BUST Magazine records, 1993-2020

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Summary

Creator:
Bust (Magazine : New York, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Debbie Stoller, Marcelle Karp, and Laurie Henzel began producing BUST, a third-wave feminist women's magazine, in New York, N.Y., in 1993 as a photocopied zine. Collection documents the behind-the-scenes work required to put together BUST. Materials include issues 1-15 and 20-86 of the magazine; layouts and copy-editing material; biographies of contributors; article submissions; column material (Girls, Fashions, The Shit, etc.); advertisement documentation; correspondence (letter and electronic mail); press coverage of BUST; promotional material; material related to the publication and promotion of the book The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order; and a variety of graphic items. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Extent:
54 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00180

Background

Scope and content:

Accession (2001-0009) (1500 items; 2.0 lin. ft.; dated 1993-1998) documents the behind-the-scenes work required to put together BUST. Materials include issues 1-15 of the magazine; layouts and copy-editing material; biographies of contributors; article submissions; column material ("Girls,""Fashions,""The Shit," etc.); advertisement documentation; correspondence (letter and electronic mail); press coverage of BUST; promotional material; material related to the publication and promotion of the book The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order; and a variety of graphic items, including color (9) and black-and-white photographs (6), original black-and-white ink drawings, and color prints (23), as well as color slides (12).

Accession (2009-0082) (24 items; 13.5 lin. ft.; dated 2002-2007) consists of production binders for issues 20-43 of BUST magazine, published from summer 2002 through spring 2007. Each binder contains a copy of the published issue, as well as tabbed sections for each portion of the issue, including features, columns, regulars, sex files, and guides.

Accession (2010-0101) (7875 items; 10.5 lin. ft.; dated 1993-2006) includes production binders, files from the creative director, and files from the Art Department.

Accession (2013-0184) (10125 items; 13.5 lin. ft.; dated 2008-2011) consists of production binders for issues 44-71, published from 2008-2011.

Accession (2015-0040) (1400 items; 3 lin. ft.; dated 2010-2013) consists of production files for issues 64-73, production binders for issues 72-86, and 13 Syquest discs from issues 4-9.

Accession (2015-0097) (1700 items, 4 lin. ft.; dated 1997-2012) consists of production files for issues 10-50, Creative Director Laurie Henzel's notebooks, and graphic materials including original art, color and black and white photographs and color layouts.

Accession (2021-0054) (4.5 lin. ft.; dated 2000-2020) consists of production files for volumes 102-105, 114, 116-117, and 118-119. Also includes issues of BUST magazine (2000-2020).

Accession (2023-0013) (6.5 lin. ft.; dated 1993-2019) consists of production files, photographs, artwork, and proofs for BUST magazine issues and the book The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order.

Biographical / historical:

Debbie Stoller, Marcelle Karp, and Laurie Henzel began producing BUST, a third-wave feminist women's magazine, in New York, N.Y., in 1993 as a photocopied zine. Today, according to the magazine's website (www.bust.com), BUST "offers an uncensored view on the female experience.... BUST tells the truth about women's lives and presents a female perspective on pop culture."

Acquisition information:
The BUST Magazine records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from BUST magazine in 2001-2023.
Processing information:

Processed by Meghan Lyon, March 2009

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, March 2009

Accession 2021-0054 added by Laurin Penland, July 2020

Updated by Leah Tams, May 2023

Materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Accessions included in this collection guide: 2001-0009, 2009-0082, 2010-0101, 2013-0184, 2015-0040, 2015-0097, 2021-0054, and 2023-0013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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