Inventory of the Irene Peslikis Papers, 1957-2002 and undated
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleIrene Peslikis papers,
1957-2002 and undated
Creator
Peslikis, Irene
Language of Material
Material
in English. A small portion of material is
in Greek.
Extent
27.0 Linear Feet
20,250 Items
Repository
20,250 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Abstract
Feminist artist, activist, and educator Irene Peslikis (1943-2002) was born in New York, New York, and raised in different locations in Queens, New York. She was instrumental in a number of influential feminist and feminist art groups, including the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art (co-founded with Pat Mainardi), and the group Redstockings.
The Irene Peslikis Papers span the years 1957-2002 and document Peslikis's life as a feminist artist, activist, and educator. The collection is organized into nine series: Feminist Activism, Correspondence, Writings, Personal Files, Subject Files, Education, Art, Printed Material, and Audiovisual Material. Materials in this collection include correspondence, essays, personal journals, exhibit files, artwork in a number of media, personal files, her student files, teaching files, clippings, photographs, journals, pamphlets, and audiocassettes. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsThe contents of Box 20 are closed until 2099. With that exception, the collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Irene Peslikis Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Irene Peslikis Papers were received by the Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Jodi Berkowitz and Aisha Peay
Completed June 2008
Accessions 03-141 and 04-055 were merged into one collection,
described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our
local
Style Guide.
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Biographical Note
Feminist artist, activist, and educator Irene Peslikis was born 7 October 1943 in New York, New York. Upon completing high school in 1962, she began studies in art at Pratt Institute. In 1963, Peslikis, along with others, broke away from Pratt and co-founded the New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. She was a founding member of the feminist theoretical and consciousness raising group Redstockings, authored "Resistances to Consciousness," a paper on understanding consciousness raising, and was one of the organizers of and participants in the Redstockings Speak Out on Abortion at Washington Square Methodist Church in New York City. Peslikis founded the journal Women & Art with another feminist artist, Pat Manairdi, in the early 1970s, and in 1973 graduated from Queens College.
The first Women and Art course on a college campus was taught by Peslikis at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, and she was a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute. From the 1970s through 1980s, Peslikis taught at a number of post-secondary institutions, including the City College of New York, the College of Staten Island, the College of New Rochelle, and Ramapo College. She taught courses such as Painting, Drawing, Visual Arts Orientation, Introduction to Art Making, Women and Art Studio Workshop, and Contemporary Perspectives on Art. Peslikis had a number of solo art exhibitions, and participated in a larger number of group exhibitions. In 1983, she earned an MFA from the City College of New York. Peslikis died on 28 November 2002 at the age of 59.
[top]Collection Overview
The Irene Peslikis Papers span the years 1957-2002 and document Peslikis's life as a feminist artist, activist, and educator. The collection is organized into nine series: Feminist Activism, Correspondence, Writings, Personal Files, Subject Files, Education, Art, Printed Material, and Audiovisual Material.
The Feminist Activism Series is composed of materials from three key venues for Peslikis's feminist activist work: the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art, and the group Redstockings. This series includes organizational records, related correspondence and articles, exhibition announcements, and grant proposals.
The Correspondence Series contains letters, postcards, and cards received by Peslikis from family and friends. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone. A smaller amount of outgoing letters is also included. Correspondence depicts Peslikis's work as an activist and as an artist, as well as her financial and medical difficulties.
Materials in the Writings Series include manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and journals kept by Peslikis. The Manuscripts subseries includes writings by people other than Peslikis which directly impacted her work, as well as drafts and outlines of Peslikis's publications. Notes, notebooks, and journals were all penned by Peslikis. Notebooks are primarily personal journals kept by Peslikis from her teenage years through the early 1980s and again from the early 1990s until the end of her life.
The Personal Files Series depicts the numerous financial, legal, and medical issues confronted by Peslikis over three decades. Peslikis received assistance in the form of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), food stamps, and subsidized housing for artists (at Westbeth Artist Housing), each of which required meticulous documentation in order to retain. A portion of this series is closed until 2099.
The Subject Files Series consists primarily of clippings and notes retained by Peslikis on a number of women- and feminism-related subjects, as well as on art, astrology, United States foreign policy, and Greek politics.
The Education Series is composed of files documenting Peslikis as a student, an instructor, and an instructor in search of employment.
Items in the Art Series include artwork by Peslikis, duplications of her artwork, sketchbooks, and files related to her exhibits, including flyers, reviews, and catalogs.
The Printed Material Series comprises periodicals, pamphlets, and printed essays. Subjects represented include feminism, Marxism, and art.
The Audiovisual Material Series consists of audiocassettes and super 8 film documenting discussions, meetings, and other events. Items are labeled with original descriptions provided by Peslikis. Also included is a VHS tape of a memorial service for Peslikis.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a
search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will
bring up other related research materials.
- Art--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.
- Art, American--New York (State)--New York--20th century.
- Baxandall, Rosalyn Fraad.
- Chicago, Judy.
- Cisler, Lucinda.
- Feminism--Study and teaching--United States.
- Feminism--United States.
- Feminism and art.
- Feminism and art--New York (State)--New York.
- Feminists--United States--Political activity.
- Feminist Art Institute.
- Feminists--United States.
- Feminists--United States--Correspondence.
- Firestone, Shulamith.
- Hanish, Carol.
- Mainardi, Patricia.
