Descriptive Summary
Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) Archives, ca. 1972-1994
Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance.
24 Linear Feet,
18,000 Items
Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
For current information on
the location of these materials, please consult the
Library's online catalog.
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
Copyright interests in the ALFA Archives have not been transferred to Duke university and therefore remain with the original creators of the materials.
Provenance
The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) Archives were purchased and transferred to the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1994.
Processing Information
Processed by: Diane McKay, Archival Assistant, and Ginny Daley, Women's Studies Archivist
Completed July 1995
Encoded by Stephen Douglas Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
Historical Note
The Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) was founded in 1972 by a group of radical lesbians, many socialist and all feminist, who broke away from Atlanta's Women's Liberation Center and the Gay Liberation movement because they felt that neither had adequately addressed issues of concern to women as lesbians and lesbians as women. ALFA initially worked to fill a social void for and to offer a political voice to Atlanta lesbians, publicizing its efforts through a self-produced monthly newsletter, the Atalanta. Over the years, as the political and cultural climate changed and lesbians created new avenues through which to pursue their interests, ALFA struggled to find a clear and unique sense of purpose; this historically telling struggle is well-documented by ALFA itself, in minutes and mailings to its membership. In spite of its eventual decision to disband, ALFA remains known as one of the oldest lesbian feminist organizations in the United States, and a pioneer in the fight for lesbian, gay, and women's rights.
One of the activities of ALFA--deeply concerned from the outset with the preservation of lesbian "herstory"--was to build and maintain the Southern Feminist Library and Archives (SFLA). The library and archives, which provided a material link between ALFA and other progressive movements and organizations throughout the world, included the archival records of ALFA and several other southern feminist groups; a massive collection of feminist, lesbian, and activist periodicals; and a circulating library of feminist and gay and lesbian books. ALFA disbanded in 1994 after over 20 years of Southern feminist activism.
Collection Overview
When ALFA disbanded in 1994, the archival collections and the bulk of the periodicals collection were transferred to Duke's David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The book collection and the remaining periodicals stayed in Atlanta, with books relating to feminist theory going to Emory University and the rest to a community library. The ALFA Archives and Periodicals Collections that have been transferred to Duke are an incredibly rich source of information about feminist and lesbian activism and communities, especially in the Southeast, from the early 1970s to the present.
The ALFA Archives includes the organizational records of ALFA as well as other southern radical women's groups such as Lucina's Music/Orchid Productions; Radio Free Georgia (WRFG) women's programming; the womonwrites conference for lesbian writers and publishers; the Southern Women's Music festival; the Atlanta Socialist-Feminist Women's Union; and Dykes for the Second American Revolution (DAR II). The extensive subject files, which are a part of ALFA's archives, document scores of other feminist, lesbian, and activist organizations and events as well as provide information on a broad range of feminist and lesbian issues. Of particular note are ALFA's "Theory/Analysis (Women)" files, as well as their collection of publications by KNOW, Inc., in the "Publishers" subseries; using these primary materials, researchers can get a good sense of the issues that gave rise to the women's liberation movement and to ALFA in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The ALFA Periodicals Collection contains literally hundreds of grassroots newsletters and journals, many of which are now ephemeral and not in any library. This extensive library of feminist, lesbian and gay, and activist periodicals is more fully described in a separate guide.
Processing Note
For the most part, the original order of the ALFA Archives was maintained after being transferred to Duke. Several boxes, which had been in storage and never fully processed by ALFA, were organized upon arrival at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Minor rearrangement and consolidation of some of the ALFA records and subject files helped to reduce confusion and highlight areas of strength. The following container list was created to give maximum access to an incredibly dense and rich collection of information.
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.
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Feminist music.
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Lesbian music.
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Lesbians--Southern States.
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Lesbianism--Georgia.
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Lesbianism--United States.
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Gay liberation movement--Southern States.
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Gay liberation movement--United States.
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Feminism--Georgia.
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Lesbian activists--United States.
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Gay activists--Southern States.
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Women political activists--United States.
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Lesbian activists--Southern States.
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Feminism--Southern States--Societies, etc.
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Women--Southern States.
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Feminist theory.
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Atlanta Socialist-Feminist Union.
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Southern Women's Music Festival.
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Lucina's Music.
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Orchid Productions.
Contents of Collection
ADMINISTRATIVE FILES SERIES
Contains material pertaining to the daily workings of
ALFA, including events ALFA sponsored or participated in and the publicity for these events; information about individual members; fundraising for the organization; committees within the organization; meetings; correspondence; information about the Southern Feminist Library and Archives; and
Atalanta,
ALFA's newsletter.
1
General Files Subseries
File Lists for Library Files
Foremothers
ALFA Members Past and Present
[press clippings on individual members]
Elizabeth (Betty) Irwin Burdette,
1919-1988
Vicki Gabriner,
1942-
Pamela Jo Martin,
1945-1989
Activities
[announcements of progressive events, sent to ALFA; correspondence from ALFA re: fundraising projects; newsletters, benefit announcements, press releases
(no chronological order)]
Activity flyers
Great SE Lesbian Conference
Take Back our Rights [12/15/91]
ALFA Cat Show [see also photographs in Box 19]
Potluck Dinner Discussion, 1/85: "Is ALFA a feminist organization?"
[audio cassette & revised "Statement of Being" resulting from discussion]
Raffle ticket originals
Book collection and review assignments
Contact dykes
[handouts for women new in area - includes maps of Atlanta, transport and lodging information; information about locales of interest to gays, lesbians and feminists; and the "Directory of Contact Dykes"]
Grants
Reference info
Sources/Application Forms
Fundraising
Herstory of ALFA [includes
ALFA lesbian timeline]
Telephone logs - incoming calls
1974-1989
[out-of-sequence]
Incorporation: An initial study for the ALFA to determine the feasibility of incorporation as a non-profit
Originals of forms
Post Office
Printing
Questionnaires sent to ALFA from other organizations
Returned mail
ALFA Resource List for Volunteers
1973
ALFA Survey
[sent to members and/or affiliates in order to"establish stronger direction for ALFA, to reach a broader range of women."]
Phone tree
10th birthday bash [see also Box 19 and oversize folders for photographs]
Other ALFA Birthday Celebrations
ALFA Lesbian Timeline
2
Committees Subseries
Misc.
Boogiewimmin (social committee)
(1 folder, which also contains 1 red divided notebook)
Finance
Fund for Southern Communities
House
House key
House renovations
Speaker's Bureau
Speaker's Bureau Packet
Library [See also SFLA files, Box 5]
Library Directory Listings of ALFA
Library Mail Answered and Waiting for Reply
Library Newsletter
Library Reading List
Media [See also "Media" subject files, Box 11]
Media Resource Addresses
Media How-to's
Bird's Coverage of ALFA and Lesbian Activities
[
The Great Speckled Bird is/was a weekly publication of the Atlanta Cooperative News Project] Mostly clippings; a couple of complete issues
Media Correspondence: Radio, TV Stations
[letters from ALFA, most protesting depictions of lesbians and gays in film and TV]
ALFA ( Journal/Constitution )
[includes originals and copies of correspondence from
ALFA, to the 2 Atlanta papers, protesting the lack of coverage of ALFA events and gay/lesbian issues in particular; and correspondence to ALFA, from the two papers, in response to ALFA:
March 6 1973-7/9/73]
Membership
New Member Packet
[includes house and key rules, description of ALFA library and archive, list of committees]
"Old" New Member Packet
Originals for Prospective Member Packet
Member Letter and New Member Packets
Membership Lists
Membership Forms
Pledge Forms, Blank
Pledge Forms
1990
1988
1977/8-1985
(8 folders)
Newsletter ( Atalanta )
Artwork
Return to Artist
Checklist
Covers
Leftover Stuff
Production
Outreach coordinator (See also "Staff Person/Intern" folders)
2
Staff Person/Intern Series
(4 folders)
Antioch Intern correspondence
Antioch Intern
[lists duties, includes job summary sheets and evaluations of ALFA by several interns, and the notebook of intern Barbara McCann,
4-10/1981]
Staff Person 82-3
[details duties of outreach coordinator (see also Box 2, "Outreach Coordinator" folder)]
"Staff Program to DateDecember 6,
1981"
[lists accomplishments to date/planning for different committees, e.g., Speaker's bureau, Jewish Cultural Workshop, New Members workshop]
3
Correspondence to ALFA Subseries
1970s
1973-1994
Each year or years subdivided into 2 categories:
1) Correspondence from individuals
2) Correspondence from groups
[NOTE: There is also a file containing the letters of an individual
named "Rosemary Curb" in the "Individual" section of 1986.]
