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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Woman's Building newsletter and brochures
creator:
Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 7101
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1976-1981
Abstract: A collection of two serial publications issued by the Woman's Building (Los Angeles) between 1976 and 1981: four issues of
a recurring brochure for the Extension Program at the Woman's Building and nine issues of
Spinning Off: A Newsletter Of Women's Culture Presented By The Woman's Building. The Woman's Building was a non-profit arts and education center created by and for women in Los Angeles, California. Active
from 1973 to 1991, the Woman's Building focused on feminist art and served as a venue for the women's movement in Los Angeles.
The Extension Program at the Woman's Building offered a series of courses and workshops by prominent women in the fields of
literature, art, art history, design, graphics, film, video, performance, dance, music, health, and psychology in an independent
and feminist environment. The four brochures in this collection provide general information about the Extension Program, along
with course catalogs for the 1976 Fall Session and the 1977 Winter, Spring, and Fall Sessions.
Spinning Off: A Newsletter of Women's Culture Presented By The Woman's Building contains photographs, advertisements, news, calendars of events, and information about services relating to the Woman's Building.
This collection holds nine issues of
Spinning Off in a broken run ranging from May of 1978 (Vol. 1, No. 5) to July/August of 1981.
Container: 1
A collection of two serials published by the Woman's Building (Los Angeles) spanning 1976 to 1981. The first serial consists
of four separate brochures that promote the Extension Program at the Woman's Building -- "a series of classes and workshops
intended to provide skills, information, and a community of work and support which help to make women's culture public." The
four brochures provide general information about the Extension Program, along with course catalogs for the 1976 Fall Session
and the 1977 Winter, Spring, and Fall Sessions.
The second serial in this collection,
Spinning Off: A Newsletter of Women's Culture Presented By The Woman's Building, includes nine issues in a broken run ranging from May of 1978 (Vol. 1, No. 5) to July/August of 1981. The newsletter--issued
officially by Women's Community, Inc.--contains photographs, advertisements, news, calendars of events, and information about
services relating to the Woman's Building. The nine issues in this collection are dated: May 1978, Oct. 1978, Nov. 1978, Feb.
1979, Feb. 1980, March 1980, April 1980, Dec. 1980, and July/August 1981.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Woman's Building newsletter and brochures, Collection no. 7101, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bolerium Books, November 11, 2019.
Woman's Building records, 1960-2016, undated, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2017.M.43.
Woman's Building records, Coll. 2014-126, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Woman's Building records (Collection 1982). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University
of California, Los Angeles.
Ruth Weisberg papers, Collection no. 0360, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern
California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Feminism -- Study and teaching -- California -- Archival resources
Feminism and art -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Feminists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Second-wave feminism -- California -- Los Angeles -- Periodicals
Women -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
Women -- California -- Los Angeles -- Societies and clubs -- History -- Archival resources
Women artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Women in community organization -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Women in nonprofit organizations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Brochures
Newsletters
Periodicals
Serials
Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives