http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7k4039hc Online items available Lynn Hershman-Leeson Papers M1452M1452 Finding aid prepared by Crystal Rangel and Bill O'Hanlon Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2010 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Lynn Hershman-Leeson Papers M145213265 1 M1452M1452 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Lynn Hershman-Leeson Papers Creator: Hershman-Leeson, Lynn Identifier/Call Number: M1452 Identifier/Call Number: 13265 Physical Description: 155 Linear Feet(100 manuscript boxes, 90 record storage containers) Date (inclusive): 1976-2004 Abstract: A collection of archival papers, audio-visual media, publications, artifacts, photographs, letters, and other documents connected to Hershman-Leeson's art works and projects created since the 1970s and through 2003. Related Collections Women art revolution : videotape interviews by Lynn Hershman-Leeson for film, 1990-2008, M1639. A digital collection containing the video interviews, as well as transcripts, is available online at http://lib.stanford.edu/women-art-revolution. Biographical Note Lynn Hershman Leeson (b. 1941) is a performance artist and filmmaker who, in various media, has investigated the idea of selfhood and what establishes an individual as a sentient, gendered, unique person. Between the years of 1974 and 1978, Hershman Leeson spent much of her time performing as an alter ego, the character Roberta Breitmore. Much of the work--drawings, photographs, clothing, medical records, letters, etc.--Hershman Leeson produced during the Breitmore years related to the character's emotional and practical existences. Hershman Leeson seemed to be demonstrating that the two existences could and should not be easily separated--nor should the artist herself be easily separated from the character she created. Hershman Leeson's work in film, video, and new media has been equally focused toward exploring the ways that bodies interact and define themselves. Lorna (1983-84), described by the artist as "the first interactive video art disc," allowed the viewer to experience the emotions of the title character while also, at key points, making important decisions for her. The viewer was both entwined with and removed from Lorna's life. In the 1980s and 90s, Hershman continued to focus on new media, expanding her work in video and creating online environments that incorporated artificial intelligence. Concurrently, she began to direct feature films; her first film, Conceiving Ada (1997), situated the nineteenth-century computer science innovator Ada Lovelace in juxtaposition with the twentieth-century computer reality that she helped to create. A winner of numerous awards and honors for her contributions to art practice, Hershman Leeson is currently Chair of the Film Department at the San Francisco Art Institute. She is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Davis, and an A.D. White Professor at large at Cornell University. !Women Art Revolution reflects years of interviews that Hershman Leeson has compiled in order to tell the story of the feminist art movement in the artists' own words. Access to Collection Open for research. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Selected audiovisual content in this collection has been digitized and can be browsed at the collection's catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5742522. Access to digitized content is restricted to to the Special Collections Reading Room. In order to access this content, please contact [email protected]. Streaming copies of Hershman Leeson's published works may also be browsed at the collection's catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5742522. Access to these titles is restricted to users with a Stanford login or onsite researchers. In order to access this content, please contact [email protected]. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Subjects and Indexing Terms Hershman-Leeson, Lynn Lynn Hershman-Leeson Papers M145213265 2 M1452M1452 Series 1: Audio-Visual Materials 11289151 Subseries 1.01: America's Finest 1.011290451 Series 1: Audio-Visual Materials 11289151 Scope and Contents Twenty-six titles in this series have been digitized and can be browsed at the collection's catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5742522. Conditions Governing Access Access to the digital content in this series is restricted to the Special Collections Reading Room. In order to access this content, please contact [email protected]. The rest of the audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Subseries 1.01: America's Finest 1.011290451 box 36, folder 1 [VHS Dub] ; 1994 (2 items) 1290461 General Physical Description note: Video : VHS ; Dub ; 00:02:30:00 box 36, folder 2 America's Finest Doc ; 1995-05-30 (1 item) 1290459 General Physical Description note: Video : 8mm Video ; [unidentified element] ; 60 min. box 36, folder 3 [dubs + Amsterdam Lecture] ; 1994-10-25; 1995-05-30 (3 items) 1290457 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; Dub ; 60 min. box 36, folder 4 America's Finest 1994 ; 1994 (1 item) 1290455 General Physical Description note: Video : Hi8 ; [unidentified element] box 36, folder 5 America's Finest Documentation ; 1995-06 (1 item) 1290453 General Physical Description note: Video : SVHS ; [unidentified element] ; 30 min. ; 00:09:00:00 Subseries 1.02: Beautiful People/Beautiful Friends 1.021290437 box 28, folder 1 Beautiful People ; 1994-08-23 (1 item): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290449 General Physical Description note: Audio : 1/4" open reel ; Original box 28, folder 2 [VHS Dub] ; 1994 (2 items) 1290447 General Physical Description note: Video : VHS ; Dub box 28, folder 3 2 versions of beautiful friends,, the genius of AGB, transferred from Audio ; undated (1 item): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290445 General Physical Description note: Video : Betacam SP ; Dub ; 20 min. box 28, folder 4 Beautiful Master with TC ; 1994-08 (1 item): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290443 General Physical Description note: Video : Betacam SP ; Dub ; 90 min. box 28, folder 5 Transfer from 3/4 Copy of Film ; 1994-08 (1 item): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290441 General Physical Description note: Video : Betacam SP ; Dub ; 60 min. box 28, folder 6 [various footage] ; 1994 (2 items) : Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290439 General Physical Description note: Video : Betacam SP ; [unidentified element] ; 30 min. Lynn Hershman-Leeson Papers M145213265 3 M1452M1452 Series 1: Audio-Visual Materials 11289151 Subseries 1.02: Beautiful People/Beautiful Friends 1.021290437 Subseries 1.03: The B-Files 1.031290429 box 39, folder 1 The B Files ; undated (1 item) 1290435 General Physical Description note: Audio : Cassette ; [unidentified element] ; 90 min. box 39, folder 2 B-Files ; 1997-03-24 (1 item) 1290433 General Physical Description note: Video : Betacam SP ; Dub ; 32 min. box 39, folder 3 [The B-Files Dubs] ; 1997 (2 items) 1290431 General Physical Description note: Video : Betacam SP ; Dub ; 30 min. Subseries 1.04: Catfish 1.041290425 box 17, folder 1 Catfish ; 1987-12 (2 items) 1290427 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; [unidentified element] ; 20 min. Subseries 1.05: Chain Reaction 1.051290409 box 27, folder 1 Chain Reaction Reel 2 ; undated (1 item): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290423 General Physical Description note: Film : 16mm Full Coat Magnetic ; Soundtrack box 39 Chain Reaction ; 1983 (1 item) 1290421 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; Master box 39, folder 4 Chain Reaction ; 1983 (1 item) 1290419 General Physical Description note: Audio : Cassette ; Dub box 39, folder 5 New Time Edited Master ; 1987 (1 item) 1290417 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; Master ; 20 min. box 39, folder 6 Jello Biafra Tape 1 ; undated (1 item) 1290415 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; Master ; 20 min. box 39, folder 7 Selections from Recent Videotapes about Art and Artists ; 1984 (1 item) 1290413 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; Master ; 20 min. box 39, folder 8 [Various Footage] ; undated (3 items) 1290411 General Physical Description note: Video : U-matic ; Dub ; 20 min. Subseries 1.06: Conceiving Ada 1.061290133 box 1, folder 1 [Selects Roll #1-10] ; 1997 (6 items): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290407 General Physical Description note: Film : 35mm ; [unidentified element] box 2, folder 1 [Selects Roll #1-10] ; 1997 (4 items): Lynn Hershman director/producer 1290405 General Physical Description note: Film : 35mm ; [unidentified element]