Finding aid of the Nancy Rosenblum Photographs
Loni Shibuyama
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
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Los Angeles, California 90007
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Finding aid of the Nancy Rosenblum Photographs
Collection number: Coll2008-048
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Los Angeles,
California
- Processed by:
- Loni Shibuyama
- Date Completed:
- July 10, 2008
- Encoded by:
- Loni Shibuyama
© 2008 ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives. All rights reserved.
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant
from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Nancy Rosenblum photographs
Dates: 1976-2008
Collection number: Coll2008-048
Creator:
Rosenblum, Nancy
Collection Size: 1 archive carton + 3 flat
archive boxes. 3.1 linear feet.
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Sound recordings, photographs and related
material created by Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Nancy
Rosenblum. The core of the collection is photographs and related material from
Rosenblum's two photography exhibitions: "Vegetables: A Reaction to Male
Violence Against Women" (1979) and "Some of My Best Friends... Portraits of
Lesbians," a series of lesbian portraits photographed in Los Angeles in the
1980s and early 1990s. The collection also includes sound recordings of
interviews (2002 - 2003) that Rosenblum conducted for Southern California's
gay- and lesbian-oriented radio program, IMRU Radio.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Publication Rights
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Nancy Rosenblum Photographs, Coll2008-048, ONE National Gay and Lesbian
Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Nancy Rosenblum, July 2, 2008.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama,
July 10, 2008.
Processing this collection has been funded
by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
Biography
Born in August 1954, Nancy Rosenblum grew up in the suburbs of Los
Angeles and developed an interest in photography and filmmaking at age seven.
She often borrowed her father's Bell & Howell 8mm camera and spliced
together short movies. After coming out as a lesbian in 1975, she attended the
photography program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) for six
years, eventually earning her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1983. During her
time at CalArts, she created two photography exhibits. Her first exhibit,
"Vegetables: A Reaction to Male Violence Against Women," premiered in 1979 and
her second exhibit, "Some of My Best Friends... Portraits of Lesbians," was her
1983 Master's show. She also created a 3-monitor video installation about
growing up in her family.
After graduating from CalArts, Rosenblum turned to video editing and
filmmaking. In 1988, she edited and co-produced with Irene Pinn a documentary
about lesbians called,
You Can Know All I Am. From the 1980s
through the mid-2000s, she worked as an editor for film and television, winning
several Los Angeles Emmy Awards for her work on various news documentaries. She
was also active in the gay and lesbian political movement, contributing to such
organizations and publications as
Lesbian Tide,
Connexxus: El Centro de Mujeres,
Lesbian News, Outfest and IMRU Radio; and
she continued to exhibit photographs at various Southern California
locations.
In 1983, Rosenblum met Mary Whitlock, who became her life partner. In
August 2008, Rosenblum and Whitlock relocated to Nelson, British Columbia,
where Whitlock studies music and Rosenblum continues to create art works and
teach film editing at Selkirk College.
Scope and Content
Photograph collection created by Los Angeles-based lesbian photographer
and filmmaker Nancy Rosenblum. The collection is divided into two series: (1)
Photographs and Related Material and (2) Sound Recordings. The first series,
and the core of the collection, includes material from Rosenblum's two
photography exhibits: "Vegetables: A Reaction to Male Violence Against Women,"
originally showcased at the CalArts School of Art and Design in 1979; and "Some
of My Best Friends... Portraits of Lesbians," a series of lesbian portraits
photographed in Southern California in the 1980s and early 1990s. The series
also includes miscellaneous photographs from the 1970s, of such subjects as Sue
Fink and Joelyn Grippo, the Los Angeles Women's Chorus, and Rosenblum with her
partner, Mary Whitlock. The second series comprises sound recordings of radio
segments (2002 - 2003) that Rosenblum produced for the Southern California
LGBT-oriented program, IMRU Radio. It includes discussions about gay weddings,
the Los Angeles Women's Building, the Outfest Film Festival, as well as
interviews with such women as Eloise Klein Healy, Lea Delaria and Terry
Wolverton.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
IMRU Radio
Lesbians
Photographers
Photographs
Portrait photographers
Rosenblum, Nancy, 1954-
Box: 1 : 1 - 15 ; 2 ; 3 : 1 - 24 ;
4 : 1 - 54
Series 1.
Photographs and Related Material
1976-2008
Physical Description: 2.9 linear feet.
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises Rosenblum's photographs and related material
from her two photography exhibitions, "Vegetables: A Reaction to Male Violence
Against Women" and "Some of My Best Friends... Portraits of Lesbians." The
related material includes exhibit descriptions written by Rosenblum, as well as
press material and an audience comment book from "Vegetables;" and contact
sheets and model releases from "Some of My Best Friends." This series also
includes miscellaneous photographs of such subjects as Sue Fink and Joelyn
Grippo, the Los Angeles Women's Chorus, and Rosenblum with her partner, Mary
Whitlock. Note: numbers written on the back of the exhibit photographs in "Some
of My Best Friends" are the donor's original inventory numbers.
Box 1 : 1
Nancy Rosenblum Photography Resume
2008
Box 1 : 2 - 5 ; 3 : 1 - 24
"Vegetables: A Reaction to Male Violence Against
Women"
1979 - 1983
Box 3 : 1 - 24
Exhibit Photographs
circa 1979
Physical Description: 24 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 14
in.
