6 collections related to Magazines (periodicals)

Records document the establishment of the American Land Forum, founded by Charles E. Little in 1978, whose mission was to establish policy on land conservation. The award-winning American Land Forum / New American Land Magazine was created by the corporation in 1980. The records include financial statements, organizational records, correspondence, papers on pertinent issues of concern to the organization, and various publications. The American Land Forum was founded by Charles E. Little in 1978 to establish policy on land conservation. The award-winning American Land Forum Magazine was created by the corporation in 1980. David S. Sampson, Executive Director of the Hudson River Valley Greenways Communities Council was a member of the Board of Directors and legal advisor for the American Land Forum organization. Less

The John Kessel Collection of Science Fiction Magazines contains issues from various publications of science fiction. Included in this collection are several stories by Dr. John Kessel as well as other noteworthy authors like Isaac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, George R. R. Martin, and Ursula K. LeGuin. Materials range in date from 1951 to 2011. Dr. John Kessel is an emeritus professor of creative writing and American literature at North Carolina State University. A winner of the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the Locus Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Kessel has taught at NC State University since 1982. Dr. Kessel helped organize and served as the first director of the university's Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing. Less

The Michael Lea Collection of Science Fiction Magazines contains issues from various publications of science fiction. Some authors included in these publications are George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, and Frank Herbert. Publications represented in this collection include Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Galaxy Magazine, IF, and Fantastic. These publication provide short stories, novelettes, and novellas published in multiple parts, as well as editorials and commentary on scientific theory and contemporary events. Materials range in date from 1955 to 2008 with the bulk of the collection being issues of Analog Science Fiction and Fact published from 1964 to 2008. Michael Lea was born October 9, 1940 in Jamestown, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina State University in 1962 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. Lea served as the editor of The Technician while he was a student at NC State University. Less

The Scott Green Collection of Comics-Related Publications includes magazines, newsletters, zines, and other publications about comics, comic collecting, and pop culture, as well as comic anthology magazines, comic single issues, and magazines of compiled comic strips and political cartoons. Of particular note are the assorted independent zines made by distributed through the Inter-State Amateur Press Alliance (I-SAPA), an amateur press association. Amateur press associations (APAs) were groups of people with similar interests who would each create their own publication and send them to other members of the association. All materials in the Green Collection were published from 1973 to 2005. Poet, author, and journalist Scott E. Green contributed to a number of fields, including speculative fantasy and science fiction poetry. Green’s publications include his Contemporary Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Poetry: A Resource Guide and Biographical Directory; Isaac Asimov: An Annotated Bibliography of the Asimov Collection at Boston University; and several poetry books. His poetry has been published in numerous print and web publications including Amazing Magazine, Space and Time, Strange Horizons, and WRITERS’ Journal. Less