Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History
Project, 2010-2011
8 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 661
Terms of Access and Use:
The oral histories are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection, with the following exceptions:
Small portions of the interview of Jay Toole are closed and have been removed from the transcripts. The audiovisual portions of these interviews are closed. The transcripts of Wendy Essery, Andrea Hairston, Holly Richardson, Cody Penotte, Catherine Pittman, Bet Power, Ellen Shumsky, and Laura Sullivan, and are not available online. Researchers may contact the SSC for a copy. The interview of Laura Sullivan is closed except with permission.
Original videotapes and master copies are closed. Viewing copies are available on DVD for all except Sullivan.
Partially restricted access - contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information.
The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to all of the oral histories. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Requests for permission to publish quotations should be addressed to the Sophia Smith Collection and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Interviews were conducted by Smith College students in Kelly Anderson's "Documenting Lesbian Lives" course in the spring of 2010 and 2011. Students were trained in both United States lesbian history and oral history techniques and protocols.
Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project is a collection of life histories of women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, woman-identified-woman, queer, or who prefer not to identify with sexuality categories. The project provides a complex and nuanced collective story of American lesbian history and experience. Narrators include grassroots activists and political organizers; educators and academics; musicians, writers, and artists; as well as community and religious leaders. They come from a variety of class, ethnic, racial, social, and geographic backgrounds. Interviews cover childhood and growing up experiences; education and employment; activism and politics; family, identity, relationships and community.
Narrators include:
View full transcripts online at the project Web site.
The oral histories are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection, with the following exceptions:
Small portions of the interview of Jay Toole are closed and have been removed from the transcripts. The audiovisual portions of these interviews are closed. The transcripts of Wendy Essery, Andrea Hairston, Holly Richardson, Cody Penotte, Catherine Pittman, Bet Power, Ellen Shumsky, and Laura Sullivan, and are not available online. Researchers may contact the SSC for a copy. The interview of Laura Sullivan is closed except with permission.
Original videotapes and master copies are closed. Viewing copies are available on DVD for all except Sullivan.
Partially restricted access - contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information.
The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to all of the oral histories. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Requests for permission to publish quotations should be addressed to the Sophia Smith Collection and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Videotapes have been copied to DVD for research use. Full transcripts are available on the SSC Website.
The Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project was donated to the Sophia Smith Collection in 2010, and additional materials in 2011.
Processed by Burd Schlessinger, July 2010.
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