Series 4 | A Finding Aid to the Woman's Building records, 1970-1992 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Make a Request

To request an appointment to view materials, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reading Room" button. Please note, you will receive the full box.
To request reproductions, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reproduction" button.

Series 4: Women's Graphic Center , circa 1976-1989

5.6 Linear feet

Box 20-23, 32, OV 33-50

The Women's Graphic Center series document the business activities related to the operation of the Center, including customer contracts and bids, finances, and strategic planning. The series also includes documentation on the typesetting and graphic design classes offered by the Center staff. The artist's and general projects files contain examples of art and printing work done at the Center by staff, students or outside artists. Files are arranged alphabetically within each subseries.

The Women's Graphic Center files are arranged into 3 subseries:

4.1: Administrative Files, circa 1979-1988
4.2: Artist's Print Projects, circa 1976-1989
4.3: General Projects, circa 1976-1989

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, blank versos of photographs, and duplicates. In some cases, books, exhibition catalogs and other publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized.

Description	Container
4.1: Administrative Files, circa 1979-1988 The Women's Graphic Center was a workshop program and studio facility run by the Woman's Building. This subseries documents the day-to-day administration of the Center. The subseries includes bids and contracts, budget records, consignment agreements, reports, memos, work schedules, and workshop surveys.
Bids and Contracts, A-B, 1987	20 28	Select: Bids and Contracts, A-B, 1987
Bids and Contracts, C, 1987	20 29	Select: Bids and Contracts, C, 1987
Bids and Contracts, D-F, 1987	20 30	Select: Bids and Contracts, D-F, 1987
Bids and Contracts, G-I, 1987	20 31	Select: Bids and Contracts, G-I, 1987
Bids and Contracts, J-L, 1987	20 32	Select: Bids and Contracts, J-L, 1987
Bids and Contracts, M-O, 1987	20 33	Select: Bids and Contracts, M-O, 1987
Bids and Contracts, P-R, 1987	20 34	Select: Bids and Contracts, P-R, 1987
Bids and Contracts, S-T, 1987	20 35	Select: Bids and Contracts, S-T, 1987
Bids and Contracts, U, 1987	20 36	Select: Bids and Contracts, U, 1987
Bids and Contracts, V-W, 1987	20 37	Select: Bids and Contracts, V-W, 1987
Bids and Contracts, Y-Z, 1987	20 38	Select: Bids and Contracts, Y-Z, 1987
Bids and Contracts, 1988	20 39	Select: Bids and Contracts, 1988
Brochure, 1979	20 40	Select: Brochure, 1979
Brochure Copy, circa 1979	20 41	Select: Brochure Copy, circa 1979
Budget, Analysis of Finances, 1987-1988	20 42	Select: Budget, Analysis of Finances, 1987-1988
Budget, Paid Invoices, 1987-1988	20 43	Select: Budget, Paid Invoices, 1987-1988
Budget, Planning, 1983-1986	20 44	Select: Budget, Planning, 1983-1986
Budget, Vendor Listing, 1987	20 45	Select: Budget, Vendor Listing, 1987
Budget, Year End Statements, 1980-1984	20 46	Select: Budget, Year End Statements, 1980-1984
Consignment Agreements, 1982	21 1	Select: Consignment Agreements, 1982
Correspondence, 1987	21 2	Select: Correspondence, 1987
Director's Report, 1987	21 3	Select: Director's Report, 1987
Educational Programs, 1981	21 4	Select: Educational Programs, 1981
Educational Programs, 1982-1983	21 5	Select: Educational Programs, 1982-1983
Estimating Jobs, circa 1986-1987	21 6	Select: Estimating Jobs, circa 1986-1987
Forms, circa 1987	21 7	Select: Forms, circa 1987
Goals and Objectives, 1979, 1985	21 8	Select: Goals and Objectives, 1979, 1985
Graphic Center Notebook, circa 1979	21 9	Select: Graphic Center Notebook, circa 1979
Holiday Sale, 1981	21 10	Select: Holiday Sale, 1981
Holiday Sale - Consignment Agreements, 1981	21 11	Select: Holiday Sale - Consignment Agreements, 1981
Holiday Sale, 1983	21 12	Select: Holiday Sale, 1983
Jobs on Typesetting, circa 1987	21 13	Select: Jobs on Typesetting, circa 1987
KUSC FM, 1987-1988	21 14	Select: KUSC FM, 1987-1988
Letterpress, circa 1985	21 15	Select: Letterpress, circa 1985
"Life in LA", 1983	21 16	Select: "Life in LA", 1983
Marketing Study, 1983	21 17	Select: Marketing Study, 1983
Memos, circa 1987	21 18	Select: Memos, circa 1987
Museum of Modern Art, 1987	21 19	Select: Museum of Modern Art, 1987
Naiad Press, circa 1987	21 20	Select: Naiad Press, circa 1987
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, 1983-1984	21 21	Select: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, 1983-1984
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, Artist Biographies, 1983-1984	21 22	Select: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, Artist Biographies, 1983-1984
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, Proposals, 1983-1984	21 23	Select: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, Proposals, 1983-1984
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, 1984	21 24	Select: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Artist in Residence Book Grant, 1984
Organizational Information, circa 1979	21 25	Select: Organizational Information, circa 1979
Postcard Project, Artists Biographies, 1982	21 26	Select: Postcard Project, Artists Biographies, 1982
Proofreading, circa 1987	21 27	Select: Proofreading, circa 1987
Publication Project Applications, 1981-1982	21 28	Select: Publication Project Applications, 1981-1982
Publication Project Applications, 1981-1982	21 29	Select: Publication Project Applications, 1981-1982
Publicity, 1979-1982	21 30	Select: Publicity, 1979-1982
Photographs, circa 1987	21 31	Select: Photographs, circa 1987
Type Samples, circa 1987	21 32	Select: Type Samples, circa 1987
Type Samples, circa 1987	21 33	Select: Type Samples, circa 1987
Typesetting, circa 1987	21 34	Select: Typesetting, circa 1987
Work Rates, circa 1985-1987	21 35	Select: Work Rates, circa 1985-1987
Work Schedules, 1987 March - August	21 36	Select: Work Schedules, 1987 March - August
Work Schedules, 1987 September 1 - 1988 January 30	21 37	Select: Work Schedules, 1987 September 1 - 1988 January 30
Workshop Survey for "Feeling to Form", 1979	21 38	Select: Workshop Survey for "Feeling to Form", 1979
Workshop Survey for "Imprint/Reprint", 1979	21 39	Select: Workshop Survey for "Imprint/Reprint", 1979
4.2: Artist's Print Projects, circa 1976-1989 The Woman's Graphic Center encouraged artists to create their own work in multiple using the Center's various facilities which included printing presses, darkrooms, silkscreening tools, and typesetting machines. This subseries includes a range of materials created by artists such as postcards, artist books, and stationary designs, using the Center's resources. Some of the material was made by artists for their own private commissions and businesses, whereas other material was produced for Woman's Building events and programs.
Description	Container
Alexander, Mary Barbara, 1982	21 40	Select: Alexander, Mary Barbara, 1982
Alm, Helen - Revealed To Me, circa 1974	32 2	Select: Alm, Helen - Revealed To Me, circa 1974
Baker, Marion A., circa 1976-1989	21 41	Select: Baker, Marion A., circa 1976-1989
Barkus, Mariona, 1982-1984	21 42	Select: Barkus, Mariona, 1982-1984
Beckman, Laurel, 1984	21 43	Select: Beckman, Laurel, 1984
Bubar, Janet - Color Me Healthy, 1974	32 3	Select: Bubar, Janet - Color Me Healthy, 1974
Clark, Kathryn, circa 1980	21 44	Select: Clark, Kathryn, circa 1980
Chen, Carol, circa 1984-1987	21 45	Select: Chen, Carol, circa 1984-1987
Costello, Debbie, 1977	21 46	Select: Costello, Debbie, 1977
Gaulke, Cheri, circa 1976-1988	21 47	Select: Gaulke, Cheri, circa 1976-1988
Hassenger, Maren, 1982-1984	21 48	Select: Hassenger, Maren, 1982-1984
Identified Artists, A-B, circa 1976-1990	21 49	Select: Identified Artists, A-B, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists, C-D, circa 1976-1990	21 50	Select: Identified Artists, C-D, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists, E-H, circa 1976-1990	21 51	Select: Identified Artists, E-H, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists, I-L, circa 1976-1990	22 1	Select: Identified Artists, I-L, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists, M, circa 1976-1990	22 2	Select: Identified Artists, M, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists, N-S, circa 1976-1990	22 3	Select: Identified Artists, N-S, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists, T-Z, circa 1976-1990	22 4	Select: Identified Artists, T-Z, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1990	22 5	Select: Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1990
Karras, Maria, 1977	22 6	Select: Karras, Maria, 1977
King, Susan, circa 1977-1985	22 7	Select: King, Susan, circa 1977-1985
King, Susan, 1978-1983	22 8	Select: King, Susan, 1978-1983
Lawrence, Deborah F., circa 1984	22 9	Select: Lawrence, Deborah F., circa 1984
Licher, Bruce, 1979-1983	22 10	Select: Licher, Bruce, 1979-1983
Linn-Hughes, Mary, 1984	22 11	Select: Linn-Hughes, Mary, 1984
LOLA, circa 1982	22 12	Select: LOLA, circa 1982
Lovin-Basch, CaroleAnn, 1982	22 13	Select: Lovin-Basch, CaroleAnn, 1982
Maberry, Sue, 1981-1982	22 14	Select: Maberry, Sue, 1981-1982
Morris, Ann, 1982	22 15	Select: Morris, Ann, 1982
Moore, Anne Corbett, 1982	22 16	Select: Moore, Anne Corbett, 1982
Muns, Marjorie, 1982	22 17	Select: Muns, Marjorie, 1982
Nishio, Linda, 1988	22 18	Select: Nishio, Linda, 1988
Norlen, Linda, 1977	22 19	Select: Norlen, Linda, 1977
Norman, Bonnie Thompson, 1985-1986	22 20	Select: Norman, Bonnie Thompson, 1985-1986
Norman, Bonnie Thompson, circa 1988	22 21	Select: Norman, Bonnie Thompson, circa 1988
Norman, Bonnie Thompson, 1987-1989	22 22	Select: Norman, Bonnie Thompson, 1987-1989
Norman, Bonnie Thompson - Look Ahead, Los Angeles, 1989	32 4	Select: Norman, Bonnie Thompson - Look Ahead, Los Angeles, 1989
Parson, Mary Alice, 1982	22 23	Select: Parson, Mary Alice, 1982
Roberts, Michele, circa 1976-1987	22 24	Select: Roberts, Michele, circa 1976-1987
Rodriquez, Aleida, 1982-1984	22 25	Select: Rodriquez, Aleida, 1982-1984
SMarts, 1987	22 26	Select: SMarts, 1987
Stewart, Cynthia, 1981	22 27	Select: Stewart, Cynthia, 1981
Strehl, Dan, 1988-1989	22 28	Select: Strehl, Dan, 1988-1989
"Target L.A.: The Art of Survival", 1982	22 29	Select: "Target L.A.: The Art of Survival", 1982
Thurmond, Jane, 1981-1984	22 30	Select: Thurmond, Jane, 1981-1984
Traction Gallery, 1987	22 31	Select: Traction Gallery, 1987
Unidentified Artists, circa 1980	22 32	Select: Unidentified Artists, circa 1980
Wheeler, Jane, 1983	22 33	Select: Wheeler, Jane, 1983
Wolken, Ann Alexander, 1982	22 34	Select: Wolken, Ann Alexander, 1982
Identified Artists, A-B, circa 1976-1989	OV 33 1	Select: Identified Artists, A-B, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists, C-D, circa 1976-1989	OV 34 1	Select: Identified Artists, C-D, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists, F-L, circa 1976-1989	OV 35 1	Select: Identified Artists, F-L, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists, M, circa 1976-1989	OV 36 1	Select: Identified Artists, M, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists, N-S, circa 1976-1989	OV 37 1	Select: Identified Artists, N-S, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists, T-Z, circa 1976-1989	OV 38 1	Select: Identified Artists, T-Z, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1990	32 5	Select: Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1990
Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989	OV 39 1	Select: Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989	OV 40 1	Select: Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989	OV 41 1	Select: Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989
Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989	OV 42 1	Select: Identified Artists - Group Projects and Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1989
4.3: General Projects, circa 1976-1989 This subseries consists of general publicity projects for the Woman's Building and miscellaneous projects that the Woman's Graphic Center was commissioned to do by various individuals, universities, and businesses. The projects for others, which the Center helped design, include novels (the Center designed the covers) and assorted printed material for businesses and universities - usually in the form of brochures, event announcements, business cards, stationary, advertisements, and other material. These outside projects were not connected to Woman's Building events. The rest of the Woman's Graphic Center projects consist of event calendars, brochures, posters, and announcements exclusively for the Woman's Building.
Description	Container
1984: Big Brother is Watching, , 1984	22 35	Select: 1984: Big Brother is Watching, , 1984
Books, The Always Anonymous Beast by Lauren Wright Douglas, 1987	22 36	Select: Books, The Always Anonymous Beast by Lauren Wright Douglas, 1987
Books, The Black and White of It by Ann Allen Shockley, 1987	22 37	Select: Books, The Black and White of It by Ann Allen Shockley, 1987
Books, Cherished Love by Evelyn Kennedy, 1988	22 38	Select: Books, Cherished Love by Evelyn Kennedy, 1988
Books, Daughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest, 1984	22 39	Select: Books, Daughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest, 1984
Books, Dusty's Queen of Hearts Diner by Lee Lynch, 1987	22 40	Select: Books, Dusty's Queen of Hearts Diner by Lee Lynch, 1987
Books, An Emergence of Green by Katherine V. Forrest, 1986	22 41	Select: Books, An Emergence of Green by Katherine V. Forrest, 1986
Books, Horizon of the Heart by Shelley Smith, 1986	23 1	Select: Books, Horizon of the Heart by Shelley Smith, 1986
Books, The Long Train by Penny Hayes, 1986	23 2	Select: Books, The Long Train by Penny Hayes, 1986
Books, The Love of Good Women by Isabel Miller, 1986	23 3	Select: Books, The Love of Good Women by Isabel Miller, 1986
Books, Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley, 1987	23 4	Select: Books, Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley, 1987
