Guide to the Guerrilla Girls Archive, 1985-2015 MSS.274
Fales Library and Special Collections
Collection processed by Rosemary K. J. Davis.
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on February 16, 2022
Description is in English
Edited by Nicole Greenhouse to reflect additional administrative information and added archived websites , February 2022
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Guerrilla Girls (Group of artists) |
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| Title: | Guerrilla Girls Archive |
| Dates [inclusive]: | 1985-2015 |
| Abstract: | Founded in 1985, the Guerrilla Girls are a feminist art collective who focus on issues of gender and racial inequity in the art world, specifically the under-representation of women and minorities in museum and gallery exhibitions. Guerrilla Girls BroadBand continues the works of the Guerrilla Girls, with a special focus on web activism. Their archive includes posters, financial and legal documents, correspondence, and printed ephemera that span the existence of the collective and shed light on its transition from upstart activist group to a trio of organizations, each with their own feminist focus. |
| Quantity: | 9 Linear Feet in 7 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder |
| Quantity: | 6 websites in 6 archived websites. |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Call Phrase: | MSS.274 |
Historical Note
In 1985, a group of female artists, incensed by an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that included 165 artists but only 17 women, founded the Guerrilla Girls. From that point on, using statistics-based, text-centric posters and billboards, the group sought to educate the art world about its own institutionalized discrimination by targeting art institutions and art critics who failed to provide women and minorities representation. The group also staged public interventions while wearing gorilla masks to protect their identities. Anonymity is a key aspect of the group's activism, and members (primarily artists) adopt the names of overlooked artists as pseudonyms.
In the late nineties, the Guerrilla Girls entered a phase during which some of its founding members split apart from the group. Disagreements over focus, financial dealings, and the future of the collective's mission led to the formation of three separate groups, all three of which still functioned as of 2013. Today, the GuerrillaGirlsBroadBand, Inc., Guerrilla Girls On Tour, Inc. (the Theatre Girls), and Guerrilla Girls, Inc. all continue to promote the objectives of the collectives.
Guerrilla Girls BroadBand was formed in 2001. While continuing the aims of the original Guerrilla Girls, it sees the world wide web as its "natural habitat". From their viewpoint, the "original Unincorporated Collective of Guerrilla Girls had come unstuck partly through a lack of agreed procedures for such things as diversity, power-sharing, and collective rights to intellectual property. The Broads set out to fix these problems and blaze a trail for future collective artistic endeavours."
Sources:
Guerrilla Girls BroadBand "about page" (ggbb.org/about) Guerrilla Girls chronology (www.guerrillagirls.com/info/index.shtml)
Scope and Contents
This collection includes posters, financial and legal documents, correspondence, and ephemera that span the existence of the collective from its founding in 1985, to the incarnation and continued existence of the splinter group Guerrilla Girls BroadBand. Records shed light on the group's transition from an upstart activist group, to a trio of organizations, each with their own feminist focus.
Arrangement
Primarily, collection materials are arranged chronologically within each series. Undated materials are generally found at the end of each series or subseries. Realia, video, and audio media have been separated out into a separate subseries to facilitate usage. Each object and media element have then been assigned unique identification numbers.
The collection is arranged into eight series:
Series I. Administrative Records
Subseries A. Guerrilla Girls Notes, Correspondence, and Clippings
Subseries B. GuerrillaGirlsBroadBand Notes and Correspondence
Subseries C. Financial Documentation and Accounting Records
Subseries D. Archive Sale Documentation and Correspondence
Series II. Legal Records and Related Correspondence
Subseries A. Legal Documents and Proceedings
Subseries B. Miscellaneous Legal Correspondence and Research Notes
Series III. Lectures, Performances, and Exhibitions
Subseries A. Gig Notes, Correspondence, and Clippings
Subseries B. Related Catalogs and Publications
Series IV. Research and Notes
Subseries A. Guerrilla Girls Project Notes
Subseries B. Miscellaneous Research and Clippings
Series V. Posters and Graphic Works
Subseries A. Posters
Subseries B. Postcards, Stickers, and Miscellaneous Graphic Works
Subseries C. Dimensional Works and Ephemera
Series VI. Publications
Subseries A. Publications
Subseries B. Proofs and Notes
Series VII. Media Subseries A. Originals
Series VIII. Archived Websites
The Oversize Series is preserved in boxes 7 and 8. This series includes materials from Series III, V, and VI.
