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HISTORY OF THE UM-ST. LOUIS WOMEN'S CENTER
The purpose of the Women's Center is to serve as an educational resource for women students, faculty, and staff of the UM-St. Louis campus. The Women's Center began in 1973 because of the efforts of a group of women students, faculty, and staff who felt the institution was not adequately addressing the needs of women on campus. The Center's function has evolved from being solely a service unit to a unit that impacts on institutional policy and academic climate around issues of gender.
The UM-St. Louis Women's Center, an office of the Division of Student Affairs, provides the following direct services to students, faculty, and staff: drop-in lounge, programs on women's issues and career choices, sexual harassment information, short-term counseling, advocacy for women students, library of literature by and about women, topical resource files, referral services, and information on women's activities in the community.
Additionally, the Women's Center provides networking and leadership opportunities. The Center is a member of the Alliance, a consortium of business and professional women's organizations. The Women's Cenmter also serves as an informal conduit for student leaders and provides leadership training programs for women.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The UM-St. Louis Women's Studies Program Collection of Publications is a broad collection of newspapers, magazines, articles, posters, convention notes, and newsletters from all across the United States ranging from 1949 to 1988. Most of the titles included in this collection, unfortunately, have only one or two issues included here. Although the dates given are fairly broad, most of the publications are from 1969 to 1971.
Some of the newspapers and magazines are relatively complete collections for the years cited. Almost every issue of The Guardian from 1969 to 1970 is included in this collection. The collection of Off our Backs is also fairly complete for 1970 through 1972. Several issues of Rat are included, but they are not dated so completeness is difficult to gauge. Lesbian Connection from 1975 to 1980 are included. The copies of Lesbian Tide are also fairly complete for 1975 through 1980. Another magazine which is relatively complete is Women Sports for the years 1979 through 1980.
This collection is invaluable because it shows the researcher many of the issues which racked this country during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Although many newspapers have only one issue in this collection, it demonstrates the unity and divisions of the radical and underground communities. There is a heavy emphasis on feminist-lesbian literature and women-oriented issues, which makes sense considering the source. The collection has several articles which describe divisive issues, such as separatism, which existed in both the lesbian and women's movement. For information such as this, the Women's Studies Collection is irreplaceable.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1: Newspapers (folders 1-103): This series consists of radical, feminist, and feminist-lesbian newspapers. It is arranged alphabetically by title. Dates included 1968 through 1982.
Series 2: Periodicals (folders 104-160): This series consists of magazines, journals, newsletters, and such which are not newspapers. These items are also arranged alphabetically by title. The periodicals included are radical, feminist, feminist-lesbian, and women-oriented magazines from 1968 to 1983.
Series 3: Articles (folders 161-203): This series consists of various published articles concerning women and women-oriented topics. These articles are arranged alphabetically by title. The dates range from 1949 to 1978.
Series 4: Other Publications (folders 204-240): This series contains anything which did not fit the above descriptions. Posters, broadsides, pamphlets, general fact sheets, handbooks, surveys, notes on workshops, and guides are all in this series. This information is arranged alphabetically by topic. Dates range from 1968 to 1988.
FOLDER LIST
SERIES 1, NEWSPAPERS
BOX 1 (047748)
FOLDERS 1-32
1. Ain't I a Woman, 9/25/70
2. Ann Arbor Argus, 5/24-6/9/69
3. Ann Arbor Argus, c. 1970
4. Ann Arbor Argus, nd
5. Awake and Move, 4/1971
6. Berkeley Tribe, 1970
7. Big Mama Rag, 6/1980
8. Black Panther, 6/69-9/69
