DACS

peslikisirene Inventory of the Irene Peslikis Papers, 1957-2002 and undated Processed by: Jodi Berkowitz and Aisha Peay; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jodi Berkowitz and Aisha Peay Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003268176

Machine-readable finding aid derived from NoteTab Pro. Date of source: September 2007 Processed by Jodi Berkowitz and Aisha Peay, September 2007; Finding Aid encoded by Jodi Berkowitz and Aisha Peay, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, October 2007 Description is in English. Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Irene Peslikis Papers, 1957-2002, and undated Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary Irene Peslikis papers, 1957-2002 and undated Peslikis, Irene Material in English. A small portion of material is in Greek. 27.0 Linear Feet 20,250 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Feminist artist, activist, and educator Irene Peslikis (1943-2002) was born in New York, New York, and raised in different locations in Queens, New York. She was instrumental in a number of influential feminist and feminist art groups, including the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art (co-founded with Pat Mainardi), and the group Redstockings. The Irene Peslikis Papers span the years 1957-2002 and document Peslikis's life as a feminist artist, activist, and educator. The collection is organized into nine series: Feminist Activism, Correspondence, Writings, Personal Files, Subject Files, Education, Art, Printed Material, and Audiovisual Material. Materials in this collection include correspondence, essays, personal journals, exhibit files, artwork in a number of media, personal files, her student files, teaching files, clippings, photographs, journals, pamphlets, and audiocassettes. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

The contents of Box 20 are closed until 2099. With that exception, the collection is open for research.

Patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

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

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Irene Peslikis Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Provenance

The Irene Peslikis Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2003.

Processing Information

Processed by Jodi Berkowitz and Aisha Peay

Completed June 2008

Accessions 03-141 and 04-055 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

Biographical Note

Feminist artist, activist, and educator Irene Peslikis was born 7 October 1943 in New York, New York. Upon completing high school in 1962, she began studies in art at Pratt Institute. In 1963, Peslikis, along with others, broke away from Pratt and co-founded the New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. She was a founding member of the feminist theoretical and consciousness raising group Redstockings, authored Resistances to Consciousness, a paper on understanding consciousness raising, and was one of the organizers of and participants in the Redstockings Speak Out on Abortion at Washington Square Methodist Church in New York City. Peslikis founded the journal Women & Art with another feminist artist, Pat Manairdi, in the early 1970s, and in 1973 graduated from Queens College.

The first Women and Art course on a college campus was taught by Peslikis at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, and she was a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute. From the 1970s through 1980s, Peslikis taught at a number of post-secondary institutions, including the City College of New York, the College of Staten Island, the College of New Rochelle, and Ramapo College. She taught courses such as Painting, Drawing, Visual Arts Orientation, Introduction to Art Making, Women and Art Studio Workshop, and Contemporary Perspectives on Art. Peslikis had a number of solo art exhibitions, and participated in a larger number of group exhibitions. In 1983, she earned an MFA from the City College of New York. Peslikis died on 28 November 2002 at the age of 59.

Collection Overview

The Irene Peslikis Papers span the years 1957-2002 and document Peslikis's life as a feminist artist, activist, and educator. The collection is organized into nine series: Feminist Activism, Correspondence, Writings, Personal Files, Subject Files, Education, Art, Printed Material, and Audiovisual Material.

The Feminist Activism Series is composed of materials from three key venues for Peslikis's feminist activist work: the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art, and the group Redstockings. This series includes organizational records, related correspondence and articles, exhibition announcements, and grant proposals.

The Correspondence Series contains letters, postcards, and cards received by Peslikis from family and friends. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone. A smaller amount of outgoing letters is also included. Correspondence depicts Peslikis's work as an activist and as an artist, as well as her financial and medical difficulties.

Materials in the Writings Series include manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and journals kept by Peslikis. The Manuscripts subseries includes writings by people other than Peslikis which directly impacted her work, as well as drafts and outlines of Peslikis's publications. Notes, notebooks, and journals were all penned by Peslikis. Notebooks are primarily personal journals kept by Peslikis from her teenage years through the early 1980s and again from the early 1990s until the end of her life.

The Personal Files Series depicts the numerous financial, legal, and medical issues confronted by Peslikis over three decades. Peslikis received assistance in the form of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), food stamps, and subsidized housing for artists (at Westbeth Artist Housing), each of which required meticulous documentation in order to retain. A portion of this series is closed until 2099.

The Subject Files Series consists primarily of clippings and notes retained by Peslikis on a number of women- and feminism-related subjects, as well as on art, astrology, United States foreign policy, and Greek politics.

The Education Series is composed of files documenting Peslikis as a student, an instructor, and an instructor in search of employment.

Items in the Art Series include artwork by Peslikis, duplications of her artwork, sketchbooks, and files related to her exhibits, including flyers, reviews, and catalogs.

The Printed Material Series comprises periodicals, pamphlets, and printed essays. Subjects represented include feminism, Marxism, and art.

The Audiovisual Material Series consists of audiocassettes and super 8 film documenting discussions, meetings, and other events. Items are labeled with original descriptions provided by Peslikis. Also included is a VHS tape of a memorial service for Peslikis.

Related Material Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals Collection David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.

