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John Holmstrom papers and Punk magazine records

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 951

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, writings, photographs, maquettes, printed materials, posters, ephemera, audiovisual materials, artwork, and other records relating to Punk Magazine and John Holmstrom.

Dates

  • circa 1975-2006

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Boxes 104-119 (audiovisual materials): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Box 120 (born digital): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of digital files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Box 123 (artwork): Restricted fragile material. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Conditions Governing Use

The John Holmstrom Papers and Punk Magazine Records is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Johan Kugelberg on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and gift of John Holmstrom, 2012.

Arrangement

Organized into eight series: Series I. Artwork. Series II. Writings and Correspondence. Series III. Business Records. IV. Photographs. Series V. Printed Materials. Series VI. Merchandise. Series VII. Ephemera and Realia. Series VIII. Audiovisual Materials.

Extent

52.34 Linear Feet ((109 boxes) + 13 broadside folders and 1 roll)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.punk

John Holmstrom

John Holmstrom (1954-) is an American writer and cartoonist. A founding editor of Punk magazine, Holmstrom also worked for publications including The Village Voice, Heavy Metal, and High Times.

Punk Magazine

Punk magazine was created by John Holmstrom, Ged Dunn, and Legs McNeill in 1975. Fifteen issues were published between 1976 and 1979, with a special issue in 1981 and additional issues published in the 2000s.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.

Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

Title
Guide to the John Holmstrom Papers and Punk Magazine Records
Author
by Beinecke staff
Date
March 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

Contact:
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(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.