Finding aid for the Sara Sutler-Cohen collection of punk and heavy metal music flyers 6132

Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2017 January
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Sara Sutler-Cohen collection of punk and heavy metal music flyers
creator: Sutler-Cohen, Sara
Identifier/Call Number: 6132
Physical Description: 1.5 linear foot. 1 box
Date (inclusive): 1980s-1990s
Abstract: 126 primarily Bay Area and Los Angeles area punk and heavy metal music flyers, ephemera and posters collected by Sara Sutler-Cohen, a member of the scene in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. Among the bands represented in the collection are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neurosis, D.R.I., Circle Jerks, Corrosion of Conformity, Social Distortion, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, NOFX, Green Day, and Agnostic Front. The materials range in size from 2-3/4"x 3-3/4"to 11"x 17", with the majority measuring 8-1/2" x 11".
Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

Sara Sutler-Cohen received her Ph.D. in Sociology with a parenthetical notation in American Studies in 2005 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she completed her dissertation on the phenomenon of Neoshamanism in Northern California. She teaches at San Francisco State University.

Content Description

126 primarily Bay Area and Los Angeles area punk and heavy metal music flyers, ephemera and posters collected by Sara Sutler-Cohen, a member of the scene in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. Among the bands represented in the collection are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neurosis, D.R.I., Circle Jerks, Corrosion of Conformity, Social Distortion, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, NOFX, Green Day, and Agnostic Front. The materials range in size from 2-3/4"x 3-3/4"to 11"x 17", with the majority measuring 8-1/2" x 11".

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Sara Sutler-Cohen collection of punk and heavy metal music flyers, Collection no. 6132, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from The Bookshop, November 30, 2016.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Alternative rock music -- California -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources
Printed ephemera