Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Chris Almvig Scrapbook was a gift of Chris Almvig in 2010. The centerpiece of this scrapbook is a memoir entitled Recollections of Flying out of the Closet, in which Almvig chronicles the period in her life when she came out as a lesbian and moved to Kansas City, where she became involved in the Women’s Liberation Union and other advocacy groups. The memoir is accompanied by an addendum of “Attachments” – Poems, Essays, Articles, etc. – that provide more background into relevant people...

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Color photo of Almvig in from of Volkswagen Pop-Top Camper with “Kansas City Women’s Liberation Union” printed on the side

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Recollections of Flying out of the Closet: Lake of the Ozarks & Kansas City, 1972-1974, by Chris Almvig (a.k.a. Chris Kingsley)

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45 pages

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Chris Almvig Scrapbook was a gift of Chris Almvig in 2010. The centerpiece of this scrapbook is a memoir entitled Recollections of Flying out of the Closet, in which Almvig chronicles the period in her life when she came out as a lesbian and moved to Kansas City, where she became involved in the Women’s Liberation Union and other advocacy groups. The memoir is accompanied by an addendum of “Attachments” – Poems, Essays, Articles, etc. – that provide more background into relevant people...

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Short biography of Lasker by Almvig, with personal recollections (1 page), and Newspaper Clipping, “Vigil Eases Trauma of Illness” from The Kansas City Star (photocopy)

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From The Kansas City Star (photocopy)

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From U-News (photocopy)

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Short bio of Mariedaughter and brief description of her quilting projects (1 page)

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Two writings by McClurg: “Medium or Mediocre?”, and “First Woman President Vote 2/05/08” (2 pages)

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Distributed at Democratic Mini Convention (2 pages)

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From The Kansas City Star

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“Elaine Nobel Recalls Pioneering Politics”, interview by Larry Nichols, published October 18, 2007 (2 pages)

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Chris Almvig Scrapbook was a gift of Chris Almvig in 2010. The centerpiece of this scrapbook is a memoir entitled Recollections of Flying out of the Closet, in which Almvig chronicles the period in her life when she came out as a lesbian and moved to Kansas City, where she became involved in the Women’s Liberation Union and other advocacy groups. The memoir is accompanied by an addendum of “Attachments” – Poems, Essays, Articles, etc. – that provide more background into relevant people...

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“A Toast for Le Schwing” (photocopy of handwritten manuscript) and “Farewell to Our Friend” (photocopy of typed manuscript) (3 pages)

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4 pages

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“Sisterhood is Blooming”, “Lesbian Pride”, “In Celebration of Amazons” (3 pages)

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Color photocopy of various postings about events held by Almvig and the Women’s Liberation Union

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“Five Poems for Carol—Whom I Saw Five Times” by Priscilla Camp (photocopy of typed manuscript) and “For Carol Bloom” by Almvig (photocopy of typed manuscript) (2 pages)

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By Almvig: “Just Me” (photocopy of typed manuscript), “Friendly Feminists Go Underground” (photocopy of typed manuscript), “Building a Revolution?” (photocopy), “Women’s Center Relocates” (photocopy of typed manuscript), “Coming Out (of Jail that is)” (photocopy of typed manuscript), and “…Collective” (photocopy of typed manuscript); By “Paula”: “Woman’s Work is Never Done……!” (photocopy) (6 pages)

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By Priscilla Camp: “Here is the hinge of history…” (photocopy of typed manuscript); By Almvig: “Sweet Inspiration” (photocopy of typed manuscript), “Out of Context” (photocopy of typed manuscript), “Labels, Shmabels” (photocopy of handwritten manuscript), and “Ostrich” (photocopy of handwritten manuscript) (w/ photos of Feminist protesters, 4 pages)

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From Queers & Allies – KUpedia, printed from online source (2 pages)

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“Theatre as a Feminist Art” by “Cindy” (photocopy) and “Woman II Conference Says it All” by Almvig (photocopy) (w/ Anne Richmond Quote, 2 pages)

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Photocopy of pencil drawings (4 pages)

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Volume 3, Number 4, 19 pages