COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The collection consists of 252 posters, 46 programs, 24 flyers, 28 team stickers, 13 postcards, 1 magnet, and 1 calendar. Included are posters promoting bouts, fliers, handbills, logos, stickers, photographs, schedules, programs, and a calendar. Materials feature striking graphic design, and information such as team names, schedules, places, dates, sponsors, and websites. Over 19 leagues are represented, both flat track and banked track. Among the teams represented are: Naptown Rollergirls, Lone Star Rollergirls, Providence Roller Derby, Dallas Derby Devils, Rose City Rollers, Down South Derby, The Cincinnati Rollergirls, North Kentucky Roller Derby, Black-N-Bluegrass Roller Derby, Kansas City Roller Derby, Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls, Central Coast Roller Derby, Echo City Knockouts (Hawaii), ICT Rollergirls, Rat City Rollergirls, and Arizona Roller Derby, among others.
Dates
- circa 2000-2012.
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
3 cubic feet. (3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
The collection consists of ephemera relating to over 19 women's roller derby leagues leagues, both flat track and banked track.
Physical Description
Printed material
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- September 2013
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, September 2013
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, July 2017
- Arizona Roller Derby (Roller skating team)
- Black-N-Bluegrass Roller Derby (Roller skating team)
- Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls (Roller skating team)
- Central Coast Roller Derby (Roller skating team)
- Cincinnati Rollergirls (Roller skating team)
- Dallas Derby Devils (Roller skating team)
- Down South Derby (Roller skating team)
- Echo City Knockouts (Roller skating team)
- Fliers (printed matter)
- ICT Rollergirls (Roller skating team)
- Kansas City Roller Derby (Roller skating team)
- Lone Star Rollergirls (Roller skating team)
- Naptown Rollergirls (Roller skating team)
- North Kentucky Roller Derby (Roller skating team)
- Posters.
- Programs (documents)
- Providence Roller Derby (Roller skating team)
- Rat City Rollergirls (Roller skating team)
- Roller derbies -- United States.
- Rose City Rollers (Roller skating team)
- Stickers.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- September 2013
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu