Romance magazine collection
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of 504 historical romance magazines representing 73 titles from 1951 at the earliest to the latest at 1993.
Dates
- Creation: 1951-1993
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
Historical romance magazine have stories that take place in the past. The genre is ambiguous as romance is defined differently to many readers. The historical aspect should as a rule be a plausible story line for the time period. Walter Scott is usually considered to be the father of historical romance.
Extent
11 Linear Feet (45 boxes) ; 8 x 24 x 32 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Magazines are alphabetical order by title/date.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
MSU Libraries received this collection through a donation from the Center for Research Libraries and individual donors, 1985 (ca).
Processing Information
Materials were processed by Susan Bogner, Special Collections Intern: Summer 2010.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Historical romance magazine collection
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Susan Bogner
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository