International Counterculture Archive
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains printed and handwritten materials: magazines, almanacs, "fanzines", newsletters, manuscripts, books, posters, fliers, leaflets and other forms of printed ephemera; audio: self-produced, small label etc. recordings of music, poetry, verbal art, speeches, lectures, performances; video recordings: self-produced, small label, or homemade videos pertaining to the subject; film: self-produced, small label, or homemade films pertaining to the subject; photographs documenting countercultural activities; and ephemera and works of plastic arts.
These materials address subjects such as political movements including right and left fringe, nationalism, labor, terrorism, lobbying bodies; Bohemian movements: literary and artistic groups and movements; music movements and performance art: jazz, folk, rock'n'roll, avant garde; youth movements: mods, hippies, punk, post/punk/new wave, hippie revivalism, cyber-punk and others; drug subculture; feminism; gay subculture; green and "back to nature" movements; neo pagan movements; and Indigenous group movements.
Though the Archive's collection policy is truly global in scope currently collecting activity centers on two distinct areas: Russia, CIS (commonwealth of independent states) countries, Eastern Europe and the Balkans; and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Please note: this collection has unprocessed portions. Please see staff for assistance.
Dates
- 1990-2003
Creator
- Yoffe, Mark (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Some records may be restricted.
Restrictions on Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Historical Note
The International Counterculture Archive has the goal of collecting multimedia materials produced by, or dealing with, countercultural groups and movements of different countries. The Archive serves as a depositary for such a collection and provides assistance, expertise, necessary networking to scholars from different fields involved in the study of countercultural movements. The Archive is an interdisciplinary body. In addition to acquisition and processing of the materials, the Archive provides bibliographic description of the collection, reference support and serves as a link for scholars and collectors working in the field. Counterculture groups and movements are defined as existing within any modern society and in any country which find themselves in opposition to governing and accepted mainstream ideology, values and the approved and sanctioned forms of self expression. Counterculture is a culture of opposition and minorities. It can be highly political and/or purely artistic, but it inevitably finds itself in opposition to the mainstream political thinking, aesthetical perceptions, styles, and forms and ways of self expression.
Extent
12 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
Russian
Abstract
This collection contains printed and handwritten materials: magazines, almanacs, "fanzines", newsletters, manuscripts, books, posters, fliers, leaflets and other forms of printed ephemera; audio: self-produced, small label etc. recordings of music, poetry, verbal art, speeches, lectures, performances; video recordings: self-produced, small label, or homemade videos pertaining to the subject; film: self-produced, small label, or homemade films pertaining to the subject; photographs documenting countercultural activities; and ephemera and works of plastic arts.
Collection Organization
Only a small portion of this collectin is processed. When processing is complete, this small portion will most likely be designated as a series titled Counterculture zines.
Acquisition Information
Curator Mark Yoffe actively collects the materials that make up this Archive.
- Counterculture -- Latvia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Counterculture -- Poland -- Periodicals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Counterculture -- Russia (Federation) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Counterculture -- Ukraine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Counterculture -- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the International Counterculture Archive, 1990-2003
- Status
- Partially Processed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Global Resources Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
