Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Betsy Calloway papers
- Dates:
- 1971-1976
- Creators:
- Calloway, Betsy
- Abstract:
- Betsy Calloway was the principal owner and operator of Maud Gonne Press, a feminist publisher and press operating throughout the 1970s. The press was named after Maud Gonne, an Irish revolutionary, feminist and actress. This collection contains personal correspondence from Betsy Calloway but the majority of the material focuses on her graphic design and printing business. Examples of the work, correspondence between clients and catalogs of comparable services serving the lesbian feminist community are included.
- Extent:
- 0.4 linear feet (2 half document boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Betsy Calloway papers (Collection 2164). 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 material relating to Betsy Calloway's graphic design and printing business, Maud Gonne Press. Work examples, correspondence between clients, and catalogs of comparable services serving the lesbian feminist community are represented. Also contained is ephemera from women's literary and feminist events, newsletters and business activity.
- Biographical / historical:
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Betsy Calloway was the principal owner and operator of Maud Gonne Press. Maud Gonne Press was a feminist publisher and press operating throughout the 1970s. The press was named after Maud Gonne, an Irish revolutionary, feminist and actress.
- Acquisition information:
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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 .
- Processing information:
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Processed by Stacy Wood, 2013.
Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2017.
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- Arrangement:
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Materials are arranged categorically and further arranged chronologically.
- 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 2025-09-22 15:41:56 -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], Betsy Calloway papers (Collection 2164). 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