Finding Aid for the Margaret Cruikshank papers, 1971-1986
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Margaret Cruikshank papers
Date (inclusive): 1971-1986
Collection number: 1847
Creator:
Cruikshank, Margaret
Extent:
13 manuscript boxes (6.5) linear ft.
1 oversized box.
Abstract: The Margaret Cruikshank Papers consist of drafts, background/research notes, correspondence and publicity materials for three
published works edited by Cruikshank:
Lesbian Path (1980, 1985), a collection of autobiographical writings;
Lesbian Studies (1982), a women's history and lesbian studies text and
New Lesbian Writing (1984), a lesbian literature anthology. The Cruikshank papers also consist of background/research files for women's studies
and lesbian studies courses taught by Cruikshank and related correspondence and publicity materials. Personal correspondence
is also included in the collection.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Selected digitized images from this collection.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
NOTE: Series 7: Cruikshank Personal Correspondence (1971-1976) is open for reading by lesbians only.
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Margaret Cruikshank, 1997.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Janine Liebert, 10/5/2007.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Margaret Cruikshank papers (Collection Number 1847). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
A longtime lesbian activist and distinguished academic, Margaret Cruikshank (b. 1940) began her work in the 1970s at a time
when lesbian studies barely existed and was one of the few lesbian academics in the U.S. to identify herself professionally
as a lesbian. Her work has centered on raising awareness of lesbians within the academic profession and addressing the exclusion
of lesbian literature and criticism from traditional canons and women's studies.
A native of northern Minnesota, Cruikshank came out as a lesbian in the Minneapolis lesbian-feminist community in the 1960s.
She lived in the Midwest until 1977, when she moved to San Francisco. During the 1970s, Cruikshank played an active role in
the explosion of lesbian feminist politics and culture and she began publishing on lesbian topics in 1975. Writing under her
own name as well as various pseudonyms, Cruikshank has written numerous essays, articles and reviews that have appeared in
a wide variety of periodicals including Gay Community News, Motheroot Journal, The Radical Teacher, Focus, Journal of Homosexuality
and The Advocate.
With a Ph.D. in Victorian literature from Loyola University in Chicago, IL, Cruikshank began teaching English in 1969 at various
colleges and universities in the Midwest. In 1975, she began teaching at Mankato State University (now called Minnesota State
University, Mankato), which at that time, did not have a women's studies program. Cruikshank helped establish the first women's
studies department at Mankato State University, for which she served as director between 1975 and 1977. Her experience arriving
at Mankato State University in 1975 as a closeted academic and leaving the university in 1977 as an open lesbian in a university
setting began a life-long commitment to increasing the visibility and solidarity of lesbians within the academic profession.
In 1977, Cruikshank moved to San Francisco where she worked as a resources director for a short-lived grassroots project,
the Gay National Educational Switchboard, which provided a toll-free information line. In August 1980, Cruikshank became head
of a small program in Continuing Education at the University of San Francisco (USF). Five months after she was hired at USF
she was fired. Subsequently, Cruikshank taught in the English department at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) where she
taught English as a Second Language (ESL) and worked with other CCSF faculty and administrators to incorporate lesbian and
gay studies into the curriculum. These efforts resulted in the organization of CCSF's Castro/Valencia Campus and, in 1982,
the appointment of Cruikshank as the first woman to teach CCSF's gay and lesbian literature course. Cruikshank taught an introductory
women's studies course and lesbian and gay literature at CCSF for many years (1982-1996). She was also an affiliate scholar
at the Center for Research on Women at Stanford University (1981-1988).
Cruikshank later taught courses on aging and women (1992 – 1997), in addition to gay and lesbian studies at CCSF, before moving
to Maine in 1997. Cruikshank's introduction to working with older people came when she was did a graduate studies internship
in gerontology at San Francisco State University, where she received an M.A. in gerontology in 1992.
