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Charna Klein papers, 1970-1996
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Klein, Charna
- Title
- Charna Klein papers
- Dates
- 1970-1996 (inclusive)19701996
- Quantity
- 4.84 cubic feet (7 boxes including 22 sound cassettes)
- Collection Number
- 5090
- Summary
- Papers of a Seattle Jewish activist and author documenting Klein's lesbian/gay activism, particularly her research into available lesbian/gay counseling services and the lesbian/gay mental health movement nationally.
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Born in New York City in 1945, Klein moved to Seattle with her parents when she was two years old. Educated as a psychological and medical anthropologist, Klein's professional career has combined counseling, consultant work, university teaching, and community activism. The president of Consultant Services Northwest, Inc., she became an adjunct member of the Seattle University faculty in 1994. Prior to that she taught at the University of Washington from 1974-1980 and served as chair of its Women Studies Advisory Committee for two years. She also served as executive director of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (1991-1994).
For her doctoral dissertation, Klein examined available lesbian/gay counseling services and the lesbian/gay mental health movement nationally. She worked for a number of years at the Seattle Counseling Service. She was also a founding member of Kadima (originally known as the Jewish Liberation Alliance), and Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (the lesbian/gay Jewish congregation in Puget Sound area).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Papers document Klein's lesbian/gay activism, as well as her civil human rights, feminist and fair employment activities.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 5090-001, Charna Klein subject series, 1970-1990
- Accession No. 5090-002, Charna Klein subject series, 1971-1996
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5090-001: Charna Klein subject series, 1970-1990Return to Top
1.21 cubic feet (2 boxes
including 2 sound cassettes, ca. 180 min.)
Scope and Content: Subject series. Documents Klein's civil/human rights, feminist and fair employment activities.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Charna Klein, 7/15/1997.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1 | 5090-001 | WashPIRG Lobbying Information |
1990 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Northwest Passage
Scope and Content: Letters to editor by Charna Klein
|
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Cascade Voice
Scope and Content: Article on Judaism and Women
|
1983 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | The Jewish Transcript |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | The Seattle Sun |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Jewish Women's Newsletter |
1985-1987 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Articles by Charna, Anti-Semitism/Gay Rights |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Anti-Semitism
Scope and Content: Writings, clippings, bibliographies, miscellany
|
1978-1983 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | University Herald Clipping
Scope and Content: Photograph of Klein teaching
|
1990 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | National Women's Studies Association Conference
Brochure |
1985 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Holocaust Committee
Scope and Content: Correspondence, clippings, conference notes, miscellaneous
|
1982-1983 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | The Record: Holocaust in History |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Exodus |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Women's Studies Course
Scope and Content: Syllabi, conference schedules, flyers, materials for oral
history project, miscellaneous
|
1972-1975 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | UW Women's Studies Association |
1977-1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Women's Studies Advisory Committee
Scope and Content: Minutes, agenda
|
1977-1980 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Women's Studies
Scope and Content: Film reviews, book orders, and journal information
|
1979 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | University of Washington Women's Studies
Scope and Content: Correspondence, notes, miscellaneous
|
1976-1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Northwest Women's Action Conference |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Miscellaneous Women's Studies |
1977-1979 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Women and Mental Health Symposium |
1975 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | US Commission on Civil Rights
Scope and Content: Correspondence, miscellany
|
1977-1979 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Northwest Women's Studies Resource Bank
Scope and Content: Newsletters, miscellany
|
1976-1979 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Meditation and Bodywork Resources |
1975-1980 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Feminist Coordinating Council Flyers |
undated |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Clara Fraser vs. City Light
Scope and Content: Newspaper clippings, FCC correspondence, FCC press release,
personal statement by Clara Fraser
|
1975 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | FBI Harassment/Grand Jury Project
Scope and Content: Brochures, newsletters, flyers
|
1976 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Freedom Socialist Party Flyers |
1975-1976 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Seattle Union and Working Women's Conference
Scope and Content: Brochures, handouts
|
1977 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Feminist Women's Health Centers/The Women's Building
Flyers |
1974 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Women's Studies Programs - Nationwide
Directory |
1978 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Miscellaneous Clippings |
1970-1979 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Nuclear Information - Life Without Trident
Scope and Content: Flyers, brochures, bibliography
|
1977-1980 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Miscellaneous Political Activism
Scope and Content: Flyers, brochures
|
1970-1980 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Initiative 10 - Fair Employment
Scope and Content: Flyers, meeting notes and agenda (People for Fair Employment),
resolution to oppose Initiative 10
|
1986 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | International Tribune on Crimes Against
Women
Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports
|
1976 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Women and Mental Health Symposium
Scope and Content: Brochures, papers, personal notes
|
1975 |
| 1 | 5090-001 | Audiocassette Tapes
Scope and Content: Charna Klein - moderator and panel, forum co-sponsored by FCC,
Womens Studies, Mujer on What Really Happened in Ellensburg; Continuation -
What Really Happened in Ellensburg: Victory or Defeat for Feminism?
