World War II posters and newsmaps
Collection Scope and Content
This collection contains posters and newsmaps related to World War II. The posters are arranged by size and alphabetically within a size range. The posters in Box 3 are all Navy recruiting posters. These appear to have been purchased by Dr. Elmer L. Kayser in his capacity of the University Historian.
Dates
- Circa 1940-1945
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Restrictions on Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Extent
11 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains posters and newsmaps related to World War II.
Collection Organization
Organized into two series: Posters and Newsmaps for the Armed Forces
Acquisition Information
The donor of Series 1 is unknown. Series 2 donated by Michael Beaghen 2019 July 8 (Accession 2019.044)
- Political posters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the World War II posters and newsmaps collection,
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
