Mayer Collection of Fat Liberation
Scope and Content
Correspondence relating to fat Americans and strategies for their liberation and societal restraints, chiefly with persons associated with Fat Underground (Los Angeles), Fat Liberation Front (New Haven), Fat Liberator Publications (New Haven, Minneapolis), and National Association to Aid Fat Americans. Related books, comic books, pamphlets, periodicals and boxed game have been removed from the collection and cataloged as part of the Alternative Press Collection. Items with a ∅ symbol have not been retained in the collection.
Dates
- undated, 1967-1983
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
Biography
Researcher and activist in the fat liberation movement and graduate student at the University of Connecticut; also known by the pseudonym Aldebaran.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Researcher and activist in the fat liberation movement and graduate student at the University of Connecticut; also known by the pseudonym Aldebaran.
Arrangement
Series I: Correspondence (undated, 1973-1983)
Series II: Books and Periodicals (undated, 1967-1983)
Series III: Comic Books, Pamphlets, Publications (undated 1973-1982)
Acquisition Information
Donated by Vivian Mayer.
Separated Material
The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:
Twenty buttons have been transferred to the APC Button Collection.
- Allon, Natalie
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Demarest, Merry
- Ephemera (general object genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Food habits Subject Source: Fast
- Mental health Subject Source: Fast
- Obesity Subject Source: Fast
- Political activists Subject Source: Fast
- Publications (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Weight loss Subject Source: Fast
- Women Subject Source: Fast
- Wooley, Susan
- Title
- Mayer Collection of Fat Liberation
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 1999 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
