June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives
The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives is a grass roots archive founded in 1981 in Oakland, California. It is one of the largest archives in the world dedicated to collecting protecting and preserving lesbian and feminist women's history. It was originally called the "West Coast Lesbian Collections" and 1985 the Archives moved to Southern California and into the home of June Mazer and her partner Bunny Mac Culloch in Altadena, California. They took care of the Archives until June's death from cancer in 1987. Bunny changed the name and continued to run the Archives with the help of volunteers. In 1989 the Archive was moved from Altadena into the Wherle Building in West Hollywood where it still remains today. The Archives has been run strictly by volunteers for twenty-eight of its thirty-two years and has continued on supported by private donors and the City of West Hollywood.