Fonds 10-031 - Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund fonds

Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité

Titre propre

Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund fonds

Dénomination générale des documents

  • Graphic materials
  • Textual records

Niveau de description

Fonds

Cote

CA ON0034 10-031

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Date(s)

Zone de description matérielle

Description matérielle

39.4 cm of textual records
20 photographs
20 negatives

Zone de la description archivistique

Nom du producteur

(1978-1987)

Histoire administrative

"In 1978, members from Wages Due Lesbians created a new organization called Lesbian Mothers’ Defence Fund (LMDF). Modelled on the Seattle organization Lesbian Mothers’ National Defense Fund, this new group was formed in Toronto in 1978 and was primarily ... »

Historique de la conservation

This fonds was donated by Francie Wyland to the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections in 1993 along with the Toronto Wages for Housework Committee fonds and Wages Due Lesbians fonds.

Portée et contenu

This fonds contains mostly clippings and court cases reflecting the Lesbian Mothers’ Defence Fund mandate of providing information and emotional support for lesbian mothers involved in child custody cases. They achieved this by creating a source of ... »

Zone des notes

Classement

Originally this fonds was classified as part of 10-008. Legacy numbering reflects this.

Restrictions d'accès

The majority of the fonds is open and accessible, however, some files are restricted for a predetermined period of time. Please ask ARCS staff for further information.

Éléments associés

Issues of the Lesbian Mothers' Defense Fund publication, "Grapevine" are available within the archives' feminist periodical collection at call number HQ 75.53 .G726.

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Zone du contrôle

Identifiant de la description du document

CA

Identifiant du service d'archives

ON0034

Règles ou conventions

RAD

Statut

Finale

Niveau de détail

Complet

Langue de la description

  • anglais