Lynn Hershman-Leeson papers, 1976-2004

Physical description: 274.5 linear feet (100 manuscript boxes, 185 record storage boxes)

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Finding aid: Finding aid available online (html)
Summary: A collection of archival papers, audio-visual media, publications, artifacts, photographs, letters, and other documents connected to Hershman-Leeson's art works and projects. Accession 2012-209 is 1 linear foot comprising working material and documentation for the film, "Women, Art, Revolution."
Supplemental links: Partially closed until processed: Form to Express Your Interest in this Unprocessed Collection

Subject: Hershman-Leeson, Lynn, 1941-; Feminism and art > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.; Feminism and art > United States > History > 21st century > Sources.; Performance art > United States.; Women motion picture producers and directors.

Earliest date: 1976
Latest date: 2004
Access: Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Please allow up to four weeks for a reformat request to be processed.; Accessions 2004-316 and 2012-209 are open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Accessions 2011-154, 2016-107, and 2016-190 are closed until processed. If you are interested in the unprocessed portion of this collection, please use the "Express Your Interest in this Unprocessed Collection" form linked from this record.
Source: Purchased; 2004, 2011, and 2012. Accessions 2004-316, 2011-154, and 2012-209. Gift of Lynn Hershman-Leeson; 2016. Accessions 2016-107 and 2016-190.
Note: Lynn Hershman-Leeson is a performance artist and filmmaker particularly interested in the feminist art movement. She is currently Chair of the Film Department at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Davis, and an A.D. White Professor at large at Cornell University.