Inventory of the Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers, 1870s-2005, bulk 1975-2005
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Pratt, Minnie Bruce
Title
Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers, 1870s-2005, bulk 1975-2005
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
94.0 Linear Feet
70,000 Items
Abstract
70,000 Items
Minnie Bruce Pratt was born in Selma, Alabama in 1946 and raised in nearby Centreville. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and a doctorate in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An award-winning poet, Pratt has published collections of both poetry and essays. Pratt began teaching and grass roots organizing in North Carolina in the 1970s, and has continued her work as a professor and activist through 2008, the time of this writing. Pratt frequently makes speaking appearances at conferences and universities across the United States. Pratt has two sons, Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver, from her marriage (1966-1975). As of 2008, Pratt resides with longtime partner, transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg.
The collection dates primarily between 1975 and 2005 and focuses on women's studies, sexual and gender identity, sexuality, and Pratt's fight against racism, sexism, imperialism and other forms of intolerance. A Writing Series comprises drafts, proofs, and galleys related to Pratt's major works through 2003, as well as materials related to shorter pieces by Pratt, reviews, print interviews, materials related to Pratt's editorial work, and personal journals. The series also contains materials pertaining to the outside funding from grants and speaking appearances that Pratt obtained to support herself as a writer. Major works represented are Pratt's poetry and essay collections The Sound of One Fork, We Say We Love Each Other, Crime Against Nature, Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991, S/HE, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt She Ate. Other series in the collection are Correspondence; Family, consisting of early correspondence, mementos, photographs, and genealogical information; Activism, files of newspaper clippings, fliers, and correspondence related to Pratt's grass roots organizing; Teaching, Financial, Photographs, Audiovisual Material, Printed Material, and Ephemera. Notable correspondents include Mumia Abu-Jamal, Dorothy Allison, Judith Arcana, Elly Bulkin, Chrystos, Holly Hughes, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Mab Segrest.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsPersonal journals dated September, 1991 and beyond are closed, as are all materials related to Leslie Feinberg, unless written permission from the donor is obtained. Additionally, audio interviews are restricted unless permission from the interviewee is obtained.With those exceptions, the collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
purchase in 2006 and 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Jodi Berkowitz, Lindsay Matson, Amy McDonald, Aisha Peay, and Melody Rowell, October 2008
Encoded by Lindsay Matson, November 2008
Accessions 2006-0122 and 2007-0010 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.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Minnie Bruce Pratt was born in Selma, Alabama in 1946 and raised in nearby Centreville. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and a doctorate in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An award-winning poet, Pratt has published collections of both poetry and essays. Pratt began teaching and grass roots organizing in North Carolina in the 1970s, and has continued her work as a professor and activist through 2008, the time of this writing. Pratt frequently makes speaking appearances at conferences and universities across the United States. Pratt has two sons, Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver, from her marriage (1966-1975). As of 2008, Pratt resides with longtime partner, transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg. Some of Pratt's major writing and organizing accomplishments appear in the Chronology List below.
Chronology List| 1977 | Founded WomanWrites: A Southeastern Lesbian Writers Conference. |
| 1978 | Became member of Feminary editorial collective. |
| 1981 | Published The Sound of One Fork. |
| 1984 | Founded LIPS, a lesbian action group that organized political demonstrations on a variety of issues. |
| 1985 | Published We Say We Love Each Other. |
| 1988 | Published Yours in Struggle: Three Feminist Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism with Elly Bulkin and Barbara Smith. |
| 1989 | Published Crime Against Nature. |
| 1989 | Crime Against Nature chosen as The Academy of American Poets' Lamont Poetry Selection. |
| 1990 | Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry, National Endowment for the Arts; Crime Against Nature nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. |
| 1991 | Published Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991; Received American Library Association's Gay/Lesbian Book Award for Crime Against Nature. |
| 1995 | Published S/HE. |
| 1999 | Published Walking Back Up Depot Street; Co-founded Rainbow Flags for Mumia campaign, a national lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender campaign to free Mumia Abu-Jabal. |
| 2003 | Published The Dirt She Ate and The Money Machine: Selected Poems. |
| 2004 | Received Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry for The Dirt She Ate. |
Collection Overview
The Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers contain materials dating from the 1870s to 2005, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1975 and 2005. Materials in the collection document Pratt's work as a teacher, poet, writer, and activist. Specifically, the collection focuses on women's studies, sexual and gender identity, sexuality, and Pratt's fight against racism, sexism, imperialism and other forms of intolerance. The collection is organized into ten series: Writing, Correspondence, Family, Activism, Teaching, Financial, Photographs, Audiovisual Material, Printed Material, and Ephemera.
The Writing Series comprises drafts, proofs, and galleys related to Pratt's major works through 2003, as well as materials related to shorter pieces by Pratt, reviews, print interviews, materials related to Pratt's editorial work, and personal journals. The series also contains materials pertaining to the outside funding from grants and speaking appearances that Pratt obtained to support herself as a writer. Subseries include: Journals, The Sound of One Fork, We Say We Love Each Other, Crime Against Nature, Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991, S/HE, Walking Back Up Depot Street, The Dirt She Ate, Feminary, Workers World, Other Writings, Grant Applications, Interviews, Gigs, and Manuscripts by Others.
The Correspondence Series contains correspondence Pratt sent and received after 1966, the year of her marriage. Subseries include: Personal Correspondence, Literary Correspondence, and General Correspondence. Notable correspondents include Dorothy Allison, Judith Arcana, Elly Bulkin, Chrystos, Holly Hughes, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Mab Segrest.
The Family Series contains materials related to Pratt's childhood and relatives, including legal and business papers, genealogical information, correspondence, mementos, and photographs. The bulk of the material dates to the twentieth century, but a few documents and several photographs date to the nineteenth century. Subseries include Brown-Carr Family, Pratt Family, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver, and Leslie Feinberg.
The Activism Series documents Pratt's work as an activist supporting diversity and fighting intolerance. The series comprises newspaper clippings, fliers, correspondence, and logisitical arrangements pertaining to Pratt's organizing, conference attendances, and personal research. Subseries include: Anti-Ku Klux Klan, Fayetteville, National Endowment for the Arts, and Other Issues.
The Teaching Series documents Pratt's work as an educator at various universities, primarily The Union Institute and Hamilton College. The series comprises course syllabi, materials to supplement teaching, seminar evaluations, contracts, general faculty documents, catalogs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The series contains correspondence from Mumia Abu-Jamal during his application process to The Union Institute for graduate studies.
The Financial Series consists of tax returns for the years 1981 to 2004 as well as detailed narratives carefully documenting deductions taken by Pratt related to her writing and teaching career.
The Photographs Series contains photographs documenting events and individuals in Minnie Bruce Pratt's life, with descriptions provided by the donor.
The Audiovisual Material Series contains miscellaneous audiovisual material pertaining to Pratt's speaking engagements, interests, and personal life. The series includes speeches and readings given at gigs, interviews, audio correspondence, programs related to lesbian issues, and instructional materials. Materials are organized into subseries depending on format and include Audio Cassettes, Compact Discs, and Videos. Use copies will need to be created before items can be accessed by researchers. Additionally, interviews are restricted unless permission from the interviewee is obtained.
The Printed Material Series contains periodicals, booklets, printed essays, and chapbooks arranged alphabetically by title. Subjects represented include poetry, women's studies, feminism, lesbianism, and the Ku Klux Klan. A number of periodicals were removed from this collection and added to the Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals Collection. Minnie Bruce Pratt's personal library comprising several hundred books including her own work and anthologies containing her work have been cataloged separately.
The Ephemera Series comprises miscellaneous items collected by Pratt and chiefly contains t-shirts, buttons, and posters related to Pratt's activism, the conferences and demonstrations she attended, and Feminary. Posters also document Pratt's book relases, speaking appearances, seminars, and courses. Additional items include candlesticks given to Pratt upon her marriage to Marvin Weaver, a birthday coffee mug from Leslie Feinberg, pens with printed logos, a stamp, and a vibrator and pair of handcuffs given to Pratt by students from Iowa.
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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.
- Abu-Jamal, Mumia.
- Allison, Dorothy.
- Arcana, Judith.
- Bulkin, Elly, 1944-.
- Chrystos, 1946-.
- Feminism--United States.
- Feminists--United States.
- Gender identity.
- Hughes, Holly, 1955 Mar.10-.
- Lesbian activists--United States.
- Lesbians--United States.
- Lorde, Audre.
- Politics and culture--United States.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--Crime against nature.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--Dirt she ate.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--Rebellion.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--S/he.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--Sound of one fork.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--Walking back up depot street.
- Pratt, Minnie Bruce--We say we love each other.
- Pratt family.
- Racism--United States.
- Rich, Adrienne Cecile.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
- Segrest, Mab, 1949-.
- Sex.
- Sexuality.
- Toleration--United States.
- United States--Race relations.
- Women authors, American.
- Women authors, American--Correspondence.
- Women poets, American--20th century.
- Women poets, American--20th century--Correspondence..
- Women political activists.
- Women's studies.
- Clippings.
- Fliers (printed matter).
- Photographs.
- Proofs.
- Proofs (printed matter).
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Detailed Description of Collection
Writing Series, 1960-2005 and undated
50 Boxes
The Writing Series comprises drafts, proofs, and galleys related to Pratt's major works through 2003, as well as materials related to shorter pieces by Pratt, reviews, print interviews, materials related to Pratt's editorial work, and personal journals. The series also contains materials pertaining to the outside funding from grants and speaking appearances that Pratt obtained to support herself as a writer. The subseries are arranged chronologically, starting with Pratt's journals, followed by her major works, and then Feminary, Workers World, Other Writings, Grant Applications, Interviews, Gigs, and Manuscripts by Others. The first subseries, Journals, contains journals filled with Pratt's daily thoughts and activities. Major works represented in the Writing Series are Pratt's poetry and essay collections The Sound of One Fork, We Say We Love Each Other, Crime Against Nature, Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991, S/HE, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt She Ate. The Feminary and Workers World subseries document Pratt's editorial work as well as writing. Other Writings includes miscellaneous works not related to Pratt's major books. Grant Applications documents Pratt's attempts to gain funding to support herself as a writer. The Interviews subseries contains print interviews by other individuals about Pratt. The Gigs subseries pertains to Pratt's speaking and conference appearances. Manuscripts by Others comprises writings by other individuals that were sent to Pratt for her perusal or commentary. Pratt's original folder titles were retained.
Journals, 1960-2005 and undated
11 boxes
Pratt chronicled her daily thoughts and activities in journals, which are chronologically arranged within the subseries.
Box 1
1960 June-1963 November (3 folders)
Box 2
1966 January-1975 December (4 folders)
Box 3
1976 January-1978 May (6 folders)
Box 4
1978 May-1980 February (4 folders)
Box 5
1980 March-1981 October (6 folders)
Box 6
1981 October-1983 September (6 folders)
Box 7
1983 September-1986 December (6 folders)
Box 8
1986 December-1990 August (6 folders)
Box 9
1990 August-1992 November (4 folders)
Journals dated 1991 September and beyond are restricted.
Box 10
1992 November-1999 December (9 folders)
All materials restricted.
Box 11
2000 January-2005 December (5 folders)
All materials restricted.
The Sound of One Fork, 1975-1990 and undated
2 boxes
Pratt self-published her first book of poetry, The Sound of One Fork, in 1981 and sold the book during her reading tour of the United States. Materials in this subseries include correspondence and drafts. The correspondence mainly consists of book orders and reviews, and is arranged chronologically. Drafts of poems are arranged alphabetically.
Box 12
Correspondence, 1981-1990 (4 folders)
But Cato Said
Canaba
Cleaning Day
Dentata
Elbows
IWY
(Izola)
Love Poem to an Ex-husband
My Cousin Anne
My Mother Loves Women
Occoneechee Mountain
Ora: At the Carter Wedding
Rape
Romance
Sound of One Fork
Southern Gothic
The Segregated Heart
Windows
Box 13
Rejected poems
We Say We Love Each Other, 1980-1992 and undated
4 boxes
First published in 1985, We Say We Love Each Other collects a series of what Pratt terms
"poetic maps"
as she searches for artistic and lesbian space in a difficult world. Waulking Song and the Maps poems contain some draft portions of later Walking Back Up Depot Street poems. The subseries contains correspondence, drafts, and proofs arranged chronologically. Correspondence pertains to reviews, publicity, and the book's publishers, both original publisher Spinsters Ink/Aunt Lute Press and Firebrand Books, who reissued the book in 1992.
Box 13
Correspondence, 1984-1992 (2 folders)
Waulking song
Maps 1
Maps 2
Maps 2A
Maps 3
Untitled
Maps 4
Box 14
Waulking #1, 1980
Gorgons, 1980-1984 (2 folders)
Maps 2, 1981-1984 (folders 1-7 of 9)
Box 15
Maps 2, 1981-1984 (folders 8-9 of 9)
Maps 3, 1982-1983 (2 folders)
Final drafts, 1981 July-1985 April (2 folders)
Poem drafts, 1983-1984
Poem drafts, 1988 February-December (folder 1 of 5)
Box 16
Poem drafts, 1988 February-December (folders 2-5 of 5)
"Reading Maps: Three"
proofs, undated (2 folders)
Crime Against Nature, 1988-1989
1 box
Crime Against Nature collects poetry Pratt wrote about her experiences as a feminist, lesbian mother who lost custody of her children due to her sexual identity. The Academy of American Poets honored the book as the 1989 Lamont Poetry Selection and the American Library Association awarded Crime Against Nature the Gay/Lesbian Book Award in 1991. The subseries comprises drafts, proofs, and manuscripts and is arranged chronologically.
Box 16
Drafts, 1988 July-August
First set of corrections, 1988 September
Comments and first draft corrections, 1988 November
Manuscript as sent to Nancy Bereano, 1988 November
Last manuscript changes, 1989 November
Comments on 1988 September draft, 1989 March
Final galley proofs, corrected, 1989 December
Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991, 1975-1991 and undated
3 boxes
In Rebellion, Pratt connects the personal and the political in a series of autobiographical essays that detail her route to activism. Materials in the subseries are arranged chronologically, and include drafts, proofs, correspondence, and grant information.
Box 17
I Am Born: Excerpts from a Journal, 1975
Letter to Chrysalis, 1979 December
White Women and White Terror: Taking Down the Walls, 1983
Who Am I If Not My Father's Daughter, 1983 August-October
Identity: Skin Blood Heart galley proofs with corrections, 1984
LIPS Herstory Project, Civil Disobedience at the Supreme Court, 1987 (2 folders)
I Plead Guilty to Being a Lesbian, edited drafts, 1987 October (2 folders)
The Friends of My Secret Self: A Southern Lesbian Look at Class and Race, 1988 May-1990 June
My Mother's Question, copyedited drafts and published article, 1988
Books in the Closet, in the Attic, Boxes, Secrets, 1989
Box 18
Money and the Shape of Things, 1989
National Endowment for the Arts, writing grants, 1989-1991
Rebellion and notes, 1990 January-March
My Dark Saying, 1991 (2 folders)
Reader mail, 1991
"The Maps in My Bible,"
Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends, Spring 1991 (3 folders)
"Poetry in Time of War,"
1991 July-August (2 folders)
Box 19
Rebellion, edited proof, undated
Rebellion, unedited proof, undated (3 folders)
Rebellion, edited proof, undated (3 folders)
Rebellion, edited drafts of essays, undated (3 folders)
S/HE, 1993-2004 and undated
3 boxes
Pratt explores beyond the boundaries of sex, gender, and sexuality in S/HE, first published in 1995. The book was a finalist for both the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Book Award and the Firecracker Award in Non-Fiction. The subseries is composed primarily of drafts, but also includes notes and information on the book's publicity. Pratt's original folder titles were retained and files are arranged alphabetically.
Box 20
Butch/femme, undated
Draft, 1994 December (3 folders)
Essay, 1993-1994
Galleys, undated (2 folders)
Galleys, 1995 February
Gender notes, 1993-1994
Box 21
Publication party, 1995
Publicity, 1995
Reprint, 2002-2004 (2 folders)
Revised draft, undated (4 folders)
Box 22
Rights, 2001-2002
Section One: Early years
Section Two: Early lesbian
Section Three: Meeting me
Section Four: Sex/fucking
Section Five: Femme
Section Six: Transgender/family/culture
Section Seven: Ending
Walking Back Up Depot Street, 1979-1999 and undated
6 boxes
Pratt's fourth collection of poetry tells the story of Beatrice, a Southern woman who seeks to uncover the truth obscured by the myths of the segregated South. The subseries primarily contains drafts and proofs arranged chronologically.
