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Fliers and posters, 1978-1989

 Series

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

From the Collection:

This collection from a West Coast club promoter offers a glimpse of punk and new wave influenced music, art, film, and underground culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Approximately 333 flyers, handbills and posters advertising punk and new wave music and art shows and events in Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, and other California Bay Area venues. Bands represented include The Dead Kennedys, D.O.A., The Nuns, The Dils, The Misfits, The Avengers, Iggy Pop, ; events represented include "Rock Against Racism 1980", "End Barrio Warfare!", and "Rock Against Reagan."

Dates

  • 1978-1989

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)