Finding aid to the Patti Roberts Papers 1968-2009 (bulk 1971-2004) GLC 111

Finding aid prepared by Tim Wilson
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
info@sfpl.org
2016


Title: Patti Roberts Papers
Date (inclusive): 1968-2009 (bulk 1971-2004)
Date (bulk): 1971-2004
Identifier/Call Number: GLC 111
Creator: Roberts, Patti R.
Physical Description: 8 cartons, 1 oversized framed certificate, 2 map folders (8 cubic feet)
Contributing Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: Patricia (Patti) Rose Roberts was a longtime San Francisco Bay Area resident and civil rights and labor attorney. The papers document her interest in prison reform, George Jackson and Stephen Bingham, comparable worth and pay equity for women, gay and lesbian issues in the workplace, and employment discrimination. The collection contains subject files, photographs, books and magazines, and posters and ephemera.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Material: The majority of the materials are in English with some items in Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright and literary rights retained by the Estate of Patti Roberts.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Patti Roberts Papers (GLC 111), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Patti R. Roberts, September 24, 2008. Papers transferred by Margit Galanter, August 17, 2011.

Biographical / Historical

Patricia (Patti) Rose Roberts was a longtime San Francisco Bay Area resident, an out lesbian, and a civil rights and labor attorney. She was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, on November 13, 1946. She graduated from Brooklyn College in 1967 and went to the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. She graduated from Boalt in 1970 with a J.D. degree and a desire to use her legal skills to help those traditionally without representation. That same year, she formed a collective Oakland household where she and others, including Stephen Bingham, lived. While others moved out, Ms. Roberts lived in the home for the next 41 years.
Roberts began her career working on behalf of prisoners at the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), and remained active with the organization, serving as president of the Bay Area chapter and on the local NLG board. While continuing to do political work with the guild, Roberts began work as the head of the Women's Litigation Unit at San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Aid, representing poor women on a wide range of legal issues. Following her time at Legal Aid, Ms. Roberts founded and co-directed the Comparable Worth Project in Oakland, which pioneered much of the earliest legal work on the issue of pay inequity rooted in gender and race bias.
In 1977, Patti became a founding board member of the Lesbian Rights Project, later re-named the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and later served as NCLR interim executive director. NCLR is a nonprofit organization that was created to promote LGBT rights through litigation, public policy advocacy and public education.
Roberts began private practice as an employment discrimination attorney in 1990 and also taught LGBT, legal, and labor studies at City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University Extension. As a lawyer, her practice gravitated toward the defense of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights as well as women's and minority rights in the Bay Area. During her entire career, Roberts remained an outspoken advocate for feminist and LGBT rights. Patti Roberts died unexpectedly on January 7, 2011.

Scope and Contents

The papers document Roberts' interest in prison reform, George Jackson and Stephen Bingham, comparable worth and pay equity for women, gay and lesbian issues in the workplace, and employment discrimination. The collection contains subject files, photographs, books and magazines, and posters and ephemera. There are files on her speaking engagements with notes and speeches. There are course readers and syllabi for the classes Roberts taught on the law and labor, employment, and gay and lesbian issues through San Francisco State University Extended Education, and City College of San Francisco. There are some materials on the East Bay Lesbian / Gay Democratic Club and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. There are many pamphlets and books, including several publications by the National Lawyers Guild on gay rights and women's rights, some Soledad materials, and Weather Underground publications.

Arrangement

The collection is roughly grouped into four series: Subject Files; Photographs; Books and Magazines; Posters and Ephemera.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Domestic partner benefits -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Equal pay for equal work -- Law and legislation -- United States
Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Gay men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Gay rights -- United States.
Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States
Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States
Roberts, Patti R. -- Archives
East Bay Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club.
National Lawyers Guild.