4
Indexing Project Subseries
(5 folders)
Periodicals/Subscriptions Subseries
(3 folders, 1 notebook)
Subscription correspondence from ALFA
Exchange agreements
Exchange requests
Inventory
(1 red spiral notebook)
5
Southern Feminist Library & Archives (SFLA) Subseries
Board of Directors
Correspondence to SFLA re: fundraising
Fundraising
Grant submitted to the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
House
Legal Documents (bylaws and incorporation)
Newsletter
Posters
Statement of Purpose
Stationery
6
Atlanta Subseries
(ALFA Newsletter), 1973-1994
(22 folders)
7
Mail Check-In Logs Subseries, 7/2/74 - 8/10/91
(15 volumes)
ALFA Meeting Minutes Subseries
(3 volumes)
1972-
1982-
1990-
[including last report/newsletter explaining ALFA's closure]
SUBJECT FILES SERIES
Files in this series fall roughly into two categories: 1) material sent to ALFA by women's, lesbian and gay organizations, including information about the organizations themselves or about events each sponsored; and 2) papers, newspaper and journal clippings, etc. on issues affecting women, lesbians and gays.
8
Local Women's Groups Subseries
Africana Women's Center
Aid to Imprisoned Mothers
Amazons Softball
Atlanta Feminist Women's Chorus
Atlanta Lesbian Agenda Conference
(1/90)
[See also "National Lesbian Conference" files, Box 9]
Atlanta Women's Art Collective, Inc.
Atlanta Women's Coffeehouse and Granny May Productions
Atlanta Women's Liberation Group
Task Force on Battered Women
Feminist Women's Health Center
GERA (Georgians for the Equal Rights Amendment)
HEART (Health, Education and Art) Women's Center of Atlanta
Karuna Atlanta Women's Counseling Collective
LEAP (Lesbians for Empowerment, Action and Politics)
Lucina's Music
[see also Box 24]
Matrix Music
National Black Women's Health Project [headquartered in Atlanta]
NOW Atlanta
Connections [Lesbian Task Force of NOW Atlanta]
Atlanta Nine to Five
Orchid Productions
[see also Boxes 23-24]
Red Dyke Theater
Sisters
SE Lesbian Network
SE Women's Studies Association
Spelman: Women's Research and Resource Center
Womansong Theater
Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
Women of Wisdom (WOW)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
[See also "International Women's Groups", Box 9]
Women's Studies Association, Atlanta
YWCA Atlanta
Atlanta Lesbian Bars
Atlanta Lesbian Events
Atlanta Lesbian Theater Groups
Atlanta Lesbian Readings
Atlanta Lesbian Women's Writers
Atlanta Women's Activities
Atlanta Women's Groups
Atlanta Women's Theater
Georgia Lesbians
Georgia Women's Groups, Misc.
Southeast Women's Activities
Southeast Women's Events
Southeast Women's Groups
Local Women's Issues Subseries
Abortion/Reproductive Rights
ERA [See also "GERA" file under Local Women's Groups]
Women's Spirituality and Creativity
Women in Higher Education
Women in History
Rape
Self-Defense
Peace Movement
Women and Work
8
Local Non-woman/Non-gay Subseries
Little 5 PointsGroups and Activities
Labor, Union struggles
Civil Rights, Anti-Klan
[includes 1982 Special Report,
The Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism and Violence, pub. by the
Southern Poverty Law Center; and A Non-Violent Action Manual,
William Moyer,
New Society Press,
1977 ]
Police Brutality (black community)
Anti-nuke and Georgia Power
Third World Countries' Struggles (South America)
[NOTE: This file pertains only to Atlantans' efforts on behalf of third world countries - see also "Third World Women's Groups" files below.]
Prisons
Political Parties (Socialist,
Communist)
Nixon and Ford
Local non-gay and non-women eventsmisc.
9
Regional Women's Groups Subseries(See "Local Women's Groups" for organizations in the Southeast)
Eastern Women's Groups
Eastern Women's Events and Activities
Lesbian Feminist Liberation (NYC)
Eastern Lesbian Groups and Events
Midwest Women's Groups
Midwest Women's Events and Activities
Midwest Lesbian Groups and Events
West Women's Groups and Events
West Women's Activities and Events
West Lesbian groups and Events
National Women's Groups
Evangelical Women's Caucus
[includes manifesto, booklist]
Directories, Lists, Etc. of Women's Groups in the
US
International Women's Day
1992
Mormons for ERA
National Black Women's Health Project [see "Local Women's Groups"]
National Conference on Socialist-Feminism,
Antioch College,
1975
National Lesbian Conference
(pre-1991)
First National Lesbian Conference, 24-28 April 1991
[includes press clippings, program, handouts from ind. panels, including that of Queer Nation/NY, history of conference]
National Lesbian Feminist Organization
National Lesbian Happenings
NOW
[see also NOW Atlanta]
National Women's Conferences
National Women's Events
National Women's Groups (Other)
[includes
An Analysis of Sacaris, Inc., by the August 7th Survival Community a radical offshoot of Sacaris,
Lyndon State College,
Lyndonville, VT;
Womanhood in America, 1776-1976, a publication of the Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council]
National Women and Govt. Lobbies
National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC)
NWPC Conference, 6/29/85,
Atlanta
[includes material about the dance that ALFA & WOW co-sponsored]
Women's Motorcycle Foundation
Women Against Pornography
International Women's Groups Subseries
Canada Women's movements
Europe
ILIS (International Lesbian Information Service)
[includes info on the 3rd ILIS conference in Lichtaart, Belgium,
12/30/81-1/3/82; 5th conf. in Paris,
4/1-4/83; 8th conf. in Geneva,
3/28-31/86]
Women in Other Countries
Third World Women's Groups Subseries
Atlanta Groups, Activities, etc.
