Available for use in Manuscripts Division reading room.
Materials fall under different copyright. Consult with the Archivist for details.
Poster and Picture Collection (Mss 37), Literary Manuscripts Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
The collection is organized by type of material and in broad subject areas.
The collection includes posters and pictorial materials covering architecture, travel, printing, the U.S. Civil War, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the United Nations, patriotism. Countries of origin and/or concern include the U.S., Latin America, Japan, Spain, France, U.S.S.R., Poland, Turkey, Britain, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, Holland and Canada.
See also World War Poster Collection in the Manuscripts Division.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.
Includes drawings, photos, and paintings of cities, famous people, buildings, etc. Date mostly from late 19th to early 20th centuries.
The posters deal with information on natural resources, cities, industries, housing, schooling, people.
Includes photos, paintings, and drawings of landscapes, famous people, people in general, groups of people, university campuses, Indians, sculpture, rooms, etc. Most items date from late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Includes type specimens, advertising brochures for R. R. Donneley, etc.
They deal with old cars and their parts, Chinese dragons, German military, Minnesota state government, astrology, exhibitions, newspaper headlines.
The posters deal with sanitation, trade, natural resources, agriculture, and various provinces of Canada.
The posters deal with food and health, natural resources of Great Britain and its colonies, sights, buildings, and scenes of Britain, Royal Family, national budget, industry, agriculture, traditions, safety and accident prevention, maps of British Commonwealth
These folders contain items that deal with health (including nutrition and food, deaths at childbirth), plan security, organizations against racial prejudice, Pan-American Union, agriculture, movies, power company stock, insurance companies, San Francisco International Exhibition, Audubon paintings, price controls, government bonds, the military, forest fires, Australia & New Zealand.