E.G. Crichton papers

Title: E.G. Crichton papers

Dates: circa 1970s-2023

Collection Number: 2023-100

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 25 linear feet (8 oversized boxes and 1 carton)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

Abstract: E.G. Crichton is an interdisciplinary artist and Professor Emerita of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The collection documents a selection of Crichton’s artistic and curatorial work, including a 1991 collection of blueprint scrolls entitled “Graffiti Flowcharts;” the 1992 photo triptych “Talking Back;” a book produced from Lost and Found, a 2001 San Francisco Public Library exhibition co-curated with Kim Anno; invitations, name tags, table cloths, embroidered napkins, and photographs from the 2008 performance conversation “Affair-on-the-Green,” produced in collaboration with Laruen Crux; and photographic portraits, chat boards, and informational text from “Lineage: Matchmaking in the Archive,” an ongoing project that Crichton first developed as Artist-in-Residence at the GLBT Historical Society from 2008-2014. Also included are 1970s political posters, including a number commemorating International Women’s Day; periodicals; and records documenting Crichton’s work with the GLBT Historical Society’s Museum and Curatorial committees in the 2010s.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research.

Copyright to materials created by E.G. Crichton has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Copyright to other materials in the collection may be held by their creators, or the creators' heirs or assigns. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

[Identification of item]. E.G. Crichton papers. Collection Number: 2023-100. GLBT Historical Society

Gift of E.G. Crichton, September 2023.

E.G. Crichton is an interdisciplinary artist and Professor Emerita of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The collection documents a selection of Crichton’s artistic and curatorial work, including a 1991 collection of blueprint scrolls entitled “Graffiti Flowcharts;” the 1992 photo triptych “Talking Back;” a book produced from Lost and Found, a 2001 San Francisco Public Library exhibition co-curated with Kim Anno; invitations, name tags, table cloths, embroidered napkins, and photographs from the 2008 performance conversation “Affair-on-the-Green,” produced in collaboration with Laruen Crux; and photographic portraits, chat boards, and informational text from “Lineage: Matchmaking in the Archive,” an ongoing project that Crichton first developed as Artist-in-Residence at the GLBT Historical Society from 2008-2014. Also included are 1970s political posters, including a number commemorating International Women’s Day; periodicals; and records documenting Crichton’s work with the GLBT Historical Society’s Museum and Curatorial committees in the 2010s.