Marcelle Lyn-Waitsman's sci-fi zines collection
Scope and Contents
Series I contains over 20 amateur fan publications spanning more than 200 issues. These publications, or zines, were published by members of the science fiction fandom from the late 1970s to early 2000s. The zines cover a variety of topics of interest within the sci-fi community from reviews, correspondence, and original writing. Series II is devoted to souvenir program books from science fiction conventions, with the bulk collected from Worldcon, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1976-2003
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research under the terms of the NIU Rare Books and Special Collections archivist. Restrictions, where applicable, are noted at the item level.
Conditions Governing Use
Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.
Full Extent
3.67 Linear Feet : (3 record boxes; 1 archival document box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains an assortment of science fiction fanzines from the years 1973 to 2003, with a bulk during the years 1985 to 1991.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials donanted by Marcelle Lyn-Waitsman on November 16, 2009.
- Title
- Marcelle Lyn-Waitsman's sci-fi zines collection
- Author
- This collection was processed by Leyla Yaman under the supervision of Nora Jiménez, Archivist, NIU Special Collections and Archives.
- Date
- October 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Northern Illinois University Repository
Founders Memorial Library
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL 60115 US
815-753-9392
rhcua@niu.edu
