Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Texas A&M University Zine Collection
Date(s)
- 1980s-2024 (Creation)
Extent
14 boxes and 5 folders
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Texas A&M University Zine Collection is a generalized "floating" collection of zines tied to a set of particular collecting criteria:
- Zines created by Texans, Southwesterners or other Southerners and/or concern Texas, the Southwest and the South; zines created by minorities across Texas, the Southwest or the South; zines created by TAMU students or former students; and Artzines concerned with printing and/or designed as print art objects.
The collection has "Texas A&M University" in the title to reflect the collecting criterion of zines created by A&M students or former students. More importantly, however, the inclusion of the A&M name in the collection title reinforces the collection's connection to the university as well as its major purpose, to help make TAMU a center for the preservation of regional alternative voices.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by title.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Physical access
These materials are stored offsite and require additional time for retrieval.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Accruals
May 2018 Addendum combines 2018_0058 and 2017_0059. May 2022 Addendum contains accession 2022_0052, and combines donations from Jenna Freedman, Jackie Batey, Michael Jackson, and others. July 2024 Addendum was acquired in July 2024 (2024_0085), most of the contents coming as a donation from the Barnard Zine Library.
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Bib# 4026124
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Jeremy Brett.
Archivist's note
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