Finding Aid for the Deborah McCormick Papers 1979-1989 LSC.2191

Finding aid prepared by Stacy Wood, 2014; Sabrina Ponce, 2017; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library Special Collections
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Online finding aid last updated 20 November 2017.


Title: Deborah McCormick papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2191
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1978-1989
Abstract: Deborah McCormick was one of the founding members of the Flint, Michigan-based weekly women's radio program "Face the Music." Featuring music by lesbian and women musicians, the program ran throughout the 1980s and 1990s, ending in 1997. This collection contains press materials, programs, and publicity information for individual women performers as well as large scale women's music and performance festivals between 1979 and 1989.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Creator: McCormick, Deborah

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Deborah McCormick papers (Collection 2191). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Deborah McCormick, 1990s.
This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the UCLA Library .

Processing Information

Processed by Stacy Wood, 2014. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.

Sponsor

The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive  at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize, preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7381917 

Biography

Deborah McCormick, along with Janet Rauch, was one of the founding members of the radio program "Face the Music." Featuring music by lesbian and women musicians, the program ran throughout the 1980s and 1990s on public station WFBE-FM in Flint, Michigan, ending in 1997 when the station was ultimately sold in 1997. The program focused on lesbian and women's music, featuring both mainstream and underground musicians.

Scope and Content

This collection contains press materials, programs, and publicity information for individual women performers as well as large scale women's music and performance festivals between 1979 and 1989.

Organization and Arrangement

Materials arranged by subject.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
McCormick, Deborah -- Archives.
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival -- Archives
National Women's Music Festival -- Archives
Music festivals
Women entertainers
Women musicians

Box 1, Folder 1

Michigan Womyn's Festival 1979-1982

Scope and Content

Programs, schedules and information for the annual Michigan Womyn's Festival including lineups and logistics.
Box 1, Folder 2

National Women's Music Festival 1979-1982

Scope and Content

Programs and logistical information for the National Women's Music Festival.
Box 1, Folders 3-6

Women performers 1978-1985

Scope and Content

Press packets, flyers and news coverage of women performers and talents.
Box 1, Folder 7

West Coast Women's Music and Comedy Festival 1982-1989

Scope and Content

Programs, correspondence and logistical information for the annual West Coast Women's Music and Comedy Festival.