Watchers of CIS Collection of Highlander Fan Materials

Archive
Name:	CIS Collection of Highlander Fan Materials
Date(s):	2009–present
Archivist:	University of Iowa Libraries
Founder:	Samantha "The Goddess" Lynn
Type:	print masters, newsletters, and miscellaneous Highlander materials
Fandom:	Highlander
URL:	Watchers of CIS Collection of Highlander Fan Materials
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The CIS Collection of Highlander Fan Materials is a collection of Highlander print masters, newsletters, and other materials spanning the years 1985 and 1993-1997 that were donated to the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections by Samantha "The Goddess" Lynn via the Organization for Transformative Works.

From the Collection Overview on the University of Iowa Libraries website:

This collection consists of various fannish materials relating to the Highlander media franchise of films and television shows. Most of the material consists of print masters and copies of The Prize, a newsletter produced by the fan group Watchers of CIS. There is a complete run of this newsletter, from 1994-1997 [Neither an issue #13 nor #26 were ever produced.]. (Note that Prize editor Samantha Lynn whimsically assigned false dates to most issues, until winter 1996. This was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the frequent use of flashbacks on Highlander: The Series. However, the first issue can be dated to January 1994, and the subsequent issues run accordingly.)

Much of the remaining material consists of miscellaneous Highlander-related material assembled by Lynn during her time as an active fan of Highlander: The Series, including publicity materials, merchandise catalogs, news clippings, and materials from the Watchers of CIS. There are also some print items produced for Highlander fan conventions.

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