Papers relating to the Women's Church Resource Group and additional papers relating to women's church activism in the years after the WCRG shut down. Includes; leaflets, posters, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, newsletters, articles, study packs, psalms, books, AGM reports and constitution.
Women's Church Resource Group, religious activist group, 1989-1996This collection consists of records created by Women in Profile, such as newsletters, correspondence, reports and promotional material (1987-2007); records created by other local organizations that Women in Profile collected over the years, such as invitations and posters to local exhibitions and business cards of local artists (1987-1990); as well as photographs and slides (1987-1992). There is also a large series of the records of Castlemilk Womanhouse (1989-2015).
Women in ProfilePapers produced by the St Andrews Women's Liberation Group. Includes; conference notes, information booklets, newsletters and newsletter drafts, instructional booklets, feminist news and articles
St Andrews Women's Liberation Group, feminist organisation, c. 1970 - 1980This collection consists of records created by Scottish Women's Aid and local women's aid groups, including annual reports, newsletters, organisational records, promotional material, publications, and other ephemera. There is also a large series of news cuttings included in the collection that were collected by workers at Scottish Women's Aid, primarily from the mid-1970s to early 1990s. The collection also includes informational materials from related organisations used by staff at Scottish Women's Aid.
This collection is currently undergoing processing as part of the Speaking Out: Recalling Women's Aid in Scotland project (2015-2017) and a number of oral histories have been collected and will be added into the archive in late 2017.
Scottish Women's AidCollections of papers both collected and produced by Sappho. Includes: correspondence, draft articles, research papers and questionnaires, images (cartoons, photographs and montages), creative writing, agendas and minutes for various LGBT conferences, and press cuttings.
Sappho, 1972 - 1981, lesbian publicationGeneral papers relating to the feminist magazine Harpies and Quines, including; correspondence, press cuttings, photographs and audio recording.
Harpies and QuinesThe 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 writerPapers of Mary Lonsdale who was a general secretary of the Scottish Co-operative Women's Guild. Includes; correspondence, books, typed and handwritten notes relating to running of the Guild, conference speeches, photographs
Mary Lonsdale, general secretary of SCWGPapers collected by Jessie McKirdy regarding the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. Includes: written accounts by McKirdy, photographs of the camp, newspaper clippings, and instructions for the protest in December, 1982.
Jessie McKirdy, 1936 - present, anti-nuclear activistThis collection contains records relating to the life of Barbara Burford, including drafts of literary works, research notes, professional and personal correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and cassette tapes.
Burford, Barbara (1944-2010)