9. Black Panther, 10/69-12/69
10. Black Panther, 4/70-8/70
11. Black Panther, 9/70-10/70
12. Black Panther, 1972
13. Canyon Collection, nd
14. Chicago SEED, nd
15. Children's Liberation, 10/25/70
16. Civil Liberties, 1/73-4/73
17. Common Sense, 11/16/71
18. Come Out, 12/1/71
19. Counter Attack, nd
20. Dallas Notes, nd
21. Every Woman, 1971
22. Gay Community News, 11/18/74
23. Gay Sunshine, nd
24. Good Times, 4/9/70
25. The Great Speckled Bird, 1970
26. The Guardian, 1968
27. The Guardian, 1/69-3/69
28. The Guardian, 3/69-6/69
29. The Guardian, 7/69-9/69
30. The Guardian, 10/69-12/69
31. The Guardian, 1/70-3/70
32. The Guardian, 3/70-6/70
BOX 2 (047749)
FOLDERS 33-67
33. The Guardian, 7/70-10/70
34. The Guardian, 10/70-11/70
35. Liberated Guardian, 7/14/70
36. The Guardian, 1980
37. The Guardian, excerpts, 1970, nd
38. HERA, 12/75
39. Hysteria, 11/6/70
40. It Ain't Me Babe, 1970
41. Kaleidoscope, 11/7/69
42. Kaleidoscope, 8/17/70
43. Lavender Vision, 1971
44. Lavender Woman, 5/1973
45. Lavender Woman, 8/1975
46. Leviathan, 1969
47. Leviathan, 1970
48. Logos, 3/70
49. Logos, nd
50. Madness Network News, 1975-78
51. Madness Network News, 1978-82
52. Majority Report, 1976
53. The Matriarchist, nd
54. The National Village voice, 1976
55. New Left Notes, 1968
56. No title newspaper from Toronto, Canada, 4/71
57. Off Our Backs, 1970
58. Off Our Backs, 1971
59. Off Our Backs, excerpt, 9/71
60. Off Our Backs, 1972
61. Off Our Backs, 1978
62. Off Our Backs, 1/79-9/79
63. Off Our Backs, 10/79-12/79
64. Off Our Backs, 1980
65. Old Mole, nd
66. Plexus, 8/79
67. Plexus, 9/79
BOX 3 (047758)
FOLDERS 68-111
68. Ramparts, 1967
69. Ramparts, 1968
70. Ramparts, 1969
71. Ramparts, 1970
72. RAT, 1968
73. RAT, 1969-70
74. RAT, nd
75. RAT, nd
76. RAT, nd
77. RAT, nd
78. RAT, nd
79. RAT, excerpt, nd
80. Real Women, Spring 1971
81. Rising Up Angry, 1969
82. Rising Up Angry, 1970-71
83. Rising Up Angry, excerpt, nd
84. RYM, nd
85. RYM, excerpt, nd
86. St. Louis Journalism Review, 1976
87. St. Louis Outlaw, 7/70
88. St. Louis Outlaw, 1971
89. Sarah, nd
90. SDS New Left Notes, nd
91. Shakedown, 6/7/70
92. SNCC Monthly, nd
93. Soledad Bros. Newsletters, 11/70
94. Space City, 8/1/70
95. SPECTRE, 1/72
96. Stillborn Press, 3/71
97. Student Life, 1970
98. Through the Looking Glass, 1971
99. Undercurrent, 11/18/70
100. Up Against the Wall, 4/22/68
101. What She Wants, 4/1980
102. Woman News, 1/77
103. Miscellaneous Newsclippings
SERIES 2: PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES
103A. Popular Publications removed from this collection
104. The Alternative, nd
105. Anarchy, 1/10/80
106. Cardinal Monday Magazine, 11/15/71
107. CAW, 1968, nd
108. Country Women, nd
109. Cowrie, 1974
110. Dinah!, 1/79
111. Dyke: A Quarterly, winter 1978
BOX 4 (047759)
FOLDERS 112-153
112. Evergreen, 2/68
113. The Feminist Press, Fall 1977
114. Focus, 12/71
115. Focus Midwest, Vol. 10, No. 66 through Vol. 10, No. 69
116. Gay Flames, 11/14/79
117. Hard Labor, 1/79-2/79
118. Intercontinental Press, 6/3/68
119. Jump Cut, nd
120. Lesbian Connection, 1975-76
121. Lesbian Connection, 1977-78
122. Lesbian Connection, 1978-80
123. Lesbian Tide, 1975-76
124. Lesbian Tide, 1978-79
125. Lesbian Tide, 1979-80
126. Liberation, 1968-69
127. The Minority of One, 4/68
128. Moonstorm, 1973-77
129. Moonstorm, 1979
130. Mother DemDike News, 1978
131. Mother Jones Magazine, 1/82
132. New Left Review, #47, 1/68
133. The Newsreel, Fall 1970-Winter 1971, nd
134. On The Edge, 5/1979
135. On The Edge, 11/80
136. Prime Time, 1976
137. Radical America, 3/68-4/68
138. Radical America, 2/1970
139. Radical Literature from the New England Free Press, 1969
140. Radical Literature from the New England Free Press, nd
141. Real Women, 4/71
142. Sisters, 7/72
143. Velvet Glove, 1/71-2/71
144. Viet Report, 1968
145. Women, Summer 1970
146. Women Spring 1975
147. Women Sports, 1975
148. Woman Sports, 1976
149. Women Sports, 1977
150. Women Sports, 1978
151. Women Sports, Jan-July, 1979
152. Women Sports, Aug-Dec, 1979
153. Women Sports, Jan-Jun, 1980
BOX 5 (047760)
FOLDERS 154-240
154. Women Sports, Jul-Dec, 1980
155. Women Sports, 1981
156. Women Sports, 1982
157. Women Sports, 1983
158. Women's Defender, 8/76
159. Women's Resource Book, 1976
160. Woman to Woman, 1/75-3/75
SERIES 3: ARTICLES
161. "A celebration of the Beguines" 1975
162. "American Women: their Use and Abuse" by Lyn Wells, 1969
