Dead Feminists Broadside Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of nine printed broadsides and ten postcards.
Dates
- Creation: 2008-2015
Creator
- O'Leary, Chandler (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must... also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
See moreBiography
The Dead Feminists series of posters and postcards was a collaboration illustrated and lettered by Chandler O'Leary, then printed by Jessica Spring. Based out of Washington state, O'Leary is an artist who graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. She is the publishes her illustrations under her house brand, Anagram Press. Receiving her MFA from Columbia College Chicago Center for Books & Paper, Spring is the proprietor of Springtide... Press, releasing collections of artist books, broadsides, and ephemera. Together, the two published their poster series as a book, Dead Feminists: Historic Heroines in Living Color in 2016, published by Sasquatch Books.
See moreExtent
1 flat file drawers
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Dead Feminists Broadside Collection is also known as the "Dead Feminists" Series. Each hand lettered, letterpress-printed broadside features a quote by women in history and juxtaposes it into contemporary social and political issues.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series. Series I: Broadsides (2011-2015) documents nine of the broadsides that were produced by Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring. The series is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by title. Series II: Postcards (2008-2010) documents ten postcards produced by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring. The series is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by title. Each postcard is filed in a negative sleeve.
Processing Information
Processed and edited by: Lale Yasemin Kaya
ArchiveSpace input by: Lale Yasemin Kaya
Reviewed by: Danelle Moon and Diane Malmstrom
Date completed: December 2014
Edited: January 2015
Revised by Eilene Lueck, relabeled folders for updated container list: October 2022
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Occupation
- Title
- Guide to the Dead Feminists Broadside Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lale Yasemin Kaya
- Date
- October 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
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