Box 22
Second Sight, 1979-1998 July
Walking Back Up Depot Street/Red String, 1980 October-1997 December
Con Artist, 1980 December 20
Closed Universe, 1980 November-1982 November
The Blue Cup, 1980 November-1994
Central Prison, 1981
What the Cat Knew, 1981 March-1994
Box 23
Cat's Eye, 1981 March 11
Creatures, 1981 April
Walking Back Up Depot Street, miscellaneous critiques, 1981-1982
Bust of Martha Mitchell to Be Unveiled, 1981-1983
Walking Back Up Depot Street, Elly Bulkin's critiques, 1981-1983
Walking Back Up Depot Street, early drafts, 1981-1983
Shades, 1981 September-1997 December 22
Stars, 1982 September
Strange Flesh, 1982 February-1983 March (2 folders)
The White Star, 1982-1997 March
Painting Her Fingernails Red, 1982 February-1997 September
Monthly Reminder, 1982
The Art of Change, 1982 July
Nothing But Her Voice, 1982 September
Swingblade, 1982 September-1997 March
Box 24
Vacant Lots/The Possum Eats Out of the Graveyard, 1982 October-1983 March
Button, 1982 October-1997 December
Blue Moon, 1983 February
Walking Back Up Depot Street, Elizabeth Knowlton critique, 1983 February
Occultation of Venus in the Moon, 1988 June-1997 January
The Subway Entrance, 1988 August-1997 December
The Road to Selma, 1988 November-1997 March (2 folders)
Eating Clay, 1989 March-1997 December
Erotica, 1989 August-1990 January
The Other Side, 1992
At Deep Midnight, 1992 September-1994 March
On the Silver Coast, 1992 October-1997 December
Walking Back Up Depot Street, Adrienne Rich's critiques, 1993-1994
The Ferry, 1993 January-1996
Bust of Martha Mitchell to Be Unveiled, 1993-1998
Box 25
Walking Back Up Depot Street, Judith Arcana's critiques, 1993-1998
Bone Day, 1994 January-1997 September
A Cold That Is Not the Opposite of Life, 1996 December
Central Prison/Pokeweed, 1996 December-1998
The A and P, 1994 May-1997 March
Trash, 1996 February-1997 March
Strange Flesh, 1996 December-1997 March
Nightmare About a Black Man/The Possum Eats Out of the Graveyard, 1997
The Petrified Woman/The Tattooed Man, 1997 January-February
Snake Eyes, 1997 February-August
The Great Migration, 1997 June
Fighting Fire, 1997 April-September
A Shrine/A Garden in the City, 1997 June
The Value of Use, 1997 September-December
Walking Back Up Depot Street, draft, 1997 December
Red String, 1997 December 5
The Remnant Shop, 1997 December 22 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 26
The Remnant Shop, 1997 December 22 (folder 2 of 2)
The Gate, 1998 July
Walking Back Up Depot Street, Bino's critiques, 1998 July
Walking Back Up Depot Street revisions, 1998 July 22-29
Walking Back Up Depot Street revisions and editing, 1998 July 26-29
Walking Back Up Depot Street draft, 1998 August 12
Walking Back Up Depot Street production, 1998 September-1999 April
Walking Back Up Depot Street revisions, 1998 October 26
Walking Back Up Depot Street page proofs, 1998 November-December
Walking Back Up Depot Street first proofs, 1998 December
Announcements for reading and book party, New York, NY, 1999 April 10
Walking Back Up Depot Street, hardcover, 1999
Box 27
Walking Back Up Depot Street, paperback, 1999
City of Emptiness, undated
Church, undated
Death Row, undated
Painting Her Fingernails Red, undated
Pokeweed by the Fence, undated
Snowed In, undated
The Suicide and the Garden, undated
Summer/Cup of Her Body, undated
Taking Back the Night, undated
Oversize Box
1
Book cover
The Dirt She Ate, 2001-2003 and undated
2 boxes
The Dirt She Ate compiles poetry from Pratt's four previous books of poems and adds thirteen new poems, providing an overview of her career as a poet through 2003. The subseries also contains Pratt's 2003 chapbook, The Money Machine. Materials in the subseries include drafts, notes, and correspondence. Files are arranged chronologically.
Box 27
A Woman on Foot, commented draft, 2001 July 23
Alternate title for The Dirt She Ate.
Poem selections for The Dirt She Ate with comments, 2001 July 26
Correspondence with selected editors, 2001 July-August
I Am the Only Danger, commented poem selections and notes, 2001 July-August
Alternate title for The Dirt She Ate.
The Dirt She Ate, edited draft, 2001 October 11
The Dirt She Ate, edited draft under other possible titles and notes, 2001 October 12
Box 28
Correspondence regarding book cover and photographs of Pratt, 2002 May-August
The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems, edited draft, 2002 July 29
Correspondence, 2002-2003
The Dirt She Ate, edited proof, 2003
The Dirt She Ate, paperback, 2003
The Money Machine: Selected Poems, Belladonna #46, 2003 Spring
Only two silver Belladonna chapbooks exist, one located here and the other retained by Pratt.
Poem selections, undated (3 folders)
Oversize Box
1
Book cover
Feminary, 1973-1988 and undated
3 boxes
Feminary was an editorial collective based in Durham, North Carolina that self-published a local feminist newsletter. Pratt was actively involved in Feminary from 1978 to 1983, by which point the newsletter had developed into a quarterly journal. In addition to feminism, the collective focused on anti-racism, anti-imperialism, and lesbianism. Pratt also had early involvement in Feminary from 1972-1973 during its original newsletter form. The subseries contains correspondence, submissions, a run of Feminary newsletters and journals, and The Newsletter. Correspondence and submissions are arranged chronologically, followed by runs of the two titles, each arranged chronologically. The Newsletter was not published by the Feminary collective, but was a similarly self-published newsletter created by the group Triangle Area Lesbian Feminists (of Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, NC). Pratt maintained her collection of The Newsletter with her Feminary materials, and this connection was retained in the subseries.
Box 29
Submissions, correspondence, and minutes, 1978-1980 (3 folders)
Correspondence, 1979-1984 (2 folders)
Taping for the blind, 1979
Black women poets/writers, 1980-1981
Submissions, 1982-1984
Box 30
Notes on newsletter, 1973-1978
Feminary, volume 4-15, 1973 February 12-1985 (6 folders)
Also titled Feminist Newsletter (1973-1974) and A Feminary (1975).
Box 31
The Newsletter, volume 1-7, 1981 October 1-1988 August (7 folders)
The Newsletter, other volumes, 1988
Oversize Box
1
Poster
Workers World, 1994-2005
3 boxes
By 2008, Pratt wrote a multitude of articles for Workers World newspaper as a contributing editor. The newspaper is published by Workers World Party, a communist party founded in 1959 that is active in the struggle for the rights of oppressed people. The subseries is arranged chronologically and contains article drafts, printed articles, and research clippings.
Box 32
Articles, 1994-1998
Articles, 2001-2002 (3 folders)
Articles, 2003 (2 folders)
Articles, 2004 (folder 1 of 5)
Box 33
Articles, 2004 (folders 2-5 of 5)
Articles, 2005 (folders 1-2 of 4)
Box 34
Articles, 2005 (folders 3-4 of 4)
Other Writings, 1975-2005 and undated
3 boxes
The Other Writings subseries comprises miscellaneous writings not associated with books covered in other subseries, journals, gigs, and editorial work. The subseries includes drafts, articles, speeches, poems, essays, as well as material related to her work on the board of Feminist Studies. Materials are organized chronologically.
Box 34
Miscellaneous prose drafts, 1975-1977
Published poems, 1977-1981
Encyclopedia of American Women Writers, 1978-1979
Read to Write review, 1979 September-October
Chi Omega Article, 1979
"Astarte's Huge Laboratory: Some Thoughts on Mothers, Daughters, and Amazons in the South,"
Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference, 1979-1980
"At the Big Star,"
1980
Yours in Struggle, 1980 October-1983 December
"Women's Pentagon Action,"
1981-1983
"Hats/Veils,"
1982
Women writers: Rita Mae Brown, Margaret Mitchell, Charlotte Bronte, Maureen Brady, Nadine Gordimer, Michelle Cliff, 1982-1988
Poems for friends, 1983-1987
Poems for Joan, 1985 December-1988 February
Bridges advisory board, 1989-1998
Box 35
"On Accepting the Lamont Award for Poetry, As a Lesbian at the Guggenheim,"
1989 May 16 (2 folders)
"The Buried Yes,"
The Feminist Memoir Project, 1994-1998
"Dorothy Allison,"
The Progressive, 1995 July
Yours in Struggle reprint, 2000-2004 (2 folders)
Photographs of New York by Leslie Feinberg, 2004 Autumn
Feminist Studies Board correspondence, 2005 (2 folders)
Feminist Studies Board submissions, 2005 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 36
Feminist Studies Board submissions, 2005 (folder 2 of 2)
The Forbidden poems, undated
Introduction to Joan's book, drafts, and galley proofs, undated
"Love for the World and We Are In It: Adrienne Rich's Work of Repair,"
undated
Miscellaneous notes, undated (2 folders)
Speech, feminist utopias, undated
Grant Applications, 1980-2003
2 boxes
Pratt frequently applied for grants to support herself financially as a writer. The Grant Applications subseries includes grant and fellowship applications arranged chronologically.
Box 36
Miscellaneous, 1980-2002
Fund for Southern Communities application for Night Heron Press, 1982-1983
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, 1984, 1999
Guggenheim, 1991-2003
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 1992-1993
Puffin Foundation, 1993-2001
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 1999-2003
Box 37
National Endowment for the Arts, 2000-2002
Writer's Voice residency, 2001
Interviews, 1983-2002
1 box
The Interviews subseries comprises drafts and print interviews written by other individuals about Pratt. The subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box 37
Miscellaneous print interviews, 1983-2002 (4 folders)
Laura Benkov, 1993-1994
"In Conversation,"
On Our Backs, 1995 March
Elly Bulkin, 1999
Gigs, 1976-2005
13 boxes
The Gigs subseries contains materials related to Pratt's speaking and conference appearances. The chronologically arranged materials primarily consist of negotiations and correspondence pertaining to Pratt's appearances, as well as program materials and speech drafts. Pratt's frequent speaking appearances allowed her to support herself financially as a writer, and also to publicize her work through readings.
