Finding Aid for the Donna Santisi collection of ephemera LSC.2408
Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Larkin, 2022.
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Online finding aid last updated 2023 February 17.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Donna Santisi collection of ephemera
Creator:
Santisi, Donna
source:
Santisi, Donna
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2408
Physical Description:
41.5 Linear Feet
(36 unprocessed boxes)
Physical Description:
2 Audiovisual Carriers
(2 unprocessed audiocassettes)
Date (inclusive): 1973-2017
Abstract: Donna Santisi was a photographer and documentarian of the Los Angeles punk scene from 1976-1980. This collection is primarily
comprised of punk rock ephemera created to document the Los Angeles punk scene between 1973-2017.
Physical Location: Held at UCLA Library Special Collections. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please see
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Audio materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing
and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
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[Identification of item], Donna Santisi collection of ephemera (Collection 2408). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Donna Santisi, 2020.
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Donna Santisi was a photographer and documentarian of the Los Angeles punk scene from 1976-1980. She published Ask the Angels,
a book of her black and white photographs documenting this scene in 1978 which became a "cult classic" and features essays
by Alice Bag, Trudie, Exene Cervenka, Brendan Mullen, and others.
The bulk of this collection contains publications which published Santisi's photographs. In addition to these publications
which Santisi collected, the collection also includes ephemera she saved such as ticket stubs to shows, back stage passes,
flyers, correspondence, buttons, posters, invoices, several books, a scrapbook, a Runaways scarf, and two audiocassettes.
This collection is primarily comprised of punk rock ephemera created to document the Los Angeles punk scene between 1973-2017.
The bulk of the materials were created between 1975 and 1980.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Punk
Santisi, Donna
box 1A, box 1B, box 2, box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, folder 10, box 11, box 12, box 13, box 14, box 15A, box 15B, box 16, box 17, box 18A, box 18B, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 23, box 24, box 25, box 26, box 27, box 28, box 29A, box 29B, box 30, box 31A, box 31B
Accession LSC-2020-003 unprocessed material LSC-2020-003
Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please see
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collections.