Memín Pinguín collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains issues of the Spanish-language Mexican comic book Memín Pinguín, chiefly dating from 1965 to 1971. There are also three issues from the 2006 re-edited version and commemorative Mexican postage stamps.
Please be advised that this material contains racist imagery.
The set is incomplete and includes nos. 71-73, 75-81, 8-87, 96-99, 101, 109-150, 152, 160-161, 167, 171, 180-181, 183, 185, 190, 194, 197, 205, 207, 209, 212, 219, 225-227, 230, 234, 237, 239-240, 242-243, 245-248. 256-286, 288-296, 303, 306, 314-316, 318-323, 325, 327-331, 333, 335-337, 340-341, 343-362, and 365-366. There are also three issues from 2006: nos. 55, 241-242, and a sheet of “La Caricatura en Mexico” Memín Pinguín postage stamps (2005) and envelope with postmark.
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 2006
Creator
- Vargas Dulché, Yolanda (Creator, Person)
- Valencia Burgos, Sixto (Artist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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
3 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
This collection contains issues of the Spanish-language Mexican comic book Memín Pinguín, chiefly dating from 1965 to 1971. There are also three issues from the 2006 re-edited version and commemorative Mexican postage stamps.
Arrangement
Items are arranged in the following order:
Box 1: Nos. 71-136 (1965-1966)
Box 2: Nos. 137-264 (1966-1969)
Box 3: Nos. 265-343 (1969-1970)
Box 4: Nos. 344-366 (1970-1971)
Box 5: Nos. 55, 241-242 (2006); Postage stamps (2005)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Howard Karno Books.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Memín Pinguín collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2021 October
- 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