University of Richmond
Richmond Lesbian-Feminists Flyers Collection
Carter, Mary Dean
Carter, Mary Dean
Richmond Lesbian-Feminists
MS-90
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.5 Linear Feet
1974-2015
This collection contains issues of the Richmond Lesbian-Feminists Flyer dating from 1975-1996, as well as related news clippings, publications, and posters dealing with Richmond queer history and North American lesbian history.
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research with the exception of Folder 17: Early RLF Membership List.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were donated in 2025 by Mary Dean Carter.
Arrangement
The newsletters are organized chronologically at the beginning of the collection, and the remaining related materials follow at the end.
Biographical / Historical
In 1975, Beth Marschak (1951-2026), Mary Dean Carter, and a number of other women co-founded Richmond Lesbian-Feminists after attending a Virginia Women's Political Caucus Meeting, where Ms. Marschak led a workshop on Laws for Lesbian Legal Rights. Richmond Lesbian-Feminists (RLF) quickly founded their newsletter, the RLF Flyer, as a way to communicate about events, activism opportunities, and more. The Flyer began as a single page publication and expanded and evolved as time passed and technology advanced. By the 1990s the Flyer was word-processed and computerized. In 2025, Richmond Lesbian-Feminists celebrated their 50th anniversary--the information once in the Flyer now conveyed via social media.
Preferred Citation
Box 1, Folder [##], MS-90, Richmond Lesbian-Feminists Flyers Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Related Materials
Carter, Mary Dean - interviewed by Rose Norman, 2017 August 22, Southern Lesbian-Feminist Activist Herstory Project, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Beth Marschak Richmond lesbian activist collection, 1971-2004, Collection # M 601, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Scope and Contents
The Richmond Lesbian-Feminists Flyers collection is comprised, in bulk, of the newsletter of the Richmond Lesbian-Feminists organization, which was called the Richmond Lesbian-Feminist Flyer. The collection also contains other printed material related to Richmond Lesbian-Feminists, and newsletters and other publications from related local and North American womens' and lesbian organizations. The bulk of the materials date from around 1975-1996, with a few items from 2015.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
Richmond (Va.) -- Queer History
Lesbian community -- Virginia
Newsletter
Carter, Mary Dean
Early Flyers and RLF publicity material/repositories/4/archival_objects/96211975-197711Single-page Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/9622undated12Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/96231978-197913Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/9624198014Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/9625198115Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/9626198216Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/9627198317Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/9628198418Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/96291985-198819Flyers/repositories/4/archival_objects/96301990-1996110Flyer Paste-up/repositories/4/archival_objects/9631undated111Virginia Women's Meeting/repositories/4/archival_objects/96321977112Croning Ceremony - RLF 40th Anniversary/repositories/4/archival_objects/96332015113Photos/repositories/4/archival_objects/9634undated114Pins/repositories/4/archival_objects/9635undated115Recollections of RLF early days by Bobbi Weinstock/repositories/4/archival_objects/9636undated116Early RLF membership list /repositories/4/archival_objects/96371970s117Conditions Governing AccessThe materials in this folder are restricted until 2035.
RLF event posters and clippings/repositories/4/archival_objects/96381976-2015 and undated118Women's Pages - YWCA/Richmond Women's Center newsletter/repositories/4/archival_objects/96391974-1975119Richmond Womensbooks materials/repositories/4/archival_objects/96401981-1986 and undated120Long Time Coming, Montreal, Vol. 2, No. 6/repositories/4/archival_objects/9641May 1975121Lesbian Connection, East Lansing, MI, Vol. IV, Iss. 5/repositories/4/archival_objects/9642December 1978122Materials from related local organizations/repositories/4/archival_objects/96431974-1990 and undated123