In US
National Black Women's Health Project [see "Local Women's Groups"]
In Other Countries
10
Black Women and Women's Movement
Black Lesbians
[2 folders; includes biographical fact sheet about Pat Parker; photocopies of photographs of black lesbians, with handwritten information about each; and a photocopy of
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography (74 pp)]
Third World Women and "Justice"
Dessie X. Woods
[an African-American woman convicted on 2/12/76 of manslaughter and robbery and sentenced to 22 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Ronnie Horne, an armed white rapist. File contains info about case and defense fund (See also "Third World Women and Justice")]
Film and Video Subseries
Film and Video Information
Lesbian/Gay Film Catalogs
Third World Film Catalogs
Other Film Catalogs - Non-Gay, Non-Women
Women's Film Catalogs
Theater Subseries
Feminist Theater, Arts, Etc.
Archives and Collections Subseries
Straight Archives/Gay Subgroups
American Library Association Gay Task Force
[see also Box 16, under "Gay Groups (Regional and National)"]
Archives - Lesbian and Gay
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Third World Women's Archives
Women's History Research Center
Atlanta Ad Hoc Committee for the Preservation of Atlanta's Lesbian and Gay History
National Council for Research on Women
Women's Libraries and Collections
10
Resorts Subseries
Women's Tours and Trips
Women's Yellow Pages - Massachusetts
Cultural Resorts (Gay and Lesbian)
Cultural Resorts (Lesbian): Pagoda
Grants Subseries
Granting Sources [see also Box 1]
Grant Writing
11
Media Subseries
Photography
Tips in Dealing with the Media
NGTF (National Gay Task Force) Media
[Press Releases; see also Box 16, under "Gay Groups (Regional and National)"]
Radio and Cable TV: Women and Gay
Misc. Journal/Constitution articles concerning women
Atlanta
Journal/Constitution Coverage - General
Women and The Media - Advertising
Women's Forums, Dialogues, and Speeches
Literature, Bibliographies and Reading Lists Subseries
Black Women's Bibliographies and Reading Lists
Book Reviews, Movies Reviews, TV
Children's Literature
Lesbian/Gay Bibliographies and Reading Lists
Other Bibliographies [progressive movements]
Poetry
Sexuality Bibliographies
Women Bibliographies and Reading Lists
Women and Writers
Authors
Publishers Subseries
Gay and Lesbian, Homosexuality - catalogs, etc.
Lesbian/Feminist Catalogs
Women Publishers and Presses
Diana Press
The Feminist Press
12
KNOW, Inc.
[A feminist publishing collective founded in 1969 by members of the Pittsburgh, PA chapter of NOW,
KNOW, Inc. published and distributed reprints of feminist articles; books relating to women's work, women's studies and women's liberation; and their newsletter,
Know News. NOTE: Book titles published by KNOW, Inc. have been individually catalogued; check the on-line catalog.]
Know News,
1973-1976
Misc Flyers
(includes a list of women's rights organizations, presses, newsletters, and special publications)
Catalogs and Price Lists
Reprinted articles and papers.
Over 100 items, includes classics such as Pat Mainardi's
The Politics of Housework,
Jo Freeman's Origins of the Women's Liberation Movement,
Kathi Roche's The Secretary: Capitalism's House Nigger,
Anne Koedt's The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm, and Woman-Identified Woman, by the Radicalesbians
Naiad Press
Non-Women/Gay-specific
Bookstores Subseries
Women's and Gay Bookstores
Merchandise Subseries
(Catalogs for feminist and/or lesbian/gay posters, buttons, T-Shirts, jewelry, calendars)
Music Subseries [see also Boxes 22-24, Orchid Productions/Lucina's Music]
Music Catalogs, Misc.
