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SC. Special Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: SC

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

A.j. Michel Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-13
Abstract

This collection contains buttons, pamphlets, a program and a t-shirt.

Dates: 2002 - 2013

American Ballet Theater and NYC Ballet Collection of Programs, Newsletters, Repertory Notes, and Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: SC14
Abstract

This collection consists of programs, repertory notes, publicity, and other ephemera related to the productions of several performing arts organizations in New York City.

Dates: 1953-2021

Art Collections

 Collection
Identifier: SC01
Collection Scope and Content Summary Note: unpublished until this inventory can be verified. The collection consists of 22 items. The Collection inclides oil paintings, prints, and photographs as follows: Portrait of Gabriela Mistral (1971); photograph of clouds over Hudson River; Biography by Lonnie Sue Johnson (1950); German Department sign by Judith Gilbert; Sphinx by Naomi Savage; Family Album by Marie Sturkan; Barnard Poster with Big Apple motif (ca. 1990); Autograph portrait of Twyla Tharp; Black and white photo of...
Dates: 1800 - 1990

Barnard College Zine Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-01
Abstract

This collection consists of zines written by women (cis- and transgender) with an emphasis on zines by women of color.

Dates: undated

Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-16
Overview

The Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection contains correspondence to Celia Pérez from Keight Bergmann.

Dates: 1998 - 2002

Cheryl Tapper Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-07
Abstract

This collection contains multiple VHS and cassette tapes containing the film and music depicting the mood and thoughts of women in the zine community at this time. There are multiple ads that show how zines were ordered, call for submissions, and flyers for Riot Grrrl conventions. There are also six t-shirts included in this collection.

Dates: 1993-1999

Christine E. Bose Socialist, Marxist, and Second Wave Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: SC27
Abstract

This collection contains socialist and second wave feminist research files and publications including journal articles, pamphlets, transcribed speeches, and magazines.

Dates: 1966-1978

Christine E. Bose Wages for Housework Research Collection

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC25
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to Bose, flyers, newsletters, and publications.

Dates: 1970 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1977

Connections Project/ Conexus Exhibition Documentation and Artwork

 Collection
Identifier: SC22
Abstract This collection highlights the international, feminist art exhibit Connections Project/ Conexus, co-curated by Josely Carvalho and Sabra Moore. The collection contains documentation of the exhibition's creation including correspondence to and from participating artists, correspondence between the curators, correspondence with exhibiting institutions, design specifications, insurance information, and budgets. It also contains original pieces of artwork including a photocopier artists book and...
Dates: 1985 - 1989

Constance Krueger Contemporary Photographers Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC12
Scope and Contents

The Constance Krueger Contemporary Photographers Photograph Collection contains prints of photographs by fine arts photographs and photojournalists, including Tom Baril, Lucien Clergue, Marilyn Bridges, Larry Fink, Harold Feinstein, Sally Gall, Ralph Gibson, Jerome Liebling, Mary Ellen Mark, Jill Mathis, Joel Meyerowitz, Dorothy Norman, Lucien Clergue, Irene Ionesco, Eliot Porter, and Ralph Gibson.

Dates: 1932 - 2001

Dianne Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC28
Abstract

Dianne Smith (born 1965) is a contemporary artist working from Harlem, New York. The contents of the Dianne Smith Papers include her art making and art practice materials, her teaching materials, personal and family documents, and photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1979 - 2020; 1928 - 2021

Ducky DooLittle Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-19
Abstract

The Ducky DooLittle Ephemera Collection contains erotic fiction, humor and personal zines, business cards, event flyers, performance photographs, a calander, and nipple clamps all by or related to DooLittle's career as a sex educator, worker and performer.

Dates: 1996 - 1998

East End Women's Alliance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC17
Abstract

This collection consists of administrative records, biographical files, and materials such as banners, posters, and t-shirts, regarding the activities of the East End Women's Alliance, a feminist group active from 1970 - 1999 in the Hamptons, New York.

Dates: 1970 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1999

Frances Whyatt papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC23
Overview Frances Whyatt (born 1945) is an American author, poet and activist. She has published poetry, short stories, and novels under the name Frances Whyatt as well as under the pseudonym Shylah Boyd. Her published works of fiction and poetry include American Made (1975), American Gypsy (1983), and A Real Man & Other Stories (1990). Her work focuses on themes of gender, sexuality, and...
Dates: 1969-2000, undated

Freda Leinwand Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC07
Abstract

The collection consists of the photographs, posters, books, and t-shirts of the photographer, Freda Leinwand.

Dates: 1947 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1988

Gabriela Mistral Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC04
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, drafts, and poems of the Chilean poet and nobel laureate, Gabriela Mistral.

Dates: 1923 - 1995

Gloria Fokine Dance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC13
Overview

This collection consists of personal and biographical archival materials -- photographs and articles -- relating to the life and work of Gloria Fokine. A ballet instructor and teacher in New York City with her partner Leon Fokine, Gloria was born in Havana, Cuba and would travel extensively in her career as a choreographer and dancer in Russia, France and the materials focus on life and work primarily in the 1950s-70s.

Dates: 1912 - circa 1970s

Helene Gans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC09
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal papers of labor activist, Helene Gans.

Dates: 1917-1984

JB Brager Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-14
Abstract

This collection consists of five original posters, four of which advertise D.C.'s Zinefest.

Dates: 2012, 2014

Jenna Freedman Zine Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-02
Abstract

The Zine Correspondence Collection consists of Jenna Freedman’s work as the Barnard Zine Librarian. It includes her communication with zinesters, zine distros, teachers, and libraries about the Zine Collection and zines more generally, as well as Freedman’s involvement in zine events.

