Teen Angels magazine collection, 1981-2006

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Summary

Creators:
Holland, David and Teen Angels Magazine
Abstract:
A collection of 43 issues of Teen Angels magazine, spanning approximately 1981 to 2006. Teen Angels was founded in 1979 by San Jose-based artist David Holland. Teen Angels was a popular magazine that celebrated and featured art and writing relating to Chicano culture, cholo street culture, lowriders, pachuco culture, prison art, Southern California gangs, varrios, tattoos, and other themes. For most of its active years, the magazine was published from Milpitas, California or Rialto, California. Each issue typically includes hand-drawn portraits, poetry, photographs, comic strips, commemorative works, community bulletins, and other works. The title of the magazine varied slightly across issues, with some titled Teen Angels and others as Teen Angel's.
Extent:
0.88 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English , Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Teen Angels magazine collection, Collection no. 0588, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 43 issues of Teen Angels magazine, spanning approximately 1981 to 2006. Teen Angels was founded in 1979 by San Jose-based artist David Holland. Teen Angels was a popular magazine that celebrated and featured art and writing relating to Chicano culture, cholo street culture, lowriders, pachuco culture, prison art, Southern California gangs, varrios, tattoos, and other themes. For most of its active years, the magazine was published from Milpitas, California or Rialto, California. Each issue typically includes hand-drawn portraits, poetry, photographs, comic strips, commemorative works, community bulletins, and other works. The title of the magazine varied slightly across issues, with some titled Teen Angels and others as Teen Angel's. The collection holds the following numbered issues:

  1. No. 3
  2. Nos. 12-14
  3. No. 18
  4. No. 68
  5. Nos. 71-72
  6. Nos. 74-77
  7. No. 82
  8. No. 86
  9. No. 107
  10. No. 115
  11. No. 124
  12. No. 127
  13. No. 141
  14. Nos. 145-154
  15. Nos. 161-162
  16. No. 180
  17. No. 185
  18. No. 196
  19. Nos. 213-214
  20. No. 217
  21. Nos. 219-222
Acquisition information:
Purchased from Bolerium Books, 2006
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Teen Angels magazine collection, Collection no. 0588, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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