Access Points
Document Type
- Political posters.
Subject Organizations
- Guerrilla Girls (Group of artists)
Subject Topics
- Art, Modern -- United States -- 20th century.
- Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
- Political activists.
- Feminism and art.
- Women artists -- United States.
- Women artists -- Exhibitions.
- Art -- Political aspects.
- Art museums -- New York (N.Y.)
- Artists -- Exhibitions
Administrative Information
Provenance
The collection was donated to NYU's Fales Library and Special Collections by artist and Franklin Furnace founder Martha Wilson in 2010. Additional materials were donated in 2015; the accession number associated with this gift is 2015.274.
http://www.guerrillagirls.com/ was initially selected by curators and captured through the use of The California Digital Library's Web Archiving Service in 2007 as part of the Other Left Activism Web Archive. In 2015, these websites were migrated to Archive-It. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website. In 2017, crawling was discontinued in the Other Left Activism Web Archive and restarted in the Guerrilla Girls Web Archive. http://guerrillagirlsbroadband.com was initially captured in 2015 in the Guerrilla Girls Web Archive and continued in 2017 in the Guerrilla Girls Broadband Web Archive. In 2019, http://guerrillagirlsontour.com/ was added to the Guerrilla Girls Web Archive. The accession number associated with this seed is 2019.055. Indidivdual videos were added to better capture the videos embedded in http://www.guerrillagirls.com/. The accession number associated with the videos is 2019.061. In August 2021, https://www.themalegraze.com/ was added. The accession number asssociated with this website is 2022.011. In September 2021, https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1MZdTCzaBYXUxtvr9NqDW5yQbamkwsZhX&ll=53.04642406914769,0.153804424388424&z=7 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTMrLOz57uj4FTWDAHDhpfUQpy2grbpcSwfFApuhtJjMGUgy10yhs1VkmZuzOf9xPTZKHR4tvAAKXbk/pubhtml https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTzPxzXU73Y were added. The accession number associated with these websites is 2022.014.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers.
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.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the
following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Guerrilla Girls Archive; MSS 274; box number;
folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
To cite the archived website in this collection: Identification of item, date; Guerrilla Girls Archive; MSS 274; Wayback URL; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Processing Information
As part of processing, real names of members of the Guerrilla Girls were redacted to protect the anonymity on which the group relies. Redactions were made on photocopy facsimiles. In 2015, an addition was added to the collection, and incorporated into series V.B. (Postcards, Stickers, and Miscellaneous Graphic Works) and V.C. (Dimensional Works and Ephemera) in accordance with previous arrangement decisions, and due to their similar fomats and content.
In 2019 and 2022, the archived websites were added as Series VIII.
Take Down Policy
Archived websites are made accessible for purposes of education and research. NYU Libraries have given attribution to rights holders when possible; however, due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify this information.
If you hold the rights to materials in our archived websites that are unattributed, please let us know so that we may maintain accurate information about these materials.
If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on this website for which you have not granted permission (or is not covered by a copyright exception under US copyright laws), you may request the removal of the material from our site by submitting a notice, with the elements described below, to the repository email.
Please include the following in your notice: Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material; your contact information, such as an address, telephone number, and email address; a statement that you are the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed and that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and made under penalty of perjury; and your physical or electronic signature. Upon receiving a notice that includes the details listed above, we will remove the allegedly infringing material from public view while we assess the issues identified in your notice.
