Poster Collection

Identifier: XX343
Language of Description: English
Dates: 1900 - 2006
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI

Extent and Medium

ca. 59,300 posters

Scope and Content

Posters from many countries, relating to a broad range of topics in twentieth-century history. A large proportion of the posters are propagandistic in nature. American, British, French, German and Russian posters are particularly numerous. Among the major events covered are World Wars I and II, the Russian Revolution, and national socialism in Germany. Includes anti-Semitic posters and posters relating to Jewish communities from a number of countries.

Finding Aids

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/institutions/Hoover+Institution http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km

Archivist Note

Status: October 1980, revised most recently August 2016 by Agnes F. Peterson

Sources

The Hoover Institution Archives: Annotated list of archival materials relating to the Holocaust (Inclued materials relating to Jews, Jewish communities in various countries, Zionism, and antisemitism)

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0