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Preliminary Inventory of the Bitch (San Francisco, Calif.) Records, 1996-2001 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Bitch (San Francisco, Calif.) Records, 1996-2001 and undated
Creator
Bitch (San Francisco, Calif.)
Extent
4.8 Linear Feet
1525 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, some of the materials are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.
Furthermore, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bitch (San Francisco, Calif.) Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Bitch (San Francisco, Calif.) Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Danielle McGregor
Completed March 4, 2002
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
            

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Historical Note

Semiannual feminist magazine, edited and published by Lisa Miya-Jervis in San Francisco, Calif. beginning in 1996.

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Collection Overview

Chiefly production records for magazine issues (accession#2001-240), including drafts and edited copy for articles, laser printer and resin-coated paper page layouts, and color proofs. Includes editorial correspondence, research files, promotional and subscription material, and 1 color and 2 black-and-white prints, and 19 color transparencies. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Miya-Jervis, Lisa.
  • Bitch (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Feminism--Periodicals.
  • Periodicals--Publishing--United States.
  • Publishers and publishing--California.
  • Publishers and publishing--United States--Correspondence.
  • Periodical editors--United States--Correspondence.
  • Women's periodicals, American.
  • Color photograph.
  • Black-and-white photographs.
  • Proofs.
  • Color transparencies.
  • Page proofs.
  • Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
List of Series in Collection
Accession 2001-0240
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection

Accession 2001-0240

Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Note: Box 4 is oversize.
Box 1
Correspondence, 1996-1997
[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]
Publicity/promotional material, 1996-1997
Original subscription records, 1996; layouts for vol. 3, no. 3 Wint-o-Green, 1998
Box 1-2
Drafts of published submissions and research material, 1996-2000
Box 2
Reader's letters, 1997-2001
Color transparencies of photo shoot of art used for cover of issue no. 13, 2001
Painting by Andi Zeisler; photography by Jefrey Walls.
Box 2-3
Published issues of Bitch, vol. 1, no. 1 to vol. 3, no. 3 and no. 10 to no. 14, 1996-2001
Box 3
Drafts of published submissions, 2000-2001
Binder of photocopies of issue layouts, 1999; other photocopies and color proofs for covers, ca. 1998-2000
Layouts for subscription and renewal notices
Copy-edited copy for issue no. 14
Box 4
Resin-coated, laser printed, and other type layouts for various issues; color proofs of various covers
   Oversize Folder 1
Resin-coated proofs of various issues; color proofs of various covers