Container List
Series I: Administrative Records
Scope and ContentSeries I consists of correspondence, financial records, invoices, and documentation related to the business dealings of the Guerrilla Girls in all their incarnations. The records include details about logistics of gigs, correspondence pertaining to the "break-up" of the group, and information about the donation of their archival holdings. Subseries A. Guerrilla Girls Notes, Correspondence, and Clippings |
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Subseries A: Guerrilla Girls Notes, Correspondence, and Clippings
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Guerrilla Girls Press Clippings |
1986-1991 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Guerrilla Girls Portfolio and Correspondence |
1990-1991 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | GG 1990-1994 [1 of 2] |
1990-1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | GG 1990-1994 [2 of 2] |
1990-1994 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Mailing Lists and GG Resume |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | Resume, Membership Lists |
1991-1995 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 7 | GG Mailing List 1996 |
1996 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 8 | GG 1998, 1999 Retreat [1 of 2] |
1998-1999 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 9 | GG 1998, 1999 Retreat [2 of 2] |
1998-1999 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 10 | Pre-Break Up Correspondence |
1996+2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 11 | MW Confession and After GG 2000 |
1999-2000 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 12 | GGBB New Member Intro Packet |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 13 | Breakup 2000-2001 Negotiations |
2000-2001 | |
Subseries B: Guerrilla Girls Broad Band Notes and Correspondence
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 14 | GGBB Stationery, Labels and Business Cards |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 15 | 1st GGBB Meetings 1999, 2000, 01 [1 of 2] |
1999-2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 16 | 1st GGBB Meetings, 1999, 2000, 01 [2 of 2] |
1999-2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 17 | 9-21-00 J & E Letter / Marvin Taylor Letter |
2000 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 18 | GGBB Misc
Scope and ContentContains photograph. |
2000 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 19 | GG Theater |
2000 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 20 | GGBB Constitution |
2000-2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 21 | GGBB Corporate Papers |
2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 22 | GGBB Press/Launch |
2001-2006 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 23 | GGBB Correspondence & Notes |
2001-2005 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 24 | GGBB in New York Times 7/23/01 |
2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 25 | GGBB Expenses |
2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 26 | Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund |
2001 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 27 | Old and New Members [1 of 2] |
2001-2006 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 28 | Old and New Members [2 of 2] |
2001-2006 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 29 | GGBB Logo, Constitution, Etc. |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 30 | Metroland: April 11, 2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 31 | Preview: April 11-17, 2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 32 | Maine Times: April 25-May 1, 2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 33 | NYSCA 5/22/02 |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 34 | September 2002 Intro to GGBB |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 35 | TNYT 10/13/02 Edward Gomez |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 36 | GGBB Press |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 37 | GGBB Correspondence |
2002 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 38 | Pennies from Heaven Grant |
2003 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 39 | GGBB Horoscope |
2003 | |
| Box: 1 | Box : 40 | Lyn Blumenthal Memorial Fund |
2003 | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 41 | GGBB Phone Info |
2003 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 1 | "Broadband" NYSCA 04, North Star 04 |
2004 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 2 | 20th Anniversary Report Card Project |
2005 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 3 | GGBB Member News |
2005 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 4 | Misc Projects 2005-2007 |
2005-2007 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 5 | Minutes 2002-2006 |
2002-2006 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 6 | GG Contact Lists |
2005-2006 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 7 | Broad Blog '06 |
2006 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 8 | GGBB Resume |
2006 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Gunk and Northstar Information and Grant Applications |
2006 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 10 | NYSCA FY '06 |
2006 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | GGBB Minutes |
2006-2008 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Lynn Hershman: Women, Art, Revolution |
2007 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 13 | Louise Bourgeois Film Short w/Amei Wallach |
2007 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 14 | Second Life/Creative Capital |
2008 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 15 | Archives of American Art Interview w/GG |
2008 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 16 | Posters to MW from [_______] |
2009 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 17 | CAA Distinguished Feminist Award |
2009 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 18 | GGOT & GG.Info site |
2003-2009 | |
Subseries C: Financial Documentation and Accounting Records
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 19 | Accounting Info 93-97 |
1993-1997 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 20 | GG 1099s |
1996-1998 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 21 | GG Bookkeeping Runs '97 |
1997 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 22 | Guerrilla Girls Accounting 97, 98, 99 [1 of 5] |
1997-1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 23 | Guerrilla Girls Accounting 97, 98, 99 [2 of 5] |
1997-1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 24 | Guerrilla Girls Accounting 97, 98, 99 [3 of 5] |
1997-1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 25 | Guerrilla Girls Accounting 97, 98, 99 [4 of 5] |
1997-1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 26 | Guerrilla Girls Accounting 97, 98, 99 [5 of 5] |
1997-1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 27 | GG Receipts and Taxes '97 [1 of 2] |
1997 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 28 | GG Receipts and Taxes '97 [2 of 2] |
1997 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 29 | Chemical Bank Cards |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 30 | Accounting Info 99 [1 of 4] |
1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 31 | Accounting Info 99 [2 of 4] |
1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 32 | Accounting Info 99 [3 of 4] |
1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 33 | Accounting Info 99 [4 of 4] |
1999 | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 34 | GG Finances (Records) |
1999-2000 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 1 | GGBB 2001 Bills |
2001 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 2 | Bank Statements/Chase [1 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 3 | Bank Statements/Chase [2 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 4 | Bank Statements/Chase [3 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 5 | Bank Statements/Chase [4 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 6 | GGBB Taxes [1 of 2] |
2002-2003 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 7 | GGBB Taxes [2 of 2] |
2002-2003 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 8 | Consultant Invoices |
2001-2003 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 9 | GGBB Misc Income |
2002 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 10 | To Be Paid/Financials |
2002 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 11 | GGBB Reimbursables |
2002-2003 | |
Subseries D: Archive Sale Documentation and Correspondence
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 12 | Guerrilla Girls Poster & Archives Inventory Lists |
1999 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 13 | Archives and Storage Info |
undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 14 | Archives Commission [1 of 4] |
2006-2007 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 15 | Archives Commission [2 of 4] |
2006-2007 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 16 | Archives Commission [3 of 4] |
2006-2007 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 17 | Archives Commission [4 of 4] |
2006-2007 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 18 | Archives Sale Correspondence |
2008 | |
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Series II: Legal Records and Related Correspondence
Scope and ContentSeries II contains official legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit instigated by two original members of the Guerrilla Girls against the other members of the group. Official depositions and motions, along with formal and informal correspondence are included. Subseries A. Legal Documents and Proceedings |
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Subseries A: Legal Documents and Proceedings
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 19 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: 1/16/2001-5/28/2004 [1 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 20 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: 1/16/2001-5/28/2004 [2 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 21 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: 1/16/2001-5/28/2004 [3 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 22 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: 1/16/2001-5/28/2004 [4 of 4] |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 23 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Sep. 27, 2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 24 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: July 21, 2003-Aug 28, 2003 |
2003 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 25 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: July 9, 2003-Oct. 16 2003 |
2003 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 26 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Sept. 17, 2003-Feb. 10, 2004 |
2003-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 27 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Oct. 16, 2003-Dec. 1, 2004 |
2003-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 28 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Oct. 28, 2003-Jan. 24, 2004 |
2003-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 29 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Oct. 29, 2003-Feb. 3, 2004 |
2003-2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 30 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Feb. 20, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 31 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Mar. 2, 2004-Oct. 13, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 1 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Mar. 18, 2004-Oct. 11, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 2 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Mar. 23, 2004-Nov. 24, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 3 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: June 2004 [1 of 3] |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 4 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: June 2004 [2 of 3] |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 5 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: June 2004 [3 of 3] |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 6 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Sept. 9, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 7 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Sept. 13, 2004-Oct. 8, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 8 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Oct. 13, 2004 |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 9 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Nov. 29, 2004-July 5, 2005 |
2004-2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 10 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Dec. 6, 2004-Feb. 14, 2005 |
2004-2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 11 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Aug.-Sept. '05 (Some Spring '05) |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 12 | GG Legal Decision Documentation: Nov. 5/Correspondence |
2005-2006 | |
Subseries B: Miscellaneous Legal Correspondence and Research Notes
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 13 | Negotiation GG/GGBB |
2000-2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 14 | GGOT Agreement w/GGI |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 15 | Search for Legal Representation 10/1/04-2/2/05 |
2004-2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 16 | Proskauer Rose 2/2/05 |
2005 | |
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Series III: Lectures, Performances, and Exhibitions
Scope and ContentSeries III comprises correspondence related to performances and appearances by members of the Guerrilla Girls in all their incarnations. Postcards, posters, press mentions, official catalogs, and research notes are also included. Subseries A. Gig Notes, Correspondence, and Clippings |
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Subseries A: Gig Notes, Correspondence, and Clippings
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 17 | Guerrilla Girls Early Projects MW Did |
undated | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 18 | GG @ Atlanta College of Art |
1990 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 19 | GG @ Falkirk Cultural Center Promo Materials |
1991 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 20 | New Museum Spy Project |
1998 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 21 | General Gig Info 2001-2004 |
2001-2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 22 | Gotham Comedy Club Event |
2001 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 23 | "Girlfriends" Press Notice, November 2001 |
2001 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 24 | N. Wisc Press 3/12/2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 25 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 11, 2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 26 | U. of St. Thomas Gig: Apr. 29, 2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 27 | Anonymous Show/Karen Atkinson Curator |
2002 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 28 | Art & Outrage: 6/5/2002 |
2002 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 29 | Correspondence re: SVA Panel "Goddesses...Riot Grrls" |
2003 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 30 | David Zwirner Gallery "Charley 03" Exhibit |
2003 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 31 | Funky Fine Fall Line/Curator Judy Collischan/Fashion Week |
2003 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 32 | Baxten Award: 11/6/03 |
2003 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 33 | Buffalo '04/Network, Art, & Collaboration |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 34 | GGBB @ The '04 Whitney Biennial |
2004 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 35 | And So Forth/Jan. 2005 |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 36 | Art Journal: Spring 2005 |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 37 | "Post No Bills" Exhibition/White Columns June 17-July 31, 2005 |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 38 | Santa Fe Art Institute/July 23, '05 |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 39 | GGI @ Venice Biennale 2005/New Yorker & ArtNews articles |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 40 | GGBB @ Pittsburgh 11/7/2005 |
2005 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 41 | NYU Gig 3/2/06 |
2006 | |
| Box: 4 | Folder : 42 | Lynn Hershmann Film 5/13/2006 |
2006 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 1 | UCLA Gig 3/2/07 |
2007 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 2 | Creative Time/Democracy in Action |
2008 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 3 | Bronx Museum 5/17/08 |
2008 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 4 | Conversation Pieces/Buffalo Exhibition |
2009 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 5 | Grantmakers in the Arts Gig, 10/21/09 |
2009 | |
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Series IV: Research and Notes
Scope and ContentSeries IV contains correspondence, notes, articles, and clippings used to develop projects including books, performances, and artworks. Subseries A. Guerrilla Girls Project Notes |
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Subseries A: Guerrilla Girl Project Notes
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 6 | GG Project Notes 1996-early 2000 [1 of 4] |
1996-2000 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 7 | GG Project Notes 1996-early 2000 [2 of 4] |
1996-2000 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 8 | GG Project Notes 1996-early 2000 [3 of 4] |
1996-2000 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 9 | GG Project Notes 1996-early 2000 [4 of 4] |
1996-2000 | |
Subseries B: Miscellaneous Project Research and Clippings
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 10 | Gov't Spending Research |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 11 | Babes in the Artworld Video Project |
1999 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 12 | Misc Clippings and Articles |
2000-2004 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 13 | Feminism Fashion Show |
2001 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 14 | Research on Work/Job |
2001 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 15 | New Work & Research 2003
Scope and ContentContains photograph. |
2003 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 16 | The Advantages of Another Bush Presidency Notes |
2004 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 17 | Ideas |
2003-2004 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 18 | Film and Fashion [1 of 2] |
2004 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 19 | Film and Fashion [2 of 2] |
2004 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 20 | GG Research and Clippings 2005 |
2005 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 21 | Broadblog and Recruitment Research |
2006-2007 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 22 | Notes for YouTube Videos |
2008 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 23 | Gertrude Stein Research |
2005-2009 | |
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Series V: Posters and Graphic Works 1985-2010
