Introduction to Women and Artistic Expression

This guide offers a selection of personal papers and organizational records from the Bingham Center’s manuscript collections relating to women and artistic expression. This is not an exhaustive list; it is meant to offer an overarching sense of our diverse holdings on women in the literary, visual, and performing arts. To locate further manuscript collections, you may also try searching the online finding aids. The Bingham Center also holds many printed materials (e.g. books and magazines) on these topics which can be found using the online catalog.

Please note that some of these collections are held offsite (noted as "Library Service Center" in the catalog record). If you have identified collections you would like to use during your visit please contact us at least 24 hours before your arrival to ensure that we will have the materials available here for you to use. 

Suggested catalog search terms:

Artists’ books.
Fanzines.
Feminism and art. 
Feminism and the arts. 
Feminist art criticism. 
Feminism and literature. 
Feminist literature.
Feminist literary criticism. 
Lesbian artists. 
Needlework.
Poetry.
Quilting.
Quiltmakers.
Women artists. 
Women artists -- Social conditions.
Women in art.
Women & art.
Women authors.
Women -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Women performance artists.
Women publishers.
Women’s music.