COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Periodicals, pasteups, proofs, ephemera, audiotapes, and a videotape, documenting Carver's work, life, and interests. Includes a complete run of Rollerderby (issues 1-25), as well as preliminary pasteups, proofs, artwork, and photographs for use in the zine. Also, ephemera and poster artwork for an issue of the zine Generation L, Suckdog and other projects; eight cassette tapes of music or performance sounds; and a VHS videotape containing a rough cut of the work Anatomically correct.
Lisa Carver's diaries, notebooks, additional photographs, correspondence including letters from Bill Callahan of Smog and Boyd Rice, material documenting the fanzine Dirt, and Lisa Carver's laptop from 2006.
Dates
- 1989-1999.
Creator
- Carver, Lisa. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in In English.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
American stage and recording artist, author, and publisher, the editor of the zine Rollerderby and member of the band Suckdog. Her work spans the worlds of publishing, art, transgressive sex, and gender politics and performance. In Roller Derby, Carver and her friends interview bands and other celebrities; the zine also includes comics, illustrations, games, and letters to the editor.
Extent
1.3 cubic feet. (1.3 cubic foot.)
Abstract
Periodicals, pasteups, proofs, ephemera, audiotapes, and a videotape, documenting Carver's work, life, and interests. Includes a complete run of Rollerderby (issues 1-25), as well as preliminary pasteups, proofs, artwork, and photographs for use in the zine. Also, ephemera and poster artwork for an issue of the zine Generation L, Suckdog and other projects; eight cassette tapes of music or performance sounds; and a VHS videotape containing a rough cut of the work Anatomically correct and Lisa Carver's laptop.
Physical Description
Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, movie film, audio recordings, newspapers, computer media, photographs, Printed material, and publications.
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 2015
- EAD encoding:
- Jude Corina
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, September 2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- September 2015
- 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