Scope and ContentSeries V includes original artistic output from the Guerrilla Girls including posters, graphic works, and objects. Subseries A. Posters is listed under Oversize materials |
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Subseries B: Postcards, Stickers, and Miscellaneous Graphic Works
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 24 | GG Pop Quiz 8 1/2 x 11" |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 25 | Tragedy Poster 8 1/2 x 11" |
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| Box: 5 | Folder : 26 | Assorted GG Cards and Stickers |
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| Box: 5 | Folder : 27 | Photo of GG w/ "Confessions" |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 28 | As Good As It Gets Stickers |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 29 | "Where to Get an Abortion in Buffalo" Brochures |
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| Box: 5 | Folder : 30 | Photos of GG W/ Dead Women Artists Pictures |
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| Box: 5 | Folder : 31 | Photos of [_____] in Mask |
undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 32 | Gender Postcard 2000 |
2000 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 1 | Cards and Stickers |
circa 1987-2015 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 2 | "Provoke, Protest, and Prevail" Patches |
2003 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 3 | "Provoke, Protest, Prevail" Temporary Tattoos |
circa 2003 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 4 | "Provoke, Protest, Prevail" Armbands |
2003 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 5 | "Know Your Theatre Lingo" Cards |
circa 1999 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 6 | "What Do Toilet Stalls and the Tony Awards Have in Common?" Cards |
circa 1998 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 7 | Giuliani "Welcome to New York" Flyer |
1999 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 8 | Letters to Bad Bosses Stickers |
circa 2001 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 10 | Guerrilla Girls Talk Back: Falkirk Cultural Center Retrospective |
1991 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 11 | "Dear Theatre Producer" Cards to Neil Pepe |
circa 1987-2015 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 12 | "GGBB Wear" Brochure |
2002 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 13 | "Cartographies of Choice" Card and Brochure |
2010 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 14 | New Observations, #70 |
1989 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 15 | "Heads of State" |
2011 | |
| Box: 10 | Folder : 16 | "Heads of State", The Brooklyn Rail |
2015 June | |
Subseries C: Dimensional Works and Ephemera
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 6 | Object : ID: 274.2.0001 (Realia [31142063598489]) | Yellow Foam Banana |
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| Box: 10 | ||||
| Box: 6 | Object : ID: 274.2.0002 | "I'm a Guerrilla Girl" pins |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Object : ID: 274.2.0003 | GGBB "Protest--Prevail--Provoke" patches |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Object : ID: 274.2.0004 | Guerrilla Girls pencils |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Object : ID: 274.2.0005 | Guerrilla Girls "Spy Mission" Kit [1 of 2] |
undated | |
| Box: 6 | Object : ID: 274.2.0006 | Guerrilla Girls "Spy Mission" Kit [2 of 2] |
undated | |
| Box: 10 | "Prevail, Provoke, Protest" Shirt |
circa 2003 | ||
| Box: 10 | Folder : 9 | Mousepad: "Think Gender Doesn't Matter in the New Economy?" |
2001 | |
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Series VI: Publications 1985-1998
Scope and ContentSeries VI comprises works authored and compiled by the Guerrilla Girls, along with annotated proofs and drafts. Subseries A. Publications |
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Subseries A: Publications
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 33 | Guerrilla Girls: The Banana Report |
1987 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 34 | New Observations |
1989 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 35 | Guerrilla Girls Talk Back |
1991 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 36 | GG Bedside Companion to History of Western Art |
1998 | |
Subseries B: Proofs and Notes
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 37 | Notes for "Bedside Companion" |
1997 | |
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Series VII: Media, 1997-2008
Conditions Governing AccessAudiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Scope and ContentsCcontains research materials, administrative records and legal documentation. |
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Subseries A: Originals, 1997-2008
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0001 | "Trouble" festival Belgium 04/08--Tracy Essoglou Trevisa, Italy Photo CD
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements noteOriginal format: 4.5" Photo CD compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
Conditions Governing AccessCurrently unavailable until duplication occurs.
General NoteThis media is associated with "Old and New Members [2 of 2]" folder: Series I, Subseries B, Box 1, Folder 28. |
April 2008 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0002 | "Cigarettes, Reading, Masturbation and boys" film by Diane Torr
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" DVD
GeneralThis media is associated with "Old and New Members [2 of 2]" folder: Series I, Subseries B, Box 1, Folder 28. |
undated | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0003 | "Women Art Revolution" DVD
General noteThis media is associated with "Lynn Hershman: Women, Art, Revolution" folder: Series I, Subseries B, Box 2, Folder 12.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" DVD |
2007 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0004 | Financials--GG 2/10/08-7/7/97
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note3.5" computer floppy disk
General NoteThis media is associated with "GG Bookkeeping Runs '97" folder: Series I, Subseries C, Box 2, Folder 21. Media separated from "Lynn Hershman: Women, Art, Revolution" folder: Series I, Subseries B, Box 2, Folder 12. |
1997 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0005 | Guerrilla Girls Accounting 1999 disk
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note3.5" computer floppy disk
