Finding aid for the Lowrider magazine collection 0589

Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 August
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Lowrider magazine collection
Creator: Lowrider Publishing Group
Creator: B.I.G. Publishing Ltd.
Creator: Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.
Identifier/Call Number: 0589
Physical Description: 2.15 Linear Feet 4 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1977-2003
Abstract: A collection of 56 issues of Lowrider magazine, along with three issues of Q-VO: A National Lowrider's Magazine -- all spanning from 1977 to 2003. The three issues of Q-VO--published by Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.--consist of vol. 1, no. 4 (August 1979); vol. 1, no. 6 (October 1979); and vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1981). The 56 issues of Lowrider magazine, along with its variations and offshoots, begin at vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1977) and end at vol. 25, no. 12 (December 2003). Lowrider magazine's other titles and offshoot publications represented in the collection include Lowrider Arte (one issue), Lowrider Euro (one issue), Lowrider Bicycle (four issues), Lowrider Classics (one issue), and Street Customs (three issues). This collection does not contain a full run of any of these titles. The various Lowrider magazines in this collection were published by A.T.M. Communications, Inc.; McMullen Argus Publishing; Lowrider Publishing Group, Inc.; B.I.G. Publishing Ltd.; and other entities all based in California.
Language of Material: English , Spanish; Castilian .

Scope and Contents

A collection of 56 issues of Lowrider magazine, along with three issues of Q-VO: A National Lowrider's Magazine -- all spanning from 1977 to 2003. The three issues of Q-VO--published by Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.--consist of vol. 1, no. 4 (August 1979); vol. 1, no. 6 (October 1979); and vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1981). The 56 issues of Lowrider magazine, along with its variations and offshoots, begin at vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1977) and end at vol. 25, no. 12 (December 2003). Lowrider magazine's other titles and offshoot publications represented in the collection include Lowrider Arte (one issue), Lowrider Euro (one issue), Lowrider Bicycle (four issues), Lowrider Classics (one issue), and Street Customs (three issues). This collection does not contain a full run of any of these titles. The various Lowrider magazines were published by A.T.M. Communications, Inc.; McMullen Argus Publishing; Lowrider Publishing Group, Inc.; B.I.G. Publishing Ltd.; and other entities all based in California.

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

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Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Lowrider magazine collection, Collection no. 0589, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Bolerium Books, January 2, 2008.

Related Materials

Teen Angels magazine collection, Collection no. 0588, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hispanic Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Mexican Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Lowriders -- Archival resources
Motor vehicles -- Design and construction -- Periodicals
Popular culture -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Magazines (periodicals)
B.I.G. Publishing Ltd. -- Periodicals
Lowrider Publishing Group -- Periodicals
Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc. -- Periodicals

Box 1, Folder 1

Q-VO: A National Lowrider's Magazine 1979 August 1979 October 1981 January

Scope and Contents

The three issues of Q-VO--published by Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc.--consist of vol. 1, no. 4 (August 1979); vol. 1, no. 6 (October 1979); and vol. 2, no. 9 (January 1981).
 

Lowrider 1977 January - 2003 December

Box 1, Folder 2

1977 January 1979-1981

Box 1, Folder 3-6

1993-1997

Box 2

1997-2001

Box 3

2001-2002

Box 4, Folder 1-2

2003

Box 4, Folder 3

Lowrider Arte 1996 February/March

Box 4, Folder 4

Lowrider Classics 1998 Summer

Box 4, Folder 5

Lowrider Bicycle 1999-2003

Box 4, Folder 6

Lowrider Euro 1998 Spring

Box 4, Folder 7

Street Customs 1997 1999 December 2000 April