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Memín Pinguín collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0585

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

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

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