Box 37
PR, 1976-1983
Box 38
Womanwrites, 1979
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), 1980
Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1980-1981
Southern Lesbian Poets Workshop, 1981 January 4
Pagoda conference, 1981
Women in Print, 1981
Poetry readings, 1982
Womanwrites, 1982
Midwest, 1982 Spring
Midwest, 1982-1985
Common Differences, 1983
Conferences/workshops, 1983
Southern Lesbian Conference, 1983-1984
South, 1983 Fall (2 folders)
Box 39
Northeast, 1983
Readings, 1983-1992
East coast, 1984
West Virginia/Kentucky/Ohio, 1984
Conferences, 1984
PR, 1984-1993 (3 folders)
Conferences, 1985
South East, 1986 Spring
Box 40
Conferences/workshops, 1986
Community Writers' Project, 1986-1992
Conferences/workshops, 1987
Ninth Annual Southeastern Lesbian Writers' Conference, 1987 May 28-31
Ithaca, Oberlin, Penn, Oswego, 1988
New York, 1988
Conferences/workshops, 1988-1989
Northeast and southeast, 1989
Boston, Binghamton, 1990
OutWrite, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1990
Northwest (including Gay Games), 1990 (2 folders)
East coast, 1990-1991 Spring
Box 41
Midwest, 1990-1991
Northeast, 1991 Fall
Readings, 1991-1996
1992 (3 folders)
Astraea, 1993
Poets-Writers, Inc. competition (judge), 1993
1993-1994 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 42
1993-1994 (folder 2 of 2)
South, 1993-1995
OutWrite, 1993, 1995
PR, 1993-1997 (2 folders)
Camp Trans, 1994-1995
New York, New Jersey, 1994-1996
California, 1994-1995 (2 folders)
Poetry Society of America (judge), 1994-1997
Virginia, North Carolina, 1995
Box 43
Midwest, 1995
Baltimore/D.C./Philadelphia, 1995
Midwest, 1995-1996
OutWrite, 1996
Goethe Institut, Chicago, 1996
Spring and Fall, 1996 (3 folders)
Guild Complex, Chicago, 1997
Germany, 1997
Box 44
University of Pennsylvania, 1997
Queer Student Leadership Summit, Eastern Michigan University, 1997
Midwest, 1997
1997
Readings, 1997-2005
1998
OutWrite, 1999
West Coast, 1999
Northwest, 1999
1999
Box 45
Web page, 1999
New York/Northeast, 1999-2000 (2 folders)
Italy, 1999-2001
West Coast, 2000 (2 folders)
Atlanta, 2000
Texas, 2000
Taiwan, 2000-2004 (folder 1 of 3)
Box 46
Taiwan, 2000-2004 (folders 2-3 of 3)
2001 (2 folders)
Spring 2002-Fall 2003 (4 folders)
Provincetown, 2003
Box 47
Wisconsin, 2003 (2 folders)
Women's Fight Back Network, 2003 March 22
St. Louis, 2003
Rose Gladney lecture, 2004
Cornell, 2004
Oshkosh, 2004
Italy, 2004 (2 folders)
2004 (folder 1 of 3)
Box 48
2004 (folders 2-3 of 3)
Femme Conference, Seattle, 2005 (2 folders)
Syracuse, 2005
The Scholar and the Feminist, New York, 2005
Minnesota, 2005
2005 (folder 1 of 4)
Box 49
2005 (folders 2-4 of 4)
Manuscripts by Others, 1974-2005 and undated
2 boxes
The subseries contains writings by individuals other then Pratt that were sent to her for her perusal or commentary, or because the work discusses Pratt's work, including a late draft of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina with Pratt's remarks. The subseries comprises a variety of writings, including drafts of books, poems, short stories, essays, and literature reveiws. Materials are organized alphabetically by the last name of the sender or author.
Box 49
Allison, Dorothy, Bastard Out of Carolina, revised draft, 1991 August (4 folders)
Anderson, Kelly, Voices of Feminism Oral History Project, interview transcript, 2005 March 16-17 (2 folders)
Arcana, Judith, What If Your Mother, draft copy, undated
Box 50
ASTRAEA National Lesbian Action Foundation, Lesbian Writers Fund Awards, manuscript submissions, 1992
Caldwell, Jaye Rogers,
"Social Darwinism and the Economics of Colonialism,"
literature review, 2004 Winter
Cruikshank, M. L. (sender), short stories by various writers, 1978-1979
Deming, Barbara, Travail excerpts, interviews, and obituary, 1985
Gardner, Amanda, Project Demonstrating Excellence, Temporary Spaces: Reflections on Dislocation, Writing, and Community, 2005 April (2 folders)
Hecht, Joshua,
"Sexual Identity, Sex Acts, and the Plasticity of Truth,"
thesis conclusion, 2000
Hyatt, Martin, A Scarecrow's Bible, proofs, 2005
Kaier, Anne, If I Unbind, 2005 June
Mackler, Susan van Haften,
"The Women's Liberation Movement and It's Publications: An Exploratory Study of Two Movement Publications,"
The Feminist Newsletter and Ms., 1974 August
Mills, Laurel, I Sing Back, 1997
Miscellaneous, 1990-1998 and undated
Rich, Adrienne, Dead Power, Living Power: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics, undated (2 folders)
Zipter, Yvonne, The Patience of Metal
Correspondence Series, 1968-2005 and undated
24 boxes
The Correspondence Series contains correspondence Pratt sent and received after 1966, the year of her marriage. Correspondence dated 1966 and prior is located in the Family Series. The Series comprises three subseries: Personal Correspondence, Literary Correspondence, and General Correspondence.
Personal Correspondence, 1968-2005 and undated
17 boxes
The subseries contains letters, notes, and emails pertaining to Pratt's personal life. Major correspondents appear first, arranged alphabetically by last name. Other miscellaneous correspondence follows, arranged chronologically. Written communication dated 1966 and prior appears in the Family Series. Notable correspondents include Dorothy Allison, Judith Arcana, Elly Bulkin, Chrystos, Holly Hughes, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Mab Segrest.
Box 51
Addison, Lois Anne, 1986-1991
Allison, Dorothy, 1992, 1995
Arcana, Judith, 1990-2005 (6 folders)
Biren, Joan, 1981-1988 (folder 1 of 5)
Box 52
Biren, Joan, 1981-1988 (folders 2-5 of 5)
Biren, Joan, 1992-1993
Bulkin, Elly, 1980-2005 (folders 1-3 of 6)
Box 53
Bulkin, Elly, 1980-2005 (folder 4-6 of 6)
Choi, Don Mee, 2003-2005
Chrystos, 1993-2003
Cousins, 1992-2005 (3 folders)
Box 54
Deming, Barbara, 1981-1984
Derricotte, Toi, 1999-2001
Ebersole, Lucinda, 1992-1998
Frye, Marilyn, 1992-1993 (3 folders)
Gladney, Rose and Marcia Winter, 1988-1998
Grant, Jaime, 1996-2000
Grimsley, Jim, 1996-2000
Hacker, Marilyn 2004
Harris, Bertha, 1999-2000
Harrison, Anne (cousin), 2001-2005
Hiestrand, Bev (Beverly), 2001-2005 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 55
Hiestrand, Bev (Beverly), 2001-2005 (folder 2 of 2)
Hughes, Holly, 1996-2005 (4 folders)
Klepfisz, Irena, 1993, 1995
Knowlton, Elizabeth, 1979-1994
Larkin, Joan, 1993-2001
Levitsky, Rachel, 2000-2002
Lorde, Audre, 1987-1990
Mama, 1981-2001
Mama and aunts, 1988, 1992-2005
Box 56
Mayr, Shellah, 1979-1982
Mays, Ramina, 1983, 2001-2002
McCann, Richard, 1997-2001
McCullough, Bobby (Robert), 2000-2005
McDaniel, Judith, 1983-1985, 1993-1998
McDaniel, Judith and Maureen Brady, 1980-1992
Meigs, Mary, 1980s
Minnich, Elizabeth, 2002-2005
Mohanty, Chandra and Margo Okazawa-Rey, 2002-2005
Mosbacher, Dee (Diane) and Nanette Gartrell (folders 1-3 of 4)
Box 57
Mosbacher, Dee (Diane) and Nanette Gartrell (folder 4 of 4)
Pratt family, 1988-1989
Pratt, Minnie Williams, 1980-1982
Randall, Margaret, 1985-1990, 1998-2002
Realuyo, Bino 1996-2000
Rich, Adrienne, 1981-1996 (2 folders)
Segrest, Mab, 1982-2000 (2 folders)
Simon (grandson), undated
South, Cris, 1978-1979, 1982-1986 (folder 1 of 5)
Box 58
South, Cris, 1978-1979, 1982-1986 (folders 2-5 of 5)
Vance, Diane, 1990
Vinson, Darlene, 1982-1984
Walter, Starling, 1986-1988
Woodbury, Vera family, 1992-1993
Box 59
1967
1968 (2 folders)
1969 (3 folders)
1970
1971 (2 folders)
1972
1973
1974
Box 60
1975
1976
1977
1978 (2 folders)
1979 (4 folders)
Box 61
1980 (2 folders)
1981 (2 folders)
1982
1983
1984 (2 folders)
Box 62
1985 (2 folders)
1986 (3 folders)
1986-1988 (2 folders)
1987 (2 folders)
Box 63
1988 (2 folders)
1989 (3 folders)
1989-1992 (2 folders)
1990 (2 folders)
1991 (2 folders)
Box 64
1992
1993 (3 folders)
1994 (2 folders)
1995 (2 folders)
Box 65
1996 (3 folders)
1997
1998 (3 folders)
1999 (folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 66
1999 (folder 3 of 3)
2000 (3 folders)
2001 (2 folders)
2002
Fall 2002-Spring 2003
Box 67
2003 (2 folders)
2004 (2 folders)
2005 (2 folders)
Literary Correspondence, 1970-2005
4 boxes
The chronologically arranged subseries comprises book orders, communication with publishers, public relations, reviews, and other correspondence associated with Pratt's published writings.
Box 68
1970-1980 (2 folders)
Poetry, 1978
1981-1985 (2 folders)
1986-1990 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 69
1986-1990 (folder 1-2 of 2)
1991-1995 (2 folders)
1996-1998
This is What Lesbian Looks Like, 1998-1999
1999 (folders 1-2 of 4)
Box 70
1999 (folders 3-4 of 4)
2000 (2 folders)
2001
2002-2003 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 71
2002-2003 (folder 2 of 2)
Temple, 2002-2004
2004-2005
General Correspondence, 1984-2005
4 boxes
Arranged chronologically, the subseries includes correspondence with acquaintances or individuals lacking a personal relationship with Pratt. Correspondence consists primarily of requests for recommendations, contacts, or appearances.