Books, Magdalena by Sarah Aldridge, 1987	23 5	Select: Books, Magdalena by Sarah Aldridge, 1987
Books, The Other Side of Venus by Shirley Verel, 1960	23 6	Select: Books, The Other Side of Venus by Shirley Verel, 1960
Books, The Pearls by Shirley Smith, 1987	23 7	Select: Books, The Pearls by Shirley Smith, 1987
Books, Searching for Spring by Patricia A. Murphy, 1987	23 8	Select: Books, Searching for Spring by Patricia A. Murphy, 1987
Books, To the Lightening by Catherine Ennis, 1987	23 9	Select: Books, To the Lightening by Catherine Ennis, 1987
Brochures, 1978-1988	23 10	Select: Brochures, 1978-1988
Business Cards, circa 1976-1988	23 11	Select: Business Cards, circa 1976-1988
Business Cards, circa 1976-1988	23 12	Select: Business Cards, circa 1976-1988
Chrysalis Postcards, 1978	23 13	Select: Chrysalis Postcards, 1978
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 14	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 15	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 16	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 17	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 18	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 19	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 20	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990	23 21	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, 1976-1990
Flyers, 1976-1987	23 22	Select: Flyers, 1976-1987
Flyers, 1976-1987	23 23	Select: Flyers, 1976-1987
Flyers, 1976-1987	23 24	Select: Flyers, 1976-1987
Hand Set Type Specimens: Women's Graphic Center, , 1982	23 25	Select: Hand Set Type Specimens: Women's Graphic Center, , 1982
KUSC FM Radio Program Guides, 1986-1987	23 26	Select: KUSC FM Radio Program Guides, 1986-1987
KUSC FM Radio Program Guides, 1986-1987	23 27	Select: KUSC FM Radio Program Guides, 1986-1987
KUSC FM Radio Program Guides, 1986-1987	23 28	Select: KUSC FM Radio Program Guides, 1986-1987
One, Two, Three, Four: a Rock 'n' Roll Quarterly, , 1984	23 29	Select: One, Two, Three, Four: a Rock 'n' Roll Quarterly, , 1984
Stationary, circa 1985-1987	23 30	Select: Stationary, circa 1985-1987
"Women and the Printing Arts,", 1975	23 31	Select: "Women and the Printing Arts,", 1975
"Women and the Printing Arts,", 1977	24 1	Select: "Women and the Printing Arts,", 1977
Woman's Building Brochures, circa 1976-1988	24 2	Select: Woman's Building Brochures, circa 1976-1988
Woman's Building Calendars, 1988-1989	24 3	Select: Woman's Building Calendars, 1988-1989
Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989	24 4	Select: Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989
Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989	24 5	Select: Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989
Woman's Building Event Invitations, circa 1980-1985	24 6	Select: Woman's Building Event Invitations, circa 1980-1985
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976	32 6	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989	OV 43 1	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989	OV 44 1	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989	OV 45 1	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989
Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989	OV 46 1	Select: Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989
Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989	OV 47 1	Select: Woman's Building Event Announcements, circa 1976-1989
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989	OV 48 1	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989	OV 49 1	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989
Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989	OV 50 1	Select: Examples of Printing Projects, circa 1976-1989

Make a Request

To request an appointment to view materials, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reading Room" button. Please note, you will receive the full box.
To request reproductions, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reproduction" button.

Latest from the Blog

Woman's Building records, 1970-1992

Make a Request

Series 4: Women's Graphic Center , circa 1976-1989

5.6 Linear feet

Box 20-23, 32, OV 33-50

Make a Request

Washington, D.C. Headquarters and Research Center

New York Research Center

Subscribe to the Archives of American Art Newsletter

Search form

Search Collections

Latest from the Blog

Woman's Building records, 1970-1992

Make a Request

Series 4: Women's Graphic Center , circa 1976-1989 5.6 Linear feet Box 20-23, 32, OV 33-50

Make a Request

Washington, D.C. Headquarters and Research Center

New York Research Center

Stay connected

Subscribe to the Archives of American Art Newsletter

Series 4: Women's Graphic Center , circa 1976-1989

5.6 Linear feet

Box 20-23, 32, OV 33-50