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The Woman's Building Archives including video, slides and ephemera is located at the Getty Research Library. Call regarding availability.

Getty Research Institute Received Grant to Process WB Archives

The Getty Research Institute announced it was awarded a "Save America's Treasures" grant to process 11 collections related to the Woman's Building, the seminal Los Angeles-based center for feminist art that operated from 1973 to 1991. The $284,400 grant, administered by the National Park Service and the Institute of Museums and Library Services, will provide about half the budget for a two-year project of preserving, processing, and digitizing holdings already at the Institute. These include the Woman's Building records and videos, as well as archives of related collectives like the Feminist Art Workers, the Waitresses, and the Sisters for Survival, and the solo archives of artists Barbara T. Smith, Faith Wilding, and Nancy Buchanan.

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Jon tain of the Getty receiving the Womans Building Archives.
A collection of Woman's Building ephemera (collected and donated by Sue Maberry in 2016) is held at the Getty Research Institute Special Collections.

Maria Karras with her image from the archives
On January 29, 2018, Marcia Reed and Moira Day of the Getty Research Institute received Maria Karras' Woman's Building Collection for permanent archiving in the Getty collection. After processing, Maria Karras' collection will be available to the public at www.getty.edu/research/. Several of Maria's friends and colleagues from the Woman's Building joined her on that special day.

Handing over the Womans Building Archives to the Getty
Standing left to right: E.K. Waller, Anne Mavor, Denise Yarfitz Pierre, Sue Maberry, Maria Karras, Marcia Reed, Moira Day Seated left: Cheryl Swannack

The Woman's Building image collection is accessible through Otis College of Art and Design Online Collections.

Woman's Building Records, 1972-1991 is in the collection of The Archives of American Art, housed at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. This collection is available to researchers by appointment. Finding Aid to the Woman's Building Records, 1970-1992.

Copies of selected materials are also available at the Lesbian Legacy Collection, Library and Archives at the ONE Institute in Los Angeles, 310.854.0271. Finding Aid to the Woman's Building Records, 1964-1992, 2011 Coll2014-126

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