 

Series 1 Subject Files

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Prison. [Stephen Bingham, George Jackson materials]. Steven L. Mayer letter to Alfred Bingham, May 16, 1978 encloses "Chapter 8. War Without Terms: The Death of George Jackson" copyright 1978 by Huey P. Newton (attributed by Mayer to Pat Richartz and others); "A Wanted Man: Is He Dead or Alive?" (Independent Journal Marin County, November 10, 1980) about Stephen Bingham; Josiah Thompson, Russell Stetler Memorandum to Counsel re: People vs. Johnny Spain, March 23, 1983 to Dennis Riordan, Esq.; clipping "The Binghams: a perversely fascinating family" by Frances Starn/Bookmarks; photocopy of trial? transcripts regarding George Jackson; photocopied Memorandum re extradition; California Magazine, January 1985 with article "The Last One Home: Requiem for a Mass Movement" by Jo Durden-Smith. 1978-1985

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Prison. "San Quentin News" (photocopied clippings about George Jackson, Stephan Bingham, et al.) 1971

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Prison. Clippings (original and photocopied clippings about prisons, San Quentin, George Jackson, Stephen Bingham) 1971

Physical Description: 2 folders
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Prison. [Bingham case], 1971. Order no. 4094 The People of the State of California vs. Stephen Mitchell Bingham, et al., October 1971; Affidavit of Bruce Bales, District Attorney Marin County, August 31, 1971; 4 sketches of Quentin Adjustment Center; Coroner's report for George Lester Jackson, 1971 (2 copies) 1971

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Prison. "Memo. San Quentin, August 21. Bingham," 1971. October 18, 1971 memorandum to the Steve Bingham Defense Team 1971

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Articles Family / Gay, 1972-1980. Includes pamphlets: Families by Linda Gordon "a Bread and Rose Publication" (Boston: New England Free Press, 1970) with pencil annotations; and, The Political Perspective of The Lavender & Red Union (Los Angeles: Lavender & Red Union, March 1975) 1970-1982

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"Roberts / Prison Law 12.0" regarding lesbian and gay prisoners

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Huey P. Newton, 1942-1989. Photocopy of memorial service program (Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, CA) 1989

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National Lawyers Guild. "Convention Theme--NEC introduction" annotated, 1978. Gay Rights Task Force, NEC Proposal "The Struggle for Democratic Rights and the Guild" 1978

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"Cuba--Gay / NLG." Includes "Homophobia and Sexism in Cuba" by Patti Roberts (Guild Notes, January 1979); correspondence with Barbara Ellen Handschu, Bob Hilliard, Sheryl [Karp?]; clippings, agenda for the Gay & Lesbian Cuban Refugee Program, memorandum from Bay Area Anti-Sexism Committee 1979-1981

Physical Description: 2 folders
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Women. Pornography 1985

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Speaking Engagements. Includes correspondence, notes for speeches, programs, flyers 1982-1985

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L / G [Lesbian / Gay] Articles, Family. 1979-1993

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G / L [Gay / Lesbian] Workplace Fall 1997, 1997-2006

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BALIF Workshop. Sexual Orientation and Employment 1992

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Labor Studies. GLBT Work 1990-2001

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Restaurants 1993-2006

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Comparable Worth. Articles--Miscellaneous [includes "The 59 cent Swindle" by Patti Roberts (Union WAGE, January-February 1981), "Equal Pay For Equal Work" by Patti Roberts and Virginia Dean (Guild Notes, 11/80)] 1976-1984

Physical Description: 2 folders
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Comparable Worth. Patti Roberts legal file. [Primarily contains photocopies of legal judgements. Folder #2 includes "November 1, 1981 preliminary findings report from the Comparable Worth Committee to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors" (Roberts was on the committee); "Remarks by Virginia Dean before the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association, Nov. 14, 1980" Comparable Worth Project; Notes for speech to California Women in Government; memorandum from Marie Ory] 1980-1981

Physical Description: 4 folders
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Comparable Worth. Helen Remick article CB/VD [Carroll Boone, Virginia Dean]. Folder #1 includes correspondence with Remick, Donna Jones, 1983; "Legislative and Legal Points of Action on Comparable Worth" by Virginia Dean, Patti Roberts, Carroll Boone. 1982-1983

Physical Description: 3 folders
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Comparable Worth. Class outline and 23 handouts / articles. San Francisco Labor Studies. Women's Issues--Comparable Worth. 1984. Includes transcript of speech by Gail Olson to Woodland City Council (February 15, 1983) 1983-1984

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Comparable Worth Project. Funding proposal, Virginia Dean, Patti Roberts Fall 1981

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Comparable Worth. New Labor Review, number 4 [Includes "An Introduction to Comparable Worth" by Patti Robert] Fall 1982

