Zines

Scope and Contents Collection consists of audiotape masters for much of the Off Centaur label's catalog, including live and studio performances for releases beginning in 1980 and ending in the late 1980s, as well as many of the zines and songbooks published by Off Centaur. In addition to commercially-released material, some of the audiotapes also contain non-album tracks, alternate takes, and other material that was not released commercially. There is scant accompanying paper documentation for the reels,...

Abstract

The Hoosier Archives Collection consists of correspondence, organization files, game files, card files, and awards related to the the creation of Diplomacy zines (dipzines).

Content Description

This collection contains material related to the genre of "filk", a music culture characterized by songwriting based on science fiction, fantasy and horror themes. The collection includes Jennifer Donaldson Milewski's field recordings, convention programs, filk songbooks, notes, thesis drafts, correspondence, and interviews. Of particular note are Milewski's interviews with big-name filkers such as Joey Shoji, Kathy Mar, Leslie Fish and Cynthia McQuillen.

Abstract

The Ny Martin Collection of Filk Materials contains information on northeastern US filk music culture and fan communities of the late 20th and early 21st century.