Welcome to the HerStories: A Digital Collection
The Lesbian Herstory Archives is home to the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians and their communities. Herstories: A Digital Collection contains digitizations of a small number of the 3,000 oral history cassettes in the Archives' collection.
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Audre Lorde: Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center (2nd Tuesday Series), 1986 (Tape 1)
Audre Lorde reading her poems for the "2nd Tuesday Series" at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Side A: Recorded at the…
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"Lesbians and Literature" panel discussion at MLA conference, undated (Tape 1)
Preceded by short presentation from representative of the recently vandalized Diana Press. Speakers, in order of appearance: moderator Julia Stanley…
Judy T., 1978 (Tape 2)
Judy discusses butch and femme identities, social interactions, and role play within relationships. She expresses relief over how these once rigid…
Anita, 1978, November 16 (Tape 1)
Anita talks about her first encounters with a relationship with a woman. She then speaks about the difficulties of raising her child. She also talks…
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Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was a Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist.
These cassettes were donated to the…