Tammy Rae Carland Riot Grrrl Zine Collection
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Tammy Rae Carland is a Professor at the California College of the Arts where she also chairs the Photography Program. In the 1990's Carland produced a series of fanzines, including I (heart) Amy Carter and Thorn. From 1997-2005 she co-ran Mr. Lady Records and Videos, an independent record label and video art distribution company that was dedicated to the production and distribution of queer and feminist culture. The collection contains zines from Carland's personal collection, spanning through feminist, queer, punk, and popular culture in the 1990's, beginning in 1988 through to 2002.
Biographical Note
Tammy Rae Carland was born in Portland, Maine in 1965. She received her BA from The Evergreen State College, an MFA from UC Irvine, and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program. She is a Professor at the California College of the Arts, where she also chairs the Photography Program. Carland is represented by Silverman Gallery in San Francisco, and primarily works with photography, experimental video and small run publications. Her photographs have been published in several books, including The Passionate Camera; Queer Bodies of Desire, and Lesbian Art in America. Carland's fanzine writing has been republished in A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World. She has also published photographs and received reviews of her work in numerous national media.
In the 1990's Carland produced a series of fanzines, including I (heart) Amy Carter and Thorn. She collaborated on the record art for bands Bikini Kill, The Fakes and The Butchies. From 1997-2005 she co-ran Mr. Lady Records and Videos, an independent record label and video art distribution company that was dedicated to the production and distribution of queer and feminist culture.
Arrangement
Zines are arranged alphabetically by zine title, under a single series.
Scope and Content
Tammy Rae Carland Riot Grrrl Zine Collection holds Carland's personal collection of zines. Spanning from the years 1988-2002 and highly concentatred in the 1990's, the bulk of the collection covers women's and queer issues and topics, but also covers music, popular culture, social commentary, fanzines about fanzines, vegetarian/veganism, sexuality, AIDS, comics, erotica, poetry, literature, and diary-style personal musings, among others.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Tammy Rae Carland Zine Collection; MSS 320; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Provenance
The Tammy Rae Carland Riot Grrrl Zine Collection was donated by Carland to NYU Libraries in 2011.