Help Me Find Sources on fandom history of the 60s and 70s for a project

[GhostGrrl]

Hi I have a school project where we have to wright a report on an aspect of a decade. Depending on how things turn out my group will either have the 60s or the 70s. I want to research fandom history, with a focus on fanfic and star trek fandom. I was wondering if any of you guys know any good sources on the history of the topic or adjacent topics throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Thank you

[wolfkitty42]

Wild! I'm currently reading Cosplay: A History by Andrew Liptak. A lot of the section near the front is about early development of fandom and how sci-fi cons reacted to Star Trek! It's an interesting read in general. It may be a bit long for this project, but I think it's really interesting!

[Kie]

Sounds like a cool theme!!

The Internet Archive actually has a bunch of fanzines from those years on their online archive! Here's the link (I filtered them from 1967 to 1979)
Fanzines were a fundamental part of the creation of fandom culture so I think it could be a great place to start