Boston Women's Music Collective records
Collection
Identifier: M022
Historical Note
The Boston Women's Music Collective was founded in June 1975 in Somerville, Massachusetts. Its purpose was to support women's music and women composers, musicians, and performers. The Boston Women's Music Collective published a monthly newsletter and sponsored events featuring a variety of musical genres for women with different interests, lifestyles, and talents.
Scope and Content Note The Boston Women's Music Collective records document the development of feminist and women's music in Boston in the 1970s. The collection includes Boston Women's Music Collective newsletters, correspondence, flyers of Collective-sponsored events and other women's musical events, material on organizing music workshops for women, resources for women musicians and performers seeking agents and venues, and an interview with Holly Near and Meg Christian in 1976.
Scope and Content Note The Boston Women's Music Collective records document the development of feminist and women's music in Boston in the 1970s. The collection includes Boston Women's Music Collective newsletters, correspondence, flyers of Collective-sponsored events and other women's musical events, material on organizing music workshops for women, resources for women musicians and performers seeking agents and venues, and an interview with Holly Near and Meg Christian in 1976.
Dates
- 1975-1978
Creator
- Boston Women's Music Collective (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the University Archivist.
Extent
0.30 cubic feet (2 containers)
Language
English
System of Arrangement:
Arranged in one alphabetical sequence.
Physical Location
71/1-2
Creator
- Boston Women's Music Collective (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Boston Womens Music Collective Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Deborah Richards
- Date
- May 1998
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
92 Snell Library
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 02115 US
archives@northeastern.edu
92 Snell Library
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 02115 US
archives@northeastern.edu