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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit

Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990

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1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
3. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
4. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010. Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
5. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
6. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
7. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
8. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
9. The Killing of Sister George
10. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
11. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
12. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
13. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
14. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
15. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
16. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
18. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
19. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
20. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
21. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
22. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
23. Pandora's Box, 1929
24. Home, circa 1982
25. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
26. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
27. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
28. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
29. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
30. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
31. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
33. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
34. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
35. The Word is Out, 1977
36. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
37. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
39. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
40. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
41. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
42. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
43. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
44. Thirteen Women, 1932
45. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
47. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
48. Hey Young Lesbians, undated All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
49. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
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