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San Francisco State University. Paralegal Studies Program. Labor Law Spring 1986

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Red folder. "To Grade" PLS 320. Legal Research & Writing Fall 2007

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Labor Studies. Labor / Employment Law Spring 2001

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L/G "Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Workplace. Roberts' Reader and Resource Materials." S. F. Community College. Patti R. Roberts, Instructor. Labor 91D. Labor Studies / Gay & Lesbian Studies Winter 1991

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L/G "Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Workplace. Roberts' Reader and Resource Materials." Joannie Chang, 2008. S. F. Community College. Patti R. Roberts, Instructor, Winter 1991. Labor 91D. Labor Studies / Gay & Lesbian Studies Winter 1991, 2008

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L/G NCLR Employment workshop 1991

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L/G NCLR Expenses, Timesheets 1990-1991

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L/G NCLR miscellaneous 1993-1994

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L/G NCLR 1991-1992

Physical Description: 2 folders
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L/G Work. NCLR Workplace Press 1991

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L/G Pleadings Family 1991

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L/G Property Issues 1991

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L/G Speaking engagements [includes speeches. Civil Rights Day, Cal Poly, 1991; SEIU Women's Regional Conference, 1991; Lavender Law II, 1990; BALIF Conference, 1990] 1990-1991

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L/G Work. Sue Cobble Book. Correspondence, miscellaneous 1991-1993

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G/L Studies. Clippings 1992

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G/L Miscellaneous 1991

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L/G Work. Coming Out / Being Out at Work 1990

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Marriage case. Clippings 2008-2009

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Labor. EFCA Employee Free Choice Act. Clippings 2009

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Same Sex, TG [Transgender] 1986-2008

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Overcoming Sexual Orientation Discrimination. The Bay Area Community Law Foundation and the National Lawyers Guild November 16, 1994

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L/G Same Sex Marriage. Clippings. Includes "Preserving and Protecting The Families of Lesbians and Gay Men" by Roberta Achtenberg (San Francisco: Lesbian Rights Project, 1986) 1986-1989, undated

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GLAAD 1992

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Hate Crimes 1993-1994

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Health Benefits. Costs [empty folder]

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Homophobia. Pamphlets 1990-1991

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Women. "Women's Economic Agenda: a Call to Action by and for California Women." Draft, May 1984. (Oakland, California: Women's Economic Agenda Project) 1984

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Transsexuals 1990-1992

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Speaking. G/L Work, San Francisco State March 29, 1993

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Schools, Sexual Harassment 1993

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Public Accommodations 1991-1993

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Maureen Valley vs. Kids Country, Leonard T. Heid and Carmen Garces. Demurrer 1994

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Castle Gardens. Motion for preference 1993

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Prison / Jail information undated

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Proposition 187 (post) 1994

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Research. Privacy 1990-1991

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Research. Privacy tape recording 1991-1994

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Privilege. Tax returns

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Privilege. Judicial 1992

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Glasser, Ron C. vs. Orkin. F.R.C.P. 12 (b) (6) 1994

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Minor's Compromise 1987

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NGLTF (National Gay & Lesbian Task Force) 1991-1993

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NOW National Organization for Women 1992

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NLG (National Lawyers Guild) General 1991-1992

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Notary 1989, 1992

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Oakland City Council and local 1992

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Paralegals 1992

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Pleadings. Miscellaneous 1990-1992

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Pre-Emption 1991-1992

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L/G Work. Teachers 1990-1991

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L/G Work. Working It Out 1992

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L/G Work. Workplace Project. Activities (pr) 1992

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L/G Work. Workplace Project. Correspondence 1992

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L/G Work. Workplace Project. Funding ideas undated

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L/G Work. Workplace Project. Miscellaneous undated

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L/G Work. Writing ideas PR undated

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Mailing lists 1989-1991

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Malpractice 1992

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Merit System Protection Board 1990-1991

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MFCC Licensing. Law / Regulations undated

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L/G Work. Sacramento 1991

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L/G Work. SEIU 1989-1993

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L/G Work. SEIU Local 616. Alameda County 1989-1992

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L/G Work. SEIU Women's Conference 1991

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Steel. Custody case 1993-1994

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L / G San Francisco Ordinances 1985-1998

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L / G Work. Ordinances miscellaneous undated

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L / G Legal Gay Law Students 1979

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Union SFCC [empty folder]

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Employment Pleadings 1989-1993

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Employment Press 1991

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Employment Discrimination, Sexual Orientation 1984-1991

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Employment. Skelly. "Can They Just Fire Me? The Skelly Decision and California Public Employees" by Steve Diamond. Center For Labor Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California 1984

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L / G Work. Labor Training 1986

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L / G Work. Lavender Labor 1991-1992

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L / G Work. Lavender Labor Newsletters 1991-1992

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L / G Work. Lavender Labor Mailing list 1991-1992

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L / G Work. Legal Profession 1991

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L / G Work. Legislation 1991

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L / G Work. LGLN (Lesbian and Gay Labor Network) New York 1989-1993

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L / G Work. Machinists Union 1991

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L / G Work. Military 1993

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[L / G Work.] Pride at Work. National Labor Group 1993-1994

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L / G Work. Oakland Non-Discrimination Ordinance 1984

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L / G Work. Ordinances. ACLU Memo 1991

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L / G Work. Oregon Unions 1991

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L / G Work. Outing 1990

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L / G Work. Partners (Partners: Newsletter for Gay & Lesbian Couples) 1990-1991

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L / G Prejudice. Articles, questionnaire. "Heterosexual Questionnaire" by Martin Rochlin, Ph.D., Adapted by Mary Gibson and Gwyn Kirk undated

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L / G Work. Press 1990-1992

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L / G Work. Recognizing Original. "Recognizing Lesbian & Gay Families: Strategies for Extending Employment Benefit Coverage" (San Francisco: Lesbian Rights Project) by Teresa Lynn Friend and Pamela Liberty

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L / G AB 2601 [contains some AB 101] 1991-1992

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L / G Work. AB 101 1991

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L / G Alameda County Ordinance. AIDS Discrimination 1987

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L / G Alameda County Ordinance. Non-Discrimination 1990

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L / G Articles, Miscellaneous 1993-1994

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L / G Collins Case. Jeffery Collins, Shell Oil 1991

 

"G / L Issues in the Workplace, Spring 1992" brown accordion folder with multiple folders 1990-1993

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Map of City College of San Francisco

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G / L Workplace class. Requests for info 1992-1993

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G / L Workplace class. Reader (articles) 1993

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G / L Workplace class. Reader (articles) Spring 1992

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G / L Workplace class. Class lists and info. Spring 1992

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G / L Workplace class. Outline Spring 1992

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G / L Workplace class. Spring 1992. Correspondence and miscellaneous 1991-1992

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G / L Workplace class. Class Project. Sensitivity training Spring 1992

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G / L Workplace class. Press Spring 1992

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G / L Workplace class. Promotion Spring 1992

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Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Workplace. Roberts' Reader and Resource Materials 1990-1991

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G / L Work. Class Old Materials. Fall 1990 course outline and reader 1990

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G / L Workplace. San Francisco State reader. Geoff Brown's class 1993

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G / L Workplace class. 1993 outline 1993

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G / L Workplace. Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Workplace (Labor 91D), Spring 1994. San Francisco Community College Spring 1994

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Labor. Unit Modification 1982-1987

Physical Description: 2 folders
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Labor Studies. Women in the Workplace class, Fall 1995. Business, correspondence, notes Fall 1995

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G / L Workplace class. City College of San Francisco. Press, correspondence, miscellaneous 1993-1994

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G / L Workplace. Class notes Spring 1992-1993

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G / L Workplace class. Class lists 1993

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G / L Workplace class. Publicity 1993

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G / L Workplace class. Miscellaneous 1993

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Labor. Wage surveys [empty folder]

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Lambda Legal Defense 1989-1992

 

[EBL/GDC: East Bay Lesbian / Gay Democratic Club] Brown accordion folder (with multiple folders)

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EBL/GDC East Bay Lesbian / Gay Democratic Club 1994

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EBL/GDC East Bay Lesbian / Gay Democratic Club 1988-1994

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BART Domestic Partners undated

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Domestic Partners, Oakland. EBL/GDC East Bay Lesbian / Gay Democratic Club 1994

