Using the Collection
The materials are stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections (LSC). Some items are located on-site in LSC and others are in our off-site storage facility (Southern Regional Library Facility). Request items using the "Special Collections Request" links in the UC Library Search catalog record. View our video tutorial or contact UCLA Library Special Collections for more help on how to request items.
The finding aid with full collection details can be viewed in the Online Archive of California (OAC).
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About the Collection
S.A. Griffin is a poet, performance artist, publisher and actor with deep roots in the Los Angeles poetry and punk scenes beginning in the 1980s. The collection contains monographs, serials, manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera, audiovisual material, artwork and memorabilia reflective of Griffin's extensive connections to Los Angeles poets and performance, including the Venice West Beat scene. The collection also includes the papers of fellow poet Scott Wannberg.
About the Punk Archive
UCLA Library Special Collections (LSC) created the Punk Archive, consisting of collections related to punk music and culture, to document punk as it has developed and been expressed in Los Angeles within and outside the traditional LA/Hollywood punk narrative. We collect 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.
The S.A. Griffin collection is stewarded by the UCLA Library Punk Collective(opens in a new tab) which documents the development and expression of punk music and cultures by collecting and preserving the materials of the people and organizations that are part of the various scenes throughout Los Angeles County from the mid-1970s to the present.