scrbt014 Womyn's Braille Press papers Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries May 2005
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman, May 2005 English University of Minnesota Libraries. Tretter Collection, Special Collections and Rare Books [scrbt] Womyn's Braille Press Womyn's Braille Press papers 1988-1996 1 box (0.5 linear feet) Collection contains the administrative papers of the Womyn's Braille Press. Tretter Manuscripts: Womyn's Braille Press English 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

Womyn's Braille Press papers, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, Special Collections and Rare Books, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Historical Note

Womyn's Braille Press (WBP) was founded in 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to produce feminist literature on tape or in Braille for the visually impaired and non-print readers. Because of financial difficulties, in 1994 the WBP donated their collection to the Florida Library for the Blind, where it is available to eligible readers by interlibrary loan from National Library Service for the blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). WBP ceased operations in 1996.

Scope and Content

The collection contains flyers, newsletters, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, notes and correspondence.

Other Finding Aid

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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.

Womyn's Braille Press -- Archives Feminist literature -- Publishing Lesbians’ writings -- Publishing Detailed Contents

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.

Flyers, notes, administrative paperwork, 1989-1992. 1 1 Newsletters, 1988-1993. 1 2 Meeting Minutes, 1988-1992. 1 3 Correspondence regarding closing of WBP and funding requests, 1994-1996. 1 4