Cruikshank has edited three major anthologies on lesbians: The Lesbian Path (1980, self-published; 1985, Grey Fox Press);
Lesbian Studies, a women's history/lesbian studies text (1982, The Feminist Press) and New Lesbian Writing, a lesbian literature
anthology (Grey Fox Press, 1984). In her papers, Cruikshank explains the three anthologies, their genesis and their inclusions.
She traces their origins in the women's studies movement and through the lesbian academics' network created by the National
Women's Studies Association (NWSA) and details the editorial process.
Cruikshank's correspondence and publications in the collection often discuss her experiences in teaching lesbian studies/women's
studies and her life-long efforts to integrate lesbian and gay material into the college curriculum. Her correspondence in
the collection also traces the networks of lesbian critics, academics and writers that were established through panels at
the Modern Language Association's (MLA) and Gay Academic Union's (GAU) annual conventions, pioneering lesbian feminist periodicals
of the 1970s, lesbian groups, women's studies programs, writing workshops, and women's publishing presses.
Cruikshank currently teaches women's studies at the University of Maine, where she is also affiliated with the Center on Aging
(1997-present). She lives in a small fishing village on the eastern coast of Maine. Her most recent anthology, Fierce with
Reality: an Anthology of Literature about Aging (1995, 2007) grew out of her master's thesis in gerontology at San Francisco
State University. Her other books include Thomas Babington Macaulay (1978), The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement (1992),
and Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging (2003). She was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct seminars
and lectures on women and aging at the University of Victoria Centre on Aging, in British Columbia, during the fall 2007 semester.
Chronology
| 1940 |
Born, Duluth, MN. |
| 1962 |
Received a B.A. in English from St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN. |
| 1969 |
Received a Ph.D. in Victorian literature from Loyola University in Chicago, IL; wrote dissertation on Thomas B. Macaulay. |
| 1969 - 1970 |
Taught English at Loyala University in Chicago, IL. |
| 1970 - 1972 |
Taught English at Central College in Pella, IA. |
| 1974 |
Taught English at St. John's University in Collegeville, MN. |
| 1975-1977 |
Started teaching English at Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato; helped establish the first women's studies department
at MSU, for which she served as director.
|
| 1977 |
In the Fall, moved to San Francisco, CA; worked as a resources director for a short-lived grassroots project, the Gay National
Educational Switchboard.
|
| 1978 |
Published dissertation called Thomas Babington Macaulay as part of the Twayne English authors series. |
| 1980, Aug |
Became head of a small program in Continuing Education at the University of San Francisco (USF). |
| 1980, Dec |
Got fired from teaching job at USF. |
| 1981 |
Self-published first work on a lesbian topic, Lesbian Path, a collection of autobiographical writings. |
| 1981 |
Started teaching in the English department at City College of San Francisco (CCSF); taught English as a Second Language (ESL). |
| 1981 - 1988 |
Served as an affiliate scholar at the Center for Research on Women at Stanford University. |
| 1982 |
Published Lesbian Studies, a women's history and lesbian studies text (The Feminist Press). |
| 1982 - 1997 |
Appointed as first female faculty member to teach CCSF's gay and lesbian literature course; taught an introductory women's
studies course and lesbian and gay literature at CCSF for many years.
|
| 1984 |
Published New Lesbian Writing, a lesbian literature anthology (Grey Fox Press). |
| 1985 |
Lesbian Path published in a revised and expanded edition by Grey Fox Press. |
| 1992 |
Received an M.A. in gerontology from San Francisco State University. |
| 1997 - Present |
Moved to Maine and began teaching in the women's studies department at the University of Maine, Orono; also affiliated with
the University of Maine Center on Aging.
|
| 2003 |
Published Learning to be Old: Gender, Culture and Aging. |
| 2007 |
Published Fierce with Reality: an Anthology of Literature about Aging. |
| 2007 |
Awarded Fullbright Fellowship to conduct seminars and lectures on women and aging at the University of Victoria Centre on
Aging, in British Columbia during the fall 2007 semester.
|
Scope and Content
The Margaret Cruikshank collection is a mixture of professional and personal papers. Papers date from 1971-1986, with the
majority spanning the period 1979-1986. Among the papers are manuscripts and notes for books, articles and reviews authored
by Cruikshank; drafts and revisions with correspondence relating to the editorial process; publicity materials, notes by Cruikshank,
printed matter, course syllabi and readings, bibliographies, photographs and personal correspondence.
