Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection, 1998-2002
Collection context
- Abstract:
- The Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection contains correspondence to Celia Pérez from Keight Bergmann.
- Extent:
- .02 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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The Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection contains decorative (Sanrio, Powerpuff Girls, cherries and pandas, stamps) envelopes to Celia Pérez from fellow zinester and friend Keight Bergmann, photographs taken at the 2000 NYC Zine Conference, poloaroid self-portaits of Pérez, photobooth stickers, a postcard from Ayun Halliday celebrating the birth of her child Milo, a "Pink tea" test t-shirt screenprint and minizine by Bergmann, and a National Young Women's Day of Action sticker.
- Biographical / historical:
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Celia Pérez is a Cuban- and Mexican- American zinester, author, and community college librarian from Miami, FL and a graduate of the University of Florida and University of South Florida. Her early personal zines "I Dreamed I was Assertive," "Picaflor" and others center her immigrant identity, relationship to family, her work as a middleschool teacher, and stories about her day-to-day life. She's the author of young adult novels "The First Rule of Punk" and "Strange Birds," writing about lovable weirdos, creative outsiders, pre-teen punks, identiy, community and friendship. Pérez currently lives in Chicago with her family and pibull named Bagel.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection has no restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
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Celia Pérez Zinester Ephemera Collection, 1998-2002; Box and Folder; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.
- Location of this collection:
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Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423Barnard College3009 BroadwayNew York, NY 10027, USA
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- Contact:
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