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About the Punk Archive

UCLA Library Special Collections (LSC) created our Punk Archive, consisting of collections related to punk music and culture, to document punk as it has developed and been expressed in Los Angeles both within and outside the traditional LA/Hollywood punk narrative. We are collecting the primary source materials of punk musicians, promoters, producers, managers, photographers, roadies, groupies, reviewers, artists and any voices involved to highlight LA punk's diverse music and culture. By archiving and preserving personal and business papers, photographs, sound recordings, oral histories, 'zines, publications, ephemera, flyers, buttons and other items, our mission is to inspire punk discovery and advance punk research.

Resources

UCLA Library Punk Archive Trailer

Title card reading "LSC Punk Archive"
A smattering of things in the LSC Punk Archive compiled by UCLA Library Punk Collective member and Preservationist Allie Whalen.
Title card reading "LSC Punk Archive"

Janet Cunningham's The Buttheads

Four members of the punk band The Buttheads talking to an interviewer
This video was digitized for online presentation by UCLA Library Preservation staff and is from the Janet Cunningham Papers in the LSC Punk Archive.
Four members of the punk band The Buttheads talking to an interviewer

The Punkization of Hollywood

Film card reading "The Punkization of Hollywood" producer: Gloria Sykes
This video was digitized for online presentation by UCLA Library Preservation staff and is from the Janet Cunningham Papers in the LSC Punk Archive.
Film card reading "The Punkization of Hollywood" producer: Gloria Sykes