Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer active primarily between 1978 and 1991 in Wisconsin. He murdered 17 young men and boys, An American Record exists to register recurrence. The works are presented as entries, not portraits, and resist narrative or dramatization. Individually, they are incidents; collectively, they reveal a pattern sustained over time. This collection does not seek interpretation or empathy. It functions as documentation—marking what was repeated, what was overlooked, and what was allowed to continue.