Posters
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Black Lives Matter protest posters
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049035620]
Identifier: 6216
Overview
A collection of four Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest posters gathered at BLM protests during 2020. The posters feature images of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Terence Crutcher, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Oscar Grant, Philando Castile, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, and Trayvon Martin. Two of the posters in the collection also relate to LGBTQ+ movements, including a poster stating "All Black Lives Matter" in rainbow lettering and a different poster featuring the transgender pride...
Dates:
2020
Carpe Diem Press records
Collection
Identifier: 6150
Overview
The collection consists of the archives of the Carpe Diem Press, consisting of maquettes for books, ephemeral items, notes, art works, test prints and proofs, textile samples, and cover samples. Also included are posters and information about James HD Brown's work, and materials on the Linotipografica Quintas, the printing company with which Carpe Diem Press works regularly. Carpe Diem Press is owned and operated by artist James HD Brown and Alexandra Brown. Based in Oaxaca, Mexico, the press...
Dates:
2000 - 2018
Floyd C. Covington papers
Collection
Identifier: 7057
Overview
Floyd C. Covington was a Black civic leader in Los Angeles from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Through his work as the first Executive Director of the Los Angeles Urban League and his service in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Covington redefined social welfare and equal opportunity in both employment and housing for various communities in Los Angeles. Covington's papers contain his early scholarship and poetry from his youth and education in Seattle, Washington and Topeka,...
Dates:
1901 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970
Ed Cray papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0202
Abstract
Ed Cray (b. 1933) is a veteran journalist and associate professor of journalism at USC. The collection includes Volumes 1-18 (1949-67) of the liberal West Coast political weekly/monthly Frontier Magazine, edited by Phil Kerby. Cray often wrote for the publication. Also included are posters, photographs by Cray, and notes, typescripts and correspondence on Cray's publications, California politics and American foreign policy.
Dates:
circa 1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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Ed Cray papers
Billy De Wolfe Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2118
Abstract
Collection consists of clippings, scrapbooks, vaudeville photo album, musical arrangements, posters, awards, stills from stage, motion pictures, and television covering the period 1925-1974 from actor Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974).
Dates:
1925 - 1974
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) poster and photograph collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5327
Content Description
Posters and photographs documenting a DACA protest march staged at MacArthur Park, Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 3pm.
Dates:
2017
Ralph Fertig papers
Collection
Identifier: 0362
Abstract
Ralph Fertig, former Associate Professor in the USC School of Social Work, has worked toward social justice as a civil rights lawyer, social worker, federal administrative judge, and activist. His papers consist of his authored essays and personal narratives, collected clippings, correspondence and institutional records from political organizations and initiatives that he led (includeing Southern California Americans for Democratic Action, Humanitarian Law Project, and University Synagogue),...
Dates:
1929 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1948 - 2009
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
/
Ralph Fertig papers
Jacobsohn Collection on Germany between the Wars
Collection
Identifier: 0080
Abstract
Papers of Dr. Leo Jacobsohn (1881-1944). The papers consist of the many collections of predominantly print ephemera that Jacobsohn gathered throughout the time he lived in Berlin. Dating mostly from 1914-1933, the collections include World War I materials (including ration cards, ration appeals, official paperwork, newspapers, and more) as well as materials from the inter-war Weimar period (especially political flyers and election materials). Overall, Jacobsohn's collections reflect...
Dates:
1813-1940; Majority of material found within 1914-1933
Japanese poster collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3020
Scope and Contents
The collection contains posters on the following topics: Japanese products and design; railways, ocean liners and tourism; Japanese art and design exhibitions; Japanese imperial modernity (including colonies in Korea, Manchuria, and northeastern China); and Japanese Ministry and Telecommunications campaigns. The posters reflect both Japanese painting techniques (nihonga) and Western painting techniques (yōga). Pictorial styles...
Dates:
1915 - 1929
Herbert G. Klein papers
Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract
The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of Communications. Included are records from all phases of Klein's long career: his early career as a journalist with Copley Newspapers in Alhambra and San Diego; his work with Richard Nixon, beginning with the Vice Presidential campaign of 1956; and his subsequent career as a media...
Dates:
15th-17th centuries, 1932-2009 (bulk 1960-1973)