General NoteThis media is associated with "Accounting Info 99 [1 of 4]" folder: Series I, Subseries C, Box 2, Folder 30. |
1999 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0006 | GG Quicken Backup disk
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note3.5" computer floppy disk
General NoteThis media is associated with "Accounting Info 99 [1 of 4]" folder: Series I, Subseries C, Box 2, Folder 30. |
1999 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0007 | AR 97B--GG disk
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note3.5" computer floppy disk
General NoteThis media is associated with "Accounting Info 99 [1 of 4]" folder: Series I, Subseries C, Box 2, Folder 30. |
1999 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0008 | Alma Thomas declaration
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" CD-R
General NoteThis media is associated with "GG Legal Decision Documentation: June 2005 [3 of 3]" folder: Series II, Subseries A, Box 4, Folder 5. |
2004 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0009 (Mixed Materials [31142063435401]) | Guerrilla Girls BroadBand recorded by Creative Time @ Armory "Democracy in America"
video 10/24/08
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" DVD-R
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008 | |
| E-records: fales_mss274 | E-records : FA_MSS_274_1 (Electronic Records) | |||
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0010 | Counter-recruit card for Democracy in Action 9/27/08
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" CD-R
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0011 (Mixed Materials [31142063435401]) | GGBB at the beach-09/08
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" DVD-R
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008 | |
| E-records: fales_mss274 | E-records : FA_MSS_274_2 (Electronic Records) | |||
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0012 | Uncle Sam Counter-Recruitment Posters--English and Spanish, May 17, 2008, Bronx Museum
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" CD-R
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0013 (Mixed Materials [31142063435401]) | GGBB Music--9/24/08 Democracy in Action
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" CD-R
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008-09-24 | |
| E-records: fales_mss274 | E-records : FA_MSS_274_3 (Electronic Records) | |||
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0014 | John McCain on SNL 11/1/08
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" DVD-RW
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008 | |
| Box: 9 | Media : ID: 274.0015 | Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL 9/13/08
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note4.5" DVD-RW
General NoteThis media is associated with "Creative Time/Democracy in Action" folder: Series III, Subseries A, Box 5, Folder 2. |
2008 | |
| Box: 9 | Folder : 1 | Media-related Documentation and Enclosures |
2007-2008 | |
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Series VIII: Archived Websites, September 2007-ongoing. 6 websites in 6 archived websites.
Guerrilla Girls Archived Website: October 2015-ongoing [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6123/*/http://www.guerrillagirls.com/]Guerrilla Girls Archived Website: September 2007-January 2017 [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6351/*/http://www.guerrillagirls.com/]Guerrilla Girls Broadband Archived Website: March 2017-ongoing [https://wayback.archive-it.org/7358/*/http://guerrillagirlsbroadband.com/]Guerrilla Girls Broadband Archived Website: October 2015 [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6123/*/http://guerrillagirlsbroadband.com/]Guerrilla Girls on Tour Archived Website: March 2019-ongoing [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6123/*/http://guerrillagirlsontour.com/]The Male Graze Archived Website: August 2021-ongoing [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6123/*/https://www.themalegraze.com/]
AccrualsNew site crawls are accrued quarterly and semiannually.
AppraisalRobots.txt (a piece of code designed to limit crawler activity within a website) was ignored with the permission of the content owner. Crawl was limited to domains and subdomains of guerrillagirls.com, guerrillagirlsbroadband.com, and guerrillagirlsontour.com in order to remain within the collection scope and data constraints. Google Map, Google Sheet, and Youtube video were added to better capture embedded elements in the website but were not individually added to the finding aid.
Scope and ContentsThis series contains the websites for the three separate Guerrilla Girls groups formed after 2000, Guerrilla Girls, Inc., Guerrilla Girls On Tour, Inc., and GuerrillaGirlsBroadBand, Inc. These websites contain information on their upcoming lectures, book signings, performances, and workshops. They also contain summaries of performances and books, where their art is being exhibited, biographies of women artists that become the members' pseudonyms, videos of their performances, Guerrilla Girls printable mask, posters, current and past projects, and press. Editions of their newsletter go back to 2001. Topics focused on the website include lack of women and people of color in the film industry and art museums; abortion; hate speech; war; and marriage equality. In 2016, http://www.guerrillagirls.com/ was redesigned. The Male Graze was an online art commission by the Guerrilla Girls, Inc. for Art Night 2021, a contemporary art festival in the United Kingdom. The Male Gaze explores western art's focus on female bodies, male artists exploitation and abuse of women, rewriting of museum wall labels to reflect these exploitation and abuse, and naked women versus women artists counts at reported museums. The website is broken down into six sections: Flesh Through the Ages, Bad Male Behavior, Art School/Art World Confidential, Helping Museums Write Wall Labels, Are There More Naked Women Than Women Artists in Museums?, and Comments/Apologies. Capture of Guerrilla Girls On Tour, Inc. began in 2019. Guerrilla Girls on Tour is the blog listing their upcoming lectures, book signings, performances, and workshops for the Guerrilla Girls. The website was redesigned in 2020 to include more information on their books, UN/MASKED and PUSH/PUSHBACK. It also included information on virtual tours during the COVID-19 pandemic. The website redesigned again in 2022.