|
1997, undated |
| 2 | 5090-001 | Pacific Northwest Jewish Women's Conference
Scope and Content: Conference information, conference agenda, workshop,
descriptions
|
1987 |
| 2 | 5090-001 | Jewish Feminist Conference
Scope and Content: Personal notes, handouts (statements from the community),
statement of purpose, workshop descriptions, area map
|
1982 |
| 2 | 5090-001 | Washington State Conference for Women
Scope and Content: Nametag, brochures, handouts, Klein's moderator's script,
flyers, nominees for State Representatives to National Women's Conference,
resolution on gay rights legislation, recommendations to Congress
|
July 1977 |
| 2 | 5090-001 | General Health Issues |
1975-1977 |
| 2 | 5090-001 | Coalition for a King County Women's
Commission |
1977 |
Accession No. 5090-002: Charna Klein subject series, 1971-1996Return to Top
3.63 cubic feet (5 boxes
including 20 sound cassettes)
Scope and Content: Subject series. Papers document Klein's lesbian/gay activism, particularly her research into available lesbian/gay counseling services and the lesbian/gay mental health movement nationally. Contains a substantial subgroup of papers which Klein generated during her work with the Seattle Counseling Service, including correspondence, evaluations, questionnaires, surveys and notes.
Also contains subgroup on Congregation Tikvah Chadashah.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Charna Klein, 7/15/1997.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1 | 5090-002 | Mama Bear's News and Notes
Scope and Content: Article by Charna Klein
|
1986 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Seattle Gay News
Scope and Content: Some articles by/about Charna Klein
|
1978-1986 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Miscellaneous Resources (Sexual Minorities)
Scope and Content: Articles, bibliographies
|
1972-1978 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Journal Articles Related to Homosexuality |
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Unsorted Materials - Articles, Notes |
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Lesbianism Lectures
Scope and Content: Notes, writings
|
1977 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Lesbianism Course Bibliographies |
1960s-1970s |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Lesbianism Course Articles |
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Lesbianism Course at UW
Scope and Content: Syllabi, correspondence, memos, bibliographies
|
1977 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Women's Studies Journal Articles |
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Lesbianism Course
Scope and Content: Examinations, syllabi, bibliographies, mimeos, student
evaluations
|
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Women's Studies 354
Scope and Content: Bound journal articles on homosexuality
|
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Correspondence
Scope and Content: Pink post-its, cryptic notes from Lisa
|
1974-1980 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Homosexuality and Mental Health
Scope and Content: Notes, articles
|
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | "History and Functions of Gay and Lesbian Counseling
Centers"
Scope and Content: Book chapter by Klein, manuscript and correspondence
|
1984 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Speaking Engagement (Women's Studies Class)
Scope and Content: Correspondence, course outline, notes
|
1986 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Student Paper: "Some Biologic Bases for Sex
Behavior" |
1971 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Miscellaneous Theater
Scope and Content: Programs and flyers - Alice B. Theater and The Group Theater
|
undated |
| 1 | 5090-002 | Women's Rally Poster, New York |
1975 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations -
Western Regional Conference
Scope and Content: Correspondence, flyers, schedules, newsletters, miscellany
|
1990 |
| 1 | 5090-002 | World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations -
11th International Conference of Gay and Lesbian Jews
Scope and Content: Program, correspondence, miscellany, general WCGLJO
correspondence, bylaws, minutes, miscellany
|
1988-1989 |
| 1-2 | 5090-002 | Congregation Tikvah Chadashah
Scope and Content: Newsletters, bylaws, miscellany, material from CTC and other
Jewish organizations, correspondence, clippings, programs, press releases,
committee notes
|
1981-1996 |
| 2 | 5090-002 | Correspondence Re: Grievance Against U.