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L / G Workplace. Domestic Partners, Oakland. EBL/GDC East Bay Lesbian / Gay Democratic Club 1991-1994

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Conference: Out and Equal in the '90s. The Third Annual Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Workplace Issues Conference 1993

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L / G General information 1989-1991

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L / G Legal Discrimination undated

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L / G Gay Legal Issues 1986-1990

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Employment. Sexual Harassment 1984-1995

Physical Description: 3 folders
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Reader: Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Workplace 1989-1990

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National Origin 2009

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Voting rights 2007-2009

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Civil Rights / Affirmative Action / Race 2005-2007

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Affirmative Action 1989-2003

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Labor. Labor Studies. City College of San Francisco 1991-1994

General

Includes "Working Paper on Labor Rights in the Jewish Tradition" by Michael S. Perry (New York: Jewish Labor Committee, 1993).
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Course Descriptions / Syllabi. San Francisco Community College, San Francisco State University Extended Education. Paralegal Studies Program. "Employment Discrimination (3) PLS 325," "Public Sector Labor Relations (LABOR L82)," "Rights and Discrimination Outline (LABOR L80)," and "Affirmative Action (Labor Studies 423)" 1990

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Labor. Strike Information 1979, 1984-1987

General

Includes How to Win Strikes: a Union Strike Manual prepared by Teamsters Union Local No. 115 (Philadelphia: Teamsters Union Local No. 115, 1979).
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Labor. Unions. SEIU (Service Employees Union Local 790) 1988, 1990

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Labor. Organizing 1988-1992

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Labor. Steward / Grievance Training 1975-1984

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Labor. Steward Training Material (Dave Young) 1993, undated

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Labor. Steward Training 1979-1984

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Composition notebook. Contemporary Legal Issues Spring 2008

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Series 2 Photographs and Negatives (unsorted) 1969-2000s

Physical Description: 2 cartons
 

Series 3 Books and Magazines

Physical Description: 1 carton (1 cubic foot)
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The Work of a Common Woman by Judy Grahn (London: Onlywomen Press) 1985

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Gertrude Stein: Q.E.D: Les Choses Comme Elles Sont . Translated into French by Michele Causse. (Montreal: Vlasta). 1986

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Sinister Wisdom 28 (Rockland, Maine) Winter 1985

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Loving Women / Loving Men: Gay Liberation and The Church . Edited / Authored by Sally Gearhart and William R. Johnson (San Francisco: Glide Publications) 1974

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Feminist Studies , volume 1, number 2 (New York) Fall 1972

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The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography by Angela Carter (New York: Pantheon). 1978

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Abortion on the Brink: The Supreme Court v. A Woman's Right to Choose. Published by the National Lawyers Guild (New York: National Lawyers Guild) undated

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The Challenge and Progress of Homosexual Law Reform. Essays on Homosexuality, Essay Number 2 . Prepared and published by Council on Religion and the Homosexual, Daughters of Bilitis, Society for Individual Rights, Tavern Guild of San Francisco (San Francisco) 1968

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The Early Homosexual Rights Movement (1864-1935) by John Lauritsen and David Thorstad (New York: Times Change Press) 1974

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Lesbianism and the Women's Movement . Edited by Nancy Myron and Charlotte Bunch (Baltimore: Diana Press) 1975

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Different: An Anthology of Homosexual Short Stories . Edited and with an introduction by Stephen Wright (New York: Bantam) 1974

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Sexual Shakedown: The Sexual Harassment of Women on the Job by Lin Farley (New York: Warner) 1978

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The World Split Open: Four Centuries of Women Poets in England and America, 1552-1950 . Edited by Louise Bernikow (New York: Vintage) 1974

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The Gay Question: a Marxist Appraisal by Bob McCubbin (New York: World View) 1976

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Women's Liberation and Revolution: a Bibliography . Compiled by Sheila Rowbotham (Bristol, England: Falling Wall Press) 1973

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The Mozambican Woman in the Revolution (Richmond, B.C., Canada: LSM Information Center). Liberation Support Movement. 1974

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The Politics of AIDS by Nancy Krieger and Rose Appleman (Oakland, California: Frontline Pamphlets) 1986

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These Days by Lee Lally (Baltimore: Diana Press; or Washington, D.C.: Diana Press for Some Of Us Press) 1972

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Alexandra Kollontai: Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle; Love and the New Morality . Translated and introduced by Alix Holt (Bristol, England: Falling Wall Press) 1972

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Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. Glass Mountain Pamphlet No. 2 / The Feminist Press. (Old Westbury, New York: The Feminist Press) 1973

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Selected Differences in the Life Chances of Men and Women in the United States by Howard J. Ehrlich. Research Group One Report No. 13. (Baltimore: Research Group One) [1972?]

