Title: Jeanne Arnold and Barbara Lindquist Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1977-2009

Creator:

• Arnold, Jeanne, 1931-.

Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 17

Quantity: 2.2 cubic feet (6 archives boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Locations:

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

See the catalog entry for information about possible additional materials and access to the collection.

C19/B5-6

Abstract:

Jeanne Arnold (formerly Jeanne Chalekian) is a lesbian feminist author of Racine, Wisconsin. Arnold and her partner Barbara Lindquist founded Mother Courage Bookstore and Art Gallery in Racine in 1978 to promote feminism and to establish a gathering place for women. The collection contains manuscripts, papers concerning the 1977 St. Luke’s Hospital Strike, materials from Mother Courage Press, memoirs of the lives of Arnold and Lindquist, and personal papers.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-pks-uwpksmc017

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Jeanne Arnold (formerly Jeanne Chalekian) is a lesbian feminist author of Racine, Wisconsin. Arnold was born on November 14, 1931. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Racine Extension for two years and continued her bachelor’s degree in English education, library science, and journalism at UW—Madison, graduating in 1953. In 1952 she married Alexander Chalekian. She became the mother of two children. In the 1960s she divorced her husband to begin a life with her partner, Barbara Lindquist. Lindquist was born on May 25, 1930. She earned an associate degree from Wright Junior College in Chicago and a B.A. from UW-Parkside in 1971.

During the 1970s, she and Lindquist worked at St. Luke’s hospital. In 1977, workers at the hospital staged a strike. Arnold, a journalist, kept a chronicle of the six-week incident. Arnold and Lindquist further founded Mother Courage Bookstore and Art Gallery in Racine in 1978 to promote feminism and to establish a gathering place for women. In 1981 Phyllis E. Sweet asked them to publish her manuscript entitled Something Happened to Me, which addressed child sexual abuse. Mother Courage Press published 5000 copies. The press eventually published 26 books on the theme of abuse, feminism, feminist spirituality, and lesbianism. The business logo includes the universal symbol for female combined with a lifesaver and was designed by Lindquist. In 2004, Arnold began a series of seven memoirs entitled Whistling Girls and Crowing Hens, which detailed aspects of her life and relationships.

The collection consists of an unpublished manuscript on CD entitled Whistling Girls and Crowing Hens by Jeanne Arnold and one printed copy thereof, tracing her life and the life of her family as early as the 1940s through diary notes and recollections. Arnold focuses on her relationship with her partner, Barbara Lindquist. The papers also include a chronology of the St. Luke’s Hospital Strike in 1977, which contains news clippings, commentary, and reports by the compiler. Several pamphlets listing the products of Mother Courage Press, Racine, are included. In 2013, Jeanne Arnold donated a memoir of the death and funeral of Barbara Lindquist, who died on June 1, 2013, as well as printed photos, clippings regarding their participation in the 2012 and 2013 Gay Rights Marches in Racine, a recipe for pumpkin soup, and literature related to a display of musical instruments dedicated to Lindquist, who built many instruments. She also donated a DVD of Lindquist playing her instruments at a Racine Unitarian Universalist event at the Olympia Brown Church.

The collection is divided into three series: Personal Material, Writing, and Mother Courage Press. It is then arranged alphabetically and by record type.

See the UWP Libraries' Archives Department Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Racine Labor Paper Photographs, 1922-1979 (UWP Manuscript Collection 6); The entire collection of books published by Mother Courage Press, as well as two books by Barbara Lindquist, was donated to the Archives in 2009 and is available in UW-Parkside Special Collections.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Copyright on unpublished materials remains with the author.

Acquisition Information

Donated to UW-Parkside Archives and Area Research Center by Barbara Lindquist and Jeanne Arnold in 2009. Accession Number: 2014-6

Processing Information

Anna Stadick processed the collection at the Archives in January 2010.

