Mendelsohn (Jill) photographs and collection on Elsa Gidlow, circa 1970-2011, bulk 1973-1986, bulk Bulk, 1973-1986

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Summary

Title:
Mendelsohn (Jill) photographs and collection on Elsa Gidlow
Dates:
circa 1970-2011, bulk 1973-1986, bulk Bulk, 1973-1986
Creators:
Mendelsohn, Jill
Abstract:
Photographs and Elsa Gidlow's correspondence and writings, bulk 1973-1986, collected by Jill Mendelsohn. Included are photographs of Gidlow, as well as lesbian writer Rita Mae Brown, lesbian musicians Meg Christian and Margie Adams, and the San Diego Women's Music Festival in 1974.
Extent:
0.2 linear feet. 1 archive carton.
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Jill Mendelsohn Photographs and Collection on Elsa Gidlow, Coll2013-078, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains photographs and personal correspondence of Jill Mendelsohn. Included are photographs of the 1974 San Diego Women's Music Festival, a 1975 Meg Christian performance, and a brief meeting with Rita Mae Brown. This collection also contains photographs taken by Mendelsohn and her partner Karen documenting lesbian feminist poet Elsa Gidlow in her garden, a newspaper article about Gidlow, and personal correspondence to Mendelsohn and Karen from Gidlow.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Jill Mendelsohn, May 12, 2011.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Danielle Perez-Granado, August 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Danielle Perez-Granado
Sponsor:
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Date Prepared:
(c) 2013
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-10-08T11:14-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #, or item name] Jill Mendelsohn Photographs and Collection on Elsa Gidlow, Coll2013-078, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
askone@usc.edu
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