Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Historical Note
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Separated Materials
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Mari Ruíz-Torres collection on
The X-Files
Date (inclusive): 1994-2005, undated
Date (bulk): 2000-2004
Collection Number: MS 348
Creator:
Ruíz-Torres, Mari
Extent:
4.23 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: This collection is primarily comprised of press clippings, publications, correspondence, and other material pertaining to
The X-Files television program, motion pictures, and official fan club. Includes action figures of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully,
realia featuring
The X-Files logo, and newsletters from
The X-Files Official Fan Club. Also represented in the collection are press clippings, publications, and other material regarding the series' actors Gillian
Anderson and David Duchovny. Includes newsletters from the
Official Gillian Anderson Web Site and press clippings of interviews with David Duchovny.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Mari Ruíz-Torres collection on
The X-Files (MS 348). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Sarah M. Allison, Special Collections Library Assistant, 2011.
Historical Note
The
X-Files television program created by Chris Carter aired on the Fox Television Network from September 10, 1993 to May 19, 2002. The
series followed FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as they investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena that
became marginalized and referred to as "x-files." The success of the television program led to two motion pictures, the 1998
The X-Files: Fight the Future and the 2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the latter playing on the famous series slogan coined by Fox Mulder. The program's end in 2002 made it, at the time, the
longest running science fiction series in United States television broadcasting history.
Mari Ruíz-Torres was an avid fan of
The X-Files television program. She collected books, action figures, photographs, and other materials pertaining to the series. She was
also a member of
The X-Files Official Fan Club. Mari was a resident of Riverside, California and a graduate from the University of California, Riverside.
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection is primarily comprised of press clippings, publications, correspondence, and other material pertaining to
The X-Files television program, motion pictures, and official fan club. Includes action figures of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully,
realia featuring
The X-Files logo, and newsletters from
The X-Files Official Fan Club. Also represented in the collection are press clippings, publications, and other material regarding the series' actors Gillian
Anderson and David Duchovny. Includes newsletters from the
Official Gillian Anderson Web Site and press clippings of interviews with David Duchovny.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1.
The X-Files television program and motion pictures, 1994-2004, undated
- Series 2.
The X-Files Official Fan Club, 2000-2004, undated
- Series 3. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, 1995-2005
Separated Materials
Some of the items received with this collection have been cataloged and added to the Eaton Science Fiction & Fantasy Collection
housed in Special Collections & Archives. The UCR Libraries' online public access catalog can be used to locate these items.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Anderson, Gillian, 1968-
Duchovny, David
Fan clubs
Genres and Forms of Materials
Action figures
Clippings (information artifacts)
Publications
Television scripts