The Aegis Archive collects, preserves, and makes available materials from twentieth-century gothic and industrial subcultures. These include zines, audio and video recordings, oral histories, and related artifacts. Usually produced in small runs and informally distributed, such materials are rarely preserved and risk being lost.

The Archive currently holds more than 2,200 rare zines from the 1980s and 1990s. Our ongoing work includes digitization, cataloging, and developing ways to support research and public access.

The Archive's mission is to avail this ephemera for scholarship, teaching, and public engagement. We support research in cultural history, media studies, music, and literary studies. We also, of course, serve the communities whose histories are represented in the collection.

We welcome inquiries and potential donations.

Board members include S. Alexander Reed, Ph.D. (Ithaca College), Meredith Collins, Ph.D. (Cornell University), and Christy Tomecek-Bailey, MLS (Yale University). The Archive is based in Ithaca, New York.

Email us: TheAegisArchive [at] gmail.com

                   



The Aegis Archive, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity, NYS DOS ID 6324100.


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