Pittsburgh |
1986-1988 |
| 2 | 5090-002 | Miscellaneous Committee Notes, Speeches,
Brochures |
undated |
| 2 | 5090-002 | Research Proposal - Gay History |
1979 |
| 2 | 5090-002 | One Institute Graduate School
Scope and Content: Brochure, miscellany
|
1986 |
| 2 | 5090-002 | Anthropological Research Group on
Homosexuality
Scope and Content: Newsletters, miscellany
|
1979-1988 |
| 2 | 5090-002 | Audiotapes
Scope and Content: Panel on Specialized Issues in Mental Health; Lesbians in
Literature, Tamara Turner; LFRC Women's Survival Kit, discuss, women on
monogamy; Retreat; Klein's opening talk at Women and Mental Health Symposium;
Interview with Dan Kelleher tape 1; Interview with Dan Kelleher tape 2;
Interview with Laurie Drabble about co-counseling; Side 1: Barbie Taylor UW
Psychology Dept. Grad student; Side 2: heterosexual therapists re treating
gays?; Session 1 - Women cross-culturally for Lesbian Womanifesto course UW
Experimental College; Session 2 - Women cross-culturally for Lesbian
Womanifesto course UW Experimental College; Lesbian Womanifesto - course, gay
studies program, UW Experimental College, Klein's first session; Political
Action Organizing Meeting; Side 1: WA State conference for Women 7/77, Lesbian
panel - Charn's speech; Side 2: Moore singing; Lesbians and Mental Health
Workshop, tape 1 and 2; Political Organizing Meeting; Panel of gay therapists
(Dan K, Rod Carr, Jan/Loudon); Gay church meeting in San Francisco, 1968, given
to Klein by Sue Ellen Jacobs; SCS Annual Meeting
|
1979-1988 |
| 2 | 5090-002 |
Counseling Our Own book by Charna
Klein |
1986 |
| 2 | 5090-002 | Ephemera - Two Buttons |
undated |
| 3 | 5090-002 | National Gay Task Force
Scope and Content: Correspondence, notes, brochures
|
1976-1978 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Minneapolis Lesbian Resource Center and Gay Community
Services
Scope and Content: Newsletters, articles, brochures, interview notes
|
1975-1976 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Institute for Human Identity/Identity House, New
York
Scope and Content: Correspondence, statistical reports, financial reports,
interview
|
1973-1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Pennsylvania Gay/Lesbian Resources
Scope and Content: Brochures, interview notes, newsletters, flyers
|
1974-1976 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Oregon Sexual Minorities Resources
Scope and Content: Newspaper clippings, interview notes, brochures, policy
statements, counselor training handouts
|
1974-1976 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | San Francisco Gay/Lesbian Resources
Scope and Content: Brochures, personal notes, interview notes, flyers,
correspondence, newsletters
|
1974-1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | East Bay Community Services - Berkeley, CA
Scope and Content: Interview notes, brochures, IRS correspondence, agency overview,
public service announcements, correspondence with other community service
agencies, flyers, governmental proclamation (Office of the Mayor, City of
Berkeley, CA, June 1974)
|
June 1974 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Miscellaneous Personal Notes |
1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Women's Support Center/Women's Counseling
Collective
Scope and Content: Flyers, meeting notes, correspondence, calendar (December 1974),
member lists
|
1974-1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Miscellaneous Women's Counseling and Health Resources -
Nationwide
Scope and Content: Business cards, directories
|
1976 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Gay/Lesbian Counseling Services
Scope and Content: Journal articles, personal notes, press release (American
Psychiatric Association - December 1973), newspaper clippings
|
1971-1979 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Stonewall Human Growth Center, Seattle
Scope and Content: Newsletters, annual report and Application for Clarification
Renewal, newspaper clippings, flyers, description of Center, correspondence
("Open letter to David Baird from residents of 105 14th E., Seattle" -
undated)
|
1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Los Angeles Gay Community Services Center
Scope and Content: Interview notes, brochures, flyers, staff organization chart,
correspondence, articles of incorporation (January 1972), peer counseling
program proposals, newspaper clippings, meeting notes
|
1972-1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Gay Center for Social Services, San Diego
Scope and Content: Interview notes, flyers, newsletters, newspaper clippings, press
releases, correspondence ("Selective Service Records of Kenneth L. Cullers"
1974), Release of Information (Kenneth L. Cullers 1974)
|
1973-1974 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service
Scope and Content: Organizational flow charts, meeting notes, statement of client
person rights, correspondence
|
1971-1978 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Client
Evaluations
Scope and Content: Blank evaluation forms, personal notes, statistical data,
statistical reports
|
1971-1978 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Miscellaneous Mental Health Organizations -
Seattle
Scope and Content: Newspaper clippings, personal notes, flyers, resource lists,
meeting notes, newsletters, volunteer orientation materials (Seattle Crisis
Clinic, Inc.)