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The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community "Women and the Subversion of the Community" by Mariarosa Dalla Costa; and, "A Woman's Place" by Selma James. With an introduction by Selma James. (Published jointly by The Falling Wall Press and a group of individuals from the Women's Liberation movement in England and Italy). 2 copies 1972

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Dilettanti 1972 Mississippi State College For Women 1972

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Diana: The Making of a Terrorist by Thomas Powers (Boston: Houghton Mifflin) 1971

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Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution . Edited by Blanche Wiesen Cook (New York: Oxford University Press) 1978

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Part of the Solution: Portrait of a Revolutionary by Margaret Randall (New York: New Directions) 1973

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Women, The Unions and Work, or What Is Not To Be Done by Selma James. North American introduction by Silvia Federici. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: KNOW, Inc.). Revised American edition 1974

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A Lesbian and Gay Parents' Legal Guide to Child Custody (San Francisco: Anti-Sexism Committee of the San Francisco-Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild). Fourth edition 1985

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Sing a Battle Song: poems by women in the Weather Underground Organization (Oakland, California: Inkworks). Facsimile edition 1975

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Prostitution: A Non-Victim Crime? A pamphlet created by W.E.D.: Women Endorsing Decriminalization (Berkeley, California: Maud Gonne Press) 1973

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Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism. Political Statement of the Weather Underground (Communications Co.), Water damaged 1974

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Soledad Prison. University of the Poor by Prisoners from Soledad and Students from U.C. Santa Cruz, edited by Karlene Faith (Palo Alto, California: Science and Behavior Books, Inc.) 1975

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Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, Photographs by JEB (Washington, D.C.: Glad Hag Books) 1979

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South Africa 1985: Martial Law in the Townships: Southern Africa Project: 1985 Annual Report Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Washington, D.C.: Southern Africa Project) 1986

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Prevention of Terroristic Crimes: Security Guidelines for Business, Industry, and Other Organizations. A Report Prepared by the Private Security Advisory Council, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.) May 1976

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Social Imperialism "Socialism in Words, Imperialism in Deeds": Reprints from 'Peking Review.' Second edition (Berkeley, California: Yenan Books) undated

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Eurocommunism: Materials for an Analysis (San Francisco: Angry Red Planet) [1977]

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NACLA's Latin America and Empire Report: "Chile: Facing the Blockade" volume 7, number 1 (New York: North American Congress on Latin America) January 1973

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SHMATE: A Journal of Progressive Jewish Thought , volume 1, issue 6 (Berkeley, California) Summer 1983

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Underhanded History of the USA by Nick Thorkelson and Jim O'Brien (Somerville, Mass.: New England Free Press) 1973, 1974

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The Conspiracy: When Tyranny Is Law, Revolution Is Order , volume 9, number 4 (San Francisco: National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area Chapter) June / July 1979

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World Military and Social Expenditures by Ruth Leger Sivard (Washington, D.C.: World Priorities) 1983

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From Soledad to San Quentin (San Francisco: Prison Solidarity Committee). 2 copies undated

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A Scientific Approach to Black Liberation: Which Road Against Racism and Imperialism For the Black Liberation Movement? by Abdul Alkalimat (Nashville, Tennessee: Peoples College) June 1974

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"One of the Last Human Hunts of Civilization, and The Basest and Most Brutal of Them All." Research and writing by Roxanne Bailin, Introduction by Aubrey Grossman (San Francisco). Justice for the Pitt River Tribe 1971

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The Public Eye: a Journal of Research and Analysis on Political and Social Issues That Affect Everyone , volume 1, number 1 (Washington, D.C.: Repression Information Project) Fall 1977

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Native American Women (New York: American Indian Treaty Council Information Center) 1975

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Freeing Ourselves (Chicago: Women Mobilized for Change) 1973