- Morgan, Robin.
- Multimedia (Art).
- Peslikis, Irene.
- Redstockings, Inc.
- Shulman, Alix Kates.
- Vernarelli, Lucia.
- Women & art.
- Women artists.
- Women artists--United States--Correspondence.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Related Material
Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals Collection
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Detailed Description of Collection
Feminist Activism, 1965-2001 and undated
5 Boxes
Peslikis was an integral element of a number of feminist efforts emerging from the second wave of feminism in the United States, including the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art, and the group Redstockings. Materials related to each organization are included in this series.
Feminist Art Institute, 1976-1982 and undated
The New York Feminist Art Institute, of which Peslikis was a founding member, began in 1979 and offered a radical feminist art education for women. In 1981 Peslikis was voted off the Institute's board of directors, prompting the resignation of others. This stemmed from a disagreement about racial intergration in the Institute. Includes workshop and course announcements, related correspondence and articles, grant proposals, and letters of resignation from board members due to the controversy over the organization's racial politics. Arrangement is chronological.
Box 1
Walton, Joanna, Anglo-American workshop,
1976 Mar.-Apr.
Pauley, Sylvia Nelson,
Spring 1977-1978
[Note: Includes slides of her work.]
Notes,
1977 Nov.- 1978 May
Newspaper articles,
1977 Dec.-1979 July
Mailing lists, arts letters, and policies,
1977 Dec.-Summer 1979
Course notes, procedures,
1978
Correspondence,
1978 Feb.-Dec.
Meeting notes, reports, and minutes,
1978 Mar.-Dec.
Proposals,
1978-1979
Grants, collage contributions, and other fundraising
ideas,
1978 June-1979 May
Kurland, Roberta, dissertation seminar,
Autumn 1978-1979 Jan.
Curriculum vitae and extra information on instructors,
1979
Expenses, paid and unpaid,
1979
Notes, curriculum analysis,
1979 Jan.-Mar.
Raffle benefit, fundraising,
1979
Jan.-Mar.
Mailing list information,
1979 Mar.
Fall preparation, printer's prices,
1979 Mar.-Aug.
Course descriptions,
Summer 1979
Forms,
Summer 1979
Original copy of schedule, flyer, and press release,
Summer 1979
Press release and programs,
Summer 1979
Workshop descriptions,
Summer 1979
Box 2
Notes, course descriptions,
1979 May-July
Appointments, notes,
1979 June
Events, curriculum vitae,
1979
June-July
Notes,
1979
June-July
Summer program, preliminary proposal and objectives,
1979
June-July
Board meeting: original goals, summer program,
progress report,
1979 July 18
Meetings,
1979 July-Aug.
notes
Brochures, flyers,
Autumn 1979
Workshop descriptions,
Autumn 1979
Notes,
1979 Sept.
Simone de Beauvoir conference papers, mailing list, and
correspondence,
1979 Sept.
27-29
Board of directors, notes,
1979 Oct.
Notes, correspondence, curriculum vitae,
1979-1980
Proposal and projected first year budget,
1979-1980
Commercial space availability,
1979-1980 Oct.
Proposals and budgets,
1979 Feb.-Spring 1980
Correspondence,
1979 July-1980 Mar.
Official documents, bylaws, and meeting minutes,
1979-1981
Box 3
Workshops and catalog,
Summer 1979-1981
Events,
1979 Nov.-1981 Apr.
Art Association presentation notes,
1980
Personal notes,
1980
Mar.-Oct.
Attempts at community meetings,
1980 May 2
Ford Foundation: correspondence, budgets, letters of
recommendation, and notes,
1980
July-Dec.
Rules and regulations for raffle,
1980
Oct.-Dec.
Notes, minutes,
1980-1981
Political issues and aesthetics,
1980-1981
Sexism/racism workshop,
1981 Jan.
Transformations exhibit, 1981 Mar.
Political consciousness/political action weekend,
1981 Apr.
Letters of resignation,
"Race and Politics at the
N.Y.F.A.I.,"
1981
June-July
Catalog,
1981-1982
Budget, proof, memo, undated
Notes, undated
Publicity information, inexpensive printing,
undated
Women & Art, 1965-1977 and undated
Feminist journal co-founded with Patricia Mainardi. Includes press releases, article submissions, exhibition announcements, and correspondence regarding the organization's liberal/Marxist split. Arrangement is chronological.
Box 3
Articles,
1965-1972
Notes on reductive art and art group agenda,
1970
Articles and conference announcements,
1970 Mar.-1973
May
Manifestos of women artists,
1970 Mar.-1972
Mar.
New articles,
1970 Nov.-1971
Oct.
Notes on aesthetics, society, and criticism,
1971
Box 4
Articles and exhibition announcements,
1971
Apr.-July
Redstocking artists and fundraising for feminist
gallery,
1971 May
Financial and administrative papers,
1971 May-1973
May
(3 folders)
Redstocking artists of the Woman Artists Group,
1971
June-Aug.
Correspondence,
1971 Nov.-1972
Mar.
Female sexuality and censorship,
1972
Egbert, Donald,
"The Idea of the Avante Gardein Art and Politics,"
1972 Mar.
Liberal/Marxist
split,
1972
Mar.-Apr.
Newsletters,
1971
Autumn-Winter
Proposal notes,
1971 May-1979
Aug.
