Catherine Lundoff Papers, 1992- 2012 | Northern Illinois University

Collection Overview

Title: Catherine Lundoff Papers, 1992- 2012

ID: RBSC/SFWA/012

Primary Creator: Lundoff, Catherine (1963-)

Extent: 0.34 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Series I consists of novels, Series II is short stories,Series III consists of correspondence, Series IV is reviews, Series V contains awards and nominations, Series VI holds convention/conference materials, Series VII is for printed media (newsletters, brochures, and magazines), Series VIII is miscellaneous, and Series IX is digital content (which is kept in the Rare Books Digital Collections within the SFWA Archives).

Date Acquired: 08/19/2008. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: LGBT, Lundoff, Catherine, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Forms of Material: science fiction

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Catherine Lundoff Papers consists of a printed (paper-based) manuscript, convention/conference materials, award nominations, reviews, and interviews related to the author's works, along with a small amount of correspondence associated to those materials. The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of novels, Series II is short stories,Series III consists of correspondence, Series IV is reviews, Series V contains awards and nominations, Series VI holds convention/conference materials, Series VII is for printed media (newsletters, brochures, and magazines), Series VIII is miscellaneous, and Series IX is digital content (which is kept in the Rare Books Digital Collections within the SFWA Archives). Within each section, organization is based on original date of work.

Collection Historical Note

Catherine is an LGBT SF/F writer, based in Minneapolis. She regularly attends WisCon and CONvergence. Catherine's wife, Jann, is a book artist.

Catherine currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her life partner Jana Pullman. Lundoff was born in Brooklyn, New York. She moved to St. Louis in 1981 to attend Washington University where she obtained a B.A. in history and anthropology. After she spent many years working as a professional archeologist, she earned an M.A. in feminist anthropology at the University of Iowa. She spent time traveling in Central America and in 1991 she opened the bookstore, Grassroots Books, in Iowa City, Iowa. The store remained open until 1993. After meeting her life partner, working in Iowa City, and attending law school, Lundoff and Pullman moved to Minneapolis in 1997 were she began a job in IT doing software quality assurance. She has written the lesbian erotica collections Crave: Tales of Lust, Love, and Longing (Lethe Press, 2007) and Night’s Kiss (Torquere Press, 2005) and was editor for the fantasy and horror anthology Hearths and Sapphic Shades Lesbian Ghost Stories (Lethe Press, 2008). In 2008, Lundoff‘s book Crave won her a Goldie Award for lesbian erotica and a Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award. She was also a 2005 Spectrum Award Short Fiction Finalist for her story “At the Roots of the World Tree.” She has over 60 publications in topics such as erotica, romance, science fiction and fantasy and nonfiction that show her work.

Subject/Index Terms

LGBT
Lundoff, Catherine
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Accruals: Additions by Catherine Lundoff: 10/8/2008, 3/20/2009, 8/3/2009, 8/24/2009, 3/1/2010, 5/31/2011, 6/23/2012

Access Restrictions: Photographs and photocopies of collection are prohibited.

Use Restrictions: Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.

Acquisition Source: Catherine Lundoff

Acquisition Method: 06/23/2012 Donated during 4th Street Fantasy Convention

Related Materials: For more information please see http://catherinelundoff.com/; https://twitter.com/clundoff.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Novels],
[Series II: Short Stories],
[Series III: Correspondence],
[Series IV: Reviews],
[Series V: Awards],
[Series VI: Conventions and Conferences],
[Series VII: Printed Media],
[Series VIII: Miscellaneous],
[Series IX: Digital Content],
[All]

Series I: Novels

Box 1

Folder 1: Silver Moon [edited manuscript] chapter 1 to chapter 12, no date
Folder 2: Silver Moon [edited manuscript] chapter 13 to chapter 22, no date
Folder 3: Silver Moon [edited manuscript] chapter 23 to chapter 26, no date

Series II: Short Stories

Box 1

Folder 4: Three Views of the Maiden in Peril [Farrago's Wainscot vol 2|issue 6], Dec 21, 2008

Series III: Correspondence

Box 1

Folder 5: E-mail from Rob Gates to himself regarding press release for 2008 Gaylatic Spectrum Awards, Jan 30, 2009
Folder 6: Blog interview by Donna, 4-6-2009
Folder 7: Blog interview with Lundoff and Lisabet Sarai, Jan 20, 2010
Folder 8: Capturing Chemistry: Writing Good Sex [blog], 2-24-2010
Folder 9: Night's Kiss [online interview], 4-27-2010
Folder 10: 2010 Gaylatic Spectrum Awards [blog by Brit Mandelo], May 17, 2011
Folder 11: Blog interview between Lundoff and Morgen Bailey, 2-9-2011
Folder 12: Interview and blog post between Lundoff and Morgen Bailey, 1-7-2012
Folder 13: Interview between Lundoff and Gavin Atlas, 4-2-2012
Folder 14: Silver Moon [interview between Lundoff and Tracey S. Morris], 5-8-2012
Folder 15: Silver Moon [interview between Lundoff and John Scalzi], 5-24-2012
Folder 16: Silver Moon [Lundoff's guest post on blog to fans], 6-9-2012
Folder 17: Silver Moon [letter and draft to Ms. McClure], no date
Folder 18: Interview by J. Blackmore from Circlet Press, no date

