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Elena Humphreys Riot Grrrl Collection

Call Number

MSS.394

Dates

1972-1998, inclusive
; 1991-1996, bulk

Creator

Humphreys, Elena

Extent

5 Linear Feet in 5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize flat box, and 1 object

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Elena Humphreys Riot Grrrl Collection consists of material personally collected by Humphreys while she was involved in the Riot Grrrl movement in the 1990s, as well as material generated by and related to Riot Grrrl NYC's activities including zine-making and distribution, activism, and events.

Biographical Note

Elena Humphreys is a designer living in New York City. In the 1990s, she was heavily involved in the New York punk scene and was an active member of Riot Grrrl New York City.

Riot Grrrl New York City was a group of young women in New York City in the 1990s that were together involved in the broader Riot Grrrl movement. Their involvement was expressed through activism, music, and zine creation and distribution, among other activities.

Arrangement

This collection arrived with no discernible order and the archivist arranged the materials into two series and one oversize series.

Series I: Riot Grrrl New York City
Series II: Zines, Ephemera, and Catalogs
Oversize Series 1: Riot Grrrl New York City

Materials in the oversize series were removed from the regular series due to size and correspond exactly to that series in content and arrangement.

Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically by title of zine or catalog, or when no title was applicable, by genre. Correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by last name, or by first name when the last name was unknown.

Scope and Content

The Elena Humphreys Riot Grrrl Collection consists of material personally collected by Humphreys while she was involved in the Riot Grrrl movement in the 1990s. These materials include zines, zine catalogs, record catalogs, and ephemera. The collection also contains material generated by and related to Riot Grrrl NYC's activities including zine-making and distribution, activism, and events. These materials include zines, paste-ups for zines, posters, flyers, and other ephemera, correspondence, clippings, mailing lists, and other material.

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); Elena Humphreys Riot Grrrl Collection; MSS 394; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.

Provenance

This collection was donated to the Fales Library by Elena Humphreys in Spring of 2014.

Collection processed by

Rachel Greer, 2014. Zine abstracts by Charlie Morgan, 2015.

About this Guide

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Language: Description is in English.

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012