163. "An Evaluation of the Canadian Conference Process" nd
164. Boston Women's Poetry Anthology, 1970
165. "Bread and Roses" by Kathy McAfee and Myrna Wood, 1969
166. "Campus Missionaries: the laying on of Culture" by John McDermott, 1969
167. "Effigies" by Peggy Morton, nd
168. "Feelings from Women's Liberation" 1970
169. "Female Liberation" nd
170. "Feminism Lives" by Leah Orloff, 1971
171. "The Feminist" articles, 1971
172. Feminist poetry by Erika
173. "Gold Flowers Story" by Jack Belden, 1949
174. "Hunger" by Andre Gunder Frank, nd
175. "I am Furious" nd
176. Lesbian Newsletter, 8/71
177. "Lesbianism is Revolution" nd
178. Liberation News Service "On Day Care" nd
179. N.A.C.L.A. Research Methodology Guide, 1968
180. "Our Bodies, Our Selves" 1971
181. "The Place of American Women" by Joan Jordan 1968
182. "The Political Economy of Women's Liberation" by Margaret Benston, 9/69
183. "Remember Our Fire" nd
184. "Scum Manifesto" by Valerie Solanas, nd
185. Something Else, 1/70
186. "Tenants Against America" nd
187. "The Hanna Industrial Complex" by Edie Black and Fred Goff, 1969
188. "The Iceberg Strategy: Universities and the Military Industrial Complex" by Martin Nicolaus, 1967
189. "The Mod Donna" by Myrna Lamb, nd
190. "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" by Ann Koedt, nd
191. "The Small Group" nd
192. "The University" by Allen Krebbs, 1967
193. "The University-Military Complex: A Directory and Related Documents" by North American Congress On Latin America, c. 1968
194. "The Woman Identified Woman" 5/30/70
195. The women's street theater cranky, nd
196. "Toward a Female Liberation Movement" by Beverly Jones and Judith Brown, nd
197. "Vietnam: 1000 Years of Struggle" 1969
198. "Women Behind Bars" 1975
199. "Women In Distribution" 1978
200. "Women: the Longest Revolution" by Juliet Mitchell, 1966
201. "Women's Caucus Perspective" 6/69
202. "4th World Manifesto" nd
203. Miscellaneous Articles
SERIES 4: OTHER PUBLICATIONS
204. A Short Reading List for Women's Liberations, nd
205. Birth Control Handbook, 1970
206. Come Out Comix by Mary Wings, nd
207. Correspondence, 1988
208. Day Care Conference, 1968
209. Declaration of Women's Independence, nd
210. Dyke shorts by Mary Wings, nd
211. ERA bumper sticker
212. Fact Sheet from Carol Talbot Trial, nd
213. FBI Wanted Posters
214. Feminist CR Handbook, nd
215. Labor Statistics on Women, nd
216. Lesbian-Feminist Declaration of 1976
217. Lesbians Unite Poster, nd
218. Math Commune List of Members, nd
219. Membership to MAGIC FERRY/sisters of diana, inc., 1976
220. Miscellaneous Broadsides
221. Miscellaneous Notes
222. Notes On Wife Abuse Speech, nd no author
223. On the Constitution by Eldridge Cleaver, 1970
224. Petition For Sanity, nd
225. Psychiatric Drugs/Dr. Caligari, 3.76
226. Sexuality Survey/Lesbian Questionnaire, 1977
227. Sounds of the People's Peace, Broadside, nd
228. Speeches/Presentations
229. Summer Liberation School, Columbia University, nd
230. "The Lesbian In Literature: A Bibliography" by Gene Damon and Lee Stuart, 1967
231. VD Handbook, 1975
232. Visual Aids
233. What Lesbians Do, 1975
234. Women in American History: A Guide to the Literature. Prepared by Liz Metzger, nd
235. Women-The Struggle for Freedom, broadside, 5/69
236. Women's Contingent Poster, nd
237. Women's Liberation Material, nd
238. Women's Liberation Workshop, nd
239. Women's National March on the Pentagon, broadside, 1970
240. Workshop on Internationalism, nd
INDEX
Ann Arbor Argus, f. 2-4
Beguines, f. 161
Black Panther, f. 8-12
Gays/Homosexuals, f. 18, 22-23, 106, 116
Guardian, f. 26-34, 36-37
Kaleidoscope, f. 41-42
Lavender Woman, f. 44-45
Lesbianism, f. 7, 38, 43-45, 53, 57, 89, 101, 107-111, 120-125, 128-130, 142,
160, 176-177, 194, 206, 210, 213, 216-217, 219, 226, 230, 233
Lesbian Tide, f. 123-125
Lesbian Connection, f. 120-122
Leviathan, f. 46-47
Logos, f. 48-49
Madness Network News, f. 50-51
Military Industrial Complex, f. 187-188, 192-193
Moonstorm, 128-129
MS., f. 103A
Newsweek, f. 103A
Off Our Backs, f. 57-64
On the Edge, 134-135
Plexus, f. 66-67
Poetry, f. 164, 167, 172
Radical Literature from the New England Free Press, f. 139-140
Radical America, f. 137-138
Ramparts, f. 68-71
RAT, f. 72-79
Rising Up Angry, f. 81-83
RYM, f. 84-85
St. Louis Outlaw, f. 87-88
Vietnam, f. 144, 197
Women, f. 145-146
Women Sports, f. 147-157
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