Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Michelle Johnston papers
- Dates:
- 1991-1993
- Creators:
- Johnston, Michelle
- Abstract:
- This collection contains the transcripts of a series of conversations that took place between Michelle Johnston and four other women through the Prodigy internet service provider between 1991 and 1992. Johnston documented and donated this collection of transcripts to the June L. Mazer Archives in order to insure the voices of "ordinary dykes" were included in the archives. As such these are ordinary conversations between women living in California, some of them lesbians who were out, and some who were not.
- Extent:
- 0.2 linear feet (1 half box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Michelle Johnston papers (Collection 2200). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains the transcripts of a series of conversations that took place between Michelle Johnston and four other women through the Prodigy internet service provider between 1991 and 1992.
- Biographical / historical:
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Michelle Johnston documented and donated this collection of transcripts to the Mazer Archives in order to ensure the voices of "ordinary dykes" were included in the archives. As such these are ordinary conversations between women living in California, some of them lesbians who were out, and some who were not. All conversations took place online and none of the correspondents knew one another in any other context.
- Acquisition information:
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Gift of Michelle Johnston, 1993.
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, 2013. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.
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- Arrangement:
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Materials organized by correspondent.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. 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
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-21 10:44:43 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Michelle Johnston papers (Collection 2200). 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