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Camille Bacon-Smith papers
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Held at: Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19122
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Camille Bacon-Smith is a folklorist and co-founder of NewFolk, a website and email list for folklorists seeking to expand the definition of the field, and New Directions in Folklore, an online journal. She has a Ph.D. in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of a number of scholarly books and novels, including Science Fiction Culture, Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, and Eye of the Daemon. She served as a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania from 1987-1994 and as a visiting assistant professor at Temple University from 1991-1998.
The collection consists of research materials, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, audio materials, and photographs related to Bacon-Smith's study of popular culture and segments of the science fiction and fantasy community. Materials related to Bacon-Smith's teaching and publications include: course materials for Folklore and American Pop Culture courses at the University of Pennsylvania taught by Bacon-Smith; manuscripts for Bacon-Smith's publications, including Enterprising Women; correspondence; and slides from her presentations. Materials from conventions such as PhilCon, BaltiCon, Magicon, and WorldCon include: programs, booklets and ephemera; audiocassettes of interviews and panels; photos, slides, and negatives; and buttons and badges. The collection also contains printouts from a science fiction online newsgroup; photos of Star Trek costumes and other costumes; newspaper clippings, photocopies of articles, magazines on science fiction topics; zines and manuscripts of fan fiction, much of it for the X-Files; and playbills and programs from performing arts events in Philadelphia and New York such as the Pennsylvania Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, and Philadelphia Folk Festival.
- Publisher
- Temple University Libraries Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Date
- 2012
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.