Magazine contributions and art exhibition,
"Two Nations, Six Artists,"
1972 Mar.-1974
Feb.
[Note: Includes photographs and pen and ink drawings.]
Supplement, Summer/Autumn
1972
Articles,
1973
Ideas and correspondence,
1973
Submissions, Spring 1973
A Group Project, notes,
1974
Nov.-Dec.
Articles
1974-1975
May
Women & Art collective
exhibit,
1975 Apr.
Women & Art exhibition,
1976
Box 5
Articles and events,
1977
Women & Art workshop of American Studies, third
annual exhibit,
1977
Newsletter, articles, and catalog,
1977
Feb.-June
Bibliography and resource list,
1977 Apr.
Articles, undated
Lecture notes, Lehman College, undated
Notes regarding supplement on Marxist aesthetics, undated
Redstockings, 1968-2001 and undated
A feminist theoretical and consciousness-raising group in New York City, which Peslikis co-founded. Includes articles on radical feminist politics and draft of the
"Redstockings Manifesto."
Arrangement is chronological.
Box 5
"Consciousness-raising and
Intuition,"
1968 Nov.
Consciousness-raising, session outline,
1968
"What Can Be Learned?: A Critique of
the Miss America Protest"
and
"Defining Reality,"
1968 Nov.
Consciousness-raising,
1969
"Whatever Happened to
Women?,"
"The Politics of Free Love,"
and
"Consumerism and Women,"
1969
"Resistance to
Consciousness,"
1969 June 27
Testimonies: how marriage oppresses single women,
1969 Aug.
"A Woman Scientist Speaks,"
1969 Nov. 20
Manifesto and notes,
1970 Mar.
Workshop on class,
1970
Apr.-May
Steinem, Gloria, press release,
1975 May 9
Course description: Women Thinking About Themselves,
Autumn 1978
Abortion forum,
1989 Mar. 3
Veteran feminists and women's liberation,
1999-2001
Consciousness-raising evaluation event,
2000 Dec. 10
"Women's Liberation & National
Health Care: Confronting the Myth of the Nation,"
2001 Dec. 19
"Brainwashing and Women: The
Psychological Attack,"
and
"False Consciousness,"
undated
Redstockings Manifesto, principles and letter,
undated
Correspondence, 1958-2002 and undated
3 Boxes
Contains letters, postcards, and cards received by Peslikis from family and friends. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone. A smaller amount of outgoing letters is also included. Correspondence depicts Peslikis's work as an activist and as an artist, as well as her financial and medical difficulties. Arrangement is chronological.
Box 6
1958
1960 June-1969 Oct. and
undated
1961 July-Sept.
1962 Feb.-July
1963 Sept. 10
1964 Feb.-Mar.
1967 Mar. 3
1969 June-Aug.
circa 1970
1970 Mar.-June
1971 Feb.-Dec.
1972
1973
1974 Mar.-Sept.
1975 May-Aug.
1976 May-Oct.
1977
1978
1978-1997
1979
(2 folders)
1980
Box 7
1980-1981
1981
1981-1982
1982
1983 Feb.-Aug.
1984 Feb. 25
1985
1986
1987
1988 Jan.-Mar.
1989 Oct.-Nov.
1990 July
1990-1993
1990-1994
1991
1992 Jan.-Apr.
1993
1994
1995-1996
Box 8
1997
1998
(2 folders)
1999
2000
2001-2002
2002
undated
(3 folders)
Writings, 1960-2002 and undated
8 Boxes
Contains manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and journals kept by Peslikis. The Manuscripts subseries includes writings by people other than Peslikis which directly impacted her work, as well as drafts and outlines of Peslikis's publications. Notes, notebooks, and journals were all penned by Peslikis.
Manuscripts, 1963-1994 and undated
Includes early drafts, outlines, and related notes of Peslikis's publications as well as the creative and scholarly works of her associates and influences. Files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 9
Anonymous,
Encyclopedia Britannica
submission on
Crime and Punishment, undated
Anonymous,
The Fire Last Time,
undated
Berl, Christine, essay on the function of
socialist art, notes,
1971 Jan. 3
Chatwood, Kathleen,
Art Under Capitalism,
1979 Feb.
De Beauvoir, Simone,
"The Question of Fidelity,"
1963
Dodge, Natt N.,
"Poisonous Dwellers of the
Desert,"
undated
Forer, Anne,
"Dedicated to Irene,"
"Easter,"
"Stories and Letters,"
"Philosophy,"
1994
Forer, Anne,
"A Pink Cloud,"
"A Spritual Struggle,"
and
untitled story,
1989-1991
Giardina, Carol Ann,
A Critical Analysis of Marxist Theory
and Practice on the Woman Question,
1970 June
Guerrier, Dexter, untitled play,
1980
Nov.-Dec.
Jarratt, Kent,
"My Brother's Friend"
and
"Irene's Story,"
undated
Jarratt, Kent, Noho Gallery article in
honor of Peslikis's photo-collage exhibit, undated
Jarratt, Kent,
"Sunbathing"
and untitled
poems, undated
Jarratt, Kent,
"This Saturday,"
"The Decay of Stone,"
"Tarantella,"
undated
Peslikis, essays on Marxism and modern art, 1969-1980
(7 folders)
Peslikis,
Random House permission release form for
"Women in Revolt,"
1970
Unfinished article and newspaper clippings,
1971 Sept.-1972
Jan.
