Straitjacket collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Summary

Extent:
1.17 Linear Feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains materials that document the activities of the hardcore punk band Straitjacket. Collection includes a cassette tape, T-shirt and buttons.

2 Straitjacket pinback buttons, one with an image of Garfield and the other with an image depicting a monkey with a gun with the subscript "Adaptation."

Biographical / historical:

The hardcore punk band Straitjacket was founded at William & Mary in 2021 by Maximilian Kim (2023), Clavin Sloan (2025), Cass Soto (2025), and Adam Lander (2026). Kim played bass, Sloan drums, Soto provided vocals and Lander the guitar. The band is currently based in Fairfax, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Collections donated by Maximilian Kim, William Mary Class of 2023.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Music
Student Organizations
Metal buttons