Original Voices from the Past: The Claremont Colleges’ Literary Magazines, 1888–2004 - Special Collections at the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges

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Title List

The following is a list of some of the titles of the various literary magazines produced by Claremont Colleges students. Links to sample covers are also provided.

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1888–1920
1920–1940
1940–1960
1960–1980
1980–present

1888–1920: Cover of the May 1915 issue of The Scribbler (view close up).; The Speculum The Pomona College yearbook was called The Speculum its first year, and later renamed The Metate. View examples from the Speculum.; The Metate The Pomona College yearbook. View examples from the Metate.; The Student Life Monthly Magazine Pomona College’s first literary magazine.; The Scribbler View May 1915 cover; Return to the top.
1920–1940: Cover of the Spring 1939 issue of the Criterion (view close up).; Manuscript View March 1926 cover View February 1927 cover; Cassandra View April 1932 cover; Criterion View Spring 1939 cover A literary magazine with contributions from Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont Graduate School and LaVerne College; along with fiction, poetry, and plays, literary essays and book reviews are included.; First the Blade California Intercollegiate Anthology of Verse, founded in 1927 by Fullerton District Junior College, sponsored an annual creative writing competition, resulting in this annual publication.; Return to the top.
1940–1960: The Criterion View Spring 1940 cover; Mss.; Fifty Seven; Noumenon; Return to the top.
1960–1980: Cover of the April 1973 issue of the Plaster-of-Paris Review (view close up); Mss.; The Grain; The Metate The Pomona College yearbook.; Pitzer [College] Journal The Pitzer College yearbook.; Poetry Claremont; The Spectator; Plaster-of-Paris Review View April 1973 cover; Claremont Poetry Journal; Return to the top.
1980–present: Cover of the 1988 issue of Undercurrents (view close up); Cover of the 1996 issue of Onus (view close up); The Participant; The Spectator View 1996–97 cover; UnderCurrents View 1988 cover; The Garlic Press; Amaranth; Anthology; Kai’ckul; Passwords; Segues; Quod; Prophetic Voices; SWILL; Onus View 1996 cover; Palinkcest; Quoitus Inkurruptus; Squid Ink; Friction Inverse; Return to the top.