Dead Feminists broadsides collection, 2011-2022

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Spring, Jessica, O'Leary, Chandler, Anagram Press , and Springtide Press
Abstract:
This collection contains 16 broadsides printed by Chandler O'Leary of Anagram Press and Jessica Spring of Springtide Press, in honor of the social and political power of women throughout history.
Extent:
0.92 Linear Feet (1 flat oversize box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Dead Feminists broadsides collection, Printers Mss 95. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Dead Feminists broadsides collection consists of 16 broadsides, the result of a collaboration between Chandler O'Leary of Anagram Press and Jessica Spring of Springtide Press, in honor of the social and political power of women throughout history.

This collection includes sixteen broadsides from the Dead Feminists Broadsides series:

  • "Signed, Sealed, Soapbox" (Jane Mecom & Benjamin Franklin)
  • "Gun Shy" (Annie Oakley)
  • "Focal Point" (Imogen Cunningham)
  • "The Veil of Knowledge" (Fatima al-Fihri)
  • "Common Threads" (Rywka Lipsyzc)
  • "Title Nine Iron" (Babe Dirikson Zaharias)
  • "Seeding the Vote" (Fanny Lou Hamer)
  • "Song of Aloha" (Queen Lili'uokalani)
  • "Save Our Ship" (Grace Darling)
  • "Estados Divididos" (Frida Kahlo)
  • "Seeding the Vote" (Fanny Lou Hamer)
  • "Trees of Life" (Wangari Maathai)
  • "Truth or consequences" (Ida B. Wells)
  • "Weave the People" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
  • "Re-weave the People" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
  • "Knowledge Trust" (Nannie Helen Burroughs)
  • "Age Before Beauty" (Sappho)
Also included is a mini-broadside titled "The write path" which is produced by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring, but is not officially part of the Dead Feminists series.

Acquisition information:
Library purchase, 2015 and 2018.
Dimensions:
The broadsides in this collection are 5.5 inches by 18.5 inches.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Dead Feminists broadsides collection, Printers Mss 95. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062