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  Watch here as we explore the James L. "Rusty" Hevelin Collection of pulps, fanzines, fan convention materials, books, and art housed in the University of Iowa's Special Collections & University Archives. This tumblr is a place to share our progress, post items from our collection, and re-blog and connect with other institutions, collections, and people around the science fiction, fantasy, and horror universes.
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Final Post

Dear Visitors to Hevelin Tumblr,  

We are no longer posting but plan to keep this account as a visual archive of some of the great materials in the James L. “Rusty” Hevelin Collection. Pete Balestrieri, Curator, Science Fiction and Popular Culture, University of Iowa Library Special Collections, invites everyone interested in the Hevelin Collection to contact him. Thanks very much to all visitors past and future.  

peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu  

Also, be sure to keep up with the Hevelin Collection on Iowa Digital Library: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Ahevelin

And DIY History: https://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/

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An original Clark Ashton Smith sculpture donated by former Special Collections head, Frank Paluka, sitting on top of Weird Tales, Sept. 1935, featuring Smith’s, “The Man Who Chained the Lightning.” Cover by Margaret Brundage.

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Celebrate with us as we announce that 800 fanzines and counting, 1930-1950, are now online in the University of Iowa Digital Library: 

http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/search/mode/all/?searchterm=hevelin 

with over 300 ready for volunteer transcription at UI DIY History:

 http://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/collections/show/18. 

Here’s a Slate article that just came out by Jacob Brogan: 

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/10/the_university_of_iowa_s_hevelin_collection_of_science_fiction_fanzines.html. 

Enjoy! 

Photo is from the Slate article of fanzines in the Hevelin Collection.

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Re: Orcrist #5 music by Laura Haglund

I believe that these pages were hand done by Laura Haglund as she also credits the Valar & the Family Piano.  As a musician, she would be concerned that the correct notes were marked on the staff. She would also be happy to decorate the pages for Ivor Rogers.  Ivor did not have such an artistic hand for doodles.

Sadly, I had to relinquish my collection of Orcrist and Tolkien Journal for pecuniary reasons.  Luckily, I have ready access to the magazines at the Marquette University Library Special Collections!  Huzzah!

Response: Thanks for the info! The Marquette Tolkien Collection is wonderful and curated by William Fliss, a generous colleague and fine archivist. Enjoy!

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Anonymous asked:

Need any help? :D

With transcription? Sure! We are entering a new phase of the process and the entire scanned collection will be available to the public for viewing and transcription. I will soon make an announcement and press release to that effect. Thanks for your interest! peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu

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Anonymous asked:

I think that Spatium was done by Harold W. Cheney, Jr. not Harold W. Cheyney (extra y)

Thanks for the correction! I appreciate fan input very much. Regards, peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu

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chaveyd asked:

On your blog, currently on p. 20, you have a photo of Starling #30. You list that as by "Frank and Lesleigh Luttrell". The husband's name is "Hank Luttrell". (He's a long time friend of mine.) This, of course, was before their divorce.

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Thanks for this correction! I appreciate the assist in archiving the materials correctly, online and off. Regards, peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu

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docnickie asked:

I'm absolutely losing my mind at the news of the digitization project. I'm a cultural sociologist (and in fandoms for 32 years). I've done much work on TV and politics but recently expanding to fandom studies. I can't thank you enough. My future research universe just went exponential.

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Happy to hear how happy you are! Please do come and visit; we have so much to see and work with that I can’t list here. I’m happy to answer any inquiries so please write: peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu . Thanks.

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Anonymous asked:

What is the DuGarm collection, the source of so many comics on this tumblir? There's no mention of this collection that I can find on the Special Collections pages on the library website, and it's not listed among the other comics collections. Thanks, Corey Creekmur

Hi Corey, Keating DuGarm was a comics collector and fan whose collection was purchased in 2016. The collection contains thousands of pre-1985 comics, fanzines, collector’s pubs, graphic novels, and more. The collection remains unprocessed but is nearing completion. Inquiries as to the contents can be addressed to me at peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu. Thanks!

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Anonymous asked:

I'd just like to know if you're accepting volunteers (or even need any help) for transcribing the SF fanzines (the Hevelin collection). Can't seem to find anything anywhere that says "join in by clicking here."

