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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Goddess Ravenna Ravine Celebration Collection 1989-2016<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1989/2016" type="inclusive"/></titleproper>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries</publisher>
        <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2024/2024">2024 (Last modified: 5/3/2024)</date>
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          <addressline>Allen Library</addressline>
          <addressline>BOX 352900</addressline>
          <addressline>Seattle, Washington 98195-2900</addressline>
          <addressline>Business Number: 206-543-1929</addressline>
          <addressline>speccoll@uw.edu</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/</addressline>
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      <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-01-08</date>.</creation>
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      <descrules>Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition.</descrules>
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      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Goddess Ravenna Ravine Celebration collection</unittitle>
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        <persname role="creator" encodinganalog="100">Dorman, Richard Patrick</persname>
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      <unitid countrycode="US" repositorycode="wauar" encodinganalog="099">6513</unitid>
      <physdesc>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">1.54 cubic feet</extent>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">6 boxes including 6 cds</extent>
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      <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1989/2016" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1989-2016</unitdate>
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Materials for an annual LGBTQ spiritual celebration</abstract>
      <langmaterial>Collection materials are in English.</langmaterial>
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      <p>The goddess Ravenna Ravine celebration was an annual celebration put on by LGBTQ spiritual community members during May in Ravenna Park to celebrate the goddess Ravenna Ravine on Beltane or Bealtaine, the Gaelic May Day festival marking the beginning of summer. The goddess Ravenna Ravine was the group's manifestation of the Ravenna Ravine in the Park as a Celtic goddess. </p>
      <p> The event was originally conceived by Patrick Dorman and other Ravenna residents in 1988 as a way to "celebrate this goddess in [their] own queer way". Several queer spiritual circles, including Risk of Change, Big Hairs, and the Drum, came together to help birth the celebration. It was held from 1989 to 2016 and surrounded a ritual to manifest the goddess Ravenna Ravine who would then bless attendants. Each year a new community member would represent the goddess, tailoring the blessings and invocation to their perceptions of her. Those representing the goddess have largely been male, as a way to "celebrate the paradigm of gender fluidity" and were referred to with queen-speak and she/her pronouns during the ceremony. The goddesses from years past went on to make up a group of dowagers, who pick the new goddess, offer support to her, and plan festivities. The goddess Ravenna Ravine pulls from a variety of Native American, spiritual, and pagan beliefs centralized around the natural world. Guests would often come dressed in elaborate, sometimes handmade, costumes, although it wasn't required. Other celebrations of the event also included walking through the ravine, potluck picnics, and maypole dancing. </p>
      <p> [Source: https://goddessravennaravine.yourwebsitespace.com/about.html]</p>
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      <p>Scrapbooks, memorabilia, and promotional materials on the Goddess Ravenna Ravine celebration, including CDs.</p>
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      <p>No restrictions on access. Digital media is available for previewing onsite in the Special Collections Reading Room. Additionally, users may obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee by contacting Special Collections.</p>
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      <p>Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.</p>
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      <p>Donated by Richard Patrick Dorman, October 2023</p>
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      <p>The Goddess Ravenna Ravine website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2024. The snapshots can be viewed here <extref href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/https://goddessravennaravine.yourwebsitespace.com/about.html">https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/https://goddessravennaravine.yourwebsitespace.com/about.html</extref> .</p>
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        <subject source="uwsc" encodinganalog="650">Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)</subject>
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        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Religion</subject>
        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Gays and Lesbians</subject>
        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Seattle</subject>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">"It's not about what you wear" interview transcription drafts</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2005</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">1</container>
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          <p>Interview between Jack Davis and Patrick Dorman.</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Spiritual nature brochures</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2002-2011</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">2</container>
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          <p>Includes Cascadia Village Camp pamphlet, Gaia's Temple pamphlet and event advertising.</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Photocopied textile scrapbook pages</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1989-2016</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">3</container>
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        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">"It's not about what you wear" edited article magazines</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2005</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">4</container>
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          <p>Includes RFD Issue No. 121 Spring 2005 edition, and Reclaiming Quarterly Issue No. 97 Spring 2005 edition.</p>
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          <p>Removed from 1999-2005 scrapbook</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine photobook</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2006</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">5</container>
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          <p>Removed from 2006-2009 scrapbook</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine photograph CDs</unittitle>
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            <extent encodinganalog="300$a">6 cds</extent>
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          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2006-2012</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">6</container>
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        <odd encodinganalog="500">
          <p>Removed from 2016 scrapbook</p>
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      <c01 level="file">
        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">"It's not about what you wear" full newspaper article</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2005</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">7</container>
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          <p>Removed from 1999-2005 scrapbook</p>
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        <did>
          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Goddess Ravenna Ravine Memorbilia</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2000-2015</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 1</container>
          <container type="folder">8</container>
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          <p>Includes pins, necklaces, natural materials, and textiles.</p>
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          <p>Removed from 2016 scrapbook</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine scrapbook</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1989-1998</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 2</container>
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          <p>Photographs and ephemera</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine scrapbook</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">1999-2005</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 3</container>
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          <p>Photographs and ephemera</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine scrapbook</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2006-2009</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 4</container>
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          <p>Photographs and ephemera</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine scrapbook</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2010-2015</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 5</container>
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          <p>Photographs and ephemera</p>
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          <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Ravenna Ravine scrapbook</unittitle>
          <unitdate calendar="gregorian" era="ce" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">2016</unitdate>
          <container type="box">6513-001 Box 6</container>
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          <p>Photographs and ephemera</p>
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