Lady Slipper Catalogs
Olivia Records
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Misc. Music Festivals
Music References
Music and Songs
Southern Women's Music and Comedy Festival
[see also Box 29]
13
Theory/Analysis (Women) Subseries
Early Women's liberation and "The Movement"
Women's Liberation Movement
[donated by Donna J. Brogan (then Donna Brogan Ruhl), older sister of Linda L. Brogan ( 1944-1983 ), both early feminists in Chapel Hill/Durham Women's Liberation Movement,
ca. 1968-1974 ]
Analysis of the Women's Movement
Women's Movement - Theory and Origins
Radical Feminism - Movement
Bisexuality
Biology
Feminism and Class
Feminism and Marxism
Imperialism
Consumerism and Women
Socialist Feminism
Lesbianism and Art: Theory
Lesbian Battering
Lesbian Herstory
Lesbianism - Our Ideology - Development
Matriarchy
Political Strategies
Lesbian Mothers and Other Gay Parents
Lesbian Separatism
Lesbian Women's Studies
Regional and National Women's Issues Subseries
African-American Women
Abortion
Anti-Semitism
Women and Adolescence/Menarche
Lesson I Bleed: Female Rites of Passage in Adrienne Kennedy's Plays. Paper by Rosemary Curb,
Eng. Dept, Rollins College
Women and the Arts
Chemical Dependencies
Childbirth
14
Children
Consciousness-Raising (women)
Contraception
Cooperatives
Disabled Women
Ecology and Women
(including Anti-Nuke, The Rape of the Land)
Education and Women
Empowerment
Women's Empowerment: A Conceptual Framework for Feminist Therapy. Dissertation by Susan Elizabeth Barrett,
1980.
Fat and Women
The Nuclear Family and Women
F.B.I./Grand Jury Abuse
Government Studies on Women
Health Care
Lesbian Health Concerns
Women's History (Herstory)
Jewish Women
Mental Health
Mental Health: A Radical Feminist Model of Psychological Disability
International Women's Day
Women's Pre-History and Mythology
Law (includes People's College Law)
Women and the Land (women's land trusts)
Women and the Military
Older Women
Women and the Anti-Nuclear Movement
Peace Movement, Women and
Women in Prison, Women and the Legal System, Women and Police
Women in Politics and Law
Women and Pornography
Rape Task Force
15
Racism
Rape and Violence to Women
Religion, Women and
Rural Women
Self-Defense
Self-Exam
Sexism and Women's Oppression
(Hetero)Sexuality and Love
Spirituality and Women (see also Religion)
Sterilization
Venereal Disease
Women and Sports
Women and Studies (Academe)
Women's Studies
Women and Welfare
Women and Work
Women and Work: Women's Businesses
Women at Work: Sex Discrimination
Work: US. Women's Bureau, Labor
Work: Pro-ERA
Work: Anti-ERA
Gay Groups (Atlanta and Southeast Region) Subseries
AID Atlanta
Atlanta Gay Center/Atlanta Gay Coalition
Atlanta Pride Celebrations (LGT - Lesbian/Gay/Transperson) [See also Box 20]
Atlanta Men's Center
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
Bet Haverim: A Synagogue for the Lesbian and Gay Community
Black and White Men Together
Directories of Gay Organizations
First Tuesday (Atlanta)
Fourth Tuesday
Gay Liberation Front - Atlanta
Gay Nurse's Union/Alliance
Integrity
Lesbian/Gay Police Advisory Committee
Metropolitan Atlanta Council of Gay and Lesbian Organizations
Metropolitan Community Church - Atlanta and Others
Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns
Miscellaneous Gay Organizations and Events in Atlanta
16
Gay Groups - Southease Regional Subseries
South Carolina Gay/Lesbian Pride Movement
Southeastern Arts, Media and Education Project (SAME)
Southeastern Gay Coalition (later called The Southeast Conference for Lesbians and Gay Men)
Southeast Lesbian/Gay Health Conference
Misc. Southeast Gay Groups
Gay Groups - Regional (except Southeast) and National Subseries
National Gay Groups
American Library AssociationGay and Lesbian Task Force
[see also Box 10, under "Archives and Collections"]
Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference,
1991
Directories of Gay Organizations
LAMBDA
National Conference of Black Gays and Lesbians
National Gay Task Force (News about) [press releases - see also Box 11, under "Media"]
National Organization for Changing Men
March on Washington, 1993
March on Washington, 1987
March on Washington, 1979
[see also Box 21]
Queer Nation
International Gay Groups Subseries
Gay Theory Subseries
Gays and Academics/Higher Education
AIDS
Coming Out and Parents
Discrimination Against and Oppression of Gays, Incidents of
Discrimination, Gay: Support Statements Against
Gay Domestic Violence
General Education about Homosexuals
Gays and Primary/Secondary Education
Effeminists
Gays and Health Care
Gay Holocaust
International Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day, 1984
Gays and Justice/Legal
Gays and Legislation, Current Pro and Anti
Gay Liberation, Ideology, Relationship to the Left
Gay Lifestyle
Gays and Mainstream Media
Men's Liberation
Gays and Mental Health
Gays in the Military
Gays and the Police
Gays in Prison
Gays and Political Office
Gays and Religion (Morality)
Gays and Sports
Third World Gay Liberation
Transsexuality and Transvestites
National Non-Gay/Non-Women Groups, Events, Etc. Subseries
New World Communications
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS SERIES
Consists of non-print materials gathered by
ALFA members, including T-shirts, buttons, photos, banners, etc. See oversize materials for posters.
