Fan magazines -- United States

Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs, magazines, manuals, brochures, pamphlets, and advertisements from the Hoosier Railroad Club in Indiana spanning from 1868 to 1992. Items outline the evolution of railways throughout the United States and internationally. There are how-to manuals for learning about trains, learning how to operate trains, and how to tell them apart. There is also a full set of photos from the development of the Union Pacific Railroad up to and including the picture of "The...

Scope and Contents This collection contains issues 1-11 of Darrol Pierson's "Prophets Amoung Us." Ranging from August 1991 to October 1994, the typewritten zine covers a variety of religious topics, including Seventh-day Adventism, Krishna, Buddhism, David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. The collection also includes an article Pierson wrote for Rediscoveries Newsletter (November 4, 1993), issues 1 and 2 of his "Ugarit Palladium-Argus" for the apazine ...

Scope and Contents This collection includes two items related to The Postal Service Magazine in the United States in 1909. The smaller item is a pasted mock-up of volume 1, number 1 of The Postal Service Magazine . In the 60 pages of the mock-up, actual photographs and artwork have been mounted to the pages along with pencil and ink notations concerning what is intended to fill the open spaces of the mock-up. Titles of articles and regular...