American war posters from the Second World War, circa 1940-1945

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Summary

Title:
American war posters from the Second World War
Dates:
circa 1940-1945
Extent:
1,184 items (posters and ephemera) : color ; various sizes
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], American war posters from the Second World War, BANC PIC 2005.004, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

American war posters and other war-related ephemera from various United States governement agencies or private publishers. Broad catagories present include: bonds and war finance, civil defense, civilian participation (food supply, health and safety, labor, non-combatant service, rationing and conservation, war production, etc.), espionage, military operations, military recruiting, international relations (pro-Allied or anti-Axis propaganda), and patriorism. Approximately 130 items are small format ephemera, in the form of leaflets, placards, handbills, etc.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown. Presumed to have been transferred from the U.C. Berkeley Library's Rare Books Room when that unit was merged with the Bancroft Library, circa 1971. Posters may have been acquired from various sources.
Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bancroft Library staff
Sponsor:
World War Poster Collection processing and cataloging funded by a bequest of Lt. Col. Edward A. Hoffman. Digitization of this collection was funded by the California Digital Library.
Date Prepared:
© 2010
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: May 2012

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], American war posters from the Second World War, BANC PIC 2005.004, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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