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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, box 2
Black-and-white photographs,
1975 August
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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, box 10
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975 September
box 1, box 2
Black-and-white photographs,
1975 September
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Black-and-white print.
Spring Street activities,
circa 1975-2018
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Black-and-white print.
Birthday party for folk artist Grandma Prisbrey,
1976-2018
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Color 35mm slides. Performance by Suzanne Lacy at Downtown Center, de Young Museum, San Francisco.
In Mourning and In Rage,
1977-2018
Scope and Contents
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, box 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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Black-and-white print.
Lesbian social event,
1978-2018
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Group photos and unidentified performances.
box 11, folder 25, 31
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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
The Waitresses: Jett's Café: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 1 GB(6 files)
Scope and Contents
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
The Waitresses: UC Irvine: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.67 GB(4 files)
Scope and Contents
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
The Waitresses: Woman's Building: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.32 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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
Unidentified conference, possibly Women Writers Series with Adrienne Rich and Mary Daly,
1979-2018
Scope and Contents
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
Unidentified conference, possibly Women Writers Series with Adrienne Rich and Mary Daly,: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.33 GB(8 files)
Scope and Contents
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
Marion Baker exhibition: block prints with biblical themes,: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.1 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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
Nancy Fried: bread dough sculptures: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.09 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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
Opening of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party Project at the San Francisco Museum of Art: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.3 GB(6 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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
Woman's Building meeting: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.09 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Performance group incorrectly identified as The Waitresses.
box 18, item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Feminist Art Workers: Heaven or Hell?: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.24 GB(4 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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
Unidentified conference: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.11 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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
Sheila de Bretteville: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.25 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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
Cheryl Swannack: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.22 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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
The Waitresses: Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.08 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
Color 35mm slides.
Group portraits, 25th reunion of the Feminist Studio Workshop,
1998-2018
Scope and Contents
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
Group portraits, 25th reunion of the Feminist Studio Workshop: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.3 GB(2 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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
Individual portraits, 25th reunion of the Feminist Studio Workshop: Digital reference images
Physical Description: 0.56 GB(7 files)
Scope and Contents
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.
Ephemera, Series I.B.
1973-2017, undated
Physical Description: 1.4 Linear Feet(2 boxes, 2 flatfile folders. Computer media: 0.475 GB [3 files])
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Includes
FSW Newsletter I and
Womanspace Journal Vol. 1, No. 1 and Vol. 1, No. 3.
Artwork and related ephemera by Woman's Building artists, Series I.C.
1972-1987
Physical Description: 1.4 Linear Feet(2 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)
Arrangement
The subseries is arranged alphabetically by artist name.
Scope and Contents
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.
box 15, folder 8
Belsley, Diane Calder,
1975
Scope and Contents
Artists' book,
Mother Heard.
box 15, folder 9
Metamorphosis exhibition catalog,
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 Contents
Report,
Changing Venice: Community or Commodity?
box 15, folder 11
King, Susan,
circa 1975
Scope and Contents
Untitled collection of letters, postcards and correspondence.
box 15, folder 12
Kort, Michele,
1975
Scope and Contents
Artists' book,
Some of My Friends.
box 15, folder 13
Labowitz-Starus, Leslie and Suzanne Lacy,
1978 February
Scope and Contents
"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 Contents
Artists' book,
The Book of Bars and Devils.
box 17
Marsh, Cynthia,
1975
Scope and Contents
Printed sheets in plain manila envelope,
The Sporting Life.
box 15, folder 16
Rachel, Vaughan,
1972-1975
Scope and Contents
Artists' book,
Thirteen Stories. Includes personal note to Maria Karras.
box 15, folder 17
Six from Downtown exhibition announcement,
1984
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
Artists' book,
A Fugue and Related Systems.
box 15, folder 19
Shaw, Joyce Cutler,
1976
Scope and Contents
We The People proposal materials.
box 15, folder 20
Simpson, Sylvia Salazar,
1973
Scope and Contents
Mail art,
Eggs Verbal A-Z.
Maria Karras's projects, Series II.
1973-2018
Physical Description: 2.7 Linear Feet(2 boxes, 2 flatfile folders. Computer media: 17.5 GB [249 files])
Scope and Contents
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, box 17
Feminist Studio Workshop ephemera,
1973-1975
Scope and Contents
Tuition receipt and certificate of completion.
Androgyny Series,
1973-2018
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Photographs for cover and centerfold.
box 9, folder 25, 27-28
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Preparations for book and book pages.
box 4, folder 13
Color 35mm slides,
1975
Scope and Contents
Cover and centerfold of book.
box 18, item DR1
Digital reference images,
2017-2018
Physical Description: 0.71 GB(12 files)
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Published at the Women's Graphics Center and printed by Maria Karras and Helen Alm Roth.
box 10, box 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 Contents
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 Contents
"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 Contents
People: Arlene Raven.
box 11, box 13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978-1979
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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, box 12, box 13
Black-and-white 35mm negatives and contact sheets,
1978
Scope and Contents
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, box 2
Black-and-white photographs,
1978-1979
Scope and Contents
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, box 7
Color 35mm slides,
1978-1980
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
Research, production notes, journal, and documents for
Both Here and There.
flatfile 2**, flatfile 4**
box 16, folder 6
Promotional materials,
1978-1979
box 16, folder 7
Reviews and clippings,
1979
Scope and Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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 Contents
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