Publications, 1977-1986, (Series 1, Boxes 1-10), include drafts of Cruikshank's published and unpublished papers and book
reviews and manuscript drafts of three of her books: Lesbian path (1980, 1985), a collection of autobiographical writings;
Lesbian Studies (1982), a women's history and lesbian studies text and New Lesbian Writing (1984), a lesbian literature anthology.
Among Cruikshank's notes are revisions relating to the editorial process, names, addresses and phone numbers; mailing lists
and list of readers and contributing authors. Publicity materials and correspondence relating to Cruikshank's books are also
included here.
Research files and notes, 1971-1986, n.d., (Series 2, Box 11), consist of publicity materials from various lesbian, gay and
women's publications, books/bookstores and organizations. This includes flyers, pamphlets and brochures; newspaper and magazine
clippings; newsletters; bibliographies and related correspondence. Notes and conference proposals by Cruikshank for panels
at the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Gay Academic Union (GAU) annual
conferences, proposed submissions for articles and book reviews by Cruikshank and calls for papers and requests to write and
review are also included here. Also included are articles that mention Cruikshank that are not related to her publications.
Course syllabi and readings, 1982-1985 (Series 3, Box 11), relates to Introduction to Women's Studies and Lesbian Gay Literature
courses taught by Cruikshank at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and includes course syllabi and readings, bibliographies,
notes by Cruikshank and student papers.
Publications not authored by Cruikshank, 1979-1983, n.d., (Series 4, Box 11, 14), consists of drafts of published and unpublished
papers, bibliographies and galley proofs.
Personal correspondence, 1971-1976, (Series 5, Boxes 12-13), consists of personal correspondence from Sue Ebbers to Cruikshank
and several photos.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Publications, 1977-1986. Boxes 1-10
- Series 2. Research files and notes, 1971-1986, n.d.. Box 11
- Series 3. Course syllabi and readings, 1982-1985. Box 11
- Series 4. Publications not authored by Cruikshank, 1979-1983, n.d.. Box 11, 14
- Series 5. Personal correspondence, 1971-1976. Boxes 12-13
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Margaret Cruikshank
Related Material
Container List
Series 1.
Publications
1977-1986
Physical Description: Boxes 1-10
Scope and Content Note
Papers relate to three published works edited by Cruikshank: Lesbian Path, a collection of autobiographical writings (1980,
self-published; 1985, Grey Fox Press); Lesbian Studies, a women's and lesbian studies text (1982, The Feminist Press); and
New Lesbian Writing, a lesbian literature anthology (1984, Grey Fox Press). The files include correspondence, initial proposals,
drafts with various reader comments, biographical sketches, notes by Cruikshank, published articles and papers by Cruikshank
and other authors including those works which were considered but not included in the final publications of the books, and
draft manuscripts.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by contributing author or folder label. NOTE: in most cases, folder headings were assigned by Margaret Cruikshank.
Subseries 1.
Lesbian Studies
1980-1981
Physical Description: Boxes 1-7
Arrangement
Alphabetical by contributing author or folder label or chronological by date.
Scope and Content Note
Essays and reprints of articles from the three sections of Lesbian Studies, drafts with various reader comments, notes by
Cruikshank and members of the readers committee, the completed manuscript of Lesbian Studies, and bibliographies, indexes
and course syllabi from the appendix of resources. The first section concerns the lesbian professor/researcher experience
in academia, and the second, aspects of teaching/exploring lesbian themes in the university classroom. The third section is
essentially a series of bibliographic essays addressing various subject areas: black lesbians, history, biography, literature,
older lesbians, science, physical education and sport, and love between women in prison. The third section is followed by
an appendix, which provides useful resources, including bibliographies, indexes and syllabi. NOTE: Box 1 files include essays
and reprints of articles which were included in the final publication of the book and Box 2 files include those essays and
reprints of articles which were considered but not included in the final publication of the book.
