Amber Moon Productions scrapbooks
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Amber Moon Productions scrapbooks
- Date
- 1978-1984 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.3 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- American poetry -- Women authors.
- Feminists -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Music -- Performance -- Kentucky.
- Performing arts -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Women college students -- Societies and clubs
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 2012ms228 : [identification of item], Amber Moon Productions scrapbooks, 1978-1984, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Amber Moon Productions began in 1978 as an all-female nonprofit organization that produced educational and cultural events and workshops featuring women artists from the local Lexington, Kentucky, area, as well as national and international artists. The group formed out of shared purpose to create a series of women-focused cultural events that represent the diversities of female experience through music, film, poetry, and theater. Named for a phase of the moon, members espoused the rising moon as a symbol of women gaining strength. The collective dissolved in the mid-1980s.
- Scope and Content
- The Amber Moon Productions scrapbooks (dated 1978-1984; 0.3 cubic foot; 1 box) comprise two scrapbooks that document Amber Moon Productions' music, performance, and feminist social activities in Lexington, Kentucky. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, performance reviews, flyers, and advertisements related to a range of activities sponsored by the group. Activities included drum circles, plays, concerts, and poetry readings that were hosted in book stores, theaters, and private homes in and around Lexington and at the University of Kentucky campus.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
Contact SCRC with questions.
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You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
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