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Class Analysis: United States in the 1970's (Emeryville, CA: Judah Hill) 1975

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Osawatomie , number 1 (Weather Underground Organization) Spring 1975

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Women: A Journal of Liberation , volume 3, number 4 (Baltimore, Maryland) 1974

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The Blatant Image: A Magazine of Feminist Photography , number 3 (Sunny Valley, Oregon) 1983

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The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research , volume 6, number 5 (Sausalito, CA) January-February 1975

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Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism. Political Statement of the Weather Underground (Red Dragon Print Collective) 1974

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Lavender Papers 2: An Analysis of Lesbian Oppression (Brooklyn, New York: N.Y. Women's School) June 1975

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Women's Rights California Department of Justice. John K. Van de Kamp. Attorney General undated

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Loving Women by The Nomadic Sisters. Illustrated by Victoria Hammond. (San Francisco: Victoria Hammond). Inscribed to Patti by The Nomadic Sisters 1975

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Lesbians Speak Out (Oakland, CA: Women's Press Collective) 1974

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A Lesbian and Gay Parents' Legal Guide to Child Custody (San Francisco: National Center for Lesbian Rights and the National Lawyers Guild). Fourth edition 1989

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Gay Rights Skills Seminar: What Every Progressive Lawyer and Legal Worker Should Know About the Everyday Problems of Gay People (National Lawyers Guild. Gay Rights Task Force) February 14, 1979

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Tania: The Unforgettable Guerilla . Edited by Marta Rojas and Mirta Rodriguez Calderon (New York: Random House) 1971

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The Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual: How to bring a Federal Suit against Abuses in Prison . Prepared by Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual Collective, revised June 1982

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Gay Insurgent: a gay left journal , number 6 (Philadelphia, PA: Lavender Archives). Contains "From Cuba and GDR: Positive Views of Gays" by Steven J. Risch and Randolph E. Wills Summer 1980

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Our Bodies, Our Selves: a course by and for women (Boston: Boston Women's Health Course Collective). New printing of Women and Their Bodies. 11th printing January 1973

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Reproductive Freedom: Speakers Handbook on Abortion Rights and Sterilization Abuse (New York: National Lawyers Guild. New York City Anti-Sexism Committee) undated

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A Gay Parents' Legal Guide to Child Custody (San Francisco: Anti-Sexism Committee of the San Francisco-Bay Area National Lawyers Guild) Summer 1978

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Sing a Battle Song: poems by women in the Weather Underground Organization (Red Dragon Print Collective) 1975

 

Series 4 Posters and Ephemera

Physical Description: 2 oversized folders, 1 framed certificate, 1 stamp pad
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Stamp pad: "Patti Roberts, Attorney at Law, 1330 Broadway, Suite 1700, Oakland, CA 94612" undated

oversize-folder 1

Drawing of 4 women weaving a [fishing?] net between two poles. [Cloth banner] Black print on yellow cloth. undated

oversize-folder 1

"Torture is not an Olympic Sport: Stop Torture in Korea" North American Coalition for Human Rights in Korea (NACHRK). 37-3/4-inches x 25-inches 1987

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"Soledad Memorial…Sacred Heart Church…129 Fillmore. Wednesday, January 13 Soledad Brothers Defense Committee." 22-1/2-inches x 17-1/2-inches. (3 copies) [1971]

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"Mary Jane Taylor, friend of Mabel Hampton. Lesbian Herstory Archives. In Memory of the Voices We Have Lost" (New York: Aenjai Graphics). 23-inches x 17-inches 1980

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"Celebrating Ourselves. Photographs of Fat Lesbians by Zoe Mosko. Vida Gallery. October 6-October 30, 1982." Graphics: Marilyn Kalman. The Women's Building of the Bay Area, San Francisco. 22-inches x 16-inches 1982

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"Bingham: Not Guilty. The Full Story." (Palo Alto: Friends of Stephen Bingham). 22-1/2-inches x 17-inches undated

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"Jornado de Solidaridad Con Zimbabwe...Day of Solidarity with Zimbabwe...Journee de Solidarite avec Zimbabwe." (Diseno Ilustracion: Palomino). 27-inches x 15-inches undated

