Finding aid for the Los Angeles Women's March collection 7050
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2017 August
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Los Angeles Women's March collection
Identifier/Call Number: 7050
Physical Description:
35 Linear Feet
14 boxes
Date (inclusive): 2017-2019
Abstract: The collection consists of posters, flyers, pussy hats and other ephemera collected by librarians in USC Libraries Special
Collections in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Women's March of January 21, 2017 and at the Women's March of January 20,
2018. The collection also includes a few items created for the Women's March on Washington.
Historical note
The Los Angeles Women's March, one of hundreds of such marches that took place around the country and the world on January
21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, was one of the largest of such marches in the United States. The march
wound its way from Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles to City Hall and beyond. LAPD estimates put attendance at 100,000
people, but march organizers estimated closer to 750,000 people.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of over 200 posters and flyers, 5 pussy hats, 1 t-shirt, and other ephemera collected by librarians
in USC Libraries Special Collections in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Women's March of January 21, 2017, and at the Women's
March of January 20, 2018. The collection also includes a few items created for the Women's March on Washington, as well as
information on the various marches produced by march organizers, information about the Valentines to Congress project and
the Pussyhat Project, photographs used in USC Libraries' Special Collections exhibit on the Women's March (Spring 2017), a
few newspapers and magazines documenting the events, and miscellaneous notes that accompanied many of the items. Many of
the posters include the names and hometowns of the marchers (information collected when possible at time of donation).
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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 no. or item name], Los Angeles Women's March collection, Collection no. 7050, Regional History Collection, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The items in the collection were donated by individuals who participated in the March in response to a Facebook message posted
by one of Special Collections' librarians, and to subsequent publicity. The subsequent materials from the 2018 and 2019 marches
were collected by Special Collections librarians at a USC Libraries' Special Collections booth at the March.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Demonstrations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Ephemera
Notes
Photographs
Posters
Realia
Women's March on Los Angeles (2017) -- Archives
Women's March on Washington (2017) -- Archives
Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 8, Folder 1
Box 7
Newspapers and magazines
2017
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles Times (January 22, 2017), The New Yorker (February 6, 2017, cover featuring the Pussyhat), New York Times (January
20, 2017, page A15), New York Times (January 22, 2017), Washington Post (January 22, 2017).
Box 7
Realia
2017-01
Scope and Contents
1 Los Angeles Women's March t-shirt, 5 pussy hats.
Box 7
USC Libraries Special Collections Women's March exhibit materials
2017
Box 8, Folder 2
Photographs
2017-01
Scope and Contents
Photographs of one marcher holding his sign.
Box 8, Folder 3
The Pussyhat Project
2017-01
Scope and Contents
The Pussyhat Project knit pattern. Includes information about the founders of the Project, and copies of media featuring Pussyhats.
Box 8, Folder 4
Valentines to Congress
2017
Scope and Contents
Copies of valentines mailed to members of Congress from the Wall of Women, a local Washington Women's March offshoot. Includes
a note from one of the founders explaining the project.
Box 8, Folder 5
Thank you note from a contributor
2017
Box 8, Folder 6
Washington March
2017
Scope and Contents
Materials from a Washington March volunteer marshal, including tickets, six principles of nonviolence, volunteer waiver of
liability form, and related emails about her volunteer role.
Box 8, Folder 7
Peace Ball
2017
Scope and Contents
Emails, announcement, program, and ephemera about the Peace Ball, held at the Smithsonian Institution on January 19.
Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12
Box 14
Protest sashes
2018
Scope and Contents
Three purple, white, and gold sashes with protest slogans printed along each sash.
Box 8, Folder 8
Ephemera
2019-01
Scope and Contents
Includes stickers, a small sign, a postcard, the flyer used by USC librarians at the 2019 march to solicit poster donations,
a letter from a donor who mailed her poster to USC after the march, and a booklet titled, "Break ALL the Chains! Bob Avakian
on the Emancipation of Women and the Communist Revolution."
