OLA’s Amazing Year Jan-Sept 2019
OUR AMAZING YEAR SO FAR—2019 by Phebe (Karen) Beiser, Co-Founder & Co-Director In January Annabelle & Phebe spoke to the monthly PFLAG meeting. We also had an Ohio State University librarian come to see our collection; she was very interested in our three feminist bookstore collections. February saw two researchers. On February 22nd, Laura flew…
An Elder in the LGBT Community
As most of you know, June is Pride Month. This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City, the beginning of the gay movement (original name). At the age of 69, I am now an elder in the Greater Cincinnati community. Young people want to know what it was like…
Enthusiastic visitors
On Monday, Annabelle and Nancy and I met Nina and two friends at the Ohio Lesbian Archives. Nina went wild listening to audio cassettes–yes, you read that right–audiocassettes of women’s, i.e., lesbian, music from earlier decades. One friend was enthralled about the different sizes and shapes of books. They are creations, after all, and the…
Annual Update
Hello friends! Hope you’re staying warm in all this snow. We had a busy year in 2017. Click here to download our latest newsletter and read all about it. We will also be hosting open hours next Monday, January 22, 4:30-7:30pm at the Archives (lower level of Clifton United Methodist Church). Stop by and say…
News from the Archives
Did you get our latest newsletter? If not, check it out below! Fall/Winter 2016 Newsletter
Upcoming Event: Mary MacMillan, Lesbian Poet
Join the Ohio Lesbian Archives December 11 to hear about the life of Mary MacMillan, a Lesbian poet who lived in the Cincinnati area in the early 20th century.
What have we done in a year?
We realize it’s been a full year since our last blog post – yikes! It’s not because the Archives has been inactive. In fact, we’ve been neglecting the blog precisely because we’ve had so much going on this year and we’ve been too busy to write about it. Here are a few of the things…
25th Anniversary Celebration – Sat., Oct. 18th 7-9 pm
It’s hard to believe but the Ohio Lesbian Archives is officially 25 years old! Back in spring of 1989, a handful of us began meeting regularly to collect and preserve the wonderful (and sometimes rare) materials we’d held on to. Vic and Phebe, the two co-directors, actually had talked about a Cincinnati Lesbian HERstorical Society…