17
T-shirts Subseries
Atlanta Organizations and Events (including ALFA,
wommonwrites,
Charis Bookstore,
Atlanta Pride marches 1979-1986)
18
T-shirts Subseries
National Organizations and Events
Banners Subseries
"Gay and Straight, Black and White, We Won't Be Silenced in Our Fight," Atlanta Women's Union
"No Nukes, Stop Rape," Atlanta Women's Union
"Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance"
"The American Dream"
[silhouette of black woman and a long quotation from
A Historical and Critical Essay for Black Women in the Cities, by Pat Robinson,
June 1969]
VIDEO: 1987 March on Washington various news coverage
DVD: ALFA-10 1972-1982; Public Access/People TV; Original VHS June 1982(?); DVD copy June 2004.
19
Buttons Subseries
Photographs Subseries (see also oversize materials)
ALFA houses and members
ALFA Cat Show
women's festivals
ALFA Scrapbooks
(2)
ARMBAND: pink triangle on lavender cloth
BUMPER STICKER: "Sisterhood Feels Good"
LABEL: "This Insults Women"
PERSONAL FILES OF MARGO GEORGE SERIES
ALFA member Margo George, who maintained an extensive collection of subject files, donated all or part of her personal files to the archives.
20
Africa
Aging
ALFA
ALFA Outreach
Battered Women
Boogie Women
Briggs Initiative (Proposition #6, California)
Capital Punishment
COGE (Committee on Gay Education)
Emory
Cuba
Cuba Festival Committee 1978 - Atlanta
Cuba Festival Committee 1978 - Reprint article in Atalanta
DAR II (Dykes for the Second American Revolution) and Early Women's Union
[see also Box 22.]
Ecology
Economics
Electoral Politics
El Salvador
ERA
Fat Liberation
Fundraising
Gay Groups
Gay and Lesbian Struggles
International Women's Day
Iran
Cathy Karrass's File [Margo George's lover]
Klan
Latin America
Lavender Anniversary - Gay Pride 1979
Left
LGT Pride
1982 (Lesbian/Gay/Transperson)
LGT Pride
1981
LGT Pride
1981 - Media
LGT Pride
1981 - Mark McIntire
LGT Pride
1981 - Reorganization Proposal
LGT Pride
1980
LGT Pride
1980 - Calendars
LGT Pride
1980 - Press Packet
LGT Pride
1980 - Proclamation
LGT Pride
1980 - Publicity
Lesbian Network
21
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights,
1979 (Local)
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
1979 (Nat'l)
Military
Military-Industrial
New American Movement (NAM)
New Right
Nuclear
Pornography
PrisonWomen
Publicity
Rape
Reagan
Reproduction
ResourcesOrganizing
Speaker's Workshop
Socialist Feminism
South
Susan Saxe
Third World Groups
Underdevelopment
Wicca
Women's Groups (NOW, etc.)
Women - International
Women - Miscellaneous
Women - Non-Traditional Jobs
Women's Union (Atlanta)
Women's Union - Action Sheets
WRFG Radio Station
ARCHIVES OF OTHER FEMINIST ORGANIZATIONS SERIES
The SFLA acquired the archives of other lesbian and feminist groups in the Southeast, six of which are partially represented here.
22
Atlanta Center for Feminist Studies Subseries
[ 2 ALFA members, Sally Gordon and Elizabeth Knowlton, belonged to the Center. This file contains Gordon's ACFS files from 1984-1986, including minutes and correspondence.]
