Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks papers, circa 1950s-1997

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Summary

Creators:
Hicks, Kenna and June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
Abstract:
Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks were long-term romantic partners and were active members of the lesbian feminist activist community in Santa Barbara. This collection is comprised of periodicals, newsletters, correspondence and membership material from Santa Barbara as well as national feminist and LGBT organizations. Also included is personal and professional material from both Kiers and Hicks such as correspondence, education documents, ephemera, journals, poetry, clippings and artwork.
Extent:
5.4 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language:
English and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks papers (Collection 1985). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of periodicals, newsletters, correspondence and membership material from Santa Barbara as well as national feminist and LGBT organizations. Also included is personal and professional material from both Kiers and Hicks such as correspondence, education documents, ephemera, journals, poetry, clippings and artwork. A particular strength of the collection are the publications and materials from organizations that focus on LGBT and women's rights.

Biographical / historical:

Kenna Hicks was born August 28th, 1945 in Lawrence County, Ohio. Margriet Kiers was born November 30, 1945 in the Netherlands and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where she majored in Sociology and Psychology. Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks were long-term romantic partners and were active members of the lesbian feminist activist community in San Francisco and Santa Barbara. Kiers and Hicks were also business partners, operating a courier service and cleaning service together. Hicks worked for a period as an airline stewardess, and Kiers worked for several doctors and lawyers as a secretary. Both women were interested in LGBT and women's rights, as well as communal living, and woman-owned land cooperatives.

Acquisition information:

Gift, Kenna Hicks, circa 2001.

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:

Processed by Stacy Wood, 2012.

Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2017.

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.

Arrangement:

This collection has been arranged in the following series:

  • Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1970s-1986
  • Series 2: Women's and LGBT Organizations Materials, 1972-1997
  • Series 3: Professional Materials, 1966-circa 1970s
  • Series 4: Personal Materials, circa 1950s-1994

Physical / technical requirements:

COLLECTION CONTAINS UNPROCCESSED AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Materials will require assessment and may need further processing for safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

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

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

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], Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks papers (Collection 1985). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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