Dates: 1999 - 2022

Jennifer Bleyer Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-17
Abstract

This collection contains various zines and zine production, advertisement, and distribution materials created by Jennifer Bleyer, Bleyer's correspondence, journals, and other zine-related ephemera.

Dates: 1992 - 1995

Joan Castagnone journals

 Collection
Identifier: SC30
Abstract

Personal journals of writer Joan Castagnone.

Dates: 1968 - 1999

Julia Croon Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-04
Abstract

This collection contains multiple pieces of artwork that display Croon’s original writings and three decorated, empty lunch boxes.

Dates: Circa 1990s

Kathryn Kolbert Planned Parenthood v. Casey Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC08
Abstract

This collection consists of records, related to the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, that were collected and created by laywer and educator Kathryn (Kitty) Kolbert.

Dates: 1981 - 2008

Keight Bergmann Zinester Ephemera Collections

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-11
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to Bergmann, pamphlets, invitations, photographs, a t-shirt, a glove and a cloth.

Dates: 1998-2002

Laura Poll Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-12
Abstract

This collection contains images used in the Queer Action Figures zines, a plastic mustache and a plastic scorpion.

Dates: circa 2000s

Lauren Jade Martin Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-03
Abstract

This collection consists of zine distros, stickers, photographs, clippings, and t-shirts from zinester, Lauren Martin.

Dates: 1993 - 2003

Lida Orzeck '68 Collection of WWII Propaganda Posters

 Collection
Identifier: SC11
Abstract

This collection contains 69 World War II propaganda posters from the United States.

Dates: 1941-1945, undated

Maggie Leigh Groff Abortion Control Act Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC15
Abstract

This collection contains records collected and maintained by Maggie Leigh Groff during her tenure as the Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County, now a part of Planned Parenthood Keystone. The records are related to advocay for and campaigns related to the Abortion Control Act.

Dates: 1987 - 2004

Marie Wilson White House Project Papers and Ms. Foundation

 Collection
Identifier: SC18
Abstract The White House Project was created in 1998, an offshoot of the Ms. Foundation, the organization worked to help put women in positions of leadership. The White House Project was created with the ideal that a woman should be President sooner rather than later, and worked to increase female presence in business and American governmental spaces. Known for their catchphrase "Vote, Run, Lead” the Project ran a non-partisan conference called Go Run which connected...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1980s through 2014

Marissa Falco Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-09
Abstract

This collection consists of buttons, correspondence, artwork, flyers, programs and other ephemera from zinester Marissa Falco.

Dates: 1996 - 2015

Nancy Friday Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC20
Abstract Nancy Friday was an author and pop psychologist active from the early 1970s into the 2000s, whose work dealt with women’s sexuality, gender roles, and family dynamics. She was known for her unabashed discussion of challenging topics, especially taboo sexual fantasies, and her insistence on showcasing women as autonomous sexual beings; Friday often faced backlash for her writing from feminists and conservatives alike. Most of the materials in the Nancy Friday collection cover her adult and...
Dates: 1950 - 2010

Nia King Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-20
Abstract

The Nia King Zinester Ephemera Collection contains zine fest and conference ephemera, King's early publications and thesis, and original and photocopied zine flats and other ephemeral materials tied to King's decades-long involvement in zine subcultures centering queer artists of color.

Dates: 2003-2020, bulk 2007-2018

Overbury Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC05
Abstract

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, and books of American women authors collected by Bertha Van Riper Overbury, Barnard Class of 1896. It includes correspondence with the dealers she used to collect the material, clippings related to the material, and catalog cards for the letters, manuscripts, and books in the collection.

Dates: 1777-1963

Rare Books Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC06
Abstract

This collection consists of 477-volumes of rare books and manuscripts.

Dates: undated

Sabra Moore NYC Women's Art Movement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC16
Abstract

This collection documents Sabra Moore’s involvement in the Women’s Art Movement, Women’s Caucus for Art, Women Artists in Revolution, Heresies Collective, and other feminist artist groups based in New York City from the 1970s to the mid-1990s. The collection consists of flyers, publications, artwork, t-shirts, correspondence, photographs, and protest ephemera conceived of, and created by, Moore and her artist colleagues.

Dates: 1969 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1992

Sara Jaffe Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-06
Abstract

This collection consists of 2 VHS recordings and 8 t-shirts from zinester, Sara Jaffe.

Dates: circa 1990s through 2000s

Sarah From Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-08
Dates: 1995 - 1998

Sawyer Lovett Zine Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-18
Abstract

The Sawyer Lovett Zine Ephemera Collection contains original zine flats, phocopied stacks of Lovett's zines, hand-drawn posters, poetry edits, Bunny Ears Distro cards, and misc. postcards. Lovett's work thematically explores mental health, queerness, feminism, transmasculinity, and fandom culture.

Dates: 2014 - 2022

Tara Emelye Needham and Sasha Cagen Cupsize Zinester Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-15
Abstract The Tara Emelye Needham and Sasha Cagen Cupsize Zinester Ephemera Collection includes drafts and copies of various issues of the 1990s riot grrrl zine Cupsize, correspondence with other zinesters, fanmail, zine distros materials, promotional materials, flyers, and zines created by other zinesters. The collection highlights a culture of exchange between zinesters sharing resources as well as each others’ zines in the...
Dates: 1990 - 1999

Zinester Diaries Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC10-05
Abstract

This collection consists of diaries written between the early 1990's through the 2000's by an anonymous donor zinester.

Dates: Circa 1990s through 2000s