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Title: Dianne Post papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2228
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.8 linear feet
(2 boxes, 1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1980-2008
Abstract: Dianne Post is a lawyer who specializes in developing policy and programmatic reform on issues related to gender equality.
Also active in the lesbian feminist movement, she organized cultural and political activities in Arizona to challenge domestic
violence and advocate for the rights of the LGBT community. This collection contains organizational documents from activist
organizations throughout Arizona specifically focused on domestic violence and gay and lesbian issues. Included are materials
related to the planning of the first women's music festival in Arizona as well as recordings of lesbian and women's music.
Also included are legal documents authored by or used by Dianne Post, articles published by and about Dianne Post, correspondence,
and ephemera.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button
located on this page.
Creator:
Post, Dianne
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections material must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Dianne Post papers (Collection 2228). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, transfer, 2014. Original provenance unknown.
This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the
UCLA Library .
Processed by Stacy Wood, February 2014. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in
2018.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7404727
Dianne Post (born 1947) is a lawyer who has worked in over fourteen countries over the past twenty six years. She has contributed
to the design and implementation of legal policies and reform initiatives related to gender equality. Post works with vulnerable
populations in developing, transitional and developed countries.
Post consults on international cases, and has worked with the United Nations, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
and the European Court of Human Rights. She specializes in issues related to violence against women and children including
sex-trafficking, pornography, and domestic violence.
Also active in the lesbian feminist movement, she was the first to produce a women's music festival in Arizona, the Arizona
Womyn's Music Festival.
This collection contains organizational documents from activist organizations throughout Arizona specifically focused on domestic
violence and gay and lesbian issues. Included are materials related to the planning of Arizona Womyn's Music Festival (the
first women's music festival in Arizona) as well as recordings of lesbian and women's music. Also included are legal documents
authored by or used by Dianne Post, articles published by and about Dianne Post, correspondence, and ephemera.
Materials arranged by subject.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIO MATERIALS: Audio materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. All requests to
access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Post, Dianne -- Archives.
Human rights workers--United States--Archives.
Lesbian activists--United States--Archives.
Women lawyers--United States--Archives.