Untitled speech,
1977 Mar.
16
"Heresies,"
introduction
and outline,
1978 Dec.-1979
Mar.
Notes for
"Heresies,"
1979 Jan.
Box 10
Notes for
"Heresies"
and
"Reviewing my past
thoughts,"
undated
et al.,
"Men Have Died from Time to Time
and Worms Have Eaten Them, But Not for Love: The Woman Artist and the Myth of Romantic Love,"
1979 July 1
"Colette's Independent Study of
A.H., Drawn from the Lifetime of Her Friend,"
and notes,
1979-1983
Untitled fragments on the avant-garde,
1982 Mar.-1982
May
Untitled poem,
circa 1982 Mar.
17
Presentation on the context, form, and content of
art, preliminary draft and notes,
1982 May
13
Feminist Memoir Project,
prospectus and notes,
1994
Cooper/Grey cubist aesthetics, paper and notes,
undated
Cooper/Grey paper, preliminary drafts, and notes on
Simone de Beauvoir and Marxism, undated
"Inevitable Truths,"
preliminary draft, undated
"Resistance to
Consciousness,"
prelimary drafts and notes, undated
"Toward an Understanding of
Marxist Theory on Art,"
undated
Peslikis, John,
"The Uncharted Voyage"
and
other writings,
1966 Dec.-1993
Nov.
(2 folders)
Poussaint, Alvin F.,
"The Stresses of the White Female
Worker in the Civil Rights Movement in the South, "
1966 May 13
Rakow, Raymond W.,
"Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Abortion: An
Important Difference,"
"Psychoanalysis and Psychosomatic
Medicine,"
"Sexual Freedom and Oppressive
Ideology,"
"Sex, Politics, and
Psychology,"
1982-1989
Sheehy, Gail,
"Bachelor Mothers,"
undated
Sherman, Susan, untitled,
undated
Shulman, Alix Kates, untitled paper,
undated
Smith, Christine,
"Klimt's Image of Women,"
undated
Wahous, Jane, 1963-1967 Oct.
Winters, Laurence E.,
"The Problematic of Contemporary
Art: Impasse or Opening,"
1979
Zalamea, Pilar,
"Friend,"
undated
Notes, 1969-2002 and undated
Includes Peslikis's outlines and research notes for her articles and activism, as well as personal reflections on these topics. Arrangement is chronological.
Box 11
Speech notes on abortion and feminist history, 1969-1979
Mar.
Dialectical materialism,
1971-1989
Some thoughts on Simone de Beauvoir, woman and
history, 1971 Apr.
1977 Aug.-1994
Aug.
Conference notes,
1978 Jan.
1978-1979
Expenses regarding WBAI program,
1978 Apr.-1979
Mar.
Art history and anthropology,
1979 Jan.-March
(3 folders)
Dictaphone messages,
1983-1992
(2 folders)
Marriage,
1994-2002
(6 folders)
Biological determinism, teaching, and Women's Movement,
1998-2000
Foreign policy, historical chronology,
2000
Mar.-Apr.
Bibliographic information, undated
Box 12
Contacts, undated
(3 folders)
Lecture notes on Mary Cassatt, undated
Marxism and bourgeois radicalism, undated
Scrapbooking material, undated
"Stop Smoking Guide"
and
contacts, undated
Women's Movement, undated
Notebooks and Journals, 1960-1984, 1992-2002 and undated
Consists primarily of personal journals kept by Peslikis from her teenage years through the early 1980s and again from the early 1990s until the end of her life. Arrangement is chronological.
Box 12
1960-1970
Typed transcriptions of journal entries,
1960-1973
1961
1962 Nov.-1973 May
Loose leaf journal entries, 1963 Mar.-1996
Aug.
1967
1968
Box 13
1968 Mar.-1969 Dec.
1968 Sept.
1969
(4 folders)
1970
(2 folders)
1970
1970 Feb.-Mar.
1971
1971 Mar.-Oct.
1971 Sept.-Nov.
Box 14
1972
1972-1993
1972 Dec.-1973 Jan.
1973
1973-1991
1977 June-1981 Aug.
1977 Apr.-1984 Aug.
1980 Mar.-Aug.
1992 Jan.-1995 Sept.
1994 June
1997-1999
Redstockings meeting notes, 1999 Oct.-2000 Mar.
Box 15
1999-2002
2001 Oct.
Journals, undated
(6 folders)
Loose leaf journal entries, undated
Loose leaf journal entries and draft of letter,
undated
Notebooks, undated
(3 folders)
Box 16
Notebooks, undated
(5 folders)
Recipes, undated
Personal Files, 1971-2000
3 Boxes
Consists of files depicting the numerous financial, legal, and medical issues confronted by Peslikis over three decades. Peslikis received assistance in the form of SSI, food stamps, and subsidized housing for artists (at Westbeth Artist Housing), each of which required meticulous documentation in order to retain. Files are arranged alphabetically.
A portion of the files in this series, as indicated below, are closed until 2099.
Box 17
Apartment matters, 1975-1976
Art sales, 1971, 1979, 1997-1999
Artists' rights/art transfer agreements,
1982
Bankruptcy, 1983-1989
Boarder baby, 1987
CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service) Program,
1975-1985
Copyrights/patents, 1980
Date books, 1969-2001
(5 of 6 folders)
Box 18
Date books, 1969-2001
(6 of 6 folders)
Failed foot surgery, 1997
Financial and related material, 2000
Food stamps, 1986-1993
(3 folders)
Grant application materials, 1983-1990
Letters from doctors re: disabilities,
1998-1999
Lucia Vernarelli Hacker inheritance,
1994-1997
Medicaid, 1993
Medical reports, 1985
Medical reports, 1998
Notes, 199 Feb.-Mar.
