Lincoln Legion of Lesbians [RG6112.AM]

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RG6112.AM:  Lincoln Legion of Lesbians (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Records:  1976-1992; bulk 1981-1987
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Size:  1.5 cu.ft.; 3 boxes

BACKGROUND NOTE

According to the policy statement contained in the first folder of this collection, the Lincoln Legion of Lesbians was an action-oriented Lesbian-Feminist collective dedicated to working within the lesbian, feminist and other communities to educate people about the realities of their lives as lesbians and to dispel myths and misconceptions about lesbianism, and to provide cultural, political and artistic events for the lesbian and feminist communities.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of three boxes of records relating to the Lincoln Legion of Lesbians (Lincoln, Nebraska).  Items include newsletters, event fliers, policy information, brochures, business cards and newspaper clippings.  The collection also includes materials collected by members of the Lincoln Legion of Lesbians produced by related organizations in Nebraska and other states.  The materials in the collection date from ca. 1976 to 1992.

Acc. 2019.0014; 2021.0055; 2024.0127

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. Lincoln Legion of Lesbians policy statement
2. Lincoln Legion of Lesbians, 1981-1982
3. Lincoln Legion of Lesbians, 1983-1984
4. Lincoln Legion of Lesbians, 1985-1987
5. Lincoln Legion of Lesbians, undated and miscellany
6. California materials
7. Colorado materials
8. Illinois materials
9. Indiana materials
10. Iowa materials

Box 2
Folder

1. Kansas materials
2. Massachusetts materials
3. Minnesota materials
4. Missouri materials
5. Nebraska materials
6. New Jersey materials
7. New York materials
8. Ohio materials
9. South Dakota materials
10. Sinister Wisdom, 1976-1981 [Note: PDF copies of Sinister Wisdom are available for download through the Sinister Wisdom Archive site.]
11. Sinister Wisdom, 1981-1983

Box 3
Folder

1. Sinister Wisdom, 1984-1987
2. Sinister Wisdom, 1988-1989
3. Sinister Wisdom, 1990-1992
4. Miscellaneous

Subject headings:

Lesbian community — Nebraska — Lincoln
Lesbians — Nebraska — Lincoln
LGBTQ
Lincoln Legion of Lesbians (Lincoln, Neb.)
Sexual minorities — Nebraska

TMM     05-24-2019; 07-28-2021; 06-24-2024