Atlanta Socialist-Feminist Union Subseries
4 volumes:
Red cloth notebook w/hand-painted cover, AWU plus ankh symbol: contains flyers for Atlanta Women's Union events
Green binder w/minutes of meetings, 1/24/78-7/7/81
Grey speckled accordion file containing Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspaper clippings, 1973-1974, on following subjects:
Black Women and Racism
Equal Opportunity and the Law
ERA
Employment of Women
Herstory
Miscellaneous
Poor Women
Reviews
Sexism and Children/Marriage and Divorce
Sexism and Men
Women and Business/Finance
Women and Performing Arts
Women and Politics
Women and Religion
Women and Sports
Women's Bodies/Health
Women and Other Countries
Women in Prison
Women in Science and Education
Women's Movement
Brown accordion file w/following
Stationery and Envelopes w/ASFU logo
Correspondence, Ongoing
Correspondence, Filed
International Women's Day
Old Notes, Info
Song Sheets
1-page description of AWU and its purpose
The Atlanta Women's Directory, 1st ed., 1979
file containing copies of letter announcing dissolution of ASFU,
August 1981
file containing literature, i.e., broadsides announcing events, films for rental; play scripts; various articles on socialism
Loose journals and publications
Journals (31):
ADA For Your Information
(Americans for Democratic Action):
April 1982:2; June 1982:3
Blazing Star,
May 1979,
2 copies
Breakthrough: Political Journal of Prairie Fire Organizing Committee V.2 No. 2, Fall 1978
Citizen's Voice: Citizen's Party Newsletter, 1:2, March 1982
Council on Battered Women Newsletter Supplement, Spring 1981
Democratic Left, 10:3, March 1982
Dialogue, 1:9, April 1982[New Orleans]
Fair Measure: Newsletter of Southerners for Economic Justice, 6:1, Fall 1983
Fight the Right, No. 1, May 1981
(2 copies)
The Freedom Socialist: Voice of Revolutionary Feminism 8:1, Fall 1982
Haiti Alert! Friend of Haitian Refugees #2, March 1982
In These Times, 6:12, Feb. 10-16, 1982
Issues in Radical Therapy and Cooperative Power, Winter 1979, #28
NACLA's
Latin America and Empire Report, 9:6, September 1975
Liberated Guardian: A National Liberated Publication 2:10, March 1972
Moving On: Monthly Magazine of The New American Movement,
Nov. 1977
The People's Crusader 41:13, 20, July 1979
(2 copies)
The Prison Newsletter: The Committee for Prisoner Assistance, V. 3, Jan-Feb. 1974
The Progressive: 44:12, Dec. 1980; and 45:5, May 1981
Seven Days: 2:7, May 5, 1978; and 2:12, August 1978
The Southern Libertarian Messenger, 7:12, April 1979
Tricontinental: A Publication of the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of -Africa, Asia, and Latin America North American Edition, No. 2
Union W.A.G.E.: Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality. No. 43, Nov-Dec 1977?
URPE Newsletter of the Union for Radical Political Economics, 11:5, Sept/Oct. 1979
White Lightning no. 27, May 1974
Workers World: 18:25, June 1976
Publications
(26, arranged alphabetically by publisher)
The Christic Institute:
Nicaragua: A Look at the Reality
1985
The Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars,
Cornell University,
May 1970:
Twelve Questions on Vietnam
Foreign Languages Press,
The People's Republic of China: Peking,
1972:
New Women in New China
Girón: First Great Defeat of Imperialism in America
International Socialists publication: The American Working Class in Transition,
Kim Moody
Merit Publishers,
The Marxist Theory of the State,
Ernest Mandel,
1969
New American Movement:
The Political Perspective
(2 copies)
Women Organizing: A Socialist-Feminist Bulletin, No. 3
Working Papers on Socialism and Feminism
(3 copies)
New England Free Press
Cuba and Imperialism: The PreRevolutionary Background by Edward Boorstein
Cuba's Workers, Worker's Cuba, by Maurice Zeitlin,
1969
Fanshen' Re-Examined in the light of the Cultural Revolution,
William Hinton,
1969
Gold Flower's Story,
Jack Belden
Hospitals in China,
Joshua Horn
Marx and the Proletariat,
Paul Sweezy,
1967
Where is America Going?
