Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Jetter, Betty, 1932-
- Abstract:
- Betty Jetter was active in lesbian separatist communities and conversations, particularly with the Califia Community, which organized feminist educational retreats. She was also a poet and participant in local lesbian politics. This collection contains personal correspondence and material about Califia community organizing and feminist organization Sol Sisters, as well as ephemera, photographs, and collected readings.
- Extent:
- 3.0 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 carton, 1 shoe box, and 1 flat box)
- Language:
- and Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Betty Jetter papers (Collection 1983). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The bulk of the collection is made up of both audio and paper correspondence between Betty Jetter and her former lover, Joy Howard. The correspondence deals with both women's experiences within the lesbian community as well as their opinions and thoughts on contemporary political issues such as sadomasochism, lesbian separatism, and pornography. In addition, there is a substantial amount of material about Califia Community retreats for women and the feminist group Sol Sisters, as well as readings, poems, photographs, and ephemera created or collected by Betty Jetter.
- Biographical / historical:
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Betty Jetter was active in lesbian separatist communities and conversations, particularly with the Califia community. She was also a poet and participant in local lesbian politics.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of Elizabeth S. Jetter, 2012.
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 .
- Processing information:
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Processed by Stacy Wood, 2012. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
- Arrangement:
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Materials arranged by subject.
- Physical / technical requirements:
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COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- 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.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Betty Jetter papers (Collection 1983). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988