	Series: Personal Material
	Arnold, Jeanne
Box   2	“Second Saturday” / performed by Arnold, 2005 October 8 Physical Description: DVD
	Cassette recordings Physical Description: Cassette tapes and digital copies  Note: Speeches given by feminist writers and artists; some arranged by Wisconsin Women in the Arts.
Box   6 Tape   1-2	Adrienne Rich, 1978 October Physical Description: 2 cassettes
Box   6 Tape   3	Kathleen Barry talks about Female Sexual Slavery, featuring Linda Lovelace, undated
Box   6 Tape   4-5	Judy Chicago, undated Physical Description: 2 cassettes
Box   6 Tape   6-7	Kate Millet, Wisconsin Women in the Arts (WWIA), undated Physical Description: 2 cassettes
Box   6 Tape   8-9	Mary Daly, Whitewater, 1980 January 31 Physical Description: 2 cassettes  Note: Also includes two songs by Barbara Lindquist called “Plaintive Beat” and “Working It Out"
Tape 6 Tape   10	Mother Courage: Studs Terkel and Colleen Dewhurst, 1968
Box   3 Folder   13	Goddessing: Regenerated, issues 11 and 16, 1999 Note: Feminist publication
	Lindquist, Barbara
Box   3 Folder   8	Art shows, 1978
Box   3 Folder   15	“Mother Earth II” / by Barbara Lindquist, undated Physical Description: Sheet music and CD
Box   3 Folder   10	Nude paintings, undated Physical Description: Negatives and slides
Box   4 Folder   2	Sketchbooks, circa 1973
Box   4 Folder   4	Songbook and sheet music, 1990
Box   2 Folder   5	Material donated by Jeanne Arnold on the occasion of Barbara Lindquist's death, 2013 June 1
	Oral history
Box   5 Folder   5	“Old Lesbians' Oral History Project” transcript, circa 2000
Box   5 Folder   6	Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church members who joined in the 1960s, 2009 October 5 Physical Description: DVD; digital copy also available
Box   5 Folder   6 (continued)	Story Corps interview, 2007 Physical Description: CD; digital copy also available
Box   5 Folder   4	Paganism, 1994-1995
Box   4 Folder   3	Fellowship of Isis Certificates, undated
Box   4 Folder   1	Renewal ceremony, 1999
Box   5 Folder   8	Renewal ceremony album, 1999 March 24 Note: Photographs have been removed from the album and put in sleeves; also includes other personal photos and ephemera
	Series: Writing	⇧
	Arnold, Jeanne
Box   5 Folder   1	Editorials, 1979-1980
Box   1 Folder   1-6	Whistling Girls and Crowing Hens / by Jeanne Arnold, 2004 Physical Description: Also includes digital file on CD
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Whistling Girls and Crowing Hens / by Jeanne Arnold, 2004 Scope and Content Note: (continued)
Box   5 Folder   7	Writings in scrapbook, 1973-1978
Box   2 Folder   3	“A Year of Union Militancy Challenges, a Century of Caring / compiled and written by Jeanne (Arnold) Chalekian, 1977-1980 Note: Documents St. Luke's Hospital strike
	Lindquist, Barbara
Box   3 Folder   7	“Parapsychology and Religion” / by Barbara Lindquist, manuscript, circa 1967
Box   3 Folder   6	“Science and the Church School” / by Barbara Lindquist, printed by Unitarian Universalist Association Department of Education, 1968 April
	Series: Mother Courage Press	⇧
Box   3 Folder   12	American Booksellers Association convention photographs, Anaheim, California, circa 1989 Note: Includes Mother Courage Press table and Claudette McShane book signing for Warning!: Dating May Be Hazardous to Your Health!
Box   3 Folder   1	Author contracts, 1984-1982 [RESTRICTED]
Box   4 Folder   5	Author letters, information for disbursement of books, 1999-2000
Box   6	Barbara Lindquist and Sondra Herre interview, Jerry Taff, Channel 12, 1990 August 5 Physical Description: VHS
Box   6	“Bookwatch,” Midwest Book Review, undated Physical Description: VHS; 28 minutes, 56 seconds
Box   6	“Bookwatch,” Midwest Book Review, Olympia Brown/Charlotte Coté, undated Physical Description: VHS; 28 minutes, 40 seconds
Box   3 Folder   3	Computer purchases, 1986-1989
Box   4 Folder   10	Copyright and ISBN information, 1991
Box   3 Folder   2	Copyrights and forms, 1979-1987
Box   3 Folder   5	Correspondence, 1995-1998
Box   4 Folder   6	ISBN and advance book information master list, 1982-1993
Box   3 Folder   14	Letterhead logos, undated
Box   4 Folder   7	Library of Congress catalog card numbers, 1988-1991
Box   3 Folder   4	List of feminist bookstores and publishers, 2003
Box   3 Folder   11	Mother Courage Press Store, Racine, undated Physical Description: Photographs
Box   3 Folder   9	Mother Courage store location and books, 1978 Physical Description: Slides
Box   2 Folder   4	Pamphlets, undated
Box   5 Folder   3	Partnership agreement, power of attorney, 1978 and 1999
Box   5 Folder   2	Press clippings and reviews, 1978-1992
Box   4 Folder   13	Promotional materials, 1990-2000
Box   4 Folder   14	Store real estate property sale, 1999-2001
Box   4 Folder   8-9	Store relocation and property information, 1990-1992
Box   4 Folder   11	Store roof repairs and building inspection, 1991-2001
Box   4 Folder   12	Tax and lease information, 1999-2002