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bust Preliminary Inventory of the BUST Magazine records, 1993-2007 Processed by: Meghan Lyon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghan Lyon David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 002963989

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: March 2009Processed by Meghan Lyon, March 2009; finding aid encoded by Meghan Lyon, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, March 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Preliminary Inventory of the BUST Magazine records, 1993-2007 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Bust (Magazine : New York, N.Y.) BUST Magazine records, 1993-2007 Material in English 15.5 Linear Feet 1525 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Debbie Stoller and Marcelle Karp began producing BUST, a third-wave feminist women's magazine, in New York, N.Y., in 1993 as a photocopied zine. Collection documents the behind-the-scenes work required to put together BUST. Materials include issues 1-15 and 20-43 of the magazine; layouts and copy-editing material; biographies of contributors; article submissions; column material (Girls, Fashions, The Shit, etc.); advertisement documentation; correspondence (letter and electronic mail); press coverage of BUST; promotional material; material related to the publication and promotion of the book The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order; and a variety of graphic items. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], BUST Magazine records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The BUST Magazine records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2001-2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Meghan Lyon, March 2009

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, March 2009

This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Historical Note

Debbie Stoller and Marcelle Karp began producing BUST, a third-wave feminist women's magazine, in New York, N.Y., in 1993 as a photocopied zine. Today, according to the magazine's website (www.bust.com), BUST offers an uncensored view on the female experience.... BUST tells the truth about women's lives and presents a female perspective on pop culture.

Collection Overview

Accession (2001-0009) (1500 items; 2.0 lin. ft.; dated 1993-1998) documents the behind-the-scenes work required to put together BUST. Materials include issues 1-15 of the magazine; layouts and copy-editing material; biographies of contributors; article submissions; column material (Girls, Fashions, The Shit, etc.); advertisement documentation; correspondence (letter and electronic mail); press coverage of BUST; promotional material; material related to the publication and promotion of the book The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order; and a variety of graphic items, including color (9) and black-and-white photographs (6), original black-and-white ink drawings, and color prints (23), as well as color slides (12).

Accession (2009-0082) (24 items; 13.5 lin. ft.; dated 2002-2007) consists of production binders for issues 20-43 of BUST magazine, published from summer 2002 through spring 2007. Each binder contains a copy of the published issue, as well as tabbed sections for each portion of the issue, including features, columns, regulars, sex files, and guides.

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.

Stoller, Debbie. Karp, Marcelle. BUST Magazine. BUST Guide to the New Girl Order. Fanzines. Feminism--United States. Periodicals--Publishing--United States. Underground press publishing--United States. Women's periodicals, American. Fanzines. Color photographs. Black-and-white photographs. Color prints (photographs) Drawings. Slides. Layouts. Contents of Collection Accession (2001-0009), 1993-2000 (4 boxes)

The accession (2001-0009) documents the behind-the-scenes work required to put together BUST. Materials include issues 1-15 of the magazine; layouts and copy-editing material; biographies of contributors; article submissions; column material (Girls, Fashions, The Shit, etc.); advertisement documentation; correspondence (letter and electronic mail); press coverage of BUST; promotional material; material related to the publication and promotion of the book The BUST Guide to the New Girl Order; and a variety of graphic items, including color (9) and black-and-white photographs (6), original black-and-white ink drawings, and color prints (23), as well as color slides (12).

1BUST, issues 1-15 Folders for issues 1-10 2Folders for issues 10-13 Press for BUST Magazine Submissions, issues 4-6 3Submissions, issue 7 Random submissions Correspondence, 1993-1996 BUST book materials Outline Chapters Girls Fashion Media Sex Permissions/biographies Tour Press Party Website 4Fashion (advertisers) Advertisement sales Accession (2009-0082), 2002-2007 (9 boxes)

The addition (2009-0082) (24 items; 13.5 lin. ft.; dated 2002-2007) consists of production binders for issues 20-43 of BUST magazine, published from summer 2002 through spring 2007. Each binder contains a copy of the published issue, as well as tabbed sections for each portion of the issue, including features, columns, regulars, sex files, and guides.

5Issue 20: Motherhood issue (Cynthia Nixon), Summer 2002 Issue 21: Sex issue (Beck), Summer 2002 6Issue 22: Music issue (Le Tigre), Winter 2002 Issue 23: Age issue (Frances McDormand), Spring 2003 Issue 24: Fag Hags (10th anniversary issue), Summer 2003 7Issue 25: The Dark Issue (Juliette Lewis), Fall 2003 Issue 26: Independent Spirit (Kelly Osbourne), Winter 2003 Issue 27: Tina Fey, Spring 2004 8Issue 28: Jena Malone, Summer 2004 Issue 29: PJ Harvey, Fall 2004 9Issue 30: Rosie Perez, December/January 2005 Issue 31: Bjork, February/March 2005 10Issue 32: Amy Sedaris, April/May 2005 Issue 33: Sandra Oh, June/July 2005 Issue 34: Justin Theroux, August/September 2005 11Issue 35: Susan Sarandon, October/November 2005 Issue 36: Rose McGowan, December/January 2006 Issue 37: Peaches, February/March 2006 12Issue 38: Bettie Page, April/May 2006 Issue 39: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, June/July 2006 Issue 40: Tara Subkoff, August/September 2006 13Issue 41: Amy Poehler, October/November 2006 Issue 42: Parker Posey, October/November 2006 Issue 43: Gwen Stefani, February/March 2007 Accession (2010-0101), 1993-2006 and undated (7 boxes)

Materials include production binders for issues 2-10, dating from 1993-1997, as well as a binder for the BUST on MTV program, dating from 1996-1997. The rest of the materials are from BUST's creative director and the magazine's Art Department. These include files from issues 7-14; transparencies from printing issues 10-12; original prints, contact sheets, chromes, and negatives of fashion shoots, headshots, celebrities, and other images from the magazine; and original artwork from various artists. Most of the photographs and prints are undated, unsorted, and unattributed, and many include post-its from the Art Department with comments.

14Issue Binders Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4, Sex Issue 5 Issue 6, Men Issue 7, Bad Girls Issue 8, Motherhood (2 folders) BUST on MTV 15Issue 9 Issue 10 (3 folders) Creative Director Laurie Henzel's art files Veronica Cross portfolio Issue 7 (2 folders) Issue 8 Issue 9 Issue 10 (2 folders) Issue 11 Issue 11 or 12 Issue 13 Issue 14 Lynn's drawings, undated Henzel's notebooks, with ideas, plans, some interviews, and other creative output (8 books) Graphics and font mockups for BUST Original artwork: Ayun Halleday and Jennifer Ray Photography Vincent Dillo and Jacqueline de Milia Meghan Petersen negatives, 2006-2007 Chris Jerene fashion photographs and negatives 2Oversize Chris Jerene fashion contact sheets 16Emily Shur, contact sheets Angela Boatwright, contact sheets Bunny Yeager, prints and negatives James Westman, chromes Ken Nicoll, prints and negatives Heidi Hartwig, prints and negatives 17Sleeved prints (unattributed and undated), with post-its and comments 18Original prints and contact sheets (unattributed and undated) 19Transparencies Issue 10, Sex (3 folders) Issue 11, Girlfriends (2 of 4 folders) 20Issue 11, Girlfriends (2 of 4 folders) Issue 12 (4 folders)