20th Century Poster Collection
Abstract
The collection is comprised of approximately 200 posters dating from World War I to the Vietnam Era.
Dates
- 1917-1976
- Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1955
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information. Please see our Sensitive Materials Statement.
Extent
200.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
The posters are arranged into the following series and sub-series: A. World War I Era, 1917-1919 B. Inter-War Era, 1920-1940 C. World War II Era, 1940-1946 C1. Armed Forces C2. War Bonds/Loans C3. Production/Industry/War Jobs C4. Food & Nutrition/Agriculture C5. Conservation/Rationing C6. Workplace Safety/First Aid/Health C7. Home Front Issues/Morale/Democracy C8. Wartime Secrecy C9. Geopolitical Education and Propaganda C10. United Nations D. Post World War II Era, 1947- D1. United Nations D2. Other If the artist is known, his or her name follows the poster title.
Accruals and Additions
Most of the posters have been in Jackson Library since the 1940s; they were rediscovered in the library basement by a library employee and transferred to University Archives in August 1998. Some posters were added at later dates.
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Processing Information
Reprocessed by Beth Ann Koelsch and Jennifer Motszko in March, 2011.
- Title
- 20th Century Poster Collection
- Author
- Jennifer Motszko
- Date
- 05/20/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository