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Jessica Tanzer papers

 Collection — mapcase folder: 1
Identifier: 7866

Dates

  • 1963 - 2019

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access to black photograph album in Box 13 restricted to the permission of the curator. Personal files in Box 14 are restricted until 2065.

Conditions Governing Use

Cornell University Library will refer requests to reproduce, distribute, or produce derivatives of any images created by the artist and contained in this collection to the artist or her heirs.

Extent

9.2 cubic feet.

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photographic prints, negatives, digital files, documents, correspondence, art work, news clippings, promotional materials, and ephemera documenting the art, life, and activism of photographer Jessica Tanzer, especially her contributions to the visual record of 1980s and 90s queer culture, aesthetics, erotica, and politics in northern California and nationally and to the magazine On Our Backs. The Papers represent the complete body of her work as a photographer of erotic and queer images from the 1980s to the present. Subsequent commercial and corporate work is not included.

Status
Completed
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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