Our Collection
The Archives currently houses these collections:
Lesbian Resource Center – business records spanning 30+ years
until it closed its doors in 2003
Dyke Action business records, 1998-2000. Dyke Action was a grass roots political organization in Seattle, Washington.
Matrix Magazine, 1980-1984. Matrix was published in Olympia, Washington.
Push Magazine Collection, 1999-2006
T-shirts, political pins, and other ephemera documenting Lesbian culture in the Pacific Northwest (various years)
If you are interested in further information or research within any of our collections contact the Executive Director by email.
The Archives is seeking:
We need your help to build our collections.
- Business Records : meeting minutes, agendas, financial/budget info, reports, correspondence, project files, and other documentary materials from lesbian organizations, groups, and businesses—past and present.
- Personal papers/Manuscripts : diaries, journals, letters, and unpublished or preliminary notes, drafts, and papers that document lesbian lives.
- Audio and Visual Materials : Photographs, negatives, films, videos, DVDs, CDs, LPs, cassettes that relate to lesbian life.
- Printed Materials: periodicals, newsletters, chapbooks, zines, pamphlets, brochures, graphics, posters, flyers advertising events, etc. [Books will not be collected unless they are considered rare or out of print.]
- Ephemera: clothing, art, religious or spiritual objects, protest signs, banners, bumper stickers, political buttons/pins, etc. that relate to specific events or time periods.
(Materials must be related to the Pacific Northwest Alaska, Oregon, and Idaho)
- We will accept materials relating to national/international groups and issues if directly applicable to lesbians in the Pacific Northwest.
Please send appropriate materials to: