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Judy Nylon Collection on New York City Tenants' Rights

Call Number

MSS.583

Date

1999-2011, inclusive

Creator

Nylon, Judy
Nylon, Judy (Role: Donor)

Extent

.75 Linear Feet in 1 manuscript box and 1 half manuscript box

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Judy Nylon (Niland) (1948- ) is a multidisciplinary American artist and musician. The Judy Nylon Collection on New York City Renters' Rights contains photographs, correspondence, tenants' rights publications, news clippings, and other notes related to accusations of housing violations made against a New York City apartment building that Judy Nylon and other occupants rented.

Biographical Note

Judy Nylon (Niland) (1948- ) is a multidisciplinary American artist and musician. While living in London in 1970, Nylon became half of the punk rock music group Snatch from 1976 to 1980, which also featured fellow American expat Patti Palladin. During the 1970s Nylon often collaborated with Welsh musician/producer John Cale. In 1974 she sang the lead female vocal section on the song "The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy" on his album Fear . She subsequently performed with him at concerts and on other recordings, including his 1987 live album Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Along with Patti Palladin she also sang backing vocals with Johnny Thunders' All Stars on his early 1978 shows, which also featured members of The Only Ones.

Nylon's multi-disciplinary work focuses on international co-authorship and decentralized many-to-many style video storytelling. Since 2007 she has periodically contributed to the collective Aether9, who collaborate on multinational multi-streamed networked performances intending to develop low-cost, open-source, nomadic public art production. In 2010, Nylon contributed guest vocals to the Babylon By Car album by the French electronica group Bot'Ox.

Arrangement

This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are listed in the order in which they were received from the donor.

Scope and Contents

This collection (dated 1999-2011) contains photographs of apartment and building damage, correspondence, tenants' rights publications, newspaper clippings, and other notes related to accusations of housing violations made against a New York City apartment building thatJudy Nylon and other occupants rent.

Donors

Nylon, Judy

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Judy Nylon Collection on New York City Tenants' Rights; MSS 583; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Judy Nylon, February 10, 2017. The accession number associated with this gift is 2019.046.

Collection processed by

Stacey Flatt

About this Guide

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Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Material was kept in its original order and rehoused in acid-free folders and a box.

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