Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Archives 1969-2005

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Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Archives 1969-2005

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The materials contained in the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) collection were obtained from Ray and Pat Browne, Michael Marsden, Peter C. Rollins, and several other members of the associations since 1983, after PCA Secretary/Treasurer Ray Browne suggested the creation of the archive in the Popular Culture Association Newsletter September 1983 issue. This is an active collection and materials are added as they are received.The collection currently measures 13.25 cubic feet and includes proceedings, meeting programs for national and regional conferences, newsletters, copies of academic papers presented at conferences, newsletter and website editorial files, video recordings of select conference panels, microfilm rolls of newsletters and conference proceedings, and photographs.The organizations' presidential correspondence (filed in the national conference planning and national organizations' business subject files) is only open to those who declare a research or organizational need. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions placed on its use for scholarly purposes. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all published and unpublished scholarly works found in this collection.

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Bowling Green State University - Browne Popular Culture Library

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American culture association

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Ray and Pat Browne, Michael Marsden, Peter C. Rollins, and several other members of the associations since 1983

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The Popular Culture Association (PCA) was founded in 1969 as a spin-off of the American Studies movement. Some members of the American Studies Association felt that the organization had become elitist in its approach to cultural studies (which, it should be noted, has since mitigated). There was little room for material culture, popular music, movies, and comics, and so the Popular Culture Association was created to further the study of popular culture. The founders of the PCA were Russel B. Nye...

Popular Culture Association.

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