Anna Banana collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one box of thirty-one folders, which contains Anna Banana's extensive curriculum vitae, bibliographic materials, stamp designs from 1988-2002, selected newsletters from Banana Rag and Artistamp News, as well as reviews from various artists.
Dates
- 1975-2003
Creator
- Banana, Anna, 1940- (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
Collection open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Anna Banana (b. 1940), formerly Anne Lee Long, is a visual and performance artist from Canada. Since the 1970s, she has been a major contributor and innovator of mail art. For over 30 years, she has been part of the International Mail Art Network (IMAN), an art exchange program that involves artists from all over the world. She has also published extensively on art related topics, including a newsletter called Banana Rag (1971-1991), which she converted into Artistamp News (1991-1996). In addition to her work with mail art, Anna Banana is also a performance artist. Her stage performances have included Dada and Futurist scripts as well as conceptual performances.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (.42 linear feet)
Arrangement
The collection has been divided into three groups: artist's bibliographic materials, newsletters, and published articles on Anna Banana.
Ownership and Custodial History
The Anna Banana Collection was compiled by a former VCU Special Collections and Archives intern, Rebecca Dobyns, in 2004. The stamps in the collection are also a gift sent directly from Anna Banana.The papers were collected by Dobyns as part of a book art project called To and From: Davi Det Hompson Correspondents. Her research was included in her master's thesis entitled "The Postcard Art Project."
Acquisition Information
Gift of Rebecca Dobyns.
- Artists -- Archives -- Canada Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Banana, Anna, 1940-
- Mail art. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- A Guide to the Anna Bannana Collection
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library M 385
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leila Prasertwaitaya
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the VCU James Branch Cabell Library Repository
Special Collections and Archives 901 Park Avenue
Richmond Virginia 23284 USA US
(804) 828-1108
libjbcsca@vcu.edu
