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Daughters of BilitisPapers and correspondence of activist and news reporter Jackie Forster (née Jacqueline Moir Mackenzie; 6 November 1926 – 10 October 1998). Including autograph, typescript, printed and photocopied material.
The archive contains papers relating the Forster’s literary and acting career, including draft, proof and printed materials of her works; personal and business correspondence, acting career related materials, such as scripts and notes, drafts of speeches and debates, annotated drafts, press cutting of Forsters articles and of issues related to the gay and lesbian community in the media and a range of personal papers detailing Forsters activist work on various projects throughout her life. The archive also contains personal correspondence and materials relating to Forster’s family members, photographs of Forster throughout her life and a collection of books signed and dedicated to her.
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, 1984-1989
Papers and correspondence of Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian Group (CLCLBLG), a lesbian feminist collective and physical space (c.1982-1995). Includes autograph, typescript, printed and photocopied material.
The archive includes: personal and business correspondence; CLCBLG administrative records including annual reports, diaries, meeting minutes and agendas, employee information packs, policy and procedural documents, and related material; CLCBLG Management Committee administrative records, including meeting minutes; CLCBLG newsletters; CLCBLG publicity material including flyers, posters and leaflets; press cuttings covering CLCBLG’s development, contemporary lesbian and gay issues, and related issues and communities; newsletters and bulletins of various other women’s, feminist, LGBTQ+, community and/or voluntary organisations; feminist and/or LGBTQ+ periodicals and journals; papers, programmes, flyers and other material relating to various women’s and/or lesbian feminist conferences; literature, flyers and circular correspondence relating to global solidarity campaigns with women in the Global South (e.g., South Africa, Namibia, Chile, indigenous Australian communities, Peru, India, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and elsewhere); administrative records of Camden Council Women’s Committee including meeting minutes; administrative records of Camden Council Lesbian and Gay Unit including meeting minutes; administrative records of A Woman’s Place including meeting minutes and correspondence; literature relating to women’s health and wellbeing, including resource guides and reports; audio cassettes; VHS tapes; material relating to various feminist collectives and women’s groups, including briefings, journals, bulletins, information sheets, legal guidance; academic journal articles and longform journalism; administrative records of London Women’s Centre at Wesley House, 4 Wild Court including meeting minutes, correspondence relating to events and premises, and material relating to groups based at the Centre.
The collection also contains a sizeable photographic archive including original photographs, slides, prints, photocopied and printed images, many of which appear to have originated with – or been featured in – Outwrite women’s newspaper. Many of these photographs document CLCBLG’s life and its members, while others document local, national and international protests, struggles and activist campaigns.
Camden Lesbian Centre and Black Lesbian GroupCLCBLG meeting minutes for Management Committee and Workers’ Collective.
Incoming correspondence and related material re CLCBLG’s support for (or opposition to) various causes, issues, organisations and individuals. Topics include: social events and activities hosted or supported by CLCBLG; housing and homelessness (e.g. letters from precariously housed women appealing for advice); letters advertising service subscriptions (e.g. newsletters and journals); Camden Community Health Council elections; correspondence and related material re other local women’s centres and LGBTQ organisations, and more.
Publicity-related material for CLCBLG.
Includes: Blank letterheaded paper; master copies for events and socials (including for Lesbian Mothers Group, Lesbians with Disabilities, CLC and BLG socials, Aboriginal solidarity event, Blacklesbians’ advice and social meets, and more); master copies of SAD access code; master copies of information relating to CLC and, specifically, the BLG, with some translations in Bengali and Hindi; master copies of membership form and terms & conditions of membership.
Material relating to contemporaneous feminist and LGBTQ events outside of CLCBLG, including flyers, bulletins, booklets and handbooks relating to contemporary events and resources.
Includes: ‘An Introduction to the new Hackney Community College’ (n.d. [c.1990s?]); ‘Fat News’ bulletin and order form from London Fat Women’s Group (1992); poster advertising support groups for women in distress, held at South London Women’s Centre (n.d.); letter from Sheba Press enclosing promotional material for International Women’s Day 1994 (not enclosed; Feb 1994); poster for GAP House (women-only accommodation; n.d.); interview request from undergraduate dissertation student (22 Jul 1993); poster for lesbians & ageing study (n.d.); poster for Lesbian Dependents Anonymous Group (1991); National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) AGM agenda and annual conference programme (1993); letter announcing ‘Lesbian Agenda for the 1990s’ from Lesbian Link Conference Organisers (1993); wallet of South London Lesbian and Gay Young People’s group material including mission statement, constitution, job descriptions, and info flyers for LIP magazine (produced by the Lesbian Arts & Media Project; n.d. [c.1990s?]); Women & Domestic Violence Project poster (n.d.); information about Pimlico Arts & Media’s ‘Women in the Media course (Jun 1993) and cover letter; call for submissions for Lewisham Young Women’s Resource Project newsletter (n.d.); Camden Network bulletin (Jun 1993); Older Lesbian Network newsletter (Jun 1993); Camden Community Information Network Directory & Exchange (Cindex) ‘Greek and Cypriot People in Camden’ report (May 1993); Cindex ‘Doctors in Camden’ list (1993); Camden Volunteer Bureau newsletter (1993).
Two copies of external review of Camden Lesbian Centre (Sept 1990); report on CLCBLG’s provision of housing advice (1992); and CLCBLG’s editorial policy for their mail-out.
Drafts of Camden Lesbian Centre Project constitution (various stages) and draft employment contracts.