Box 71
1983
1984
1985
1986-1988
1992
1993-1995 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 72
1993-1995 (folder 2 of 2)
1996
1997 (3 folders)
1998
1999 (2 folders)
2000 (folder 1 of 3)
Box 73
2000 (folders 2-3 of 3)
2001 (3 folders)
2002 (2 folders)
2003 (folder 1 of 4)
Box 74
2003 (folders 2-4 of 4)
2004 (2 folders)
2005 (2 folders)
Family Series, 1870s-2005 and undated
15 boxes
The Family Series contains materials related to Pratt's childhood and relatives, including legal and business papers, genealogical information, land grants and deeds, correspondence, mementos, and photographs. The bulk of the material dates to the twentieth century, but a few documents and several photographs date to the nineteenth century. Correspondence written after 1966, the year of Pratt's marriage, is located in the Correspondence Series. The Family Series comprises five subseries: Brown-Carr Family, Pratt Family, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver, and Leslie Feinberg. The Brown-Carr Family subseries contains materials related to Pratt's maternal relatives. The Pratt Family subseries chiefly pertains to Pratt's mother, Virginia Brown Pratt, but contains some material related to Pratt family relatives. The Minnie Bruce Pratt subseries contains materials related to Pratt's childhood, including correspondence and mementos. Items in the Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver subseries are primarily photographs and programs and magazines from Ransom's rowing events. All Leslie Feinberg materials are closed.
Brown-Carr Family, 1870s-2005 and undated
6 boxes
The subseries comprises legal papers, mementos, ledgers, land grants and deeds, clippings, writings, and photographs pertaining to Pratt's maternal relatives, the Browns and Carrs. Materials are arranged alphabetically by individual relatives and then by subject.
Box 75
Brown, Janie Carr papers, 1942-1958
Brown, Ora Gilder papers, 1944, 1964-1978, 1993-2005
Brown, Ora Gilder, writings by Minnie Bruce Pratt about Brown, 2005
Brown, Ora Gilder photographs, ca. 1870s-1900, 1920s, 1938, 1976, 1981, 2001-2005(3 folders)
Carr, James Ozborn, The Carr Family of Duplin County, 1920
Carr, Robert papers, 1920, 1930s, 1946, 1950s, 1970s
Carr, Robert photographs, ca. 1900s-1920s, 1944, 1962
Martin, Ruth Brown, 1928, 1957, 1979, 1993
Miscellaneous family papers, 1897, 1901, 1938, and undated
Brown Country Store ledger, Episcopal Cemetery, 1964, 1986-1992
Pushmataha Methodist Church guest books, 1971-1978 and undated (2 folders)
Pushmataha Methodist Church records (photocopies), ca.1870-1883
Box 76
Tilghman, Christopher Carr, Gilder/Brown family history
Photographs, ca.1870s-2000s (folders 1-7 of 13)
Box 77
Photographs, ca.1870s-2000s (folders 8-13 of 13)
Scrapbook
1
Pushmataha, Alabama photograph album, 1900s-1910s
Scrapbook
2
Martin, Ruth Brown photograph album, 1979
Scrapbook
3
Pushmataha, Alabama photograph album, 1970s-1980s
Pratt Family, 1880s-2004 and undated
6 boxes
Primarily composed of materials related to or retained by Pratt's mother, Virginia Brown Pratt, the subseries includes legal and financial papers, correspondence, mementos, genealogical materials, and photographs. Materials are organized alphabetically by subject and offer information about Virginia Pratt's childhood, marriage to W. Luther Pratt, work, and relatives. The subseries includes letters exchanged by Pratt's parents from 1939 to 1940 during their courtship, letters from Marvin Weaver to Pratt's mother regarding his 1975 divorce from Pratt, and the 1981 letter in which Pratt came out to her mother as a lesbian.
Virginia Pratt
Box 78
Bibb County Department of Pensions and Security, employment, 1955-1974
Bibb County High School, 1914-1916, 1937, 1941, 1948
The Bibonia, 1937-1938 (2 folders)
Bridal guest book, 1936
Correspondence, 1933-1967 (6 folders)
Virginia Pratt
Box 79
Correspondence, 1968-1998 (8 folders)
Virginia Pratt
Box 80
Correspondence, 1999-2004 (4 folders)
Correspondence and other materials, undated
Virginia Pratt
Box 81
Education, 1919-1924, 1933-1942, 1958, 1978, 1986
Family documents
Financial papers/ledger book, 1952-1968
"Golden 50s,"
University of Alabama reunion book, 1992
Photographs, 1920s-1940s, 1980s-2000s (3 folders)
Pratt Family
Business and property papers, 1945, 1948-1955, 1972
Pratt Family
Box 82
Family history papers, 1898, 1966-1973
Geneaology, 1993, 1998
Marsh, Lethean papers, 1986-2004 and undated (4 folders)
Overton, Maude Brown papers, 1911-1917, 1929
Photographs, ca.1880s-1940s
Pratt, Judge W. L., 1895, 1900, 1951, and undated
Box 83
Clippings, 1921, 1947, 1958, and undated
Land grants, deeds, quit claims, 1890s-1910s and undated
Photographs (3 folders)
Virginia Pratt
Scrapbook
4
School scrapbook and photograph album, 1920s; 1927-1928 (2 scrapbooks)
Oversize Box
1
Photographs
Minnie Bruce, 1946-1966 and undated
11 boxes
The Minnie Bruce Pratt subseries contains materials from Pratt's childhood up to her marriage to Marvin Weaver in 1966, including correspondence, journals, early poems, mementos, and scrapbooks. Pratt had several international pen pals as a child; other correspondence is from family members and from Minnie Bruce to her parents as a college student. The subseries contains Pratt's earliest poems, written at Camp Cotaquilla in 1960, and the handwritten letter draft she composed to German pen pal Horst Werner defending segregation. Arrangement is chronological.
Box 84
Childhood photographs
Correspondence, 1951-1959
Elementary school, 1953-1956 and undated (3 folders)
School photographs
Church, 1956-1964
Junior high school, 1960-1961 and undated
Box 85
Camp Cotaquilla, 1960
Correspondence, 1960
High school, 1961-1964
Slides, Homecoming, deep sea fishing, Montana, The Great Snow, Easter, home scenes, 1961-1962
Correspondence, 1961
Auburn University pre-college English course, 1962-1963
Correspondence, 1962-1964
Slides, Beauty Walk, Schultz Creek, USA High School Band Tour, high school graduation, 1963-1964
Correspondence, 1963 (4 folders)
Correspondence and other materials, undated [pre-1964]
College, 1964-1968 (folder 1 of 3)
Box 86
College, 1964-1968 (folders 2-3 of 3)
Correspondence, 1964 (3 folders)
Journal, 1964
Journal inserts, 1964 (folder 1 of 2)
Box 87
Journal inserts, 1964 (folder 2 of 2)
Poetry, 1965 and undated
Correspondence, 1965 (5 folders)
Includes a run of letters from former suitor John Potts.
Blue Ridge, 1966
Correspondence, 1966 (folder 1 of 4)
Box 88
Correspondence, 1966 (folders 2-4 of 4)
Marriage, 1966
Photographs from marriage and other events
Correspondence, undated (folders 1-4 of 5)
Box 89
Correspondence, undated (folder 5 of 5)
Scrapbook
5
Baby book, 1946-1949
Scrapbook
6
Picture album, 1946-1966
Scrapbook
7
Band scrapbook, 1958-1959
Scrapbook
8
Chi Omega scrapbook, ca.1964-1966
Scrapbook
9
Chi Omega scrapbook, ca.1964-1966
Scrapbook
10
University of Alabama scrapbook, 1965-1966
Oversize Box
1
1966 calendar
Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver, 1968-2004 and undated
1 box
Items in the Ransom Weaver and Ben Weaver subseries are primarily photographs, as well as programs and magazines from Ransom's rowing events.
Box 89
Ransom Weaver papers, 1968, 1974, 1984-1985, 1990, 2003, and undated
Photographs, 1968-1978 and undated
Photographs of Ransom, 1990s, 2003
Photographs of Ben, 1990-2004
Oversize Box
1
Rowing magazine featuring Ransom
Leslie Feinberg, 1991-2005
3 boxes
This subseries is CLOSED.
Box 135-137
Leslie Feinberg material
Activism Series, 1973-2002 and undated
13 Boxes
The Activism Series documents Pratt's work as an activist supporting diversity and fighting intolerance. The series comprises newspaper clippings, fliers, correspondence, and logisitical arrangements pertaining to Pratt's organizing, conference participation, and personal research. The Activism Series contains four subseries that appear in alphabetical order: Anti-Ku Klux Klan, Fayetteville, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Other Issues. The Anti-Ku Klux Klan subseries contains materials related to Pratt's research about the Klan as an anti-racist activist. The Fayetteville subseries comprises materials pertaining to Pratt's early grass roots organizing efforts in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The National Endowment for the Arts subseries documents the public debate that occurred after Senator Jesse Helms referred to Pratt's work as pornography and attempted to revoke her NEA grant. The Other Issues subseries spans Pratt's years as an activist and reflects her interest in a variety of issues. Pratt's original folder titles were retained.
