Mark Andersen and Positive Force DC Riot Grrrl Collection
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Mark Andersen is a punk rock community activist and author who co-founded Positive Force DC, an activist collective promoting social change, personal growth, and youth empowerment. The Positive Force House served as a meeting and organizational space for Riot Grrrl, with the DC chapter acting as the de facto headquarters for the movement in the early 1990s. This collection contains materials created and collected by members of the Riot Grrrl movement in Washington, DC documenting their organizing efforts, including notes, zines, subscriber lists, press clippings, and publications featuring articles about Riot Grrrl or women in the music industry. The majority of the collection consists of letters sent by teenagers and young adults expressing their interest and support, as well as asking for information on how to establish their own local chapters.
Biographical / Historical
Mark Andersen is a punk rock community activist and author who lives in Washington, D.C. He was born and raised in rural Montana and moved to D.C. in 1984 to attend graduate school at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 1985 Andersen co-founded Positive Force DC, an activist collective promoting social change, personal growth, and youth empowerment. The Positive Force House served as a meeting and organizational space for Riot Grrrl, with the DC chapter acting as the de facto headquarters for the movement in the early 1990s.
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This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials created and collected by members of the Riot Grrrl movement in Washington, DC documenting their organizing efforts, including notes, zines, subscriber lists, press clippings, and publications featuring articles about Riot Grrrl or women in the music industry. The majority of the collection consists of letters sent by teenagers and young adults expressing their interest and support, as well as asking for information on how to establish their own local chapters.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions. 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); Mark Andersen and Positve Force DC Riot Grrrl Collection; MSS 445; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mark Andersen in October 2015. The accession number associated with this gift is 2015.445.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, a collection-level record with a box list was created. Materials were kept in original folders in the original order that existed when the collection was received, with the exception of the binder and collection of subscriber index cards that were rehoused in box 4 due to their size.
