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Spring Friedlander papers

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0440

Content Description

This collection contains materials collected or created by Friedlander. They include documents from Tradeswomen, Inc., such as correspondence, speech notes, registration forms, and publicity; and from the free schools Breakaway and Rising Tide, including administrative materials, minutes, catalogs, correspondence, calendars and photographs. The collection also includes profiles of women in The Last Monday Club and printouts from Friedlander's online memorial site, which explains why she choose assisted suicide.

Dates

  • 1970-2001

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the user.

Biographical / Historical

Spring R. Friedlander (1943-2019) was an advocate for working women, co-creating Tradeswomen, Inc., an association of women working in the trades. as well as participating in The Last Monday Club, a business women's support group. Friedlander also worked with Breakaway and Rising Tide, two free schools for women focusing on self-improvement, education in the trades, and lesbian and feminist politics. Spring R. Friedlander identified as a bisexual Jewish woman and put extensive work into building her career as a tradeswoman, offering shared housing for women, and as an advocate for women, LGBTQ+, and labor rights.

Extent

.74 Cubic Feet (2 boxes; 16 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains materials collected or created by Friedlander. They include documents from Tradeswomen, Inc., such as correspondence, speech notes, registration forms, and publicity; and from the free schools Breakaway and Rising Tide, including administrative materials, minutes, catalogs, correspondence, calendars and photographs. The collection also includes profiles of women in The Last Monday Club and printouts from Friedlander's online memorial site, which explains why she choose assisted suicide.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Location

Collection available on site.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Laura Shaw Murra (Laura X) in 2019; accession number 2019/11.

Processing Information

Processed by Sophia Kraten in 2023.

Title
Finding Aid to the Spring Friedlander Papers
Author
Finding aid prepared by Sophia Kraten
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571