Summary

Creator:

Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Abstract:

This collection consists of zines, primarily authored by women, acquired as donations from multiple collectors or purchased from book stores, zine fairs, and zine distributors. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Extent:

33.5 Linear Feet

Language:

Material in English

Collection ID:

RL.01406

Background

Scope and Content:

This collection consists of zines, primarily authored by women and people of marginalized genders, acquired as donations from multiple collectors or purchased from book stores, zine fairs, and zine distributors. Some zines in accession 2022-0179 were written during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic.

Acquisition Information:

The collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a series of gifts and purchases from 2006-2022.

Processing information:

Updated by Rosemary Davis, Claire Radcliffe, Lauren Brewer, Jennifer Scott, Valerie Szwaya, and Megan Lewis

Accessions described in this finding aid: 2006-0132; 2013-0136; 2014-0159; 2016-0401; 2018-0048

Accessions 2022-0176, 2022-0117, 2022-0179 added and finding aid updated by Shiloh Jines and Tracy M. Jackson December 2022 and March 2023. Accession 2023-0108 added and finding aid updated by Tracy M. Jackson, September 2023.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged by accession, then alphabetically by title.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:

Comic books, strips, etc.
Fan magazines
Feminism -- Periodicals
Underground comic books, strips, etc.
Underground press publications
Women -- Comic books, strips, etc.