Anti-Ku Klux Klan, 1977-1984 and undated
3 boxes
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Pratt researched the Ku Klux Klan due to her desire to fight intolerance. The subseries chiefly comprises newspaper clippings that document Klan activity, but also includes the readings, KKK propaganda, and anti-racist newsletters that Pratt read to learn about the Klan. Materials are organized alphabetically by subject, with files on geographic KKK activity located at the beginning of the subseries.
Box 90
Alabama Klan clippings, 1979-1981
California Klan clippings, 1980-1982
Connecticut Klan clippings, 1980-1982
D.C. and suburbs Klan clippings, 1980-1982
Florida and Georgia Klan clippings, 1980-1984
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas Klan clippings, 1980-1983
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont Klan clippings, 1979-1982
North Carolina Klan clippings, 1980-1983
Tennessee and Kentucky Klan clippings, 1979-1982
Texas Klan clippings, 1980-1982
United States Klan violence, 1980s
International Klan clippings, 1980-1981
Anti-Klan contacts and correspondence, 1980-1981
Anti-semitism and KKK, 1980-1982
Armageddon, 1983-1984
Change of heart victory stories, 1980-1981
Chivalry/protection and and the KKK, 1984
Class/KKK, 1980-1982
Clippings and reports, 1980s (folder 1 of 2)
Box 91
Clippings and reports, 1980s (folder 2 of 2)
Gays and KKK, 1977-1983
General history, 1979-1982
General tactics, 1980s (2 folders)
Greensboro clippings, 1979-1984
Jesse Jackson, anti-Semitism, 1984
Land and the KKK, 1980-1983
Morals, bad women, and the KKK, 1980-1981
Name-calling/KKK, 1980-1981
Box 92
Paramilitary/KKK violence, 1979-1981
Police and the KKK, 1983
Southern Struggle, 1980 January-1981 May
TUFF (Those United to Fight Facism) newsletters, 1980
Women against KKK, general, 1980-1982
Women attacked by the Klan, 1980-1981
Women in the Klan, 1979-1981
Fayetteville, 1977-1993 and undated
3 boxes
After completing graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pratt moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina to accept her first teaching position, at Fayetteville State University. Pratt became active in grass roots organizing, particularly focusing on women's issues. The subseries includes organizational minutes and notes, subject files, clippings, and correspondence related to Pratt's work in the community. Materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box 92
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council on the Status of Women, 1975-1976
Cumberland County Council on the Status of Women, 1975-1979 (3 folders)
Cumberland County Council on the Status of Women Day Care Task Force, 1976
Box 93
Dave's Radio case, 1977 February
Domestic violence, 1976-1978 (2 folders)
Education, Title XI, affirmative action, 1972-1977
Fayetteville State University Continuing Education/Women, 1977
Joann Little/correctional facilities, 1975-1976, 1987
Military women, 1976-1977
NOW (National Organization for Women) Battered Women Seminar, 1976-1977
NOW Battered Women,
"One of These Days...POW!"
skit, 1977-1982
NOW, Fayetteville/Cumberland County, general, 1977-1980, 1992-1993 (folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 94
NOW, Fayetteville/Cumberland County, general, 1977-1980, 1992-1993 (folder 3 of 3)
NOW newsletter, Fayetteville/Cumberland County, 1975-1982
NOW, North Carolina state conferences, 1977
Rape crisis line, 1976-1977
Rape seminar, 1976 June 5
Tae Kwan-Do, 1976-1977
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1985-1992 and undated
3 boxes
After Pratt received a NEA grant in 1990, Senator Jesse Helms referred to her work as pornography during a well-publicized speech on the Senate floor. Collectively Pratt and the other targeted poets, Chrystos and Audre Lorde, issued a statement that discussed the importance of diversity and art. The subseries begins with the poets' statement, followed by other materials organized alphabetically by subject. The subseries comprises primarily newspaper clippings, but also includes correspondence, court transcripts, and newsletters from each side of the debate. The subseries documents Helms' attempts to remove NEA funding from targeted artists. Although first created by Pratt in 1990, the subseries contains legal precedents to censorship cases that date back to the mid-1980s.
Box 94
"An Open Letter from Three Lesbian Writers on Censorship,"
1990 July
Clippings, 1990-1992 (folders 1-4 of 10)
Box 95
Clippings, 1990-1992 (folders 5-10 of 10)
Box 96
Correspondence, 1990-1992
Crime, PR and reviews, undated
Gay Community News, 1990 September-1990 November
Handbook, undated
Journal of the American Family Association, 1990 September-1991 January
Legal hearings, 1985-1990
Other Issues, 1973-2002 and undated
7 boxes
The Other Issues subseries documents the protests, marches, conferences, and festivals Pratt attended in her work as an activist. The subseries also demonstrates the topics she researched to facilitate her activism. Arranged alphabetically by subject, the subseries contains newspaper clippings, fliers, schedules, logistics for events, and correspondence.
Box 96
Abortion/terrorism, 1984-1985
Anti-pornography clippings, 1981-1985
Anti-semitism, 1981-1987
Anti-semitism/women, 1981-1983
Arab women, United States, 1983-1984
Asian-American, 1981-1987
Assimilation, 1983-1987
The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance, 1982 August 19-22
Christian myth, general, 1983-1985
Cincinnati riots, 2001
Civil Disobedience, 1979-1987
Box 97
Cross-cultural communication, 1980s
Economy and women, 1975-1977
Eighth Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, 1983 August
Fliers, miscellaneous activism, 1980s and undated
Immigration and Naturalization Service and gays, 1990
International Lesbian and Gay Association, 1991
International Women's Year, 1976-1977
Jewish culture/women, 1982-1991
LAW (Ladies Against Women), 1984
Latinas, 1982-1984
Lesbianism and feminism, 1979-1985
Lesbian rights and sexuality, 1975-1977
Box 98
LIPS, 1983-1987
LIPS press packet, Memorial Day action, 1984 May 30
Look to the Women for Courage: Stories from the Seneca Encampment slide show, 1983 (2 folders)
Use copies will need to be created before items can be accessed by researchers.
Madre, 1984-1985
March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1987 October 11 (3 folders)
Matthew Shepard clippings, 1998-1999
Matthew Shepard, correspondence regarding attack, 1998
Box 99
Mautner (Mary-Helen) Benefit, 1993 March
Moral Majority, 1983-1987
Motherhood, 1978-1991
Mumia Abu-Jabal, 1995, 1998-2000 (2 folders)
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force training, 1995
NOW conference, 1975
National People's Campaign, Caravans for Justice, 1995 September 15-October 2
National People's Campaign March, 1995 May 6
Native American women, 1980-1986
North Carolina Humanities Committee, 1977
Not In Our Name, 1984
Peace for Cuba Rally, 1994 February 12
PVN (The People's Video Network), 1996-1997
Protests, anti-capitalism, Quebec 2001 April
Protests, IMF, World Economic Forum, Bush, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002
Box 100
Protests, Workers World demonstrations, 2001-2005
Protests, World Economic Forum/Globalization, Washington D.C. and New York, 2001-2002
Protests, World Trade Organization, Seattle, 1995
Race and rape, 1980-1984
Race/sex, 1980-1984
Racism, general, 1983-1987
Racism, white women against, 1981-1987
Racism, women against, 1980s
Racism in Women's Movement, 1980s
Rainbow Flags for Mumia, 1999 (2 folders)
Box 101
Rape, general, 1981-1984
Reagan, Central America, 1983-1986
Resistance, general, 1980s
Resistance, lesbians against intolerance, 1980-1984
Sexuality, 1987-1989
South Africa apartheid, 1983-1990
Southeastern Gay Conference, 1977-1978
Sweet Honey in the Rock, 1978
Technology, Science, the Environment, 1980s
Wilmington Ten, 1977 April
Women of color, 1980s
Women and discrimination, 1986-1989
Women's Equality/Suffrage Day, 1976 August 26
Women and higher education, 1984-1990
Women's studies, feminist, 1976-1979
Women's studies, Modern Language Association, 1973-1978
Box 102
Women's studies, National Women's Studies Association, 1976-1981
Women's studies, National Women's Studies Association workshops, 1975-1984
Women's studies, North Carolina, 1978-1981
Women's studies, Southeastern Women's Studies Association, 1979-1981 (2 folders)
Workfare, 2001-2002
Zionism/Palestinian, 1980s
Teaching Series, 1978-2005 and undated
10 Boxes
Pratt began her career as a professor of women's studies in the late 1970s. The Teaching Series documents Pratt's work as an educator at various universities, primarily The Union Institute and Hamilton College. The chronologically arranged series comprises course syllabi, materials to supplement teaching, seminar evaluations, contracts, general faculty documents, catalogs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. Pratt kept an extensive series of files related to courses she taught on international women's studies. This series of files is arranged alphabetically by geographic location. The series also contains correspondence from Mumia Abu-Jamal during his application process to The Union Institute for graduate studies. Pratt's original folder titles were retained.
Box 103
Fayetteville State University
Southern Women's Equity Project, 1978-1980
Black Women in America (course), 1979 Spring (2 folders)
Black women's studies sources, 1979-1982 (3 folders)
Lesbian studies sources, 1979-1993 (folder 1 of 4)
Box 104
Lesbian studies sources, 1979-1993 (folders 2-4 of 4)
Fayetteville State University, Woman's World radio reports, 1980
Shaw University, 1980-1981
Cazenovia College, 1982 November 1-5
International women's studies sources, 1982-1988
Associated with Pratt's courses at the University of Maryland and George Washington University.
International readings, 1985-1986
Africa, 1985-1988
Africa, South Africa, 1981-1987
Arab/East Mediterranean, 1982-1985
Argentina, 1984-1986
Box 105
International women's studies sources, 1982-1988
Asia miscellaneous, 1984
Canada, 1985-1988
Caribbean, 1986-1987
Central America, 1985-1987
Chile, 1985-1986
China, 1983-1987
Cuba, 1984 and undated
Egypt, 1985
England, 1982-1984
France, 1982-1984
Germany/Austria, 1982, 1987
Guatemala, 1986-1987
India, 1982-1987
Iran, 1987
Israel, 1984-1987
Japan, 1984-1989
Latin America/Spain, 1983-1987
Mexico, 1986
New Zealand/Australia, 1985-1986
Nicaragua, 1984-1986
Pakistan, 1984-1986
Philippines, 1983-1988
Box 106
Letters of interest, 1984-1985
University of Maryland, Women, Art, and Culture (course), 1984-1985
George Washington University, 1984-1988
George Washington University, Women, Literature, and the Arts (course), 1985 September 5-December 5
Vermont College, Adult Degree Program, 1985 September 13-22
University of Maryland, 1985-1993
George Washington University, Women, Literature, and the Arts (course), 1986, 1988 (2 folders)
Correspondence, 1988-1993
Women's studies, general, 1980s
The Union Institute
Women's Needs seminar, 1989-1991
Contracts, 1990-2004
Box 107
The Union Institute
Entrance colloquium, general, 1992-2000
The Worker and Her Writing seminar, 1993
Hamilton College, job application, 1993-1994
The Union Institute
Racism Committee, 1993-1995
Gender seminar, 1994
Entrance colloquium, 1994 December 2-11
Entrance colloquium, 1995 December 8-17
Writing In-Between seminar, 1996 May-June
Change-of-status, 1996-1997
Diversity, 1997-2000
Problems, 1997-2001
Box 108
The Union Institute
Projects, 1997-2002
Self-evalutation, 1997-2004
Writing In-Between seminar, 1998 September 23-27
Faculty development, 1998-1999
Faculty research, 1998-2001
President letter, 1999
Faculty development, 1999-2000
Miscellaneous, 1999-2001
Ethics, 1999-2003
Learning, 1990s
Entrance colloquium, racism, 2000 October 20-29
Mumia Abu-Jabal application, 2000-2004
Box 109
The Union Institute
Narratives of Power: Place, Race, and Gender in Cincinnati seminar, 2001 August 30-September 3 (6 folders)
Includes materials used for seminar development dating back to 1999.
Writing In-Between seminar, 2002 June 21-25
Hamilton College
Contract, 2002-2003
Housing, 2002-2003
Box 110
Hamilton College
Lecture series, 2002-2003
Meetings, 2002-2003
Office, 2002-2003
Hamilton organizing and miscellaneous, 2002-2003 (2 folders)
Upstate New York organizing, 2002-2003 (folders 1-3 of 7)
Box 111
Hamilton College
Upstate New York organizing, 2002-2003 (folders 4-7 of 7)
The Union Institute, correspondence, 2002-2003
Hamilton College
Chandra Mohanty book launch, 2003 April 7
Feminist Perspective on Class in the United States (course), 2003 Spring
The Union Institute
Writing In-Between seminar, 2003 October 22-26
Faculty Appointments and Status Committee, 2004
Lay-offs, 2004
Box 112
National Writers' Union workshops, 2004 (2 folders)
Job hunt, 2004 January-2005 June (3 folders)
The Union Institute correspondence, 2005
National Writers' Union workshop correspondence, 2005
Syracuse University, 2005
Financial Material, 1981-2004
1 Box
Material in this series consists of tax returns for the years 1981 to 2004 as well as detailed narratives carefully documenting deductions taken by Pratt related to her writing and teaching career. Files are arranged chronologically.
Box 113
Taxes, 1981-2004 (4 folders)
Photographs, 1966-2005 and undated
3 Boxes
Items in this series document events and individuals in Minnie Bruce Pratt's life. Descriptions are provided by Pratt, and arrangement is chronological.
Box 114
Chi Omega pledge class, 1966
Early 1970s
1972-1973
1974-1976
Thanksgiving, 1977
1977-1978
Oak Island, 1979
1979
1980
Cris South, 1980s
1981
Raleigh, NC, 1981 August-September
1982
Feminary, 1982
Durham, 1982
1983
1984
Jacksonville, 1984 May
Madison, 1984 July
1985
1986
LIPS New York, 1986
Ransom's high school graduation, 1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Washington, D.C. gay pride parade, 1990
Seattle, 1990 August
1991
1992
San Francisco, 1992 August
1993
Vieques, Puerto Rico, 1993 January
Spring 1993
Women's cultural celebration, April 1993
1993 May
Selma, 1993 July
1993 August
1994
The Names Project, 1994 August
Tijuana, 1994
Camp Trans, 1994
1994 April
The Union Institute seminar: Gender Bending, 1994 May
Lambda Literary Awards/ABA convention, 1994 May-June
Box 115
Summer 1994
1994 September
The Union Institute commencement, with Carolyn Logan, 1994 October
1995
Interview by German film crew, 1995 October
Boston, 1995 March
1995 May
New York City and Bradford College (Mass.), 1995 May
1995 September-October
Connecticut River, 1995 October
Richmond, 1995 November
Northampton Pride, 1995
1995 December-1996 January
1996
The Union Institute seminar, 1996 June
Rowing finals Olympics, 1996
Buffalo, New York, 1996
Winston-Salem Pride, 1996
1997
Chaco Canyon, Spring 1997
Boston Pride, 1997 June
1997 June
Germany, 1997 July
Cuba, Summer 1997
1997 December
1997-1999
1998
Germany, Spring 1998
1999
West Side YMCA, New York City, 1999 May
Ben and Katie's new house, 1999 June
Birth of Simon Bruce Kent, 1999 July
Simon Bruce Kent, 6 months, 1999 December
Solstice, 1999
2000
West Side YMCA, New York City, Spring 2000
Spring 2000
Ben and Simon, Fall 2000
147 Chestnut St., 2000 December
2000s
Box 116
2000-2001
Joan Clingan certification meeting, 2001 January
Barry and Rowan, 2001 June
Alabama, 2002 July
Hamilton College/apartment, 2002-2003
2002-2003
2004-2005
undated
Oversize Box
1
Oversize photographs
Audiovisual Material, 1974-2005 and undated
5 Boxes
The series contains miscellaneous audiovisual material pertaining to Pratt's speaking engagements, interests, and personal life. The series includes speeches and readings given at gigs, interviews, audio correspondence, programs related to lesbian issues, and instructional materials. Materials are organized into subseries depending on format and include Audio Cassettes, Compact Discs, and Videos.
Use copies will need to be created before items can be accessed by researchers.
RESTRICTED: Interviews are restricted unless permission from the interviewee is obtained.
Audio Cassettes, 1974-2005 and undated
2 Boxes
The subseries comprises speeches, visits to radio programs, lectures, and audio correspondence between Pratt and Joan E. Biren. Additionally, Pratt conducted audio interviews of her grandmother and aunt regarding family secrets, and of friends regarding their experiences coming out as gay, lesbian, or transgender. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject, and Pratt's readings and appearances are arranged chronologically under the heading Pratt, Minnie Bruce. Original label titles were retained, but naming conventions were imposed to keep related materials associated physically. Use copies will need to be created before items can be accessed by researchers.
Box 117
Allison, Dorothy interview, 1995 March 4
Biren, Joan E., NEA Workshop, 1990 August
Boyce, Virginia, 1997 March
David Duke: An Investigative Report
Et Cetera
Feinberg, Leslie, Stone Butch Blues, Sophie's Parlor, 1993 January 24
Femme/Butch Radio Broadcast
Four Women Creating Themselves
Grandma, 1975 January 18
Groddy 9-Toes and Ben Solo
The Lannan-just buffalo Writers at Work Series, 1996
MAE IV Lesson 3
North Carolina Women's Conference, Greensboro, 1981 October 10
Out and About: Gay and Lesbian Writing
OUT Write Conference, Keynote address by Allen Ginsberg and Judy Grahn
Pratt, Minnie Bruce
Joan E. Biren and Minnie Bruce Pratt, 1981 September 2-1982 January 15 (8 audio cassettes)
Amazon Bookstore, Minneapolis, 1982 April 21
Athens, Ohio, 1982 April 27
Spinsters Ink, New York, 1983 March 26
New Words, Boston, 1983 March 31
A Woman's Story, Deb Morris interview, WPFW/D.C., aired 1983 September 6
Sophie's Parlor, Deb Morris interview, Pacifica/D.C., 1983 October
Anti-racism, STWS, 1983 December 4 (2 audio cassettes)
Family Secrets lectures, WMST 250, 1984 September 27
Resistance in Everyday Life: Minnie Bruce Pratt, WBAI, 1984 May
The Poet and the Poem, WPFW/D.C., 1990 May 13
Pratt, Minnie Bruce
Box 118
Correspondence, Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Bruce Pratt, September 1992-May 1996 (3 audio cassettes)
Removed to Leslie Box 3.