Ernest Mandel,
1969
Resources for Community Change:
Gonna Rise Again! Economic Organizing for Hard Times,
1976
(3 copies)
School of Labor and Industrial Relations and The Libraries,
Michigan State University:
Women in American Labor History, 1825-1935: An Annotated Bibliography by Martha Jane Soltow,
Carolyn Forché, and
Murray Massre
Socialist Workers (campaign literature)
A Bill of Rights for Working People: Peter Camejo for President, Willie Mae Reid for VP
The Fight for Black Equality: Vote Socialist Workers: Peter Camejo for President, Willie Mae Reid for VP
URPE: Union for Radical Political Economics:
Reading Lists in Radical Political Economics, V. 3, Winter 1977
Dykes for the Second American Revolution (DAR II) Subseries
Includes
Lesbian Feminist Declaration of 1976, 1 volume minutes (11/10/74-2/27/77?), and minutes from two meetings of the
Lesbian Community Workshop. Also see Box 20.
23
Orchid Productions / Lucina's Music Subseries
Local business booked and produced women's music and entertainment in Atlanta area.
Margie Adam
Advertising Information
Linda Allen
Alive
Amber Moon Productions, Inc.
Berkeley Women's Music Collective
Birds of a Feather
Joan E. Biren (JEB)
Black Lesbian Organizations and Issues of Concern
The Blatant Image
Nancy Brooks
Budgets
Jodi Cahn
Catalogs
Charis Brooks and More, Inc.
Chocolate Waters
Meg Christian
Ginni Clemmens
Kate Clinton
Coffee Houses
Tee Corinne
Cultural Affairs, Dept. of, City of Atlanta
Dancers/Dance Companies
Nancy Day
The Dinner Party - Judy Chicago
Directions/Maps/Hall Layouts
Directories
Alix Dobkin
East Coast Regional Producers Network
ECA/ACES (Educational Center for the Arts)
Therese Edell
The Ends of Means Committee
The Fabulous Scallion Sisters
Fallen Woman Productions
Fallopian Tubes
Fan Mail
Femme Films, Inc.
Fonda Feingold
Maxine Feldman
Ferron
Debbie Fier
Film and Video (Serious Business Company)
Cathy Fink
Flyer LayoutsOriginal Photo Ready Copy
Robin Flower
Fulton County Arts Council
Fundraising
Kay Gardner
Gayle Marie
Mary Gemini
Georgia Council for the Arts and Humanities
Goethe Institute (Atlanta-German Cultural Center)
Hall Rentals
Barbara Hammer/Goddess Films
Harsuite
Hearing Impaired Organizations and Issues of Concern
Barbara Higbie
Hotel Accommodations
Margaret Hults
Incorporation
Izquierda Ensemble
Laurie James
Jasmine
Jewish Lesbian Organizations and Issues of Concern
Layout and Printing Info
Lesbian/Gay/Transperson Pride Committee (Atlanta)
Lights and Sound
Diane Lindsay
Lucina's Music - Dissolution of
Ruth Mackenzie
Karen Mackay
Matrix Music
Magnolia Productions
Mailing List Literature
Medusa Music
June Millington
Miscellaneous Performers
Mischief
Charlie Murphy
Sharon Murphy
Music Festivals
Amina Claudine Myers
Naiad Press
National Women's Mailing List
Holly Near
New Woman Press
Nexus, Inc.
NightRainbow
NOW
Olivia Records
Organizations, Current Newsletters, Etc.
Other Voices Theater
Michelle Parkerson
People's Art Action
Janice Perry (aka "
Gal")
Sue Petersen
Pici
Production Companies/Notes
Publicity/Public Relations
Forms - Printed/Xeroxed Extras
Judy Reagan
Ann Reed
Reel World String Band
24
Revenue, Georgia Department of
Roadwork, Inc.
Beth Scalet
Judith Schwarz
Suzanne P. Shanbaum
Linda Shear
Woody Simmons
Judy Sloan
Jan Smith
Phoebe Snow
Southern Women in the Performing Arts
Special Audiences, Inc.
Support Staff
Sidney Spinster
Stationery Design (Layouts, Etc.)
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Theatrical Performers
Tickets (Layouts, Voucher Forms, Order Forms, Etc.)
Linda Tillery
Adrienne Torf
Lily Tomlin
TortoiseShell Productions, Inc.
Teresa Trull
Robin Tyler
US Postal Service
Views From Ten Percent
Nancy Vogl
Dede Vogt
Mary Watkins
Cris Williamson
J. Wattles (aka "Jay Goldspinner")
Oversize Materials
1
Posters and Photos: Alfa Specific
2
Posters: Original Art, Georgia Human Rights Campaign Fund
13
Posters and Photos
14
Posters and Photos: Alfa Specific
15
Posters: Original Art (Miscellaneous)
16
Posters: Lucinas Music and Orchid Productions
17
Posters: Women's Movement (Atlantic Area)