scrbt009 Nancy Manahan papers Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries April 2005
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman, April 2005 English University of Minnesota Libraries. Tretter Collection, Special Collections and Rare Books [scrbt] Manahan, Nancy, 1946- Nancy Manahan papers 1967, 1982-2001 2 boxes + 1 oversize box (1.0 linear feet) Collection contains the personal papers of Nancy Manahan, Lesbian author. Tretter Manuscripts: Manahan English, Italian, Dutch Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the Special Collections reading room. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Restrictions on Use

Please check with the curator regarding copyright status of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation

Nancy Manahan papers, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Special Collections and Rare Books, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Biographical Note

Nancy Manahan was born in southern Minnesota in 1946. She earned her B.A. in English in 1969 from the University of Minnesota and her M.A. from the University of Illinois. She taught in Africa and California before returning to Minnesota to teach English at Rochester Community College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Nancy Manahan has authored/edited two books on Lesbian culture in the Girl Scouts and the Roman Catholic Church: Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, co-authored with Rosemary Keefe Curb (1985) and On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience (1997). Both books were based on personal experiences; Manahan was active in girl scouts for 12 years and spent two years in a convent after high school. At the age of 20 she recognized herself as a Lesbian and left the convent to begin her career as an author and teacher.

Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs and negatives, materials pertaining to her books, including magazines, flyers, promotional materials and newspaper clippings, correspondence and financial documents.

Additional Finding Aid

An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Special Collections and Rare Books Division.

 Related Materials

Refer to the University of Minnesota catalog (MNCAT) for a list of published works by Nancy Manahan.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Manahan, Nancy, 1946- -- Archives Lesbian nuns Girl Scouts Box Contents

The following section contains an outline of the materials in the collection.

Box 1 Envelope of photographs and negatives, 1967. Newspaper clippings and Lesbian publications, 1985-2001. Box 2 Materials pertaining to On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience, 1994-2001.

Includes newspaper clippings, newsletters and promotional materials.

Materials pertaining to Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, 1983-1996. (6 folders)

Includes newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, agreements, release forms and royality documents.

 Box 3 Materials pertaining to On My Honor: Lesbians Reflect on Their Scouting Experience, 1997-1998.

Includes newspaper clippings and flyers.

 Materials related to foreign printings of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, 1986-1987. (3 folders)

Includes newspaper clippings and flyers regarding publication of the book in Holland, Italy, England, Ireland Austrailia and New Zealand.

 Pre-publications materials related to Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, 1982-1983. Materials regarding publication of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, 1985. (2 folders) Oversized newspapers and publications regarding Manahan's books and Gay and Lesbian activities in general, 1985-1998.