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Teen Angels magazine collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0588

Scope and Contents

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

Dates

  • Creation: 1981 - 2006

Creator

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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

0.88 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Bolerium Books, 2006

Related Materials

Lowrider magazine collection, Collection no. 0589, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid for the Teen Angels 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

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

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Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.