Both the Lesbian Legacies Endowment and the sister fund (currently expendable cash) are, finally, all legal and set in stone. Signed and sealed yesterday, August 28, in a brief, well-masked and properly distanced ceremony on the patio behind the MSU Library. The cogs of bureaucracy move slowly, but with careful oiling, judicious applications of word-crafting, and tactful nudges, we have succeeded! The structure is now in place. We are on our way to making our lesbian legacy at MSU Special Collections accessible.
What do we mean, that the archives are “accessible?” Well, the archives are well-organized and indexed, and materials properly preserved, and anyone who can get to the library can access the materials. . . .
Ah, but who can get to the library?
The primary purpose of the Endowment and Sister funds is to fund travel so that womyn can visit the library and have fun in the archives. And Purple’s project now is to raise those funds, and you can help!
- ? If you have the resources, you can donate (possibly a memorial donation) in cash, or in one of the many ways of assigning funds from savings/investments. All sorts of ways to do these things are explained on this page.
- ? You can visit the library and explore these archives, hands on.
- ? You can spread the word to other womyn who need to know, want to know, and who have the resources and may want help fund this active memorial to who we are, who we have been, what we have done, this record of our culture and herstory.
See you on Lesbian Memory Lane!
