Material relating to Camden Lesbian and Gay Project, including: press releases, bulletins/digests, correspondence and circulars regarding establishing a Lesbian and Gay Unit within Camden Council; material (including flyer and follow-up notes) from Camden Lesbian Day on 3 May 1986; proposals for a L&G Unit by a Women’s Committee Lesbian Project Worker; and related material.
Camden Council Lesbian and Gay CommitteeBooks and journals relating to issues including incarceration and childbirth.
Includes: ‘Breaking the Silence: Women’s Imprisonment’ report by the Women’s Equality Group/London Strategic Policy Unit (1985); ‘The Peace Camp Book: A photographic essay’ by Rupert A. Hopkins (1983); Woman Plus… magazine (1995); Birth Book by Michael & Karen Rossman (Genesis, 1972).
Folder of photographs and press cuttings, many of which have been commissioned by and/or featured in Outwrite Women’s Newspaper.
These images document a wide range of events and protests, primarily in the UK and Ireland. Includes images relating to Women’s Liberation campaigns (including a Glasgow WLM group), pro-choice rallies, demos and community aid connected to the Miners’ Strike, the Troubles, News International/Wapping dispute, various industrial actions, the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the UK, COHSE and NUPE demos against NHS privatisation, protests against cuts to public services, LGBTQ+ protests (e.g. Section 28 & ‘Stop the Clause’ protests, Lesbian Strength 1985), and much more.
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian GroupPhotographs and press cuttings, many of which have been commissioned by and/or featured in Outwrite Women’s Newspaper.
These images document a wide range of women’s events and protests in the UK and internationally. Includes images relating to International Women’s Day events, Mauritius Cultural Festival, the Troubles (e.g. Armagh Prison protest), apartheid struggles (e.g. African National Congress postcard), Les Amazones de Guinée, Bangladeshi women’s political activism and struggles, Grenadian and Puerto Rican independence demos, anti-nuclear protests in Japan and elsewhere, communities and workers in Ghana and Eritrea, Aboriginal women’s activism, Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, Pakistani Women’s Action Forum, Salvadoran refugees in Honduras, women in South Africa (including Cape Town and Johannesburg), SWAPO members in Namibia, ‘The Dinner Party’ by Judy Chicago, Indian demos [against killing of Nandita Gandhi], the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, and much more.
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian GroupCard-backed press images (with captions) for Outwrite Women’s Newspaper, photographs, and a calendar, all relating to the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) of Palestine.
Outwrite Women’s NewspaperVHS tapes:
Joan Armatrading: Track Record (1983); Frontline South Africa II: Corridors of Freedom (1987); Black Britain (tape 1; c.1990s), Out on Tuesday (1990); You Have Struck a Rock! (1981), Woman’s “How To” of Self Defence (1985), Any Child is My Child (1988).
2011-2014. Wales. A5 booklets with black and white front covers and content. Mixture of collage, photos, artwork, handwriting and print. Subject matter: political activism.
- Scotland. A5 booklets, black and white print. Subject matter: feminists against the G8 summit, politics, activism.