Box 1
Lesbian Studies Section One: Lesbians in Academia
1980-1981
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Content Note
Drafts and reprints of essays from the first section of Lesbian Studies entitled "Lesbians in the Academic World: The Personal/Political
Experience" which concerns the lesbian professor/researcher experience in academia. Contributing authors include Paula Bennett,
Doris Davenport, Toni A.H. McNaron, Mab Segrest and Sue Sturtz.
Box 1
Lesbian Studies Section Two: Lesbians in the Classroom
1980-1981
Physical Description: 9 folders
Scope and Content Note
Drafts and reprints of essays from the second section of Lesbian Studies entitled "In the Classroom" which concerns aspects
of teaching/exploring lesbian themes in the university classroom. Contributing authors include Jane Gurko, Elly Bulkin, Barbara
Smith, Cherrie Moraga, Nancy Manahan, Coralyn Fontaine, Evelyn Torton Beck, Toni A.H. McNaron, Madeline Davis and Clare Bright.
Box 1
Lesbian Studies Section Three: New Research/New Perspectives
1980-1981
Physical Description: 15 folders
Scope and Content Note
Drafts and reprints of essays from the third section of Lesbian Studies entitled "New Research/New Perspectives" addressing
various subject areas: black lesbians, history, biography, literature, older lesbians, science, physical education and sport,
and love between women in prison. Contributing authors include JR Roberts, Lynda Koolish, Estelle Freedman, Lillian Faderman,
Frances Doughty, Bonnie Zimmerman, Kathy Hickok, Becky Birtha, Clare Potter, Ida VSW Red, Matile Poor, H. Patricia Hynes,
Linn ni Cobhan, Karlene Faith and Marilyn Frye.
Box 2
Submissions to Lesbian Studies
1980-1981
Physical Description: 23 folders
Scope and Content Note
Essays and reprints of articles which were considered but not included in the final publication of Lesbian Studies. Authors
include: Elly Bulkin; Cheryl Clarke; Anita Cornwell; Margaret Cruikshank; Rosemary Curb; P.M. Duffey-Igrassia; Joy Fisher;
Jane Gurko; Barbara Hammer; Monika Kehoe; Noretta Koertge; J. Lee Lehman; Del Martin and Sally Gearhart; Toni McNaron; Moving
Cloud (June Boyd); Marilyn Murphy; Barbara Noda; Arlene Raven; Patricia Reagan; Cynthia Rich; Julia Stanley; Susan Leigh Star;
and Bonnie Zimmerman.
Box 3
Completed manuscript (most recent draft) of Lesbian Studies
1980-1981
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Content Note
Completed manuscript with corrections includes introduction, essays and reprints of articles by Cruikshank and contributing
authors, a Resources section, sample syllabi from courses on women's and lesbian studies, an extensive bibliography and Contributors'
Notes.
Note
Manuscript includes two articles which were part of the book until the very end but not included in the final publication
of the book: "Teaching the Lesbian Novel In and Out of Academia" by Joy Fisher and "The Lesbian Film Artist Births Herself:
A Talk with Barbara Hammer" by Margaret Cruikshank.
Box 4
Completed manuscript (earlier draft) of Lesbian Studies
1980-1981
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Content Note
Completed manuscript with corrections includes introduction, essays and reprints of articles by Cruikshank and contributing
authors, a Resources section, sample syllabi from courses on women's and lesbian studies, an extensive bibliography and Contributors'
Notes (see Box 3 for most recent draft of completed manuscript).
Box 5
Lesbian Studies drafts
1980-1981
Physical Description: 11 folders
Scope and Content Note
Drafts with various reader comments, notes by Cruikshank and members of the Readers Committee for Lesbian Studies and related
correspondence and memoranda. This material includes notes on editorial changes. Readers for Lesbian Studies introduction
include Clare Potter, Ida Red and Matile Poor. Readers Committee members include Nancy Manahan, Kathy Hickok, Jane Gurko,
Bonnie Zimmerman, Sue Sturtz and Madeline Davis.
