Artemis Singers Records

Collection

Identifier: 1994-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains meeting minutes, financial records, audio recordings, concert preparation papers, news clippings, puzzles, and posters of Artemis Singers and Toddlin’ Town Performing Arts.

Dates

1972 - 1987
Majority of material found within 1980 - 1987

Conditions Governing Access

Materials may be published for donation.

Biographical / Historical

Artemis Singers is a lesbian feminist chorus committed to singing music written and/or arranged by women, thereby hoping to give recognition to the many women composers forgotten by history and to contemporary songwriters who are often thought of only as singers. The chorus was founded in June 1980 and soon became affiliated with Toddlin’ Town Performing Arts, the Chicago LGBT performing arts umbrella group that also included Windy City Gay Chorus (WCGC) and Chicago Gay Pride Band (CGPB). Artemis Singers have performed regularly around Chicago and the country. They have participated in Sister Singers Network, a national feminist chorus, singers and musicians cooperative.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by organization, document type, or subject matter and then further divided chronologically when necessary.

Physical Location

D1D (Row D, Bay 1, Shelf D)

Provenance

The collection was donated by Susan Schleef on March 12, 1994. It was accessioned on September 5, 1996 by Diane Asseln. The collection was then described as being in good condition.

Related Materials

Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus

Separated Materials

The Band Booster, Newsletter of the Chicago Gay/Lesbian Community Band
- Volume 1, Number 3, July 1982
- Volume 1, Number 4, August 1982
- Volume 1, Number 5, September 1982
Performance Posters for Other Choruses, 1985 – 1986
- “We’re Singing Your Song”, Windy City Gay Chorus, March 22, 1986
- “Don We Now VII”, Windy City Gay Chorus, December 7, 1985
- “Puttin’ On the Ritz”, Denver Gay Men’s Chorus. July 13, 1986
- “The Inaugural Concert of Gay Games II Cultural Week”, The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco and the Society of Gay & Lesbian Composers, August 1 and August 5, 1986
- The San Francisco and Portland Gay Men’s Choruses, July 1, 1986
“Gay Pride!” Jigsaw Puzzle in Original Sealed Box
In 2000, the following 22 vinyl 33 rpm records were separated out and added to Special Collections:
- [Recorded in German], Die Bonner Blaustrumpft singen Protest-und Spottlieder
- [Recorded in German], Hexensabat
- [Recorded in German], Schneewittchen
- [Recorded in German], Flying Lesbian
- [No Artist Listed], Nights of Love in Lesbos: A Frankly Intimate Description of a Sensuous Young Girl's Lesbian Desires
- Ginni Clemens, I’m Lookin’ For Some Long-Time Friends, 2 copies
- Carole Etzler, Womanriver Flowing On
- Barbara Dane, I Hate the Capitalist System
- Sue Fink, Big Promise
- Kathy Fire, Songs of Fire, Songs of a Lesbian Anarchist
- Kay Gardner, Emerging
- Kay Gardner, Mooncircles
- Isis, Ain’t No Backin’ Up Now
- Karen T. Kane & Jeff Bradley, Walls to Roses, Songs of Changing Men
- Anita Kerr, Rod McKuen, & The Sebastian Strings, For Lovers
- Kristin Lems, Oh Mama!, Autographed by Artist
- Jean Ritchie, British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains
- Sally Rogers, The Unclaimed Pint
- Willie Tyson, Debutante
- Various Artists, Gay and Straight Together, Volume 1
- Jane Voss, An Album of Songs