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[World War I printed media and art collection]
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Print Collection 12
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imagerie Pellerin (Épinal, France).
- World War, 1914-1918--Newspapers.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Periodicals.
- Maps.
- Postcards.
- Broadsides.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- France.
- France--Paris.
- World War, 1914-1918--Posters.
- World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda.
- Propaganda.
- World War, 1914-1918--Humor.
- World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons.
- World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war.
- World War, 1914-1918--Balloons.
- Balloons.
- World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France.
- World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music.
- World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare.
- Intrenchments.
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
- United States.
- World War, 1914-1918--Pictorial works.
- Imagerie Pellerin (Épinal, France)--History.
- Popular culture--France--Paris--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Popular culture--France--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Broadsides--20th century.
- Postcards--20th century.
- Maps--20th century.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Posters.
- Humor.
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Art and the war.
- Songs and music.
- Pictorial works.
- Newspapers.
- Art.
- Songs.
- Music.
- Illustrated works.
- Cartoons (Humor)
- Penn Provenance:
- Large portions of this collection were given to the Penn Libraries by Captain R. Norris Williams II and by the estate of Eleanor Houston Smith.
- Williams, Richard Norris, 2nd (former owner)
- Williams, Richard Norris, 2nd, Mrs. (donor)
- Smith, Eleanor Houston, Estate of (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1128 pieces
- Arrangement:
- Physically organized by size (Postcard, Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large). Organized conceptually in seven formats: Art Prints, Postcards, Original Art, Propaganda Posters, Broadsides, Trench Newspapers and Maps.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1914-1931, bulk 1914-1919]
- Biography/History:
- The turn-of-the-century's improvements in printing technology allowed WWI to become the largest public information campaign the world had ever witnessed as well as a time of burgeoning production in popular commemorative prints. These advances allowed for a production of a variety of war narratives ranging from the official to the personal.
- Summary:
- Collection consists of popular wartime art in the form of prints, postcards and original work and official war ephemera such as propaganda posters and government and military broadsides. It also includes over 100 trench newspapers, written by and for soldiers, and several maps.
- Notes:
- Collection title devised by cataloger.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Finding aid available in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Reading Room and on Internet; item-level control.
- OCLC:
- 320589383
- Online:
- Finding aid
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