Drafts and notes of Martha Miller’s Tales from the Levee, Martha’s agent search, correspondence with Hayworth Press and other publishers, photographs, and interviews on cassette tapes. Most folders represent a book chapter.
Tales from the Levee tells the stories of lesbians and gays who resided on the Fifth Street Levee in Springfield, Illinois, spanning the years 1965 through 1976, and the strong, caring community that emerged because of their need to separate from a society unwilling to accept them.