Kathy Lewis Files
Kathy Lewis in her workshop
Photo by Noel Furie taken sometime in 1980s
Name/Title
Kathy Lewis FilesEntry/Object ID
2024.13.20Tags
Finding Aid, Festivals, Music, New EnglandScope and Content
Contains documents from the New England Women’s Music Retreat (NEWMR) including specific information about the Craftswomen from the 1980’s-2000. Also contains photographs and flyers for Kathy Lewis’ woodworking business and her oral herstory prepared by the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project (OLOHP). There is also administrative information about Senior Lesbians at Play Happily (SLAPHAPs) from 2000-2011. Series #1: Documents and Photographs, 1979-2011 Series #2: NEWMR Documents and Artifacts, 1981-1991 Series #3: Photographs, 1976-1987 Series #4: WoodworkingContext
The Kathy Lewis Collection documents the life and work of Connecticut-based craftswoman and community organizer Kathy Lewis, co-founder of the New England Women’s Music Retreat (NEWMR). Materials include administrative files, correspondence, programs, and craftswomen applications related to NEWMR (1981–2000), as well as photographs, flyers, and portfolios from Lewis’s woodworking and jewelry business. Additional records document the Craftswimmins Mutual Aid Society (CMAS), the Senior Lesbians at Play Happily group (SLAPHAPS), and Lewis’s oral herstory with the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project. Together, the materials highlight Lesbian cultural networks, feminist craft movements, and women’s music communities in New England from the 1980s through the 2010s.Collection
Music (also Festivals & Radio), NEWMR - New England (Northeast) Women's Musical RetreatCategory
Finding Aid - Files