![]() ![]() Nestle's Upper West Side apartment turned into a community center, with weekly visitors, readings and art shows, all growing from the exploding collection. Poets Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde donated personal papers. Soon after, their post office box began to fill.įamilies sent mementos of daughters and sisters who had died. They sent out a newsletter appeal to lesbian groups around the country: "For us, there is excitement and joy in sharing the records of our lives, and our Archives will be as living as the material we can collect and you can send us." The sense of mission was not lost on either one: "turning rejection into cherishing," says Nestle. They scoured church bazaars, garage sales and old general stores, biting back excitement when they discovered a book by Colette or a tattered photograph of women dancing together. ![]() It was New York City, 1974, when the women decided to stockpile pieces of a neglected history.ĭeborah Edel and Joan Nestle drove across New England, veering onto back roads and through tiny towns. ![]()
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