Peslikis v. D'Agostino, 1998
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1997, 2000
Scooter accident, 1986-1987
Box 19
Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
1984-1986
SSI, 1988-1993
Sylvia G. Traube, M.D., 1989
Westbeth, 1992-1994
(2 folders)
Westbeth recertification, 1982
Westbeth recertification, 1987-1989
Westbeth recertification, 1991-1993
(3 folders)
Westbeth recertification, 1996-1999
Box 20
Divorce and legal files, 1994-1999
These files are closed until 2099.
Subject Files, 1964-1999 and undated
7 Boxes
Consists primarily of clippings and notes retained by Peslikis on a number of women- and feminism-related subjects, as well as on art, astrology, United States foreign policy, and Greek politics. Subseries are arranged alphabetically.
Feminist Activism, 1966-1999 and undated
Includes articles, notes, and event announcements related to various second and third wave feminist organizations, notes and research materials related to the first and second waves of the women's movement, and materials related to women's rights, women's health, the lesbian and gay rights movement, feminist theory, and sexuality.
Box 21
Abortion
Pamphlets, articles on legislation, reproductive
rights, and women's and religious views, 1969
(2 folders)
"Abortion Action Panel,"
1969
Feb.-Mar.
National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws,
1969-1970
Leaflets, articles on repeal of anti-abortion laws,
1969-1970
Notes on reproductive rights and birth control,
1977 Oct.
"No Restrictions!,"
speakout,
2000
Leaflets on Women's liberation and welfare,
undated
Association of Libertarian Feminists,
1973-1979
Bread and Roses, conference on worker's culture,
1993 Dec. 11
Congress to Unite Women,
1969
Consciousness-raising,
1998-1999
Equal Rights Amendment
Labor laws,
1970
Action and follow-up,
1978
Box 22
National march, 1978
Leaflets and list of sponsors, undated
The Feminist, articles by members, 1971
Feminist Activism
Reports and notes, 1968-1999
(4 folders)
Magazine clippings, 1969-1975
Newspaper clippings, 1968-1970
(2 folders)
Newsletters, 1969-1970
Business letters, 1969-1971
Feminist theory, commemorative conference, 1979
Box 23
Lesbian and Gay Rights Movement, 1970
(2 folders)
"Male liberation"
and
socioeconomic formations, 1973
Marxist feminist group, 1975-1977
Marxist feminist conference materials, 1978-1979
National Organization for Women, 1966-1969
New York Radical Women, 1975-1977
Oasis Oil, 1967 July-Dec.
Publishing: Groove Press, undated
Radical Feminist Organizing Committee, 1981
Redstockings, 1969-1979
(2 folders)
Redstockings Anthology, articles
for notes from the first and second year, 1968-1970
(2 folders)
"Scum Manifesto,"
undated
Sisterhood is Powerful Inc., open report by Robin Morgan, 1974
Women Against Government Surveillance, 1977
Women Against Pornography, 1979
Women and Art
"Women in the Arts,"
1971
Art groups, manifestos, and reports, 1971-1972
Newspaper clippings, 1971-1972
Box 24
Women's Action Alliance, 1979
Women's Health Movement, 1968
Women's Labor, 1966-1978
Women's Liberation
Queen's College, 1967-1970
Conference, Chicago, IL, 1968
Conference contacts, 1968
New School Graduate Center conference, 1968
Publications, 1968-1971
Class-consciousness, Colorado Springs, 1969
Leaflets, 1969-1972
(2 folders)
Bibliographies and resources, 1969-1974
Resources and articles, 1971-1978
(2 folders)
Marriage, divorce, 1974
Articles, 1978-1980
News and Letters, 1978
Box 25
Notes, undated
Selected writings, undated
Self-defense, undated
Song sheets, undated
Women's Movement
149th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Women's Rights
Convention of 1848, resolutions of 1997, undated
Notes on
Five for Freedom, by
Constance Buell Burnett
Veteran Feminists of America, 1996-1997
General Files, 1964-1997 and undated
Contains clippings and articles retained by Peslikis on a number of subjects of interest to her beyond feminism, incuding art, astrology, and Greece.
Box 25
The art establishment, 1970-1978
Art in schools, including newspaper clipping on
Peslikis, 1971-1998
Artists Group, 1970
Astrology
Notes on horoscopes and article,
1984-1985
[Note: Includes photographs of Peslikis in China and
Russia.]
Finished horoscope charts, sketches, 1985 Mar.-June
Horoscope calculations, 1985-1986
Natal horoscope and
"words of comfort,"
1991 Oct.-1992 Jan.
New York School of Astrology announcement, horoscope
descriptions, and articles, undated
Conferences and panels, 1972-1976
[Note: Item removed to Oversized Materials.]
Cultural control in the visual arts, workshops, 1976
Angela Davis Festival of the Arts, undated
Ethnic heritage: Images of Immigrants Festival, Queens College, 1980 Apr.
