Harold E. Hinds Mexican comic book collection

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Moody black and white photo of an adult and child sitting on a rug and reading comic books.

Individuals reading Mexican comic books, circa 1970s.

Collection area: Literature

Collection dates: 1939 to 1981

About this collection

This collection consists of research files (1939-1981) (bulk 1977-1978) that contain reviews, and interviews of Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo, reviews about Mexican comic books, with surveys conducted with Mexican comic book vendors. It also contains three compact audiocassettes with interviews recorded with various individuals in 1978. Also present are photographs with negatives of comics and comic book readers taken by Mr. Hinds, or sent to him by Charles Tatum, Dr. Wilkins, Douglas N. Jackson and Ben Agar.

Historical background

Harold E. Hinds, Ph.D. and Distinguished Research Professor of History, the University of Minnesota, Morris, teaches a wide variety of history courses, including one on genealogy and personal family history. He has lectured extensively at all levels, from local to international, and has delivered several key-note addresses; has published 2 monographs, 1 genealogical guide, 21 edited collections of scholarly essays, 8 volumes of transcribed records, and published more than 40 articles in genealogical and professional history journals; and is a member of numerous local, regional and national history and genealogy organizations. He serves as Associate Editor of Minnesota Genealogist, as Program Chair of the West Central (MN) Family History Association, as columnist for the NGS NewsMagazine. His current research focuses on genealogical and historical methods of conducting personal family history, the Adirondacks and Appalachian mountains, New England, and the Pacific Northwest.

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