PHOTOGRAPHS

The New Brunswick Music Scene Archive materials date from 1981 to present. The collection is made up of paper format, audiovisual, and ephemeral materials. The collection is arranged into nine record series: FLYERS AND POSTERS, SET LISTS, PUBLICATIONS, FRITCH CLARK AND THE LAST BASTIONS OF ROCK, PRESS CLIPPINGS, EPHEMERA, NEW BRUNSWICK MUSIC SCENE ARCHIVE, PHOTOGRAPHS, and SOUND RECORDINGS.

The FLYERS AND POSTERS are arranged by venue and contains a number of handmade originals, flyers from basement shows, well-known venues throughout New Brunswick, and shows at Rutgers University. PUBLICATIONS consists of commercially printed magazines and books about the music scene, as well as a subseries of zines. The FRITCH CLARK AND THE LAST BASTIONS OF ROCK series is made up of the research materials that Fritch Clark collected to create his 2015 documentary The Last Bastions of Rock. The documentary focuses on music venues throughout New Jersey with a particular focus on the New Brunswick music scene. PRESS CLIPPINGS is made up of press materials from local New Brunswick bands and also news clippings. The EPHEMERA series contains business cards, buttons, matchbooks, patches, shopping bags, stickers, and T-shirts.

The NEW BRUNSWICK MUSIC SCENE ARCHIVE series consists of materials regarding the founding of this archive. Flyers and press clippings make up a majority of this series. PHOTOGRAPHS are of New Brunswick based bands, shows, and venues. The SOUND RECORDINGS series is made of 12" vinyl records, 7" vinyl records, compact discs, cassettes, tape cartridges, and acetate discs. Recordings are from New Brunswick bands. Some of these recordings came from WRSU, the non-commercial college radio station broadcasting from Rutgers University.