Box 6
Book reviews and publicity materials
1981-1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Contains book reviews and news notes, press clippings and ephemera relating to Lesbian Studies and lesbian and women's publishing.
Note
All newsprint materials were photocopied onto acid-free paper and oversized publications and clippings were removed and placed
in oversized Box 14.
Box 6
Business records for Lesbian Studies
1980
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Content Note
Expense records and original contract for Lesbian Studies.
Box 6
Lesbian Studies original proposal
1980-1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 6
Research relating to Lesbian Studies Resources Section
1981-1983
Physical Description: 6 folders
Scope and Content Note
Background/research files on educational and cultural work that lesbians were doing for the field of lesbian studies in the
1970s and early 1980s: archives, history projects and history slide shows; art, films, grants and dissertations; bibliographies;
groups, centers and conferences; publishers, periodicals and special issues of periodicals; works in progress and unpublished
works. Many of these are listed in the Resources Section of Lesbian Studies.
Box 6
Research relating to Lesbian Studies Appendix
1981-1983
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Content Note
Background/research notes including course syllabi from university courses on lesbian studies and published and unpublished
bibliographies of books and articles useful to the lesbian studies curriculum. Many of these are listed in the Appendix Section
of Lesbian Studies.
Box 7
Lesbian Studies correspondence
1979-1982
Physical Description: 11 folders
Scope and Content Note
Requests for submissions to Lesbian Studies and correspondence between Cruikshank and contributors to Lesbian Studies and
the Feminist Press, the publisher of Lesbian Studies. Cruikshank maintained a steady correspondence with many lesbian academics,
writers, artists, teachers and activists, many of whom were published in her anthologies. The most notable of these include
Madeline Davis, Jane Rule, Rosemary Curb, Nancy Manahan and Bonnie Zimmerman. This material also includes Cruikshank's correspondence
with various lesbian, gay and women's studies publications and organizations, women's studies programs, writing workshops,
and women's publishing presses.
Subseries 2.
Lesbian Path
1980-1982
Physical Description: Box 9, 14
Arrangement
Alphabetical by folder label.
Scope and Content Note
The completed manuscript of Lesbian Path, a collection of autobiographical writings from lesbians' lives edited by Cruikshank,
correspondence, and publicity announcements and reviews. The Lesbian Path, Cruikshank's first published work on a lesbian
topic, consists of personal narratives written by lesbians: some quite celebrated as writers, musicians, teachers and activists;
many unknown before the publication of their stories. Initially self-published by Cruikshank in 1980, The Lesbian Path was
expanded and reprinted in 1985 by Grey Fox Press.
Box 9
Book reviews and publicity materials for Lesbian Path
1980-1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Contains book reviews and news notes, press clippings and ephemera relating to Lesbian Path.
Note
All newsprint materials were photocopied onto acid-free paper and oversized publications and clippings were removed and placed
in oversized Box 14.
Box 9
Completed manuscript of Lesbian Path
1980-1981
Physical Description: 3 folders
Note
Working title was Labyris
Box 9
Correspondence relating to Lesbian Path
1981-1982
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence between Cruikshank and contributors to Lesbian Path and Carrier Pigeon/Alyson Publications, the publisher of
the second reprinted edition (1985) of Lesbian Path.
Note
Of particular interest is the correspondence between Cruikshank and Barbara Gittings and the file of clippings and correspondence
relating to the anti-semitism criticism of Lesbian Path by Selma Miriam in Sinister Wisdom.
Box 9
Lesbian Path galleys
1980-1981
Physical Description: 2 folders
Box 14
Motheroot Journal: A Women's Review of the Small Presses
1980
Physical Description: 1 issue
Scope and Content Note
Includes autobiographical essay by Cruikshank relating to Lesbian Path and book review of Lesbian Path.
Note
See Box 9 for other book reviews and publicity materials for Lesbian Path.
Subseries 3.
New Lesbian Writing
1982-1984
Physical Description: Boxes 9-10, 14
Arrangement
Alphabetical by folder label.