Physical Characteristics and Technical RequirementsDue to technical or privacy issues, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl. Certain file types will not be captured dependent on how they are embedded in the site. Other parts of websites that the crawler has difficulty capturing includes Javascript, streaming content, database-driven content, and highly interactive content. Full-Text searches of archived websites are available at https://archive-it.org/organizations/567. |
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OVERSIZE Series III, V, VI
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Series III, Subseries B: Lectures, Performances, and Exhibitions Posters
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 1 | "What Does She Want?" Catalog from First Bank Collection Exhibition |
1989 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 2 | Free Corporation Paper/SUNY Buffalo |
2004 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 1 | UCLA Art & Activism Gig Poster |
2007 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 3 | "Making it Together" Publication from the Bronx Museum |
2008 | |
Series V, Subseries A - C: Posters and Graphic Works 1985 - 2010
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 4 | "Hormone Imbalance, Melanin Deficiency" Poster (copies) |
1993 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 5 | GGBB Counter-Recruiting Reserves Poster |
2010 | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 6 | GGBB Title VII/Bloomberg/Herstory Signage |
undated | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 7 | Guerrilla Girl Paper Bag Masks |
undated | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 8 | WAC-GG Action at Guggenheim (Bag) |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 2 | "3 White Women, 1 Woman of Color and No Men of Color--out of 71 Artists?" Poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 3 | "Advantages of Another Bush Presidency" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 4 | "Advantages of Being a Woman Artist" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 5 | "At Last! Museums will no longer discriminate..." poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 6 | "Bus Companies are More Enlightened than NYC Art Galleries" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 7 | "Dearest Art Collector..." poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 8 | "Did She Risk her life for Governments that Enslave Women" poster |
undated | |
| Folder: 12 | "Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?" poster |
undated | ||
| Box: 8 | Folder : 9 | "Election Year Lottery" poster |
1996 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 10 | "George Bush, the Education President" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 11 | "Guerrilla Girls' 1986 Report Card" poster |
1986 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 12 | "Guerrilla Girls' Code of Ethics for Art Museums" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 13 | "Guerrilla Girls' Definition of a Hypocrite" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 14 | "Guerrilla Girls Explain the Concept of Natural Law" poster |
1992 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 15 | "Guerrilla Girls Hits List" poster |
1986 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 16 | "Guerrilla Girls' Identities Exposed!" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 17 | "Guerrilla Girls Review the Whitney" poster |
1987 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 18 | "Guerrilla Girls Urge Drastic N.E.A. Cuts" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 19 | "Hidden Agendas, Passing the Bucks" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 20 | "Hold on to Your Wallets! Cross Your Legs!" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 21 | "How Many Women Had One-Person Exhibitions..." poster |
1986 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 22 | "It's Even Worse in Europe" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 23 | "John Russell Thinks Things are Getting Better..." posters |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 24 | "Montgomery, Alabama 1955?" posters |
1991 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 25 | "National Health Care (Missing in Action)" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 26 | "Oh! The Joys of Being a Woman Playwright!" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 27 | "Only 4 Commercial Galleries in N.Y. Show Black Women" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 28 | "Pop's Quiz" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 29 | "Q: How Many Works by Woman Artists...At Sotheby's" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 30 | "Q: What's the Difference Between a Prisoner of War and a Homeless Person?" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 31 | "Relax Senator Helms" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 32 | "These Galleries Show No More Than 10% Women Artists..." poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 33 | "Under Surveillance This Year" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 34 | "We Sell White Bread" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 35 | "What Do These Artists Have in Common..." poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 36 | "What Do These Men Have in Common?" Andre/Simpson poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 37 | "What's Fashionable, Prestigious, & Tax-Deductible?" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 38 | "When Racism & Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable..." poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 39 | "Which Art Mag was Worst for Women Last Year?" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 40 | "You're Seeing Less than Half the Picture" poster |
undated | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 41 | "Women in America Earn Only 2/3 of What Men Do" poster |
undated | |
Series VI, Subseries A - B: Publications 1985 - 1998
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 7 | Folder : 9 | Proof for "Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls" |
1994 | |
| Box: 8 | Folder : 42 | Hot Flashes |
1993-1994 | |
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