Art--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York. Art, American--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Baxandall, Rosalyn Fraad. Chicago, Judy. Cisler, Lucinda. Feminism--Study and teaching--United States. Feminism--United States. Feminism and art. Feminism and art--New York (State)--New York. Feminists--United States--Political activity. Feminist Art Institute. Feminists--United States. Feminists--United States--Correspondence. Firestone, Shulamith. Hanish, Carol. Mainardi, Patricia. Morgan, Robin. Multimedia (Art). Peslikis, Irene. Redstockings, Inc. Shulman, Alix Kates. Vernarelli, Lucia. Women & art. Women artists. Women artists--United States--Correspondence. Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Contents of Collection Feminist Activism, 1965-2001 and undated 5 Boxes

Peslikis was an integral element of a number of feminist efforts emerging from the second wave of feminism in the United States, including the New York Feminist Art Institute, the journal Women & Art, and the group Redstockings. Materials related to each organization are included in this series.

Feminist Art Institute, 1976-1982 and undated

The New York Feminist Art Institute, of which Peslikis was a founding member, began in 1979 and offered a radical feminist art education for women. In 1981 Peslikis was voted off the Institute's board of directors, prompting the resignation of others. This stemmed from a disagreement about racial intergration in the Institute. Includes workshop and course announcements, related correspondence and articles, grant proposals, and letters of resignation from board members due to the controversy over the organization's racial politics. Arrangement is chronological.

1 Walton, Joanna, Anglo-American workshop, 1976 Mar.-Apr. Pauley, Sylvia Nelson, Spring 1977-1978

[Note: Includes slides of her work.]

Notes, 1977 Nov.- 1978 May Newspaper articles, 1977 Dec.-1979 July Mailing lists, arts letters, and policies, 1977 Dec.-Summer 1979 Course notes, procedures, 1978 Correspondence, 1978 Feb.-Dec. Meeting notes, reports, and minutes, 1978 Mar.-Dec. Proposals, 1978-1979 Grants, collage contributions, and other fundraising ideas, 1978 June-1979 May Kurland, Roberta, dissertation seminar, Autumn 1978-1979 Jan. Curriculum vitae and extra information on instructors, 1979 Expenses, paid and unpaid, 1979 Notes, curriculum analysis, 1979 Jan.-Mar. Raffle benefit, fundraising, 1979 Jan.-Mar. Mailing list information, 1979 Mar. Fall preparation, printer's prices, 1979 Mar.-Aug. Course descriptions, Summer 1979 Forms, Summer 1979 Original copy of schedule, flyer, and press release, Summer 1979 Press release and programs, Summer 1979 Workshop descriptions, Summer 1979 2 Notes, course descriptions, 1979 May-July Appointments, notes, 1979 June Events, curriculum vitae, 1979 June-July Notes, 1979 June-July Summer program, preliminary proposal and objectives, 1979 June-July Board meeting: original goals, summer program, progress report, 1979 July 18 Meetings, 1979 July-Aug. notes Brochures, flyers, Autumn 1979 Workshop descriptions, Autumn 1979 Notes, 1979 Sept. Simone de Beauvoir conference papers, mailing list, and correspondence, 1979 Sept. 27-29 Board of directors, notes, 1979 Oct. Notes, correspondence, curriculum vitae, 1979-1980 Proposal and projected first year budget, 1979-1980 Commercial space availability, 1979-1980 Oct. Proposals and budgets, 1979 Feb.-Spring 1980 Correspondence, 1979 July-1980 Mar. Official documents, bylaws, and meeting minutes, 1979-1981 3 Workshops and catalog, Summer 1979-1981 Events, 1979 Nov.-1981 Apr. Art Association presentation notes, 1980 Personal notes, 1980 Mar.-Oct. Attempts at community meetings, 1980 May 2 Ford Foundation: correspondence, budgets, letters of recommendation, and notes, 1980 July-Dec. Rules and regulations for raffle, 1980 Oct.-Dec. Notes, minutes, 1980-1981 Political issues and aesthetics, 1980-1981 Sexism/racism workshop, 1981 Jan. Transformations exhibit, 1981 Mar. Political consciousness/political action weekend, 1981 Apr. Letters of resignation, Race and Politics at the N.Y.F.A.I., 1981 June-July Catalog, 1981-1982 Budget, proof, memo, undated Notes, undated Publicity information, inexpensive printing, undated Women & Art, 1965-1977 and undated

Feminist journal co-founded with Patricia Mainardi. Includes press releases, article submissions, exhibition announcements, and correspondence regarding the organization's liberal/Marxist split. Arrangement is chronological.

3 Articles, 1965-1972 Notes on reductive art and art group agenda, 1970 Articles and conference announcements, 1970 Mar.-1973 May Manifestos of women artists, 1970 Mar.-1972 Mar. New articles, 1970 Nov.-1971 Oct. Notes on aesthetics, society, and criticism, 1971 4 Articles and exhibition announcements, 1971 Apr.-July Redstocking artists and fundraising for feminist gallery, 1971 May Financial and administrative papers, 1971 May-1973 May (3 folders) Redstocking artists of the Woman Artists Group, 1971 June-Aug. Correspondence, 1971 Nov.-1972 Mar. Female sexuality and censorship, 1972 Egbert, Donald, The Idea of the Avante Gardein Art and Politics, 1972 Mar. Liberal/Marxist split, 1972 Mar.-Apr. Newsletters, 1971 Autumn-Winter Proposal notes, 1971 May-1979 Aug. Magazine contributions and art exhibition, Two Nations, Six Artists, 1972 Mar.-1974 Feb.

[Note: Includes photographs and pen and ink drawings.]

Supplement, Summer/Autumn 1972 Articles, 1973 Ideas and correspondence, 1973 Submissions, Spring 1973 A Group Project, notes, 1974 Nov.-Dec. Articles 1974-1975 May Women & Art collective exhibit, 1975 Apr. Women & Art exhibition, 1976 5 Articles and events, 1977 Women & Art workshop of American Studies, third annual exhibit, 1977 Newsletter, articles, and catalog, 1977 Feb.-June Bibliography and resource list, 1977 Apr. Articles, undated Lecture notes, Lehman College, undated Notes regarding supplement on Marxist aesthetics, undated Redstockings, 1968-2001 and undated

A feminist theoretical and consciousness-raising group in New York City, which Peslikis co-founded. Includes articles on radical feminist politics and draft of the Redstockings Manifesto. Arrangement is chronological.

5 Consciousness-raising and Intuition, 1968 Nov. Consciousness-raising, session outline, 1968 What Can Be Learned?: A Critique of the Miss America Protest and Defining Reality, 1968 Nov. Consciousness-raising, 1969 Whatever Happened to Women?, The Politics of Free Love, and Consumerism and Women, 1969 Resistance to Consciousness, 1969 June 27 Testimonies: how marriage oppresses single women, 1969 Aug. A Woman Scientist Speaks, 1969 Nov. 20 Manifesto and notes, 1970 Mar. Workshop on class, 1970 Apr.-May Steinem, Gloria, press release, 1975 May 9 Course description: Women Thinking About Themselves, Autumn 1978 Abortion forum, 1989 Mar. 3 Veteran feminists and women's liberation, 1999-2001 Consciousness-raising evaluation event, 2000 Dec. 10 Women's Liberation & National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of the Nation, 2001 Dec. 19 Brainwashing and Women: The Psychological Attack, and False Consciousness, undated Redstockings Manifesto, principles and letter, undated Correspondence, 1958-2002 and undated 3 Boxes

Contains letters, postcards, and cards received by Peslikis from family and friends. Frequent and/or notable correspondents include her immediate family: her mother, father, and brother, Michael; and friends Ursula Karau, Alix Kates Shulman, Rosalyn Baxandall, Robin Morgan, Carol Hanisch, Lucinda (Cindy) Cisler, Lucia Vernarelli, Pat Mainardi, Judy Chicago, and Shulamith (Shulie) Firestone. A smaller amount of outgoing letters is also included. Correspondence depicts Peslikis's work as an activist and as an artist, as well as her financial and medical difficulties. Arrangement is chronological.

6 1958 1960 June-1969 Oct. and undated 1961 July-Sept. 1962 Feb.-July 1963 Sept. 10 1964 Feb.-Mar. 1967 Mar. 3 1969 June-Aug. circa 1970 1970 Mar.-June 1971 Feb.-Dec. 1972 1973 1974 Mar.-Sept. 1975 May-Aug. 1976 May-Oct. 1977 1978 1978-1997 1979 (2 folders) 1980 7 1980-1981 1981 1981-1982 1982 1983 Feb.-Aug. 1984 Feb. 25 1985 1986 1987 1988 Jan.-Mar. 1989 Oct.-Nov. 1990 July 1990-1993 1990-1994 1991 1992 Jan.-Apr. 1993 1994 1995-1996 8 1997 1998 (2 folders) 1999 2000 2001-2002 2002 undated (3 folders) Writings, 1960-2002 and undated 8 Boxes

Contains manuscripts, notes, notebooks, and journals kept by Peslikis. The Manuscripts subseries includes writings by people other than Peslikis which directly impacted her work, as well as drafts and outlines of Peslikis's publications. Notes, notebooks, and journals were all penned by Peslikis.

Manuscripts, 1963-1994 and undated

Includes early drafts, outlines, and related notes of Peslikis's publications as well as the creative and scholarly works of her associates and influences. Files are arranged alphabetically.

