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Title: Tyger-Womon papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1943
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 document box)
Date (inclusive): 1992-1994
Abstract: Tyger-Womon was a writer, artist, musician, songwriter, and political activist of anarchist persuasion. She was a Native American
shaman of Navajo and Consican descent. Also known as V.L. Adams, very little information can be found on Tyger-Womon before
or after the two year period reflected in this collection. These materials include poetry collections, correpondence, essays,
photography collages and collaborative art projects with her partner, Hanh Thi Pham. Also included are recorded transcripts
of interviews and conversations between Tyger-Womon and Hanh Thi Pham.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. 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:
Tyger-Womon
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 on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to 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.
[Identification of item], Tyger-Womon Papers (Collection 1943). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of V.L. Adams, 1993-1994. 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.
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011.
Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Jessica Tai in 2016.
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:
6954113
Tyger-Womon was a writer, artist, musician, songwriter, and political activist of anarchist persuasion. She was a Native American
shaman of Navajo and Corsican descent. Also known as V.L. Adams, very little information can be found on Tyger-Womon before
or after the two year period reflected in this collection.
The collection includes materials related to photography projects, interviews, poetry, songs and writings spanning from 1992-1994.
All contents are the work of Tyger-Womon with the exception of collaborative projects with her partner, Hangh Thi Pham - a
Vietnamese-American artist. Also included are three cassette tapes of exchanges between Tyger-Womon and Hanh Thi Pham.
Materials in this collection have been arranged chronologically.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tyger-Womon -- Archives
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA.
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.
Lesbian artists--United States--Archives.
Lesbian authors--United States--Archives.