OutWrite Writer's Conference, Public conversation, Minnie Bruce Pratt and Leslie Feinberg, 1993
Vignettes on crossing gender boundaries, Cornell University, 1994 April 21 (2 audio cassettes)
New Writing Series, UCSD, 1995
OutWrite, Poetry and Tradition and Opening Plenary Session, 1996 (2 audio cassettes)
Interview with Minnie Bruce Pratt and Beth Harrison, Prado, 1997 March 29
Columbia College, 1997 October 18
OutWrite, To Make Revolution Irresistible: Writing, Poetry, and Politics, 1999 February 26-28
OUT FM, 1999 April 18
Infolink, Walking Back Up Depot Street, 1999 May 12
Gender talk, 1999 August 23
Room of One's Own, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003 November 20 (2 audio cassettes)
Interview, 2005 April 1
Anti-klan march, undated
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, WHYY, undated
Plenary III: Closing Address, undated
Pratt, Minnie Bruce, Tape 1 and 2, undated
President Ford's Message to Congress, 1974 August 12 (2 audio cassettes)
President Nixon's Resignation, 1974 August 8 (4 audio cassettes)
Sheila, undated
Shirley on Louisiana, 1981
South, Cris
Compact Discs, 2003 and undated
1 Box
The subseries comprises miscellaneous compact discs, including music, learning tools, and discs related to Pratt's writing. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by title. Use copies will need to be created before items can be accessed by researchers.
Box 119
Consuela Lee, Piano Voices
Hip Hop Mix, 2003 April
Interactive Glossary for Materials Science and Engineering
Introduction to Academic Writing
The Laramie Project
Minnie Bruce Pratt, Voices of Feminism Oral History Project, Sophia Smith Collection (ten CDs)
Nedra
Ransom Weaver Demo Reel (2 CDs)
Triumph of the Human Spirit
Women's Voices Radio on WAER Syracuse 88.3 FM
Yikes McGee
Videos,1986-2000 and undated
2 Boxes
Arranged alphabetically by title, the Videos subseries primarily contains recordings of Pratt's speaking gigs and programs related to lesbian issues. Use copies will need to be created before items can be accessed by researchers.
Box 120
1990 National Lesbian's Music Festival, Minnie Bruce Pratt
All God's Children
Closets are Health Hazards
Creating Women's History: The Sophia Smith Collection
Dyke TV Show
Elian Demo, 2000 January 11
From What to When is (not) Violence: Judith Lombardi
In the Life Season Premiere
Lesbian Physicians on Practice, Patients and Power
Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Bruce Pratt at Emory, 1994 October 7
Box 121
Making Revolution Irresistible: The Artist's Role in Social Change, Barnard College, 2000
MBP and LF in Florida, 1993 July
Minnie Bruce Pratt and Cheryl Clarke: Lafayette Presbyterian Church, 1997 June 23
Minnie Bruce Pratt Poetry Reading, 1986 March
Minnie Bruce Pratt S/HE, 1995 October
Minnie Bruce Pratt, Simpson College, 1999 April 9
Out for a change: Addressing homophobia in women's sports
Outlaw
Patricia M. Fabiano, Ph.D., The First Thursday Girl's Club: A Narrative Study of Health and Social Support in a Working-Class Community, 2000 October 14
Pratt WALK lunch, 1995 April
Peace for Cuba at Symphony Pace
Radical Harmonies: The Story of Women's Music
Radical Harmonies: Woodstock meets Women's Liberation in a film
Straight from the Heart
The Wise Ones, Part I
Printed Material, 1969-2005 and undated
5 Boxes
The Printed Material series contains periodicals, booklets, printed essays, and chapbooks arranged alphabetically by title. Subjects represented include poetry, women's studies, feminism, lesbianism, and the Ku Klux Klan. Many items include contributions by Pratt or directly relate to her work or projects with which she was involved. A number of periodicals were removed from this collection and added to the Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals Collection.
Box 122
The Adventures of BK in Exile, vol.1, no.2, 1999 Spring
The American Poetry Review, vol.33, no.6, 2004 November-December
The American Voice, no.14, 17, 18, 36, 1989-1995 (4 folders)
Anchor in the Beet Field, 1999
The Appalachian Anthology, vol.2 and 3, 2003-2004 (2 folders)
Art and Letters: Journal of Contemporary Culture, 2004 Autumn
Auntie Bellum: A Southern Journal for Women, vol.2, no.1 and 2, 1978 Fall
Bad Girls, 1997
Beginning Ballroom Dance, 1995
The Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves
Bloom, vol.1, no.1, 2004 Winter
Bombay Gin, 1997
Boston Piano, 2003
Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends, vol.2, no.1, 1991 Spring
Cartographies of Error, 1999
Box 123
A Case for Equity, 1971
Cat's Eye, no.1 and 2, 1980 Fall-1980 Winter
Changing Always, 1981 October
Chicago Review, vol.47, no.2, 2001 Summer
Clit Rocket, no.2 and 3, 2004 (2 folders)
Coal City Review, no.17, 2002 January
Conditions: Eight, 1982
Corrections, vol.1, no. 1, 2001 Fall
Danielle's Femmetopia, no.1 and 6, 2002 April-September
Emerald Pillows, vol.1, no.1-vol.3, no.3, 2003 March-2005 June (2 folders)
Emma, 2003 September/October
Equal Rights for Women: A Call to Action, 1973
Ethnicity and Politics, 1979
Female Liberation as the Basis for Social Revolution, 1970 February
Flannel Morning (Love Songs for Dr. V), 1977
A Framework for Locally Planned Responses to Instances of Racial and Religious Animosity, 1982
Gargoyle, no.41, 1998
The Gay and Lesbian Review, vol.11, no.2, 2004 March-April
Box 124
A Growing Crisis: Disadvantaged Women and Their Children
IKON, no.4, 1985 Summer/Winter
July Caprice, 1990
Lambda Book Report: A Contemporary Review of Gay and Lesbian Literature, vol.2, no.3, 1990 February-March
Literature is Freedom, 2003
Lynching and Rape: An Exchange of Views, 1977
Lynx Eye, vol.11, no.1 and 2, 2004 (2 folders)
Ms., 1984 January
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Women of Color Task Force and Caucus, 1981
The Network, vol.13, 16, 20, 1996-2003 (3 folders)
New England Review and Bread Loaf Quarterly, 1983 Summer (2 folders)
New England Review, 1995 Spring
Box 125
North Carolina Literary Review, 1999
NWSA Journal, vol.16, no.2, 2004 Summer
Ploughshares, 1996 Spring, 2002 Spring (2 folders)
The Political Economy of Women's Liberation, 1969
The Politics of Housework
Prairie Schooner, 1998, 2004 (2 folders)
River Styx: Sweet Dreams and Bad Sex, 1998
A Scarecrow's Bible, 2002
Seneca Review, vol.31, no.1, 2001
Seven Years Later: Women's Studies Programs in 1976, 1977
She: Women's Guide to UNC, 1977 September
Sinister Wisdom: Lesbian Mothers and Grandmothers, 2005 Autumn
Siren, 2003
Box 126
Smartish Pace, no.5, 2001 October
Socialism, Anarchism, and Feminism
Sojourner Truth Organization: Fighting the Klan, 1981 April
The Songs of Hiroshima, 1980
Southern Exposure, vol.9, no.2, 1981 Summer
The Spoon River Poetry Review, vol.28, no.2, 2003 Summer/Fall
Tri-Quarterly, 1997 Fall
The Ultimate Dare, 1975
Violence, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Struggle for Equity, 1981
What is the Revolutionary Potential of Women's Liberation?, 1969
The William and Mary Review, vol.40, 2002
Wisconsin Review, vol.39, no.1, 2004 Fall
Woman of Power: A Magazine of Feminism, Spirituality, and Politics, no.7, 1987 Summer
Women, 1974
Women Workers: The Forgotten Third of the Working Class
Women's Liberation and Imperialism
Women's Servitude Under Law, 1971
Women's Studies Newsletter, vol.6, no.3, 1978
Working Women for Freedom, 1976
Working Women and Their Organizations-150 Years of Struggle, 1974
Ephemera, 1966-2005 and undated
7 Boxes
The Ephemera series comprises miscellaneous items collected by Pratt and chiefly contains t-shirts, buttons, and posters related to Pratt's activism, the conferences and demonstrations she attended, and Feminary. Posters also document Pratt's book relases, speaking appearances, seminars, and courses. The series contains the outfit Pratt wore to the ceremony celebrating the designation of Crime Against Nature as the 1989 Lamont Poetry Selection by the Academy of American Poets. Additional items include candlesticks given to Pratt upon her marriage to Marvin Weaver, a birthday coffee mug from Leslie Feinberg, pens with printed logos, a stamp, and a vibrator and pair of handcuffs given to Pratt by students from Iowa.
Box 127
T-shirts
Box 128
T-shirts
Box 129
Buttons and miscellaneous ephemera
Box 130
Miscellaneous ephemera
Box 131
Banner
Box 132
Rolled posters
Box 133
Rolled posters
Box 134
Flat posters
Includes poster for Stone Butch Blues release personalized for Pratt by Leslie Feinberg.
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Separated Material
Minnie Bruce Pratt's personal library comprising several hundred books including her own work and anthologies containing her work have been cataloged separately. Additionally, a number of periodicals were removed from this collection and added to the Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals Collection.
