Finding Aid for the Sass Nielson papers 1974-1976 LSC.2162

Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2013; Sabrina Ponce, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

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Online finding aid last updated 29 November 2017.

Title: Sass Nielsen papers

Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2162

Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)

Date (inclusive): 1974-1976

Abstract: Sass Nielsen worked at Disney Studios in Burbank, California throughout the 1990s. Her advocacy work, growing out of the group Hollywood Supports (a nonprofit organization promoting awareness of AIDS and gay issues) concerned the extension of health benefits for same sex partners as well as organizing around lesbian and gay issues in the workplace. In 1992, she successfully organized to form the Lesbian and Gay United Employees (LEAGUE). This collection includes research, correspondence, and collected materials related to gay and lesbian issues including information from activist organizations as well as publications treating the issue historically.

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: Nielsen, Sass

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.

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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sass Nielsen papers (Collection 2162). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Sandra (Sass) P. Nielsen, 2013.

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 History

Processed by Stacy Wood, 2012. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.

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.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7384778

Biography

Sass Nielsen worked at Disney Studios in Burbank, California throughout the 1990s. Her advocacy work, growing out of the group Hollywood Supports (a nonprofit organization promoting awareness of AIDS and gay issues) concerned the extension of health benefits for same sex partners as well as organizing around lesbian and gay issues in the workplace. In 1992, she successfully organized to form the Lesbian and Gay United Employees (LEAGUE). As a young woman she was kicked out of the armed forces for being a lesbian. She also wrote fiction.

Scope and Content

This collection includes research, correspondence, and collected materials related to gay and lesbian issues including information from activist organizations as well as publications treating the issue historically.

Organization and Arrangement

Materials arranged by type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.

June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.

Nielsen, Sass -- Archives.

Gay rights--United States.

Lesbian activists--United States--Archives.

Box 1, Folder 1

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund circa 1974

Scope and Content

Brochures, flyers and letters from the Lambda Legal Defense Fund.

Box 1, Folder 2

Newsletters and newspaper clippings 1974-1975

Scope and Content

Clippings and publications including It's Time: Monthly Newsletter of the National Gay Task Force and Gayzette: The Weekly Philadelphia Gayzette.

Box 1, Folder 3

The Gay Academic Union 1974

Scope and Content

Conference schedules, biographies and abstracts of participants of the 1974 Gay Academic Union Conference.

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence 1974-1975

Scope and Content

Collected letters from individuals and organizations concerning various issues related to gay and lesbian feminist activism.

Box 1, Folder 5

Flyers 1975

Box 1, Folder 6

Collected writings 1975-1976

Scope and Content

Feminist and activist works published by other authors and collected by Sass Nielsen.

Box 1, Folder 7

Consciousness raising materials 1975

Scope and Content

How-to guides, samples of consciousness raising techniques.

Box 1, Folder 8

YWCA materials 1975

Scope and Content

Information about women's programming including conferences, series and activities.

Box 1, Folder 9

Assorted materials circa 1974

Box 1, Folder 10

Resources circa 1974-1976

Scope and Content

Resources including catalogs, contact information, brochures and pamphlets about available resources and group opportunities from gay and lesbian activist organizations.

Box 1, Folder 11

Surveys undated

Scope and Content

Surveys about sexual experience and relationships.