Activism in the Archives Main Menu Introduction Women's Liberation and Lesbian Feminism Activism from the 1960s to 1980s The AIDS Epidemic in Los Angeles ACT UP/LA and the Mary Lucey and Nancy MacNeil Collection Pride as Protest Media Gallery The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives thanks the County of Los Angeles 3rd District for supporting this program and exhibit.

Archival Silences

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Something is Always Left Out

Archival silences occur when materials documenting the past are not collected, intentionally or unintentionally. We can only learn, piece together, and create a story about the past from what was printed, written down, photographed, recorded, and then saved by individuals or places like the Mazer. This is why seeking out a variety of perspectives is so important to an archive.

The Mazer believes the everyday should be preserved, and encourages people to save and donate their photos, home videos, journals, recipes, letters, life’s work, and any other ways you may have documented your memories, especially if you don’t see yourself or your experience in these exhibits. Record yourself telling the story, write it down, find those photographs. If you have any materials or stories relating to what was shown in this exhibit please email the Mazer at contact@mazerlesbianarchives.org, we'd love to hear about it.