Series IV: Reviews

Box 1

Folder 19: Night's Kiss [review by Jean Roberta in Clean Sheets Erotica Magazine], 9-20-2006
Folder 20: Crave: Tales of Lust, Love, and Longing [review by Jean Roberta in Erotica Revealed], June 2007
Folder 21: Just Say What's on Your Mind [review by Kethleen Bradean in Erotica Revealed], 3-1-2009
Folder 22: Night's Kiss [review by Jean Roberta in Erotica Readers and Writers Association], 3-1-2009
Folder 23: Night's Kiss [review by Lisabet Sarai], 5-17-2009
Folder 24: Night's Kiss [review and description by Stacy in Bitten by Books], 4-5-2010
Folder 25: Hellebore and Rue [review by Midwest Book Review], August 2011
Folder 26: Hellebore and Rue [review by Merry Gangemi in Lamdba Literary], 12-9-2011
Folder 27: Hellebore and Rue [review by Carrie Devall in Aqueduct Press], 12-15-2011
Folder 28: Hellebore and Rue [review by Tehani Wessely in Australian Spectulative Fiction in Focus], 1-17-2012
Folder 29: Hellebore and Rue [review by Jerry Wheeler in Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews], 4-2-2012
Folder 30: Silver Moon [review by Publishers Weekly], 4-30-2012

Series V: Awards

Box 1

Folder 31: Locus Index to SF awards|the 2005 Gaylatic Spectrum Awards, 2005
Folder 32: Crave [Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Award|2007 Favorite Erotica Book], 2007
Folder 33: Gaylatic Spectrum Awards list, 2008
Folder 34: Crave [the 2008 GCLS Literary Award], 2008
Folder 35: Current nominees list for the 21st LL Awards [Lambda Literary Foundation], 12-27-2008
Folder 36: Night's Kiss [Reader's Choice Award and announcement], 2009
Folder 37: Golden Crown Literary Society 2010 Award Winners printout, 8-8-2010
Folder 38: Hellebore and Rue [the Rainbow Awards for LGBT fiction and non-fiction], 12-9-2011

Series VI: Conventions and Conferences

Box 1

Folder 1: Gaylaxicon 1988-2008: Twenty Years of Fun [program], October 10-13, 2008
Folder 2: Marscon program, 2010
Folder 3: Queer Voices - GLBT Reading Series brochure, 3-28-2010
Folder 4: Intermedia Arts printout of the months readings, May 2010
Folder 5: Queer Voices - GLBT Reading Series printout, May 17, 2010
Folder 6: A-kon program and schedules, June 4-6, 2010
Folder 7: Marscon program, 2011
Folder 8: Speculations reading series flyer, Mar 11, 2011
Folder 9: Gaylaxicon program, May 13-15, 2011
Folder 10: Diversicon 19 program, July 29-31, 2011
Folder 11: Sex in Sin City: Erotica Writers Conference program, Sep 9-10, 2011
Folder 12: Arcana 41: Convention of the Dark Fantastic program, Oct 21-23, 2011
Folder 13: Marscon program, 2012
Folder 14: Wiscon 36 pocket program booklet, May 25-28, 2012
Folder 15: Golden Crown Literary Society Conference program, June 14-17, 2012
Folder 16: Silver Moon [Outer Alliance Party flyer], Friday
Folder 17: New Writings in LGBTQ/SF/F/H [the Outer Alliance flyer for conference], Saturday

Series VII: Printed Media

Box 1

Folder 18: Golden Crown News [newsletter|volume 1|issue 2], Sep/Oct 2008
Folder 19: Library Loft Center Summer Catalog, 2010
Folder 20: Rainbow Romance Writer's Pot of Gold [newsletter|issue 3], 2010
Folder 21: Women's Week 2010 [magazine], 2010
Folder 22: True Colors Bookstore [newsletter], 7-26-2010
Folder 23: Creative Writing Catalog, Winter/Spring 2012

Series VIII: Miscellaneous

Box 1

Folder 24: Feminists Reconstruct El Salvador [article|Off Our Backs|vol 22|issue 4], April 1992
Folder 25: Advertisement postcard for Patrick's Cabaret, 2008
Folder 26: Catherine's Top 10 Lesbian Fictional Heros printout, 5-23-2010
Folder 27: 2010 Lesbian Fiction Appreciation Event, 1-17-2012
Folder 28: Silver Moon [Outword Books, Gifts and Coffee presents Catherine Lundoff event], May 22

Series IX: Digital Content

Electronic Mail Attachment 1

Folder 1: ICON articles and columns, 1995-1997

Item 1: ALLIES010997.doc
Item 2: Apathywillnotprot030796.doc
Item 3: Bisexuals050996.doc
Item 4: ComingOut100396.doc
Item 5: ComLivesLesbLives041196.doc
Item 6: DilemnaandDOMA110796.doc
Item 7: FamiliesValued020697.doc
Item 8: Furnproj111695.doc
Item 9: GLBTU080196.doc
Item 10: Goodbyetoallthis030697.doc
Item 11: GrupoLL120596.doc
Item 12: ICLesbianNation090596.doc
Item 13: JackieDawkinsprofile091495.doc
Item 14: P_FLAG070496.doc
Item 15: PRIDEissue060696.doc
Item 16: Transgndrrghts101995.doc

Electronic Mail Attachment 2

Folder 1: Radio Free Bliss podcast interview

Item 1: 1008-RadioFreeBliss-128.mp3: mp3 file, 43 min:18 sec