Like the Downtown Collection, and with sympathetic resonances in content and focus, the Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU developed out of an activist collecting philosophy. Founded by Fales librarian Lisa Darms in 2009, the collection includes materials relating to feminist and queer-positive punk rock and politics in the from around 1989–1996. Below is a link to an essay by Kate Eichhorn about the Riot Grrrl Collection’s development, reception, and critical stance. It is accessible to all NYU students.
- Eichhorn, Kate. The Archival Turn in Feminism: Outrage in Order. Temple University Press, 2013.
Image credit: [Bikini Kill Performing at Club Asylum in Washington, D.C., 1992. Kathleen Hanna Papers.] Fales Library.