Box 1 : 2
Exhibit Description by Nancy Rosenblum
2008
Box 1 : 5
"Violence Against Women (as depicted by three books)"
Manuscript by Nancy Rosenblum
Date
unknown
Box 1 : 6 - 9 ; 2 ; 4 : 1 -
53
"Some of My Best Friends… Portraits of
Lesbians"
1980 - 1992
Box 1 : 6 ; 4 : 1 -
53
Exhibit Photographs
1980 -
1992
Box 4 : 1
#1 - "Mama Rosa" (Rosa Bondini)
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 2
#2 - Barbara Gehrke and Terrie Trotter
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 3
#3 - Abigail, Jennifer and Joan Boker
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 4
#4 - Catherine Lord and Nathalie Magnan
1984
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 5
#5 - Terry Scannel
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 6
#6 - Helen Affsa
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 7
#7 - Pam Salter
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 8
#8 - Eloise Klein Healy
1984
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 9
#9 - Laura Aguilar
1987
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 10
#10 - Gaby Antolovich
1985
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 11
#11 - Becky Villasenor
1987
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 12
#12 - Xavier E. Hall
1985
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 13
#13 - Mary Whitlock
1987
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 14
#14 - Cheryl R. Bullard
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 15
#15 - Lori Cutler
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 16
#16 - Jean Pittman
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 17
#17 - Carla D. Barboza
1987
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 18
#18 - Elaine King
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 19
#19 - Betsy Skidmore
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 20 - 21
#20 - Adrianna Ariente and Alexis Kotter
1981
Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 22 - 23
#21 - Torrie Osborne
1992
Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 24
#22 - Meredith Portnoff
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 25
#23 - Robin Ladd and Sharon Holmes
1985
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 26
#24 - Karen Sandler
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 27
#25 - Leticia Chavoya and Cathy E. Wilson
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 28
#26 - Lani Simpson
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 29
#27 - Terry Wilson
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 30
#28 - Catherine M. Sifter
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 31
#29 - Patti Temple
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 32
#30 - Barbara Marino
1989
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 33
#31 - Gyl and Nancy Rosenblum
1984
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 34
#32 - Alix Dobkin
1984
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 35
#33 - Patricia A. Akers
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 36
#34 - Sandra B. Pollack and Barbara A.
Stopha
1981
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 37
#35 - Leticia Chavoya
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 38
#36 - Bia Lowe and Terry Wolverton
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 39
#37 - Bia Lowe and Terry Wolverton
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 40
#38 - Loren Bennitt
Date
unknown
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 41
#39 - Nancy Rosenblum
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 42
#40 - Robin Miller and Trudi White
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 43
#41 - Roxy McGuire
1985
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 44
#42 - Johanna Gullick
1980
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 45
#42 - Irma Perez Cordova
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 46
#43 - Linda Velazquez and Renee Harcourt
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 47
#44 - Sachiye Yamamoto
1984
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 48
#45 - Leslie Stone
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 49
#46 - Randi Hepner
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 50
#47 - Marge
Date
unknown
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 51
#48 - Digby Duncan
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 52
#49 - Sherry McCoy
1982
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 4 : 53
#50 - Gyl Rosenblum and Donna Marcus
Date
unknown
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20
in.
Box 1 : 6
#51 - Linette Burton
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
Box 1 : 6
#52 - Joan Boisclair
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
Box 1 : 6
#53 - Diane Gamboa
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
Box 1 : 6
#54 - Pamela Hamanaka
circa 1984
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
Box 1 : 6
#55 - Diane Rania
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
Box 1 : 6
#56 - Maria Zavala
1983
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
Box 1 : 7
Exhibit Description by Nancy Rosenblum
2008
Box 2
Exhibit Text Panels
Date
unknown
Box 1 : 9
Model Release Agreements
1982 -
1992
Box 1 : 10 - 15 ; 4 : 54
Miscellaneous
1976 - 1985
Box 1 : 10
Rhiannon (from Alive!) Concert, Culver City
Auditorium
1976
Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w.
Box 1 : 11 - 12 ; 4 : 54
Sue Fink and Joelyn Grippo
1977
Box 1 : 11
First Picture Published and First Dollar Earned from
Sue & Joelyn
1977
Box 1 : 12
Photos and Flyer
1977
Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w.
Box 1 : 13
L.A. Women's Chorus
1978
Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w.
Box 1 : 14
Nancy Rosenblum & Mary Whitlock, Morro
Bay
1985
Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.
Box: 2 : 1 - 8
Series 2.
Sound Recordings
2002-2003
Physical Description: 0.2 linear foot.
Series Scope and Content
This series comprises audio recordings of radio segments that
Rosenblum produced for the Southern California gay- and lesbian-oriented
program, IMRU Radio. It includes seven audio CDs containing radio segments in
which Rosenblum interviews such people as Eloise Klein Healy, Terry Wolverton,
and Lea Delaria. The series also includes a sound cassette containing a
compilation of all the segments.
Box 2 : 1
Eloise IMRU; Gay Weddings; Terry Wolverton Women's
Building Insurgent Muse; Ruthie and Connie; Leahive Lea Delaria; Outfest
Docs
2002 - 2003
Physical Description: 1 sound cassette.
Box 2 : 2
Eloise [Klein Healy] Edited
2002
Physical Description: 1 sound disc (16 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4
in.
Box 2 : 3 - 4
Gay Weddings
2002
Physical Description: 2 sound discs (22 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4
in.
Box 2 : 5
Insurgent Muse Aircheck (Interview with Terry
Wolverton)
2002
Physical Description: 1 sound disc (15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4
in.
Box 2 : 6 - 7
Ruthie and Connie Segment; Aircheck
2002
Physical Description: 2 sound discs (22 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4
in.
Box 2 : 8
Lea Delaria
2003
Physical Description: 1 sound disc (17 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4
in.