Hi Anonymous, I have been working with our Legal dept. to overcome the copyright and privacy restrictions that have slowed down the project. The good news is that we will soon be opening up the transcription process to the world, without restrictions on anything but reproduction. I will make an announcement and there will be a press release when the plans are finalized. Thanks for your interest. You can write to me at peter-balestrieri@uiowa.edu 

Pete Balestrieri

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Anonymous asked:

Re: query on Hevelin tumblr 2 months ago about "the year of the con" where the illo was done. You know the hotel (Denver Hilton). The "Long List of Worldcons" at: smofinfocom/LL/TheLongListhtml says 1981 was the year of Denvention 2, held 3-7 September at the Hilton. Had the illo not been done on hotel stationary, a Wikipedia search for "Hugo Losers party" reveals they started in 1976, thus it could only have been in 1981 or 2008 (Denvention 3) at the Colorado Convention Center.

Hi Anonymous, Thanks for writing and my apologies for the delay in answering. The librarian that was answering messages to Tumblr left us and the messages have languished. I appreciate the info; this was an easy mystery, one that I could have solved, but thought the fans might have fun with. I appreciate all the help I get from fans and will continue to ask for fan input, even at the risk of seeming clueless. Thanks again. Regards, Pete Balestrieri

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Hi Folks, I want to let you know that Laura Hampton, the librarian doing the actual digitization of Hevelin fanzines and who has masterfully displayed some of the Hevelin treasures here over the last two years, has moved on to a great job in Florida. We all wish her the very best and I am so grateful for all she’s accomplished. We’ll miss her.

So, it’s just us chickens. And to begin my return to doing Hevelin Tumblr, I introduce this piece of fan art, done on a piece of hotel stationery from the Denver Hilton. Can anybody identify the artist? The year of the con? I’m going to post more mysteries like this so stay tuned.  

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To start your week off right, here are some re-issues of several classic tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and numerous other beloved science fiction characters. The fantastic cover-art and illustrations are by the imitable Frank Frazetta, whose unmistakable art has been featured on movie posters, comic books, paperbacks, and LP’s. The combination of Burroughs and Frazetta makes these editions delightful paragons of 1970′s science fiction camp. 

 Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Gods of Mars and the Warlords of Mars. Doubleday & Co., 1971. Illustrations by Frank Frazetta

Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Thuvia, Maid of Mars and the Chessmen of Mars. Doubleday & Co., 1972. Illustrations by Frank Frazetta

Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Mastermind of Mars and A Fighting Man of Mars. Doubleday & Co., 1973. Illustrations by Frank Frazetta

-Laura

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Happy birthday, Frank Frazetta! Here is a re-blog featuring several classic tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs, illustrated by Frazetta. His unmistakable art has graced comic books, paper backs, posters, and L.P. covers for decades. Happy birthday to a true pulp art icon!

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Robert E. Howard Week: Spotlight on Kull of Atlantis

Robert E. Howard created many memorable characters which were later licensed to comics.  One of which was Kull, a warrior and adventurer from pre-catclysmic Atlantis.  Kull made his first appearance in “The Shadow Kingdom” in Weird Tales (August 1929).  Kull made his first comic book appearance in Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian #1 (October 1970).  Between 1971 and 1985, Marvel published three different series of Kull comics.  Dark Horse Comics bought the licensing rights to Kull in 2006.

These comics (and many more) are part of the DuGarm Collection at the University of Iowa: Special Collections:

Kull the Conqueror v.1 #3 (July 1972), cover by John Severin and Sam Rosen

Kull the Conqueror v.1 #4 (September 1972), cover by John Severin and Morrie Kuramoto

Kull the Destroyer v.1 #11 (November 1973), cover by Michael Ploog

Kull the Destroyer v.1 #16 (August 1976), cover by Ed Hannigan

Kull the Destroyer v.1 #27 (June 1978), cover by Ernie Chan and Rudy Nebres

Conan the Barbarian Annual #3 (1977), cover by John Buscema

Marvel Preview v.1 #19 (Summer 1979), cover by Bob Larkin

Kull the Conqueror v.2 #1 (December 1982), cover by John Bolton

Kull the Conqueror v.2 #2 (March 1983), cover by John Bolton

Kull the Conqueror v.3 #4 (February 1984), cover by Michael Golden