Scope and Content Note
The completed manuscript of New Lesbian Writing, a lesbian literature anthology edited by Cruikshank and published by Grey
Fox Press in 1984, correspondence, publicity announcements, reviews and submissions which were considered but not included
in the final publication of the book. The book contains poetry, autobiographical excerpts by a number of women (including
four who are over 65 years of age), short fiction and essays. The book also includes an extensive bibliography of lesbian
literature from 1980 to 1983.
Box 9
Completed manuscript of New Lesbian Writing
1984
Physical Description: 3 folders
Note
Manuscript goes from Pg 83 to 90 but Pgs 84-89 are not missing pages.
Box 10
New Lesbian Writing correspondence and notes
1981-1983
Physical Description: 6 folders
Note
Includes correspondence relating to copyright/contract dispute with Karla Jay "Prince Charming"
Box 10
New Lesbian Writing publicity announcements, press releases and book reviews
1984
Physical Description: 2 folders
Note
See Box 14 for oversized periodical book reviews relating to New Lesbian Writing.
Box 10
New Lesbian Writing signed contracts
1983
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Signed contracts between Cruikshank and contributors to New Lesbian Writing
Box 10
Submissions to New Lesbian Writing
1984
Physical Description: 3 folders
Note
Folders 1 and 2 include those submissions which were included in the final publication of New Lesbian Writing. Folder 3 includes
those submissions which were not included in the final publication of the book.
Box 14
Gay Community News
1984, Sept.
Physical Description: 2 issues
Scope and Content Note
Includes interview with Cruikshank and book review of New Lesbian Writing.
Note
See Box 10 for other book reviews and publicity materials for New Lesbian Writing.
Subseries 4.
Cruikshank publications
1977-1986
Physical Description: Box 8, 14
Arrangement
Chronological by date of publication.
Scope and Content Note
Published and unpublished papers and book reviews authored by Cruikshank (including those publications authored by Cruikshank
under pseudonym); conference proposals and papers; rejection letters; clippings; newsletters; periodicals and related correspondence.
Box 8
Publications authored by Cruikshank
1979-1986
Physical Description: 7 folders
Scope and Content Note
Published and unpublished papers and book reviews authored by Cruikshank (including those publications authored by Cruikshank
under pseudonym).
Note
Of note is the "We Were Fired: Lesbian Experiences with Academe" folder which includes an article by Cruikshank on why she
got fired from her teaching job at the University of San Francisco (USF) in December, 1980 and the file of clippings, book
reviews and correspondence relating to the publication of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence edited by Rosemary Curb and Nancy
Manahan.
Box 8
Rejection letters, requests for review articles and correspondence
1977-1979
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 14
Lesbian Insider/Insighter/Inciter (Minneapolis, MN)
1981-1983
Physical Description: 6 issues
Scope and Content Note
Consists of book reviews written by Cruikshank.
Box 14
Philadelphia Gay News
1985, March
Physical Description: 1 issue
Scope and Content Note
Book review authored by Cruikshank relating to the publication of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence edited by Rosemary Curb and
Nancy Manahan.
Series 2.
Research files and notes
1971-1986, n.d.
Physical Description: Box 11
Scope and Content Note
Includes publicity materials relating to various lesbian, gay and women's publications, books/bookstores and organizations,
reviews of gay and lesbian literature, media coverage of lesbian and other women's issues, bibliographies, notes and conference/book
review proposals by Cruikshank, calls for papers, articles about Cruikshank not related to her publications and related correspondence.
Arrangement
Chronological by date of publication.
Box 11
Correspondence and publicity relating to Lesbian-Feminist Study Clearinghouse
1980-1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 11
Publicity materials
1971-1986, n.d.
