MenuInventory of the Ailecia Ruscin Zine Collection, 1994-2002 and undated
Abstract
The collection consists of 552 zines, collected by the donor between 1994 and 2001. The collection focuses on personal zines by women, politics, the punk music scene, social justice activism, and riot grrrl. Many of the zines are accompanied by correspondence with the donor.
Ailecia Ruscin is a writer, activist, and scholar from San Antonio, Texas and Auburn, Alabama. She is the author or co-author of the zines provo-CAT-ive and alabama grrrl (published from 1997-2000).
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Creator
- Ruscin, Ailecia
- Title
- Ailecia Ruscin Zine Collection, 1994-2002 and undated
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 7.2 Linear Feet, 552 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
The collection consists of 552 zines, collected by the donor between 1994 and 2001. The collection focuses on personal zines by women, politics, the punk music scene, social justice activism, and riot grrrl. Many of the zines are accompanied by correspondence with the donor. 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
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Ailecia Ruscin, of San Antonio, Texas and Auburn, Alabama, is a writer, activist, and scholar. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Studies and Environmental Studies from Chatham College in 1999 and, as of 2008, is completing a Ph.D. in American Studies at the University of Kansas. Ruscin is the author or co-author of the zines provo-CAT-ive and alabama grrrl (published from 1997-2000); an excerpt from provo-CAT-ive was included in A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World: Writings From The Girl Zine Revolution, edited by Tristan Taormino and Karen Green, and excerpts from alabama grrrl have been included in The Zine Yearbook. Ruscin is one of the founding members of Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, an anarchist infoshop in Lawrence, Kansas; has served on the advisory boards of Allied Media Projects and Clamor magazine; and contributes zine reviews to Zine World.
Subject Headings
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Fanzines.
- Feminism--United States.
- Periodicals--Publishing--United States.
- Political activists--Southern States.
- Ruscin, Ailecia (Collector).
- 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ailecia Ruscin Zine Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Provenance
The Ailecia Ruscin Zine Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2005.
Processing Information
Processed by Amy McDonald and Melody Rowell, November 2008
Encoded by Amy McDonald, November 2008
Accession 2005-0032 is described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.