The collection consists mainly of works written or presented by Donna Utke during the 1970s
and pertaining to literature, feminism, and the gay and lesbian rights movement. The
collection includes book reviews and essays published in both the Milwaukee Public Library
System's newsletter, the Milwaukee Reader, and gay and
lesbian or feminist publications, such as GPU News, Amazon Quarterly, and Ms. (When
writing for gay and lesbian publications, Utke often used the pseudonym "Donna Martin.") The
collection also includes presentations given by Utke on local radio programs and at meetings
of the Milwaukee Methodist Ministers, the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus, the Milwaukee
chapter of the American Psychiatric Association, and the Midwest Regional Homophile
Conference. Utke gave at least one presentation on radio station WRIT; she may have given
others on WZMF, which aired weekly gay/lesbian programming in 1971, or WUWM, which continued
the program from 1971 to 1972.