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Content Note
Relates mainly to lesbian, gay and women's publications, books/bookstores and organizations. Includes flyers, pamphlets and
brochures; newspaper and magazine clippings; newsletters, bibliographies and related correspondence. There is some media coverage
of the lesbian and gay political movement and lesbian and other women's issues, including articles and newsletter blurbs about
Cruikshank that are not related to her books. Notes and proposals by Cruikshank for panels at the National Women's Studies
Association (NWSA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Gay Academic Union (GAU) annual conferences; proposed submissions
for articles and book reviews by Cruikshank and calls for papers and requests to write and review are also included here.
Note
Folder 5 includes first edition of "In the Life" Newsletter of the West Coast Lesbian Collections in Oakland, CA (now the
Mazer Lesbian Archives in West Hollywood, CA). Folder 7 includes March 1984 Gay Studies Newsletter (GSN) which covers Cruikshank's
settlement with University of San Francisco (USF) where she was fired from her teaching job five months after she was hired.
Box 14
Gay Community News
1984, June-July
Physical Description: 2 issues
Series 3.
Course syllabi and readings
1982-1985
Physical Description: Box 11
Scope and Content Note
Course syllabi, bibliographies, course readings and student papers from Introduction to Women's Studies and Lesbian Gay Literature
courses taught by Cruikshank at the City College of San Francisco.
Box 11
Introduction to Women's Studies course syllabi, readings and bibliographies
1983-1986
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Course syllabi and readings and related bibliographies from Introduction to Women's Studies course taught by Cruikshank at
the City College of San Francisco; includes related bibliographies and workshop descriptions. Course readings include autobiographical
writings, fiction, essays and criticism, including reprints of works by Alice Walker, Rosemary Curb and Adrienne Rich.
Box 11
Lesbian Gay Literature course syllabi and readings
1982-1986
Physical Description: 4 folders
Scope and Content Note
Course syllabi, readings, bibliographies, notes by Cruikshank, and student papers from Lesbian Gay Literature course taught
by Cruikshank at the City College of San Francisco. Course readings include poems, lesbian autobiographical writings, fiction
and literary criticism, including works by Sappho, Radclyffe Hall, May Sarton, Gertrude Stein, Jane Rule and Audre Lorde.
Series 4.
Publications not authored by Cruikshank
1979-1983, n.d.
Physical Description: Box 11, 14
Scope and Content Note
Published and published papers, reviews, manuscript drafts, galley proofs and bibliographies that were not written by Cruikshank.
Box 11
Galley proof of Lesbian Crossroads by Ruth Baetz
1980-1984
Physical Description: 3 folders
Box 11
Manuscript draft of We Too Are Drifting by Gale Wilhelm
1980-1984
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box 11
Not in THE NEW YORK TIMES Bibliographies
1981
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Bibliographies compiled by Pat Case for The Not in THE NEW YORK TIMES Bibliography Series from the Alternative Press Collection
housed in Special Collections at the University of Connecticut Library in Storrs. The bibliographies cover a variety of subjects
including black women and feminism, anarchism and feminism, lesbianism and feminism, sexual harassment, economics, violence
against women and pornography.
Box 11
Published and unpublished papers
1979-1983, n.d.
Physical Description: 6 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains photocopies, typescripts and drafts of published and unpublished papers and theses that were not written by Cruikshank,
including works by Susan Leigh Star, Martha Vicinus, Bonnie Zimmerman and various graduate students at The Institute for Advanced
Study of Sexuality (San Francisco, CA) and U.C. Berkeley.
Series 5.
Personal correspondence
1971-1976
Physical Description: Boxes 12-13
Scope and Content Note
Personal correspondence from Sue Ebbers to Cruikshank and several photos.
Arrangement
Chronological by date of correspondence.
Box 12
Correspondence
1971-1972
Physical Description: 13 folders
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence from Sue Ebbers to Cruikshank.
Note
See Box 13 for later correspondence dated 1973-1976.
Box 13
Correspondence
1973-1976
Physical Description: 15 folders
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence from Sue Ebbers to Cruikshank.
Note
See Box 12 for earlier correspondence dated 1971-1972. Folder 13 consists of correspondence from Cruikshank to Ebbers.
Box 13
Photographs
1972
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Content Note
Two photographs of Sue Ebbers and four headshots of Cruikshank.