9 Anonymous, Encyclopedia Britannica submission on Crime and Punishment, undated Anonymous, The Fire Last Time, undated Berl, Christine, essay on the function of socialist art, notes, 1971 Jan. 3 Chatwood, Kathleen, Art Under Capitalism, 1979 Feb. De Beauvoir, Simone, The Question of Fidelity, 1963 Dodge, Natt N., Poisonous Dwellers of the Desert,undated Forer, Anne, Dedicated to Irene, Easter, Stories and Letters, Philosophy, 1994 Forer, Anne, A Pink Cloud, A Spritual Struggle, and untitled story, 1989-1991 Giardina, Carol Ann, A Critical Analysis of Marxist Theory and Practice on the Woman Question, 1970 June Guerrier, Dexter, untitled play, 1980 Nov.-Dec. Jarratt, Kent, My Brother's Friend and Irene's Story, undated Jarratt, Kent, Noho Gallery article in honor of Peslikis's photo-collage exhibit, undated Jarratt, Kent, Sunbathing and untitled poems, undated Jarratt, Kent, This Saturday, The Decay of Stone, Tarantella, undated Peslikis, essays on Marxism and modern art, 1969-1980 (7 folders) Peslikis, Random House permission release form for Women in Revolt, 1970 Unfinished article and newspaper clippings, 1971 Sept.-1972 Jan. Untitled speech, 1977 Mar. 16 Heresies, introduction and outline, 1978 Dec.-1979 Mar. Notes for Heresies, 1979 Jan. 10 Notes for Heresies and Reviewing my past thoughts, undated et al., Men Have Died from Time to Time and Worms Have Eaten Them, But Not for Love: The Woman Artist and the Myth of Romantic Love,1979 July 1 Colette's Independent Study of A.H., Drawn from the Lifetime of Her Friend, and notes, 1979-1983 Untitled fragments on the avant-garde, 1982 Mar.-1982 May Untitled poem, circa 1982 Mar. 17 Presentation on the context, form, and content of art, preliminary draft and notes, 1982 May 13 Feminist Memoir Project, prospectus and notes, 1994 Cooper/Grey cubist aesthetics, paper and notes, undated Cooper/Grey paper, preliminary drafts, and notes on Simone de Beauvoir and Marxism, undated Inevitable Truths, preliminary draft, undated Resistance to Consciousness, prelimary drafts and notes, undated Toward an Understanding of Marxist Theory on Art, undated Peslikis, John, The Uncharted Voyage and other writings, 1966 Dec.-1993 Nov. (2 folders) Poussaint, Alvin F., The Stresses of the White Female Worker in the Civil Rights Movement in the South, 1966 May 13 Rakow, Raymond W., Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Abortion: An Important Difference, Psychoanalysis and Psychosomatic Medicine, Sexual Freedom and Oppressive Ideology, Sex, Politics, and Psychology, 1982-1989 Sheehy, Gail, Bachelor Mothers, undated Sherman, Susan, untitled, undated Shulman, Alix Kates, untitled paper, undated Smith, Christine, Klimt's Image of Women, undated Wahous, Jane, 1963-1967 Oct. Winters, Laurence E., The Problematic of Contemporary Art: Impasse or Opening, 1979 Zalamea, Pilar, Friend, undated Notes, 1969-2002 and undated

Includes Peslikis's outlines and research notes for her articles and activism, as well as personal reflections on these topics. Arrangement is chronological.

11 Speech notes on abortion and feminist history, 1969-1979 Mar. Dialectical materialism, 1971-1989 Some thoughts on Simone de Beauvoir, woman and history, 1971 Apr. 1977 Aug.-1994 Aug. Conference notes, 1978 Jan. 1978-1979 Expenses regarding WBAI program, 1978 Apr.-1979 Mar. Art history and anthropology, 1979 Jan.-March (3 folders) Dictaphone messages, 1983-1992 (2 folders) Marriage, 1994-2002 (6 folders) Biological determinism, teaching, and Women's Movement, 1998-2000 Foreign policy, historical chronology, 2000 Mar.-Apr. Bibliographic information, undated 12 Contacts, undated (3 folders) Lecture notes on Mary Cassatt, undated Marxism and bourgeois radicalism, undated Scrapbooking material, undated Stop Smoking Guide and contacts, undated Women's Movement, undated Notebooks and Journals, 1960-1984, 1992-2002 and undated

Consists primarily of personal journals kept by Peslikis from her teenage years through the early 1980s and again from the early 1990s until the end of her life. Arrangement is chronological.

12 1960-1970 Typed transcriptions of journal entries, 1960-1973 1961 1962 Nov.-1973 May Loose leaf journal entries, 1963 Mar.-1996 Aug. 1967 1968 13 1968 Mar.-1969 Dec. 1968 Sept. 1969 (4 folders) 1970 (2 folders) 1970 1970 Feb.-Mar. 1971 1971 Mar.-Oct. 1971 Sept.-Nov. 14 1972 1972-1993 1972 Dec.-1973 Jan. 1973 1973-1991 1977 June-1981 Aug. 1977 Apr.-1984 Aug. 1980 Mar.-Aug. 1992 Jan.-1995 Sept. 1994 June 1997-1999 Redstockings meeting notes, 1999 Oct.-2000 Mar. 15 1999-2002 2001 Oct. Journals, undated (6 folders) Loose leaf journal entries, undated Loose leaf journal entries and draft of letter, undated Notebooks, undated (3 folders) 16 Notebooks, undated (5 folders) Recipes, undated Personal Files, 1971-2000 3 Boxes

Consists of files depicting the numerous financial, legal, and medical issues confronted by Peslikis over three decades. Peslikis received assistance in the form of SSI, food stamps, and subsidized housing for artists (at Westbeth Artist Housing), each of which required meticulous documentation in order to retain. Files are arranged alphabetically.

A portion of the files in this series, as indicated below, are closed until 2099.

