Lowrider magazine collection
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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. Lowrider magazine focused on various aspects of lowrider culture, including cars, music, and fashion. The magazine also covered political and cultural issues relating to Chicano identities and communities.
Dates
- Creation: 1977 - 2003
Creator
- Lowrider Publishing Group (Publisher, Organization)
- B.I.G. Publishing Ltd. (Publisher, Organization)
- Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
2.15 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
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. Lowrider magazine focused on various aspects of lowrider culture, including cars, music, and fashion. The magazine also covered political and cultural issues relating to Chicano identities communities.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bolerium Books, January 2, 2008.
Subject
- B.I.G. Publishing Ltd. -- Periodicals (Organization)
- Lowrider Publishing Group -- Periodicals (Organization)
- Q-VO Magazine/R. U. Martinez, National Lowrider Magazine, Inc. -- Periodicals (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Lowrider magazine collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2021 August
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu