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.
Dates
- Creation: 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
Subject
- Boston Women's Music Collective (Organization)
- Christian, Meg (Person)
- Near, Holly (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Boston Women's Music Collective Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Deborah Richards
- Date
- May 1998
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024 May 21: Top container information updated for several folders assigned to Box 2, but discovered to be in Box 1.
Repository Details
Part of the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Repository