Mari Ruíz-Torres collection on The X-Files
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection is primarily comprised of press clippings, publications, correspondence, and other material pertaining to The X-Files television program, motion pictures, and official fan club. Includes action figures of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, realia featuring The X-Files logo, and newsletters from The X-Files Official Fan Club. Also represented in the collection are press clippings, publications, and other material regarding the series' actors Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Includes newsletters from the Official Gillian Anderson Web Site and press clippings of interviews with David Duchovny.
Dates
- Creation: 1994-2005, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 2000-2004
Creator
- Ruíz-Torres, Mari (Person)
Languages
The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Historical Note
The X-Files television program created by Chris Carter aired on the Fox Television Network from September 10, 1993 to May 19, 2002. The series followed FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as they investigated unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena that became marginalized and referred to as "x-files." The success of the television program led to two motion pictures, the 1998 The X-Files: Fight the Future and the 2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the latter playing on the famous series slogan coined by Fox Mulder. The program's end in 2002 made it, at the time, the longest running science fiction series in United States television broadcasting history.
Mari Ruíz-Torres was an avid fan of The X-Files television program. She collected books, action figures, photographs, and other materials pertaining to the series. She was also a member of The X-Files Official Fan Club. Mari was a resident of Riverside, California and a graduate from the University of California, Riverside.
Extent
4.23 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Abstract
This collection is primarily comprised of press clippings, publications, correspondence, and other material pertaining to The X-Files television program, motion pictures, and official fan club. Includes action figures of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, realia featuring The X-Files logo, and newsletters from The X-Files Official Fan Club. Also represented in the collection are press clippings, publications, and other material regarding the series' actors Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Includes newsletters from the Official Gillian Anderson Web Site and press clippings of interviews with David Duchovny.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series as follows:
- Series 1. The X-Files television program and motion pictures, 1994-2004, undated
- Series 2. The X-Files Official Fan Club, 2000-2004, undated
- Series 3. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, 1995-2005
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Separated Materials
Some of the items received with this collection have been cataloged and added to the Eaton Science Fiction & Fantasy Collection housed in Special Collections & Archives. The UCR Libraries' online public access catalog can be used to locate these items.
Processing History
Processed by Sarah M. Allison, Special Collections Library Assistant, 2011.
Subject
- Anderson, Gillian, 1968- (Person)
- Duchovny, David (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Mari Ruíz-Torres collection on The X-Files
- Status
- Processed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sarah M. Allison, Special Collections Library Assistant.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu