| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR2092 | | TITLE: | Common Woman Books Fonds | | CREATOR: | Common Woman Books | | DATE RANGE: | 1978-1990 | | EXTENT: | 0.30m of textual records | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | In 1978, Julie Anne LeGras, Mair Smith, and Halyna Freeland established Common Woman Books, a mail order source for feminists in Edmonton, Alberta. The first Common Woman Books bookstore opened in Edmonton in 1981. The bookstore was owned and operated by a non-profit collective. The store stocked feminist, gay, and lesbian literature, newspapers, music as well as books for young adults. In 1992, the bookstore closed. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of records relating to the operation of Common Woman Books, including correspondence, invoices, receipts, inventories, ordering procedures, book inventories, records related to special events held at the store, photographs of members, and four issues of The Newsmagazine by Alberta Women. | | ARRANGEMENT NOTE: | The fonds was physically arranged into five groups: Administration, Book Ordering, Special Events, Miscellaneous, and Book Inventory Index Cards. However, original order was maintained at file level | | RELATED RECORDS: | For more information on feminist issues in Alberta, please see the Julie Ann LeGras Fonds (PR0306) as well as the Halyna Freeland Fonds (PR2400) at the Provincial Archives of Alberta. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history/biographical sourced from the records. |
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