SC. Special Collections

The Jenna Freedman Zine Correspondence Collection contains Jenna Freedman’s correspondence as the Barnard Zine Librarian, including her communication with zinesters, zine distros, teachers, students and libraries about the Zine Collection, as well as materials gathered from zine fairs, conferences, workshops and presentations Freedman has participated in or attended.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

This collection consists of rare books and pamphlets.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

This collection contains second wave feminist ephemera and publications including journal articles, academic essays, periodicals, and conference materials.

This collection contains Bitch, Bust, and Sassy magazines.

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.

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.

Personal journals of writer Joan Castagnone.

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.

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

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.

The Sharon Irish Women Artists Ephemera collection includes ephemeral materials collected by art historian Sharon Irish from primarily white, U.S.-based women artists in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.