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Ephemera

 Subject
Subject Source: BGTCHM
Scope Note: Transient everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded. Includes everyday items that are meant to be saved, at least for a while, such as keepsakes and stock certificates. (or receipts)

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bonnie J. Morris Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 754
Scope and Contents

The Bonnie J. Morris Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival collection consist of approximately 0.5 linear feet of personal items from the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival dating approximately from 1995 to 2015. The collection includes journals, stage notes, and ephemera.

Dates: 1996 - 2015
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Jennifer A. Shoub Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 760
Scope and Contents

The Jennifer A. Shoub Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival collection consist of approximately 1.5 linear feet of ephemera and personal items from the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival dating approximately from 1981 to 1987.

Dates: 1981 - 1987
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 508 large
Scope and Contents

The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival records (1976-2015) contain crew guides and handbooks, maps, banners, t-shirts, programs, brochures, posters, meeting minutes, correspondence, inventories, press clippings, as well as recordings and photographs taken during the festival. The collection gives an insight of the intense effort and amount of coordination it took to make the festival possible, and how it evolved and grew more complex with each iteration.

Dates: 1976 - 2015
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections