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1975-1979
LSC.2137
LSC.2137
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Title: Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe records
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2137
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1979
Abstract: In the fall of 1975, a group of women opened Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe in Eugene, Oregon with the idea of supporting
a Women's Center. The restaurant functioned as a collective without designating a manager or hierarchical structure and food
was purposely priced inexpensively. This collection contains correspondence, publicity materials, notebooks, and other materials
related to the general history, operation, finances, and eventual dissolution of Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe.
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:
Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe.
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 object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary 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], Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe records (Collection 2137). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
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 Kimberlee Granholm, 2012. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in
2017.
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:
7347824
In the fall of 1975, a group of women opened Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe in Eugene, Oregon with the idea of supporting
a Women's Center. The restaurant functioned as a collective without designating a manager or boss and food was purposely priced
inexpensively. Gertrude's Cafe often offered activities in the visual and performing arts, including music performances, poetry
readings, and art exhibitions. In 1976, a radical left group was invited to buy the building where Gertrude's rented, but
the two groups never reached a lease agreement and Gertrude's was evicted. Approximately a year later, a group containing
original supporters and new supporters opened a second restaurant. It did not survive financially and a year later was sold,
becoming The Wild Iris Cafe (also defunct).
This collection contains correspondence, publicity materials, notebooks, and other materials related to the general history,
operation, finances, and eventual dissolution of Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe.
Folders arranged by type and approximate chronological order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gertrude's Silver Eighth Note Cafe. -- Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Feminism--Oregon--Eugene.
Restaurants--Oregon--Eugene--Archives.
Women-owned business enterprises--Oregon--Eugene--Archives.