Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2020: Week 23
The University of Iowa maintains a Special Collection focused on media fanzine fandom. The media fanzine collection is part of a larger fandom-based collection maintained by the University of Iowa. The word 'Fandom' in this collection is used to encompass a wide range of not only media fandoms, but also science fiction- and fantasy-based fandoms.
The collection also includes the papers of Nicholas Myer, who directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It is often referred to as the Fanzine Archives as a large portion of the collection contains materials from Ming Wathne's original Fanzine Archives. However, the collection consists of donations from multiple fans, including Sandy Herrold, Celeste Hotaling-Lyons, Morgan Dawn, Susan Hill, Debbie Hoover, Marian Mendez, Laura Leach, Lynda Mendoza, and Rusty Hevelin.
The Special Collections is currently involved in a major cooperative effort with the OTW's Fan Culture Preservation Project to receive donations of fanzines. Fans can donate their zines under either their real name or pseudonym. Fans wishing to make anonymous donations can do so by becoming part of the OTW fanzine collection.