17 Apartment matters, 1975-1976 Art sales, 1971, 1979, 1997-1999 Artists' rights/art transfer agreements, 1982 Bankruptcy, 1983-1989 Boarder baby, 1987 CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service) Program, 1975-1985 Copyrights/patents, 1980 Date books, 1969-2001 (5 of 6 folders) 18 Date books, 1969-2001 (6 of 6 folders) Failed foot surgery, 1997 Financial and related material, 2000 Food stamps, 1986-1993 (3 folders) Grant application materials, 1983-1990 Letters from doctors re: disabilities, 1998-1999 Lucia Vernarelli Hacker inheritance, 1994-1997 Medicaid, 1993 Medical reports, 1985 Medical reports, 1998 Notes, 199 Feb.-Mar. Peslikis v. D'Agostino, 1998 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1997, 2000 Scooter accident, 1986-1987 19 Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 1984-1986 SSI, 1988-1993 Sylvia G. Traube, M.D., 1989 Westbeth, 1992-1994 (2 folders) Westbeth recertification, 1982 Westbeth recertification, 1987-1989 Westbeth recertification, 1991-1993 (3 folders) Westbeth recertification, 1996-1999 20 Divorce and legal files, 1994-1999

These files are closed until 2099.

Subject Files, 1964-1999 and undated 7 Boxes

Consists primarily of clippings and notes retained by Peslikis on a number of women- and feminism-related subjects, as well as on art, astrology, United States foreign policy, and Greek politics. Subseries are arranged alphabetically.

Feminist Activism, 1966-1999 and undated

Includes articles, notes, and event announcements related to various second and third wave feminist organizations, notes and research materials related to the first and second waves of the women's movement, and materials related to women's rights, women's health, the lesbian and gay rights movement, feminist theory, and sexuality.

21 Abortion Pamphlets, articles on legislation, reproductive rights, and women's and religious views, 1969 (2 folders) Abortion Action Panel, 1969 Feb.-Mar. National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws, 1969-1970 Leaflets, articles on repeal of anti-abortion laws, 1969-1970 Notes on reproductive rights and birth control, 1977 Oct. No Restrictions!, speakout, 2000 Leaflets on Women's liberation and welfare, undated Association of Libertarian Feminists, 1973-1979 Bread and Roses, conference on worker's culture, 1993 Dec. 11 Congress to Unite Women, 1969 Consciousness-raising, 1998-1999 Equal Rights Amendment Labor laws, 1970 Action and follow-up, 1978 22 National march, 1978 Leaflets and list of sponsors, undated The Feminist, articles by members, 1971 Feminist Activism Reports and notes, 1968-1999 (4 folders) Magazine clippings, 1969-1975 Newspaper clippings, 1968-1970 (2 folders) Newsletters, 1969-1970 Business letters, 1969-1971 Feminist theory, commemorative conference, 1979 23 Lesbian and Gay Rights Movement, 1970 (2 folders) Male liberation and socioeconomic formations, 1973 Marxist feminist group, 1975-1977 Marxist feminist conference materials, 1978-1979 National Organization for Women, 1966-1969 New York Radical Women, 1975-1977 Oasis Oil, 1967 July-Dec. Publishing: Groove Press, undated Radical Feminist Organizing Committee, 1981 Redstockings, 1969-1979 (2 folders) Redstockings Anthology, articles for notes from the first and second year, 1968-1970 (2 folders) Scum Manifesto, undated Sisterhood is Powerful Inc., open report by Robin Morgan, 1974 Women Against Government Surveillance, 1977 Women Against Pornography, 1979 Women and Art Women in the Arts, 1971 Art groups, manifestos, and reports, 1971-1972 Newspaper clippings, 1971-1972 24 Women's Action Alliance, 1979 Women's Health Movement, 1968 Women's Labor, 1966-1978 Women's Liberation Queen's College, 1967-1970 Conference, Chicago, IL, 1968 Conference contacts, 1968 New School Graduate Center conference, 1968 Publications, 1968-1971 Class-consciousness, Colorado Springs, 1969 Leaflets, 1969-1972 (2 folders) Bibliographies and resources, 1969-1974 Resources and articles, 1971-1978 (2 folders) Marriage, divorce, 1974 Articles, 1978-1980 News and Letters, 1978 25 Notes, undated Selected writings, undated Self-defense, undated Song sheets, undated Women's Movement 149th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention of 1848, resolutions of 1997, undated Notes on Five for Freedom, by Constance Buell Burnett Veteran Feminists of America, 1996-1997 General Files, 1964-1997 and undated

Contains clippings and articles retained by Peslikis on a number of subjects of interest to her beyond feminism, incuding art, astrology, and Greece.

25 The art establishment, 1970-1978 Art in schools, including newspaper clipping on Peslikis, 1971-1998 Artists Group, 1970 Astrology Notes on horoscopes and article, 1984-1985

[Note: Includes photographs of Peslikis in China and Russia.]

Finished horoscope charts, sketches, 1985 Mar.-June Horoscope calculations, 1985-1986 Natal horoscope and words of comfort, 1991 Oct.-1992 Jan. New York School of Astrology announcement, horoscope descriptions, and articles, undated Conferences and panels, 1972-1976

[Note: Item removed to Oversized Materials.]

