The collection consists of documents relating to Rosemary Manning including manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, invoices, magazine and newspaper articles, newspaper clippings and photocopies, flyers and posters, diaries, photographs and brochures. The documents relate to the fictional writing of Rosemary Manning, both in the project research and in the writing process. LGBTQ+ material is also present in the collection, and writing referring to the writer’s coming out is present in autobiographical and interview form.
Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writerMinutes and writings produced by the London Lesbian Offensive Group. Includes; minutes, articles, newspaper clippings, editing notes, and correspondence
London Lesbian Offensive Group, lesbian activist group29 issues
Daughters of BilitisPapers and ephemera relating to Kate Charlesworth. Includes: correspondence, magazines, newspapers, t-shirts, mugs, DVDs, pamphlets, vitrines and other ephemera.
Kate Charlesworth, cartoonist, 1950-4 series of papers of the Gwynedd and Bangor Lesbian Line from 1987-1989. Including written, typescript, printed and photocopied material. Contains materials relating to the line’s organisational running, such as meeting minutes, banking certificates and draft speeches; Correspondence including Christmas cards from line members and employee letters; the Lines newsletters, and various items ephemera including leaflets, flyers and printed images.
Gwynedd and Bangor Lesbian Line, 1984-1989Photographs 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 GroupFolder 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 GroupCLCBLG rubber ink stamp with plastic casing.
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian GroupCLCBLG sign, with raised lettering and Braille lettering.
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian Group