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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Teen Angels magazine collection
Creator:
Holland, David
Creator:
Teen Angels Magazine
Identifier/Call Number: 0588
Physical Description:
0.88 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1981-2006
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.
Language of Material:
English
, Spanish; Castilian
.
Container: 1
Container: 2
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[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
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bolerium Books, 2006
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:
- No. 3
- Nos. 12-14
- No. 18
- No. 68
- Nos. 71-72
- Nos. 74-77
- No. 82
- No. 86
- No. 107
- No. 115
- No. 124
- No. 127
- No. 141
- Nos. 145-154
- Nos. 161-162
- No. 180
- No. 185
- No. 196
- Nos. 213-214
- No. 217
- Nos. 219-222
Lowrider magazine collection, Collection no. 0589, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicano movement -- Archival resources
Gangs -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Hispanic American art -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Lowriders -- Archival resources
Mexican American art -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Mexican American neighborhoods -- California -- Archival resources
Mexican American teenagers -- California -- Periodicals
Mexican Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- Archival resources
Mexican Americans in popular culture -- California -- Archival resources
Magazines (periodicals)
Periodicals
Holland, David -- Periodicals
Teen Angels Magazine -- Periodicals