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Kiers (Margriet) and Hicks (Kenna) papers
LSC.1985
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Margriet Kiers and Kenna Hicks papers
Creator:
Hicks, Kenna
source:
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1985
Physical Description:
5.4 Linear Feet
(12 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1950s-1997
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.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Use and Reproduction
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.
[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.
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 .
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.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7347911
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.
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.
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 Characteristics and 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lesbian activists -- United States -- Archives.
Kiers, Margriet -- Archives
University of California, Los Angeles. Library
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
Hicks, Kenna -- Archives