Gender and Sexuality Ephemera Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Gender and Sexuality Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
7.15 Linear Feet
Creator:
College of William and Mary. Special Collections Research Center
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gender and Sexuality Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

This artifical collection includes board games, card games, stereoview (stereographic) photographs, broadsides, booklets, and postcards related to the presentation of gender and sexuality in the United States, including women's suffrage.

Broadside promoting the Gay Women's Service Center's Gay Dance at Troupers' Hall

Broadside "Lesbians & Gays Fight Back," regarding stopping the violence against the community, created by Queern Nation

Published by the Women's Temperance Publication Association

Girls Rock! summer camp zine produced by "campers, camp counselors, their friends and allies" at the GR! RVA camp, July 2011.

Color booklet containing illustrations of pin-up girls (military-themed) on tear-out pages.

A version of the card game "Old Maid." The description states that "players collect pairs of accomplished women while they try not to get stuck with the Old Bachelor."

Advertising cards for Welcome Soap by Curtis Davis & Co., Boston, Mass. The card designs are attributed to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a well-known American feminist

"Do You Know?" Suffrage Pamphlet, circa 1900-1907

Broadside: Printed Letter "Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women," circa 1915

Booklet "Should We Ask for the Suffrage" by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer and issued by the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, circa 1910

Broadside: "The Real Danger of Woman Suffrage," issued by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, circa 1913

Suffrage-Related Postcard "Election Day," 1909

Suffrage-Related Postcard "Bygum! Them Suffragettes be Gitin Everything," 1915

Steregraphs depicting scenes of courtship, weddings, and marriage. Each card is numbered and includes subtitles. Cards 1-12

Steregraphs depicting scenes of courtship, weddings, and marriage. Each card is numbered and includes subtitles. Cards 13-25

A Psychology today board game about gender roles and inequality. Quotation from the box:"Woman and man plays to stereotypes: but only by confronting our myths and assumptions about the sexes can we be free of them." Includes a detailed instruction booklet with bibliography. This item has also been described in the Swem Library online catalog under call number HQ1426 W663 1971.

TDC games. "A Conversation Game for 2-6 Women...& Men, aged 17 or older" - "The Games of Life's Unwritten Laws"

Loki Games. Object of the game: "...is to reverse roles and test your ability to think like a member of the opposite sex."

Game for teams of male and female player who ask each other question from 7 categories, guessing what the other team may answer: Communication, Gender Benders, Island Fantasies, Family Affairs, In the Flesh, & the Dating Circuit.

Description cited from the box: "As you move your way around the board, you'll test your "gender IQ" with questions from the intriguing "relationships" category. And your opponents will try to stump you from other categories such as family, home improvement, cooking and sports. Before you close in on the finish, you'll be challenged to "Bridge the Gap." Here, get ready to take on the most challenging gender question you'll face."

Game which features cards asking participants to act out various actions, such as "Imitate mother's little girl spearking her piece in public." There are also cartoons accompanying each card.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard