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Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0580

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Scope and Contents

The Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection consists of posters and prints from Argentina, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States acquired by the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. The posters from Argentina and Cuba are mostly related to cinema, including approximately 100 Cuban posters created by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC). However, the collection also holds political posters from Cuba created by the Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de Asia, África y América Latina (OSPAAAL). Many of the posters and prints from Mexico and Spain are also explicitly political. The collection's Mexican posters include prints by ASARO (Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca), Taller de Gráfica Popular, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Partido Mexicano de los Trabajadores, and a series of screen prints from 2010 against environmental destruction. Lastly, the collection holds 13 Spanish posters created during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), which promote both the Republican and Nationalist sides of the war. The Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection will continue to grow with future acquisitions of posters and prints.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900 - 2015

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Extent

10.7 Linear Feet (4 boxes and 20 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from various sources by Barbara Robinson, Boeckmann Center Librarian. When identifiable, sources are described in this finding aid's series- and/or file-level records.

Related Materials

Rogelio Agrasanchez Mexican Golden Age Cinema collection, Collection no. 0520, Boeckmann Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid for the Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Bo Doub
Date
2022 July
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2023 May: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub to include material added to the collection from accession nos. 2023-018 and 2023-023.
  • 2024 March: Bo Doub updated the finding aid to include material added to the collection from accession no. 2023-064.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections
Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.