Cultural control in the visual arts, workshops, 1976 Angela Davis Festival of the Arts, undated Ethnic heritage: Images of Immigrants Festival, Queens College, 1980 Apr. 26-27 Film and Video PBS controversy, 1979-1980 Equipment rental and workshops, 1980 Mar.-June 26 Greece Union of Greeks and Americans for Democracy, articles on foreign capital investment and women political prisoners, 1967-1972 Articles, leaflets on fascist junta, notes for art exhibit, 1967-1971 Issues of Demokratia on the execution of Mikis Theodorakis and The New York Review of Books, 1969 Apr.-1971 June Foreign press, Mikis Theodorakis, and clippings from Demokratia, 1969 Oct.-1970 May Pamphlets and articles on anti-imperialist activity; report of the First World Congress of Anti-Dictatorial Committees, 1969-1972 Anti-dictatorial struggle, political cartoons, and draft of Peslikis's speech, 1970 Community activism, leaflets, articles, 1970-1971 Fascist rule and US involvement, 1970-1971 Anti-dictatorial activity, reports, 1972-1974 Cultural productions, 1973 The Greek American Artists Projects, 1977 Mar. Laography and Hellenic dances, undated 27 Hacker, Ernst and Lucia Vernarelli, Dahlias, undated Hanisch, Carol, writings, events, correspondence, 1991-1997 Karate, chart of basis techniques and notes, undated Marriage, lecture material, 1977-1978 Matisse, Henri, Retrospective Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, letter, 1948 Millet, Kate, article, 1970 July National Campaign for Tolerance, inscription of Peslikis's name on the Wall of Tolerance, 2002 June 28 National Congress of Neighborhood Women, 1976 New York Studio School, 1964-1966 Photography Class materials, undated Negatives, undated Professional interests, undated Publicity, 1975-1976 (2 folders) Self-help resources, 1988 The Society for the Study of Social Problems, thirtieth annual meeting, 1980 Aug. 23-26 State University of New York College at Old Westbury, undated Surrealist artists, articles and exhibitions, 1967-1970 University budgets, article, 1994 Women artists: articles, exhibits, performances, and workshops, 1972-1981 Women in business, 1969 Aug.-1979 Oct. Women's health, medical news, 1979 Women writers, newspaper clippings, 1972-1978 World Festival of Youth and Students, 1973 July-Aug. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, 1966 Youth festival, East Berlin, 1973 Aug. Education, 1957-2001 4 Boxes

Composed of files documenting Peslikis as a student, an instructor, and an instructor in search of employment. All subseries are arranged chronologically.

Student Files, 1957-1982

Contains school records, course work, and notes.

28 Richmond Hill High School, course work, 1957-1962 (2 folders) School records, and curriculum vitae, 1957-1983 Course work and notes, Art History seminar, Queens College, 1970 Senior project on cityscapes, 1971 Dec. Course notes, Queens College, 1971-1972 Course notes, Art and Society, Queens College, circa 1972 Course notes, Queens College, 1972 Application materials for graduate programs, 1981-1982 City College of New York, Master of Fine Arts application materials, 1981-1982 Graduate course work and notes, 1981-1982 Course notes, Contemporary Art seminar, 1982 Mar.-Nov. Teaching Files, 1969-2001

Contains application materials (including curriculum vitae), teaching notes, and syllabi.

28 The Queens School, teaching appointment, 1969 June-1970 Apr. Ramapo College of New Jersey, course in crafts, 1974 Ramapo College of New Jersey, course in jewelry making, 1974 29 State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury, teaching notes, American Studies course in Women and Art, 1973-1981 (2 folders) SUNY College at Old Westbury and College of New Rochelle, Women's Studies syllabi, 1974-1979 (2 folders) SUNY College at Old Westbury, Art History lecture notes and class schedule, 1975 Jan.-Apr. (2 folders) Teaching notes, Introduction to Art Making, 1976-1992 SUNY College at Old Westbury, Introduction to Women's Studies, 1977-1978 SUNY College at Old Westbury, teaching notes and xeroxes for Introduction to Women's Studies, 1977-1981 (3 folders) 30 College of New Rochelle School of New Resources, teaching appointments and opening of Women's Center, 1978-1979 New York Feminist Art Institute, two-year outline of course in Elemental Feminism and syllabus, 1978-1979 SUNY College at Old Westbury, course in Women and Art, lecture materials, 1979 SUNY College at Old Westbury, notes for course development, Visual Diaries and/or Visual Histories, 1979 Nov.-Dec. SUNY College at Old Westbury, American Studies Department Women & Art workshop, 1980 May City College of New York, presentation slides and notes, Autumn 1981 City College of New York, teaching plans for drawing course, 1982 Feb.-Mar. City College of New York, Visual Arts orientation, 1982 Feb.-May Vermont College of Norwich University, 2001 Job Search Files, 1973-1999

Contains letters of inquiry and responses, teaching statements, application materials, and course and instructor evaluations.

