MenuInventory of the Arielle Greenberg Zine Collection, 1973-1995, bulk 1993-1995
Abstract
Arielle Greenberg is a poet, editor, and assistant professor in the English department at Columbia College, Chicago, Ill.
This collection consists of 367 zines dated from 1973 to 1995, likely collected by the donor from 1992-1995. The collection primarily includes personal zines by women (though some are by men) that focus on the riot grrrl scene, feminism, punk music, and progressive political causes. Many of the zines include correspondence from the authors. The collection also includes personal correspondence and correspondence from zine authors between 1987 and 1995, with the bulk dating from 1993 to 1995.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Greenberg, Arielle (collector)
- Title
- Arielle Greenberg Zine Collection, 1973-1995, bulk 1993-1995
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 5.4 Linear Feet, 3,375 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
This collection consists of 367 zines dated from 1973 to 1995, likely collected by the donor from 1992-1995. The collection primarily includes personal zines by women (though some are by men) that focus on the riot grrrl scene, feminism, punk music, and progressive political causes. Many of the zines include correspondence from the authors. The collection also includes personal correspondence and correspondence from zine authors between 1987 and 1995, with the bulk dating from 1993 to 1995. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Contents of the Collection
Browse List of Series
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Series includes personal correspondence and correspondence from zine authors.
Zines Series, 1973-1995
This series consists of 367 zines dating from 1973 to 1995, likely collected by the donor from 1992 to 1995. The collection primarily includes personal zines by women (though some are by men) that focus on the riot grrrl scene, feminism, punk music, and progressive political causes. Many of the zines include correspondence from the authors.
Historical Note
Arielle Greenberg is a poet, editor, writer, and assistant professor in the English department at Columbia College, Chicago, Ill. She is the author of the poetry collections My Kafka Century (Action Books, 2005) and Given (Verse, 2002) and the chapbooks Shake Her (Dusie Kollektiv, 2009) and Farther Down: Songs from the Allergy Trials (New Michigan, 2003). Her poems have been included the 2004 and 2005 editions of Best American Poetry and a number of other anthologies, including Legitimate Dangers (Sarabande, 2006), and she is the recipient of a MacDowell Colony fellowship and other awards. A translated volume of her selected poetry is out in German from LuxBooks. She authored the zine "William Wants a Doll" beginning in 1993.
Subject Headings
- Greenberg, Arielle (collector).
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Feminism--United States.
- Periodicals--Publishing--United States.
- Riot grrrl movement.
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
- Self-publishing.
- Underground press publications--United States.
- Women--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Young women--United States--Social life and customs.
- Zines--United States--Periodicals.
Related Material
- Sarah Dyer Zine Collection (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University)
- Bingham Center Women’s Zine Collection (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University)
- Dwayne Dixon Zine Collection (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University)
- Amy Mariaskin Zine Collection (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University)
- Ailecia Ruscin Zine Collection (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University)
- Sarah Wood Zine Collection (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Duke University)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arielle Greenberg Zine Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Provenance
The Arielle Greenberg Zine Collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Valeda Stull, Melanie Rowell, and Alexandra Krensky, May 2010
Encoded by Alexandra Krensky, July 2010
Accession 2005-0031 is described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.