Series V. Community Organizing, 1977-2013, inclusive
Extent
6 Linear Feet in 6 manuscript boxes, 2 record cartons, and 2 flat boxes.
Extent
1.69 Megabytes in 40 computer files.
Scope and Contents
Series V. Community Organizing contains materials related to Torr's activities in community organizations and political advocacy groups, including newsletters, bulletins, zines, ephemera, awards, meeting minutes and notes, correspondence, contact lists, and budget reports. Organizations particularly well-represented in this series include FTM International, PONY (Prostitutes of New York), and the Guerrilla Girls. The series also contains artistic community projects such as drag king calendars in 1994 and 2004, and Annie Sprinkle's "Post-Modern Pin-ups: Pleasure Activist Playing Cards" (1995); community archiving projects such as Franklin Furnace's "Archives of the Avant-Garde" and Glasgow Women's Library "Documenting 109" Project; and organizing documents for community art spaces, such as Chez Bushwick and the Work Room Studio.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically with materials related to the same organization or topic grouped together.
Newsletters, 1977-2001, inclusive
Arts organizations, 1977-1997, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 61, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Community bulletins, 1977-2001, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital newsletters, 2001
Digital materials
Digital newsletters (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Community organizing ephemera, 1980-2007, inclusive
United States, 1980-2001, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sex work, 1981-1982, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Feminism and reproductive rights, 1986-2003, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
LGBTQ+, 1986-2005, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Palestine, circa 2000s
Box: 40, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital anti-war ephemera, 2001
Digital materials
Digital anti-war ephemera (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Environmentalism, 2002-2005, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Kingdom, 2005-2007, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FTM International, 1987-1997, inclusive
FTM Newsletter, Issues 1-27, September 1987 - April 1994, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FTM Newsletter, Issues 28-34, July 1994 - Autumn, 1996, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
FTM Newsletter, Issues 42, 44, and 45, September 1998 - Summer 1999, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ephemera and resources, 1991-1997, inclusive
Box: 40, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
PONY (Prostitutes of New York), 1987-2001, inclusive
Notes, correspondence, and ephemera, 1987-1990, inclusive
Box: 41, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
PONY Press, No. 1, January, 1990
Box: 41, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
PONY Press, No. 2, Summer 1991
Box: 41, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notebook, 1990-1991, inclusive
Box: 41, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes, correspondence, and ephemera, 1991-1993, inclusive
Box: 41, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes, correspondence, and ephemera, 1994-2001, inclusive
Box: 41, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Aphrodite Award, undated, inclusive
Box: 41, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zines, 1987-2012, inclusive
Box: 42, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Arts organizations contact lists, 1988
Box: 42, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cummington Community of the Arts, 1988-1997, inclusive
Box: 42, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
F2M Fraternity, 1989
Box: 42, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guerrilla Girls, 1989-2005, inclusive
Ephemera, 1989-1998, inclusive
Box: 42, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes and flyer mock-ups, circa 1989-2005, inclusive
Box: 42, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Meeting notes and agendas, 1992-1999, inclusive
Box: 42, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hot Flashes newsletter, 1993-1994, inclusive
Box: 42, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Budget reports, 1993-2001, inclusive
Box: 43, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs, 1995-1998, inclusive
Box: 43, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Press clippings, 1995-2002, inclusive
Box: 43, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1995-2005, inclusive
Box: 43, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Event files -- proposals, contracts, and ephemera, 1995-2005, inclusive
Box: 43, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Digital files, 2001
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Video recording -- "Guerrilla Girls Reveal Secret Identities!", undated, inclusive
Box: 72, VHS: cuid43837 (Material Type: Video)
People with AIDS Coalition Newsline, September, 1990
Box: 43, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Self-Health for Queensland Workers in the Sex Industry (SQWISI), 1990
Box: 43, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
ACT UP, 1991
Box: 43, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO), 1991-1998, inclusive
Box: 43, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Performance Network, 1993
Box: 44, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Drag King Calendar", 1994
Box: 44, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Annie Sprinkle's Post-Modern Pin-ups: Pleasure Activist Playing Cards, 1995
Box: 44, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
London arts organizations, 1995-1996, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The MacDowell Colony, 1996-2007, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Queer Company City Guide, 2000-2001, inclusive
Digital files
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Paper materials
Box: 44, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Archives of the Avant-Garde" Project with Franklin Furnace, 2001-2016, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Annie Sprinkle's Aphrodite Award for Sexual Service to the Community, 2002
Box: 44, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
ENGENDER and Funding Resources for Women in Scotland, 2003-2006, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Drag Kings 2004" Signed calendar, Kingz of Berlin, 2004
Box: 45, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Midsummer Meridians: The National Gathering of Independent Dance Artists, Yorkshire, July 3-4, 2004, inclusive
Digital files
Digital materials
Digital files (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Paper materials
Box: 45, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Video recording
Box: 67, VHS: cuid43907 (Material Type: Video)
Chez Bushwick, 2005-2006, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Networking Artists Network -- Art and Technology Conference, January 28, 2006
Box: 45, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fluxus Pissing Contest Trophy with shipping documents, 2007
Box: 64, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art -- Censorship boycott and petition, 2009
Box: 45, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Work Room" Studio -- Administrative documents, 2011-2013, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Documenting 109" Project, Glasgow Women's Library, undated, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