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"Paul Robeson. 'The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative' " (c1985 Lincoln Cushing). 34-1/2-inches x 15-inches 1985

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"Lolita Lebron 'Podemos ver la realidad de nuestras cadenas y disponernos a destruirlas, no solo con palabritas, sino con verdadera accion patriotica.' " 22-inches x 14-inches undated

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" 'The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, & to steal bread.' Anatole France." 23-1/2-inches x 15-inches undated

oversize-folder 2

"Stop Forced Sterilization. Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada! Order from Peoples Press, San Francisco." 23-inches x 17-1/2-inches. (3 copies) undated

oversize-folder 2

"The Rockefeller Legacy 2. On Sept. 13, 1971, Nelson Rockefeller ordered the Attica Massacre. Forty-three unarmed men were killed. Many think of the brothers who died at Attika as dead and gone...We think of them as a harp that has given a chord to the revolutionary sound." (Red Sun Press). 17-inches x 11-inches undated

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Commercial drawing of Mao Tse-tung in crowd with smiling Chinese families. 15-inches x 12-1/2-inches undated

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"Women's Martial Arts Demonstration. April 14. San Francisco Women's Skill Center. 51 Waller Street, San Francisco. Women only." 9-1/2-inches x 14-inches undated

oversize-folder 2

"Is Your Washroom Breeding Bolsheviks? ScotTissue Towels. Really Dry." 17-inches x 11-inches undated

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"Stop the New Prisons. Paremos Las Prisiones Nuevas. Come to Sacramento, Monday May 9." Sponsored by Women Against Prisons. Gonna Rise Again Graphics. (GAU. 94. Jungle Press). 22-1/2-inches x 17-1/5-inches 1994

oversize-folder 2

"Stop Forced Sterilization. Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada! Sterilization Abuse and Informed Consent Rights Project. Rally at noon, Civic Center." San Francisco Poster Brigade. InkWorks. 22-1/2-inches x 17-1/2-inches undated

oversize-folder 2

"Free Lolita Lebron." Eugene Coalition/Coalition Press (Eugene, Oregon). Inkworks (Oakland). 25-inches x 19-inches undated

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"May Day. Make a People's Peace downtown San Francisco All Day May 5th." Roda '71. 1971. Downtown Peace Coalition (San Francisco), Peace Treaty Office (East Palo Alto), People's Coalition for Peace & Justice (San Francisco, Berkeley). 22-inches x 17-inches. 1971

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"I Am A Woman Giving Birth To Myself." 1973 Times Change Press, Washington, N.J. Womanbirth-TCP-15. Drawing by Marcia Salq Rizzi. 22-1/2-inches x 17-inches 1973

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"Che de America." [Che Guevara]. Diseno: Jorge Hernandez. Impreso por Empresa Impresora Especies Postales. 25-3/4-inches x 17-inches undated

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"Free Legal Aid to Poor Women in S.F. Women's Litigation Unit--S.F.N.L.A.F." [San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation]. La Raza Silkscreen Center (San Francisco). 23-inches x 17-1/2-inches undated

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"Free Ruchell Magee And All Political Prisoners." Ruchell Magee Defense Committee, Stanford, California. 22-1/2-inches x 17-1/2-inches undated

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" 'Exigimos respeto a nuestra libertad e independencia...' Quinto Aniversario Tana-Soberania (1981-1986)." Primer Premio del Segundo Concurso Internacional de Caricatura Antimperialista "Sandino Vive." Autor: Rainer Hachfeld (RFA). 22-inches x 17-inches 1986

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"Herodes Busca Al Nino Para Matarlo. No A La Intervencion En Centroamerica." Nicaragua Libre 1983. Centro Ecumenico. Antonio Valdivieso. Drawing signed "Carova / 83." 25-inches x 18-inches 1983

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"In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador." Boston Committee for Medical Aid to El Salvador. Red Sun Press. Astor Station, Boston, MA. 22-inches x 16-inches undated

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"Otras Manos Empunaran Las Armas." Stylized drawing of Che Guevara in green and purple ink. 21-inches x 13-inches undated

 

Framed certificate: City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Commendation to Patti Roberts "for her personal and professional achievements upon the completion of her tenure as the acting Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights," (stored in flat box with other GLC collections). June 28, 1971