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Description: Amateur press publications totaling 67 items. Collected by Rosalie and Wayne T. McVay, the collection features journal and magazine publications from several amateur presses from across the United States published between 1892 to 1997. The publications are mostly represented by scattered issues. "The Californian" [Pomona, California], edited by Hyman Bradosfsky and "The scarlet cockerel" have the largest representation with 15 and 8 issues respectively. "The Californian" also contains "Heritage of modernism," "Some notes on interplanetary fiction," "Literary review," "By post from Providence" and "Group of poems" by H.P. Lovecraft as well as a piece by Frank Belknap Long. "The national amateur" contains "Some current amateur verse" and a report co-signed by Lovecraft. Two numbers of Haldeman-Julius' "Little Blue Book" series are also represented in this collection.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Call number: 646528
Provenance: Gift of Rosalie and Wayne T. McVay, April 2017.

Amateur exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1875 to 1878]

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Bound volume containing sample issues of numerous amateur serial publications published in the United States from 1875 to 1878. Subject matter ranges wildly from local newsletters, juvenille literature and interest magazines, and specialist interests such as type-setting or ornithology. The contents do not appear to be organized by title, subject or geographic area.

602828

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Amateur exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1877 to 1879]

Rare Books

Bound volume containing sample issues of numerous amateur serial publications published in the United States from 1877 to 1879. Subject matter ranges wildly from local newsletters, juvenille literature and interest magazines, and specialist interests such as type-setting or ornithology. The contents do not appear to be organized by title, subject or geographic area.

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Exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1874 to 1878]

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Bound volume containing sample issues of numerous amateur serial publications published in the United States from 1874 to 1878. The collection is primarily comprised of scattered issues of Young American (published in Carbondale, IL) from November 1876 to March 1878. The remaining sample titles are from various cities in the United States and cover a wide range of topics from regional news to some devoted to young audiences.

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Young American and other exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1874 to 1878]

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The Lilliputian and other exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1876 to 1877]

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Bound volume containing sample issues of numerous amateur serial publications published in the United States from 1876 to 1877 including The Lilliputian published in Canajoharie, NY. The titles contained in this volume range in subject matter, but seem to be predominantely comprised of periodicals dedicated to younger readers.

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The majority of these publications deal with issues concerning the California desert and are arranged chronologically by publication date. Many are CEQA-type reports, such as Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Impact Reports or similar background references, often created for specific mining projects. Most of them are publications from the Bureau of Land Management or other government agencies. The last three boxes contain individual issues of "High Country News: A Paper for the People who Care about the West," published bi-weekly by the High Country Foundation in Paonia, CO. These issues range from 1990 to 2000 and do not constitute a complete set (Boxes 152-154).

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Amateur exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1875 to 1878]

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Exchanges : [collection of amateur journals published in the United States from 1874 to 1878]

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