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Title: Tyger-Womon papers
Date (inclusive): 1992-1994
Collection number: 1943
Creator:
Tyger-Womon.
Extent:
1 document box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Tyger-Womon was a writer, artist, and Native American shaman. Also known as V.L. Adams, very little information can be found
on Tyger-Womon before or after the two year period reflected in this collection. These materials include poetry collections,
correpondence, essays, photography collages and collaborative art projects with Hanh Thi Pham. Also included are recorded
transcripts of interviews and conversations between Tyger-Womon and Hanh Thi Pham.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of V.L. Adams, 1993-1994. This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June
L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the UCLA Library.
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2011.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
[Identification of item], Tyger-Womon papers (Collection Number 1943). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Tyger-Womon was a writer, artist, and Native American shaman. Also known as V.L. Adams, very little information can be found
on Tyger-Womon before or after the two year period reflected in this collection.
The collection includes materials related to photography projects, interviews, poetry, songs and writings spanning from 1992-1994.
All contents are the work of Tyger-Womon with the exception of collaborative projects with Hangh Thi Pham - a Vietnamese-American
artist. Also included are three cassette tapes of exchanges between Tyger-Womon and Hanh Thi Pham.
Arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Tyger-Womon --Archives.
Lesbian artists --United States --Archival resources.
Lesbian authors --United States --Archival resources.