26-27
Film and Video
PBS controversy, 1979-1980
Equipment rental and workshops, 1980
Mar.-June
Box 26
Greece
Union of Greeks and Americans for Democracy,
articles on foreign capital investment and women political prisoners, 1967-1972
Articles, leaflets on fascist junta, notes for art
exhibit, 1967-1971
Issues of
Demokratia on the execution of
Mikis Theodorakis and
The New York Review of Books, 1969 Apr.-1971
June
Foreign press, Mikis Theodorakis, and clippings from
Demokratia, 1969 Oct.-1970
May
Pamphlets and articles on anti-imperialist activity;
report of the First World Congress of Anti-Dictatorial Committees, 1969-1972
Anti-dictatorial struggle, political cartoons, and
draft of Peslikis's speech, 1970
Community activism, leaflets, articles, 1970-1971
Fascist rule and US involvement, 1970-1971
Anti-dictatorial activity, reports, 1972-1974
Cultural productions, 1973
The Greek American Artists Projects, 1977 Mar.
Laography and Hellenic dances, undated
Box 27
Hacker, Ernst and Lucia Vernarelli,
Dahlias, undated
Hanisch, Carol, writings, events,
correspondence, 1991-1997
Karate, chart of basis techniques and notes,
undated
Marriage, lecture material, 1977-1978
Matisse, Henri, Retrospective Exhibition,
Philadelphia Museum of Art, letter, 1948
Millet, Kate, article, 1970 July
National Campaign for Tolerance, inscription of
Peslikis's name on the Wall of Tolerance, 2002 June 28
National Congress of Neighborhood Women, 1976
New York Studio School, 1964-1966
Photography
Class materials, undated
Negatives, undated
Professional interests, undated
Publicity, 1975-1976
(2 folders)
Self-help resources, 1988
The Society for the Study of Social Problems,
thirtieth annual meeting, 1980 Aug.
23-26
State University of New York College at Old Westbury,
undated
Surrealist artists, articles and exhibitions, 1967-1970
University budgets, article, 1994
Women artists: articles, exhibits, performances, and
workshops, 1972-1981
Women in business, 1969 Aug.-1979 Oct.
Women's health, medical news, 1979
Women writers, newspaper clippings, 1972-1978
World Festival of Youth and Students, 1973
July-Aug.
Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, 1966
Youth festival, East Berlin, 1973 Aug.
Education, 1957-2001
4 Boxes
Composed of files documenting Peslikis as a student, an instructor, and an instructor in search of employment. All subseries are arranged chronologically.
Student Files, 1957-1982
Contains school records, course work, and notes.
Box 28
Richmond Hill High School, course work, 1957-1962
(2 folders)
School records, and curriculum vitae, 1957-1983
Course work and notes, Art History seminar, Queens College, 1970
Senior project on cityscapes, 1971 Dec.
Course notes, Queens College, 1971-1972
Course notes, Art and Society, Queens College, circa 1972
Course notes, Queens College, 1972
Application materials for graduate programs, 1981-1982
City College of New York, Master of Fine Arts application materials, 1981-1982
Graduate course work and notes, 1981-1982
Course notes, Contemporary Art seminar, 1982 Mar.-Nov.
Teaching Files, 1969-2001
Contains application materials (including curriculum vitae), teaching notes, and syllabi.
Box 28
The Queens School, teaching appointment, 1969 June-1970 Apr.
Ramapo College of New Jersey, course in crafts, 1974
Ramapo College of New Jersey, course in jewelry making, 1974
Box 29
State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury, teaching notes, American Studies course in Women and Art, 1973-1981
(2 folders)
SUNY College at Old Westbury and College of New Rochelle, Women's Studies syllabi, 1974-1979
(2 folders)
SUNY College at Old Westbury, Art History lecture notes and class schedule, 1975 Jan.-Apr.
(2 folders)
Teaching notes, Introduction to Art Making, 1976-1992
SUNY College at Old Westbury, Introduction to Women's Studies, 1977-1978
SUNY College at Old Westbury, teaching notes and xeroxes for Introduction to Women's Studies, 1977-1981
(3 folders)
Box 30
College of New Rochelle School of New Resources, teaching appointments and opening of Women's Center, 1978-1979
New York Feminist Art Institute, two-year outline of course in Elemental Feminism and syllabus, 1978-1979
SUNY College at Old Westbury, course in Women and Art, lecture materials, 1979
SUNY College at Old Westbury, notes for course development, Visual Diaries and/or Visual Histories, 1979 Nov.-Dec.
SUNY College at Old Westbury, American Studies Department Women & Art workshop, 1980 May
City College of New York, presentation slides and notes, Autumn 1981
City College of New York, teaching plans for drawing course, 1982 Feb.-Mar.
City College of New York, Visual Arts orientation, 1982 Feb.-May
Vermont College of Norwich University, 2001
Job Search Files, 1973-1999
Contains letters of inquiry and responses, teaching statements, application materials, and course and instructor evaluations.
Box 30
Curriculum vitae, circa 1973-1999
Responses to letters of inquiry, 1974-1975
(2 folders)
Course and instructor evaluations, 1974-1986
SUNY College at Old Westbury, appointment letters and contracts, 1974-1980
Letters of recommendation, 1975-1994
Letters of inquiry and responses, 1976
Letters of inquiry and rejection, 1976-1985
(2 folders)
Box 31
Course descriptions and syllabi, 1977 and undated
Applications materials and letters of inquiry, 1978-1983
Teaching statements, 1983 and undated
Empire State College, application materials, 1983-1984
Guggenheim fellowship application materials, 1984
Hunter College, application letter, 1985 Mar.
Rejection letters, 1992
Application materials and letters of inquiry, 1993
Sarah Lawrence College application information, 1993 Jan.
College Art Association, 1993 Sept.
Vermont College of Norwich University, Artist-Teacher position, 1993-1999
Farleigh-Dickinson University, 1994
Rejection letters, 1994
Application materials, 1994 Mar.
(2 folders)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, application packet, 1994 Mar.
Bowling Green State University, 1999
Art, 1959-2001 and undated
6 Boxes
Composed of artwork by Peslikis, duplications of her artwork, sketchbooks, and files related to her exhibits, including flyers, reviews, and catalogs. Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Box 32
Artist's proofs of etchings
Artist's proof, 1982
Book illustrations
Charcoal, pen and ink, pencil drawings, and prints, undated
(2 folders)
Cloister, pastel, 1966
Collages and photocollages
Conte crayon
Drawings, pencil and pen and ink
Exhibit files, 1975-2001
(Folders 1-3 of 6)
Box 33
Exhibit files, 1975-2001
(Folder 4-6 of 6)
Film negatives from "Street Miracle," undated
Graphics, 1980-1991 and undated
(Folders 1-4 of 5)
Box 34
Idea scrapbook, 1959-1969
(2 folders)
Negatives
(Folder 1 of 2)
Negatives, 15th Street apartment, Richard, Allen, and Pilar, Head, and Domestic Queen
(Folder 2 of 2)
Nell Blaine, recent paintings, 1983
Notes, 1978 and undated
Notes, 1980-1983
Paintings
Photograph of artist Tedde Wisefield, undated
Photographs: black and white glossies, undated
Photographs of Peslikis paintings, undated
(2 folders)
Box 35
Prints of photocollages, Noho Gallery exhibit, 1978
Sketchbooks
(8 folders)
Box 36
Slides
(Folders 1-14 of 27)
Box 37
Slides
(Folders 15-27 of 27)
Story panels, pen and ink, 1997 Nov.
Transparencies
Untitled
Watercolor, Maine, 1967
Watercolor, Maine, 1974
Watercolor, Sag Harbor, Helen and Roy, 1979
Watercolor, Susquehana, PA, 1979-1980
Watercolor, California, 1985
Watercolor, pencil drawings, Colorado, 1987-1989
Watercolor, 1988 July
Watercolor, undated
Slides, handmade glass slides for 1980 performance
(7 color slide boxes)
Buttons
Oversize Box
2
Acrylic, pen and ink, pencil drawings, prints, undated
Japan Peace Conference, undated
Watercolor, Maine, Summer 1967
Watercolor, Sag Harbor, Helen and Roy, 1979
Watercolor, pencil drawings, undated
Oversize Box
3
Drawings undated
Drawings and paintings, undated
Paintings, watercolor, undated
Posters and prints, undated
Prints, undated
Printed Materials, 1968-1983
3 Boxes
Periodicals, pamphlets, and printed essays comprise this series. Subjects represented include feminism, Marxism, and art. A number of periodicals were removed from this collection and added to the Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals collection. Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Box 38
Amazon Quarterly, Fall 1972
Aphra: the Feminist Literary Magazine, Spring 1975
Art, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts, 1983
Art News, Jan. 1971, Oct. 1980
(2 folders)
Arts Magazine, Oct. 1977-Jan. 1978
(2 folders)
Atlantic Monthly, undated
Brief presented to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, Bonnie Kreps, 1968
A Documentary Herstory of Women Artists in Revolution, 1973
Enter Fighting: Today's Woman, a Marxist-Leninist View, Clara Colon, 1970
Every Woman, vol. 1, no. 9
The Family: Revolutionary or Oppressive Force? by Caroline Lund, 1971
Feminism and Marxism, Dorothy Ballan, 1971
Fight on Sisters...and other Songs for Liberation, Carol Hanisch, 1978
Four Women Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba, Oscar Lewis, et al., 1970
Free Space: a Perspective on the Small Group in Women's Liberation, Pamela Allen, 1970
Green Mountain Quarterly, Feb. 1976
Hacker Art Books, Autumn 1995-Winter 1996
Health Policy Advisory Center Bulletin, Mar. 1970
Heresies: a Feminist Publication on Art and Politics, Jan., Fall 1977, Winter 1978
(2 folders)
Lectures on Liberation, Angela Y. Davis, circa 1970
Box 39
Leviathan, vol. 2, no. 1, May 1970
Liberation, Sept.-Nov. 1971, Aug. 1972
Liberation, Jan., May 1975
Liberation Will Come From a Black Thing, James Forman, 1967
Looking at Women: Poems by Fran Winant
Mademoiselle, Sept. 1969
Meeting Ground, 1977-1980
(2 folders)
Mushroom Effect: A Directory of Women's Liberation, 1970
The Myth of the Black Matriarchy, Robert Staples, 1970
New York Feminist Manhattan Tribune, 1970
off our backs, vol. 1, no. 7, 1970 Jun. 26
On-the-Job Oppression of Working Women: A Collection of Articles, undated
Place of American Women: Economic Exploitation of Women, Joan Jordan, 1968
Problems of Women's Liberation: A Marxist Approach, Evelyn Reed, 1969
Protective Legislation, Joan Jordan, 1970
Psychology Today, 1968 Apr.
Ramparts, 1970 Apr.
RAT, no. 20
Red Herring, no. 2
Redstockings press release, 1975 May 9
Revolutionary Dynamics of Women's Liberation, George Novack, 1969
The Second Page, no. 6, 1971 Nov.
The Second Wave, vol. 2, no. 2
Sisterhood is Powerful, Betsey Stone, 1970
Small pamphlets, circa 1969
The Spokeswoman, vol. 2, no. 8, 1972 Feb. 1
Teachers & Writers, 1979
Times Change and with them Their Demands, 1970
Tooth and Nail, Jan. 1970
The Traffic in Women and other Essays on Feminism, Emma Goldman, 1970
Vague, 1980
Box 40
Whole Woman, vol. 1, no. 2-3
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English, undated
Woman's World, 1971 Apr. 15, 1971 July-August
Women: A Journal of Liberation, Fall 1970
Women & Abortion: the Body as Battleground, Rosalyn Baxandall, 1992
Women and Art, Winter 1971, Summer/Fall 1972
Women in the Chinese Revolution, Laurie Landy, undated
Women in Health, Women's Work Project, undated
Women in Today's Economic Crisis, Women's Work Project, undated
Women on the Job: A Marxist-Leninist View, Judy Edelman, 1970
Women under Attack: Abortion, Sterilization Abuse, and Reproductive Freedom, Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse, 1979
The Women's Page, no. 3-4
Women's Studies and the Arts, 1978
Worker-Student Action Committees: France, May '68, R. Gregoire, F. Perlman
Working Women for Freedom, Angela Terrano, et al., 1976
Oversize Box
1
The Village Voice, 1968 June 6, Guardian, 1969 Mar. 29, Look, 1969 Dec. 16
Daily World, 1969 Apr. 24, "Masculine Movement," New York Times, 1970 Aug. 27, "Women, Resistance, and Revolution," Books, 1973 May
The New York Times Magazine, 1970 Sept. 20-Oct. 25
Audiovisual Materials, 1969-1971, 1978-1980, 1991, and undated
3 Boxes
Consists of audiocassettes and super 8 film documenting discussions, meetings, and other events. Items are labeled with original descriptions provided by Peslikis. Also included is a VHS tape of a memorial service for Peslikis.
Audiocassettes, 1970-1991 and undated
OR-1 Ann from South Africa, Anne Forer and Irene
Peslikis
OR-2 Alix Kates Shulman and Irene Peslikis, Questions Re: Approach/Avoidance, 1979 Nov. 18
OR-3 Beverly, Irene, and Adrienne, 1980 Mar. 4
OR-4 Brooke and Irene, 1978-1979
OR-5 Community meeting, New York Feminist Art Institute, 1980 June 13
OR-6 Dad at home
OR-7 D.B., 1979 Dec. 6; R.R., 1979 Dec. 6 re: Army;
Diane Wentwik
OR-8 Facing
OR-9 First class on Hegel
OR-10 Irene Peslikis, 1991 Apr. 25
OR-11 Joana and Irene fighting and reciting
OR-12 Greek
OR-13 Leslie, Irene, and Susan, 1970
OR-14 Lousy tape of men and Ray Shitzler, radio
interview
OR-15 Lucia and Irene and approach avoidance, 1979 Nov. 9
OR-16 My tape
OR-17 Pat and Helen
OR-18 Que...
OR-19-20 Women's Lib: Redstockings: single women and
married women question, why we got married, why we do OR-don't want to get
married
OR-21-24 Redstockings:
"If we are married, how do we feel
about single women; if we are single, how do we feel about married
women?"
OR-25-26 Are men oppressed as men? Redstockings, 1969 Sept. 3
OR-27-28 R and I
OR-29 R and I, aftermath and fight
OR-30 Toes/free
OR-31-33 untitled
OR-34 V. F. Women, approach/avoidance
OR-35 Women & Art opening
OR-36 Walter and Irene, 1971 Oct. 29
[Note: Item removed to Box 43.]Enter scope/content note.
OR-37 WNYC radio interview on program,
"New York Now,"
M regarding her
art exhibit at Noho Galleries
[Note: Item removed to Box 43.]Enter scope/content note.
Film and Video
Beach, car window
Beach, Helen and Roy
Beverly and Robin
Boat ride, NRDC
Boat ride and trailer
Box
Chair and ditch
Community meeting and Westbeth festival
Community meeting #2, Feldman's feet
Crested bottle
Crested bottle #2
Dawn on school roof
Film developed 1980 Oct. 10,
2 super 8 films
Helen and Roy's opening
Kay Brown and slide
Laundry
Marilyn and some television
"My Water Hock Stuff"
#1200
Namis stuff
Peslikis's work from Feminist Art Institute
Ribbing
Ribbed glass and table at Ear Inn
Still life
Sue Knoll at Feminist Art Institute
Sunset and moon at Westbury
Susquehana,
4 super 8 films
Trailer
Train and tree on Saint Marks Place
Television, Beth Lord, and community meeting #1
Two punk people at Ear Inn
Westbeth festival, opera gallery, and Westbury from a cab
Westbury feminist and art show,
2 super 8 films
Box 43
Irene Peslikis memorial
Sunset
Untitled
