Call Number:

SCRC 257

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

6 linear feet (6 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Esoteric Order of Dagon Amateur Press Association Publications, SCRC 257, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:

1979-2009 (inclusive)

Creator:

Esoteric Order of Dagon Amateur Press Association

Form:

Ephemera, Fanzines, Membership lists, Newsletters, Periodicals, Photocopies, Publications (documents), and Zines

Abstract:

The Esoteric Order of Dagon Amateur Press Association, established in 1973 by Roger Bryant, is dedicated to scholarship and writing related to the writer H. P. Lovecraft. APAs began in the late nineteenth century, and function by distributing "mailings" containing materials created by its members, copied (if necessary) and compiled by a central person, and then mailing the compiled submissions back out as a packet to members. Fanzines and APAs were integral to science fiction and comic book fandom. Comic book fandom in the 1960s and 1970s, especially, was largely defined by fanzines and APAs. Well-known members of the EOD APA have included longtime editor S.T. Joshi, Claire Beck, Ken Faig, Jr., Marc Michaud, and Arthur Langley Searles.

The collection contains an almost complete run of issues of the Esoteric Order of Dagon Amateur Press Association's mailings from 1979 through 2009. The mailings included the Official Organ or "memberzine" of the EOD, at various times titled The Cry of the Cricket and Nuclear Chaos, which listed the titles and author/editors of pages of the publications included in the mailing, the membership roster listing active members and updates and reports from the APA editor. The bulk of the mailings are comprised of newsletters, zines, and other materials produced by members, and other publications, including issues of Fantasy Commentator.

The collection is arranged chronologically.