Elisa Hertz Collection of Concert and Nightclub Ephemera
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The Elisa Hertz Collection of Concert and Nightclub Ephemera contains material accumulated by an individual while attending performances and frequenting various nightclubs within the New York City area from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. This collection includes tickets/stubs, buttons, and fliers. The concert tickets, some of which have been autographed by the performers, document bands/performers and nightclubs active in the City during this era. Of note are a significant amount of wearable buttons some representing music performers/bands, as well as others advertising New York City shops. Elisa Hertz is an alumni of New York University, from the 1990s.
Biographical Note
Elisa Hertz is a New York University alumni from the 1990s.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains concert and New York area nightclub ephemera from the 1980s to the mid-2000s, including collectible buttons, tickets, and fliers. Concert tickets document performances, as well as the variety of nightclubs that existed throughout the city during this era. Autographed tickets in this collection include the Ramones, Violent Femmes, and Juliana Hatfield. Collectible music fan material include a significant collection of wearable buttons of R.E.M., INXS, Jane's Addiction, Soup Dragons, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Charlatans, as well as an autographed Jesus Jones set list and flier, and signed Hot Hot Heat poster. New York nightclub ephemera includes an autographed CBGB's history, and a Ritz nightclub t-shirt. A small number of music festival-related NYU publications and collectible buttons from the 1990s and collectible buttons distributed by various New York City stores are also in this collection.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. The Fales Library and Special Collections is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Elisa Hertz Collection of Concert and Nightclub Ephemera; MSS 573; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Elisa Hertz, 2019. The accession number associated with this donation is 2019.017.
Custodial History
This material was kept in the donor's Greenwich Village apartment until it was donated to the Fales Library and Special Collections in July 2016.
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Processing Information
Materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Oversize material was separated and placed in an appropriately sized folder/container. A box level inventory was created.