30 Curriculum vitae, circa 1973-1999 Responses to letters of inquiry, 1974-1975 (2 folders) Course and instructor evaluations, 1974-1986 SUNY College at Old Westbury, appointment letters and contracts, 1974-1980 Letters of recommendation, 1975-1994 Letters of inquiry and responses, 1976 Letters of inquiry and rejection, 1976-1985 (2 folders) 31 Course descriptions and syllabi, 1977 and undated Applications materials and letters of inquiry, 1978-1983 Teaching statements, 1983 and undated Empire State College, application materials, 1983-1984 Guggenheim fellowship application materials, 1984 Hunter College, application letter, 1985 Mar. Rejection letters, 1992 Application materials and letters of inquiry, 1993 Sarah Lawrence College application information, 1993 Jan. College Art Association, 1993 Sept. Vermont College of Norwich University, Artist-Teacher position, 1993-1999 Farleigh-Dickinson University, 1994 Rejection letters, 1994 Application materials, 1994 Mar. (2 folders) Indiana University of Pennsylvania, application packet, 1994 Mar. Bowling Green State University, 1999 Art, 1959-2001 and undated 6 Boxes

Composed of artwork by Peslikis, duplications of her artwork, sketchbooks, and files related to her exhibits, including flyers, reviews, and catalogs. Materials are arranged alphabetically.

32Artist's proofs of etchings Artist's proof, 1982 Book illustrations Charcoal, pen and ink, pencil drawings, and prints, undated(2 folders) Cloister, pastel, 1966 Collages and photocollages Conte crayon Drawings, pencil and pen and ink Exhibit files, 1975-2001(Folders 1-3 of 6) 33Exhibit files, 1975-2001(Folder 4-6 of 6) Film negatives from "Street Miracle," undated Graphics, 1980-1991 and undated(Folders 1-4 of 5) 34Idea scrapbook, 1959-1969(2 folders) Negatives(Folder 1 of 2) Negatives, 15th Street apartment, Richard, Allen, and Pilar, Head, and Domestic Queen(Folder 2 of 2) Nell Blaine, recent paintings, 1983 Notes, 1978 and undated Notes, 1980-1983 Paintings Photograph of artist Tedde Wisefield, undated Photographs: black and white glossies, undated Photographs of Peslikis paintings, undated(2 folders) 35Prints of photocollages, Noho Gallery exhibit, 1978 Sketchbooks(8 folders) 36Slides(Folders 1-14 of 27) 37Slides(Folders 15-27 of 27) Story panels, pen and ink, 1997 Nov. Transparencies Untitled Watercolor, Maine, 1967 Watercolor, Maine, 1974 Watercolor, Sag Harbor, Helen and Roy, 1979 Watercolor, Susquehana, PA, 1979-1980 Watercolor, California, 1985 Watercolor, pencil drawings, Colorado, 1987-1989 Watercolor, 1988 July Watercolor, undated Slides, handmade glass slides for 1980 performance(7 color slide boxes) Buttons OS 2 Acrylic, pen and ink, pencil drawings, prints, undated Japan Peace Conference, undated Watercolor, Maine, Summer 1967 Watercolor, Sag Harbor, Helen and Roy, 1979 Watercolor, pencil drawings, undated OS 3Drawings undated Drawings and paintings, undated Paintings, watercolor, undated Posters and prints, undated Prints, undated Printed Materials, 1968-1983 3 Boxes

Periodicals, pamphlets, and printed essays comprise this series. Subjects represented include feminism, Marxism, and art. A number of periodicals were removed from this collection and added to the Women's and LGBT Movements Periodicals collection. Materials are arranged alphabetically.

38Amazon Quarterly, Fall 1972 Aphra: the Feminist Literary Magazine, Spring 1975 Art, Architecture, and the Decorative Arts, 1983 Art News, Jan. 1971, Oct. 1980(2 folders) Arts Magazine, Oct. 1977-Jan. 1978(2 folders) Atlantic Monthly, undated Brief presented to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, Bonnie Kreps, 1968 A Documentary Herstory of Women Artists in Revolution, 1973 Enter Fighting: Today's Woman, a Marxist-Leninist View, Clara Colon, 1970 Every Woman, vol. 1, no. 9 The Family: Revolutionary or Oppressive Force? by Caroline Lund, 1971 Feminism and Marxism, Dorothy Ballan, 1971 Fight on Sisters...and other Songs for Liberation, Carol Hanisch, 1978 Four Women Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba, Oscar Lewis, et al., 1970 Free Space: a Perspective on the Small Group in Women's Liberation, Pamela Allen, 1970 Green Mountain Quarterly, Feb. 1976 Hacker Art Books, Autumn 1995-Winter 1996 Health Policy Advisory Center Bulletin, Mar. 1970 Heresies: a Feminist Publication on Art and Politics, Jan., Fall 1977, Winter 1978(2 folders) Lectures on Liberation, Angela Y. Davis, circa 1970 39Leviathan, vol. 2, no. 1, May 1970 Liberation, Sept.-Nov. 1971, Aug. 1972 Liberation, Jan., May 1975 Liberation Will Come From a Black Thing, James Forman, 1967 Looking at Women: Poems by Fran Winant Mademoiselle, Sept. 1969 Meeting Ground, 1977-1980(2 folders) Mushroom Effect: A Directory of Women's Liberation, 1970 The Myth of the Black Matriarchy, Robert Staples, 1970 New York Feminist Manhattan Tribune, 1970 off our backs, vol. 1, no. 7, 1970 Jun. 26 On-the-Job Oppression of Working Women: A Collection of Articles, undated Place of American Women: Economic Exploitation of Women, Joan Jordan, 1968 Problems of Women's Liberation: A Marxist Approach, Evelyn Reed, 1969 Protective Legislation, Joan Jordan, 1970 Psychology Today, 1968 Apr. Ramparts, 1970 Apr. RAT, no. 20 Red Herring, no. 2 Redstockings press release, 1975 May 9 Revolutionary Dynamics of Women's Liberation, George Novack, 1969 The Second Page, no. 6, 1971 Nov. The Second Wave, vol. 2, no. 2 Sisterhood is Powerful, Betsey Stone, 1970 Small pamphlets, circa 1969 The Spokeswoman, vol. 2, no. 8, 1972 Feb. 1 Teachers & Writers, 1979 Times Change and with them Their Demands, 1970 Tooth and Nail, Jan. 1970 The Traffic in Women and other Essays on Feminism, Emma Goldman, 1970 Vague, 1980 40Whole Woman, vol. 1, no. 2-3 Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English, undated Woman's World, 1971 Apr. 15, 1971 July-August Women: A Journal of Liberation, Fall 1970 Women & Abortion: the Body as Battleground, Rosalyn Baxandall, 1992 Women and Art, Winter 1971, Summer/Fall 1972 Women in the Chinese Revolution, Laurie Landy, undated Women in Health, Women's Work Project, undated Women in Today's Economic Crisis, Women's Work Project, undated Women on the Job: A Marxist-Leninist View, Judy Edelman, 1970 Women under Attack: Abortion, Sterilization Abuse, and Reproductive Freedom, Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse, 1979 The Women's Page, no. 3-4 Women's Studies and the Arts, 1978 Worker-Student Action Committees: France, May '68, R. Gregoire, F. Perlman Working Women for Freedom, Angela Terrano, et al., 1976 OS 1The Village Voice, 1968 June 6, Guardian, 1969 Mar. 29, Look, 1969 Dec. 16 Daily World, 1969 Apr. 24, "Masculine Movement," New York Times, 1970 Aug. 27, "Women, Resistance, and Revolution," Books, 1973 May The New York Times Magazine, 1970 Sept. 20-Oct. 25 Audiovisual Materials, 1969-1971, 1978-1980, 1991, and undated 3 Boxes

Consists of audiocassettes and super 8 film documenting discussions, meetings, and other events. Items are labeled with original descriptions provided by Peslikis. Also included is a VHS tape of a memorial service for Peslikis.

Audiocassettes, 1970-1991 and undated 41 OR-1 Ann from South Africa, Anne Forer and Irene Peslikis OR-2 Alix Kates Shulman and Irene Peslikis, Questions Re: Approach/Avoidance, 1979 Nov. 18 OR-3 Beverly, Irene, and Adrienne, 1980 Mar. 4 OR-4 Brooke and Irene, 1978-1979 OR-5 Community meeting, New York Feminist Art Institute, 1980 June 13 OR-6 Dad at home OR-7 D.B., 1979 Dec. 6; R.R., 1979 Dec. 6 re: Army; Diane Wentwik OR-8 Facing OR-9 First class on Hegel OR-10 Irene Peslikis, 1991 Apr. 25 OR-11 Joana and Irene fighting and reciting OR-12 Greek OR-13 Leslie, Irene, and Susan, 1970 OR-14 Lousy tape of men and Ray Shitzler, radio interview OR-15 Lucia and Irene and approach avoidance, 1979 Nov. 9 OR-16 My tape OR-17 Pat and Helen OR-18 Que... OR-19-20 Women's Lib: Redstockings: single women and married women question, why we got married, why we do OR-don't want to get married OR-21-24 Redstockings: If we are married, how do we feel about single women; if we are single, how do we feel about married women? OR-25-26 Are men oppressed as men? Redstockings, 1969 Sept. 3 OR-27-28 R and I OR-29 R and I, aftermath and fight OR-30 Toes/free OR-31-33 untitled OR-34 V. F. Women, approach/avoidance OR-35 Women & Art opening OR-36 Walter and Irene, 1971 Oct. 29

[Note: Item removed to Box 43.]Enter scope/content note.

OR-37 WNYC radio interview on program, New York Now, M regarding her art exhibit at Noho Galleries

[Note: Item removed to Box 43.]Enter scope/content note.

Film and Video 42Beach, car window Beach, Helen and Roy Beverly and Robin Boat ride, NRDC Boat ride and trailer Box Chair and ditch Community meeting and Westbeth festival Community meeting #2, Feldman's feet Crested bottle Crested bottle #2 Dawn on school roof Film developed 1980 Oct. 10,2 super 8 films Helen and Roy's opening Kay Brown and slide Laundry Marilyn and some television My Water Hock Stuff #1200 Namis stuff Peslikis's work from Feminist Art Institute Ribbing Ribbed glass and table at Ear Inn Still life Sue Knoll at Feminist Art Institute Sunset and moon at Westbury Susquehana,4 super 8 films Trailer Train and tree on Saint Marks Place Television, Beth Lord, and community meeting #1 Two punk people at Ear Inn Westbeth festival, opera gallery, and Westbury from a cab Westbury feminist and art show,2 super 8 films 43Irene Peslikis memorial Sunset Untitled Miscellaneous Oversize Folders 1-2Miscellaneous