Special Collections and University Archives UMass Amherst Libraries UMass Amherst Libraries Jay Goldspinner Periodicals Collection Jay Goldspinner Periodicals Collection 1974-2012 1 box (1 linear foot) Call no. Call no.: MS 909 About SCUA About SCUA SCUA home SCUA home Credo digital Credo digital Scope Scope Inventory Inventory Admin info Admin info Download Download xml version xml version print version (pdf) print version (pdf) Read collection overview All social change and cultural movements have their associated resources for the exchange of information, ideas, stories, and art. Particularly in the women’s movement, the effort to create newsletters, journals, and other forms of information dissemination was a proactive step taken to assert women’s stories and to locate the power of the press within women-run communities. These periodicals, both large and small in scale, reveal the ways women connected to each other and to larger spiritual and cultural concepts. Local artist, activist, and feminist Jay Goldspinner was engaged with many of these communities, particularly those characterizing the spiritual elements of the women’s liberation and feminist movements, and collected and saved their periodicals. Her collection includes journals focusing on feminist linguistics, goddess myths and spirituality, Wiccan and witch traditions, progressive politics, and women’s spirituality and community in local and international settings. Each is a unique window into discourses of women’s history, feminist movements, and social change work.
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Jay Goldspinner Periodicals CollectionJay Goldspinner Periodicals Collection1974-20121 box (1 linear foot)Call no.Call no.: MS 909
About SCUAAbout SCUASCUA homeSCUA homeCredo digitalCredo digitalScopeScopeInventoryInventoryAdmin infoAdmin infoDownloadDownloadxml versionxml versionprint version (pdf)print version (pdf)
Read collection overviewAll social change and cultural movements have their associated resources for the exchange of information, ideas, stories, and art.Particularly in the women’s movement, the effort to create newsletters, journals, and other forms of information disseminationwas a proactive step taken to assert women’s stories and to locate the power of the press within women-run communities. Theseperiodicals, both large and small in scale, reveal the ways women connected to each other and to larger spiritual and culturalconcepts. Local artist, activist, and feminist Jay Goldspinner was engaged with many of these communities, particularly thosecharacterizing the spiritual elements of the women’s liberation and feminist movements, and collected and saved theirperiodicals. Her collection includes journals focusing on feminist linguistics, goddess myths and spirituality, Wiccan and witchtraditions, progressive politics, and women’s spirituality and community in local and international settings. Each is a uniquewindow into discourses of women’s history, feminist movements, and social change work.
The Jay Goldspinner Periodicals Collection consists of issues of feminist and progressive periodicals, journals, and newslettersfrom four decades. The titles represented include: Always in Season, Goddessing, The Lonesome Node, The People’s Voice ofFranklin County, Themis/Thesmophoria, Wicked Word, and an almost complete run, including the two indexes, of the seminalmagazine of feminist spirituality, WomenSpirit.
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Background on Jay GoldspinnerBackground on Jay GoldspinnerAll social change and cultural movements have their associatedresources for the exchange of information, ideas, stories, andart. Particularly in the women’s movement, the effort to createnewsletters, journals, and other forms of informationdissemination was a proactive step taken to assert women’sstories and to locate the power of the press within women-runcommunities. These periodicals, both large and small in scale,reveal the ways women connected to each other and to largerspiritual and cultural concepts. Local artist, activist, and feministJay Goldspinner was engaged with many of these communities,particularly those characterizing the spiritual elements of thewomen’s liberation and feminist movements, and collected andsaved their periodicals. Her collection includes journals focusingon feminist linguistics, goddess myths and spirituality, Wiccanand witch traditions, progressive politics, and women’sspirituality and community in local and international settings.Each is a unique window into discourses of women’s history,feminist movements, and social change work.
Scope of collectionScope of collectionThe Jay Goldspinner Periodicals Collection consists of issues offeminist and progressive periodicals, journals, and newslettersfrom four decades. The titles represented include:
Always in Season: Living in Sync with the Cycles, 9 issues from1999-2001
Quarterly journal put out by Donna Henes, a ceremonial artist and urban shaman. The full run was 32 issues from 1999-2006.
Goddessing, 17 issues from 1993-2005
International women's spirituality newspaper put out by editor Willow LaMonte.
The Lonesome Node, 7 issues from 1992-1993
Newsletter published by the Ozark Center for Language Studies (OCLS) and written by linguist Suzette Haden Elgin (Patricia AnneWilkins), known for her scholarly work in linguistics, the development of a feminist language called Láadan, and her publicationsin science fiction and other genres.
The People’s Voice of Franklin County, 26 issues from 2001-2012
Formerly The Franklin County Progressive Newsletter, a local newsletter put out by the Franklin County Progressive Network,
Newsletter put out by the Susan B. Anthony Coven, the first feminist, women-only, witches' coven, founded by Zsuzanna “Z”Budapest. The name was changed from Themis in 1981 after Budapest learned the name was covered by a sorority heldcopyright, but continued its numeration from that title into the new one.
Wicked Word, 7 issues from 1997-1999
Local Neopagan and Wiccan inspired newsletter put out by editor Mark Roblee, based in Shutesbury, MA.
WomenSpirit, 36 issues, plus a 1974-1984 Index issue, from 1974-1984
An almost complete run, including the two indexes, of the seminal magazine of feminist spirituality, WomenSpirit, produced by atransient group of volunteer women, feminists, and lesbians who migrated through the home of editors Jean and RuthMountaingrove in southern Oregon. Printed quarterly through the decade 1974-1984, the magazine featured writings and artfrom women, covered women’s culture, spirituality, rituals, healing, life stages, feminism, politics and much more, and wasinternational in scope and contributors.
InventoryInventoryAlways in Season: Living in Sync with the Cycles1999-2001Box 1: 1
Goddessing1993-2005Box 1: 2-6The Lonesome Node1992-1993Box 1: 7The People’s Voice of Franklin County2001-2012Box 1: 8-10Themis/Thesmophoria1979-1987Box 1: 11Wicked Word1997-1999Box 1: 12WomenSpirit1974-1984Box 1: 13-22WomenSpirit Index: A Comprehensive Guide to a Decade of Women's Spirituality 1974-19841984Box 1: 23
Administrative informationAdministrative informationAccessAccessThe collection is open for research.
ProvenanceProvenanceGift of Jay Goldspinner, May 2016.
Processing InformationProcessing InformationProcessed by Blake Spitz, July 2016.
Language:Language:English
Copyright and Use Copyright and Use ((More informationMore information ) )Cite as: Jay Goldspinner Periodicals Collection (MS 909). Special Collections and University Archives, University of MassachusettsAmherst Libraries.
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Link to similar SCUA collectionsLink to similar SCUA collectionsLGBTLGBTLiterature and languageLiterature and languageMassachusetts (West)Massachusetts (West)Printed materialsPrinted materialsSpiritual changeSpiritual changeWomenWomenWomen and feminismWomen and feminism
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