Dead Feminists Broadside Collection, 2008-2015

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Summary

Creators:
O'Leary, Chandler
Abstract:
Dead Feminists Broadside Collection is also known as the "Dead Feminists" Series. Each hand lettered, letterpress-printed broadside features a quote by women in history and juxtaposes it into contemporary social and political issues.
Extent:
1 flat file drawers
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dead Feminists Broadside Collection, MSS-2014-09-25, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of nine printed broadsides and ten postcards.

Biographical / historical:

The Dead Feminists series of posters and postcards was a collaboration illustrated and lettered by Chandler O'Leary, then printed by Jessica Spring. Based out of Washington state, O'Leary is an artist who graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. She is the publishes her illustrations under her house brand, Anagram Press. Receiving her MFA from Columbia College Chicago Center for Books & Paper, Spring is the proprietor of Springtide Press, releasing collections of artist books, broadsides, and ephemera. Together, the two published their poster series as a book, Dead Feminists: Historic Heroines in Living Color in 2016, published by Sasquatch Books.

Processing information:

Processed and edited by: Lale Yasemin Kaya

ArchiveSpace input by: Lale Yasemin Kaya

Reviewed by: Danelle Moon and Diane Malmstrom

Date completed: December 2014

Edited: January 2015

Revised by Eilene Lueck, relabeled folders for updated container list: October 2022

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in two series. Series I: Broadsides (2011-2015) documents nine of the broadsides that were produced by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring. The series is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by title. Series II: Postcards (2008-2010) documents ten postcards produced by Chandler O'Leary and Jessica Spring. The series is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by title. Each postcard is filed in a negative sleeve.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives 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 by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

Dead Feminists Broadside Collection, MSS-2014-09-25, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.

Location of this collection:
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0028, US
Contact:
408-808-2062
special.collections@sjsu.edu
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