Finding Aid for the Sue Prosin Papers
LSC.2225
Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2014; Sabrina Ponce, 2018; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Online finding aid last updated 15 February 2018.
Title: Sue Prosin papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2225
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.8 linear feet
(2 boxes, 1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1986
Abstract: Sue Prosin was a social scientist who published studies on a range of topics like butch-femme relationships and attitudes
of the Jewish community toward African-Americans. She attended San Fernando Valley State College (currenty California State
University, Northridge) and was also an active member of the Daughters of Bilitis. This collection contains correspondence,
research materials, and various writings by Prosin. The bulk of the collection focuses on her study of butch-femme lesbian
relationships between 1960 and 1965.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
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:
Prosin, Sue
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Conditions Governing Access
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sue Prosin Papers (Collection 2225). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
June Mazer Lesbian Archives, transfer, 2014. Original provenance unknown.
Processing History
Stacy Wood, 2014. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2018.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Sponsor
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.
Biography
Sue Prosin was a social scientist who published studies on a range of topics like butch-femme relationships and attitudes
of the Jewish community toward African-Americans. She attended San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University,
Northridge) and was also an active member of the Daughters of Bilitis. The original purpose of the Daughters of Bilitis (founded
in 1955) was to counteract the isolation experienced by lesbians, although the organization later focused on educating lesbians
about their rights and on lobbying efforts. Prosin died in 2002.
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, research materials, and various writings by Sue Prosin. The bulk of the collection
focuses on a study by Prosin of butch-femme lesbian relationships between 1960 and 1965.
Organization and Arrangement
Materials arranged by type.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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.
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Prosin, Sue -- Archives.
Butch and femme (Lesbian culture)
Box 1, Folders 1-2
Coursework
1959-1965
Scope and Content
Papers, drafts of papers, notes and research materials from Prosin's undergraduate course work.
Box 1, Folder 5
Clippings
1962-1986
Scope and Content
Clippings of news stories concerning activism by Sue Prosin and about her mother, Frieda Trebor, the first occupational therapist
in California.
Box 1, Folder 5
Assorted materials
1961-1986
Scope and Content
Includes a flyer, notes, and a card to June Mazer and Bunny MacCulloch.
Box 1, Folder 6
Daughters of Bilitis Second National Convention
1962
Scope and Content
Prosin's resume, copies of several different articles, and other materials regarding the presentation of her paper "A Study
in Minority Action" at the Daughters of Bilitis Second National Convention.
Box 1, Folder 7
"The Concept of the Lesbian, a Minority in Reverse" by Sue Prosin
1962-1963
Scope and Content
Drafts, correspondences, and notes for the publication of Prosin's article, presented at the Daughters of Bilitis Second National
Convention under the title of "A Study in Minority Action."
Box 1, Folder 8
Resource books
1977-1979
Scope and Content
The Blue Book: A Guide to Gay and Lesbian LA (1979) and
LA Women's Yellow Pages (1977)
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence
circa 1965-1985
Box 1, Folder 10
Negatives (photographs)
undated
Box 1, Folder 11
Recipes, poems, notes
circa 1951-1953
Scope and Content
Poems, clippings, notes and personal writings of Sue Prosin.
Box 2, Folder 1
Writings
undated
Scope and Content
"The Lesbian: A Study in Self-Image and Role Playing Patterns" and "The Concept of the Lesbian: A Minority in Reverse" by
Sue Prosin.
Box 2, Folders 2-13
Butch-femme study
1960-1965
Scope and Content
Contains notes on observations, research literature, research design materials, interviews with couples, data tabulation sheets,
research proposals and survey materials for a study on butch-femme relationships and gendered dynamics by Sue Prosin.
Box 3
Audiovisual materials
1960-1981
Scope and Content
Includes twenty-three 1/4 inch audio reels pertaining to Prosin's butch-femme study. There is an additional audio reel container
that is supposed to include the second reel of selections from Ruth Reid's "Dark Birth," but it is empty. Also includes three
audiocassette tapes containing interviews with Sue Prosin.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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.