|
1975-1976 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Staff
Evaluations
Scope and Content: Completed evaluation forms (1974/1977), report of results
(1977), recommendations (undated), personal notes
|
1974-1977 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - National Gay Community
Services Survey
Scope and Content: Blank and completed questionnaires, correspondence, personal
notes, book outline/rough draft
|
1986 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - National Gay Community
Service Survey
Scope and Content: Completed questionnaires, personal notes, correspondence
|
1975-1976 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Events - Protests and Marches Flyers |
1973-1981 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Gay and Lesbian Religious Resources
Scope and Content: Flyers, brochures, newspaper clippings, denominational
statements, personal notes, personal statements
|
1977-1986 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Personal Notes and Miscellany
Scope and Content: Correspondence and handwritten notes (unknown origin and
relation to other record groups)
|
1971-1972 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Services Correspondence |
1971-1972 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Administration
Scope and Content: Program proposals, Board of Advisors, correspondence, telephone
statistics (1971), personal notes
|
1971-1972 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Annual Report Rough
Draft |
April 1972-March 1973 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Opinion Survey Question
Booklet
Scope and Content: Booklet, undated personal notes
|
undated |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Client Fees
Discussion
Scope and Content: Personal notes
|
March 1971 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Lesbian and Gay Resources Nationwide
Scope and Content: Flyers, biographies, directories, resource lists
|
1974-1979 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Institute for Sex Therapy, Education, Research
(S.I.S.T.E.R)
Scope and Content: Flyers, brochures
|
undated |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Seattle Gay Pride Flyers |
1973-1975 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Lesbian Mothers National Defense Fund
Scope and Content: Price of materials available, flyers undated
|
undated |
| 3 | 5090-002 | YWCA/Lesbian Resource Center
Scope and Content: Flyers, newsletters
|
1971-? |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Feminist and Sexual Minority Publications
Scope and Content: Newsletters, newspapers
|
1961-1979 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Council of Planning Affiliates - Task Force on Sexual
Minorities #1
Scope and Content: Formal report, meeting minutes, resource list, article by Charna
Klein (Submitted to "Seattle Gay News," personal notes
|
1977 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Council of Planning Affiliates - Task Force on Sexual
Minorities #2
Scope and Content: Meeting agenda, member list, memoranda, personal notes, report
outline, questionnaire summary
|
1977 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Council of Planning Affiliates - Task Force on Sexual
Minorities #3
Scope and Content: Memoranda, meeting minutes, digest and selected materials,
Council of Planning Affiliates studies, rules for electing new Board members,
personal notes, newspaper clippings, press releases
|
1977 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Union of Sexual Minorities
Scope and Content: Statement of purpose, flyers, newsletters, personal notes
|
1974-1978 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Washington Coalition for Sexual Minority
Rights
Scope and Content: Flyers, correspondence, songs and chants
|
1977 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | California/Oregon Trip
Scope and Content: Miscellaneous women's materials, personal notes, brochures
|
Summer 1986 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Pat Haggerty - University of Washington School of Social
Work - Thesis Proposal |
undated |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Anti-Initiative 13 |
1978 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Chemical Dependence Program Study |
1977 |
| 3 | 5090-002 | Dorian Group |
1969-1978 |
| 4 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Gay Bar Patron Survey
#1 |
1971 |
| 4 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Gay Bar Patron
Survey |
1971 |
| 4 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Sample Question
Pool |
undated |
| 4 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Sexual Minorities
Questionnaire #1, 2, & 3 |
April 1972 |
| 5 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Sexual Minorities
Questionnaire #4 & 5 |
April 1972 |
| 5 | 5090-002 | Seattle Counseling Service - Sexual Minorities
Questionnaire #1 & 2 |
March 1973 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Feminists--United States
- Feminists--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Lesbian activists--United States
- Lesbian activists--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Klein, Charna--Archives
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- Seattle Counseling Service For Sexual Minorities (creator)
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)
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