Black Lesbian Newsletter / Onyx Collection, 1979-1989, undated, bulk 1982-1984

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Summary

Abstract:
Black Lesbian Newsletter, later titled Onyx, was published in San Francisco and, later, Berkeley from 1982-1984. The newsletter includes poems, drawings, political perspectives, photographs, book reviews, event listings, personals, and some business listings. There is one letter to the newsletter and two mounted newsletter covers. The collection also includes related materials on the Bay Area Black Lesbian Political Caucus and BAST Cafe (Bay Area African-American Sisters Together).
Extent:
22.0 folders (0.25 linear feet)
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Black Lesbian Newsletter / Onyx Collection (GLC 102), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes a nearly complete set of issues of Black Lesbian Newsletter and Onyx. There is one letter to the newsletter and two mounted newsletter covers. The collection also includes a few folders with related materials on the Bay Area Black Lesbian Political Caucus and BAST Cafe (Bay Area African-American Sisters Together).

Biographical / historical:

Black Lesbian Newsletter was published in San Francisco and, later, Berkeley from 1982-1984. Its working title changed to Onyx as the result of suggestions from its readership. The newsletter was the brainchild of Laverne Gagehabib, A. C. Barber and Vivienne Walker-Crawford.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown.
Arrangement:

Arranged into two series: Series 1. Black Lesbian Newsletter and Onyx; and, Series 2. Subject Files.

Physical location:
The collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Black Lesbian Newsletter / Onyx Collection (GLC 102), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
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