Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. ephemera collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
Letterpress posters, paper fans, broadsides, greetings cards, and other ephemera dating from 1990 through approximately 2012.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1990-2012
Creator
- Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. ephemera collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. ephemera collection is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org
Biography of Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
Letterpress printer and artist.
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. was born and raised in Louisiana. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked as a systems analyst for many years. In the late 1980s he gave up his career to become a printer. Kennedy operated the Jubilee Press (or Jubalee Press) outside of Chicago, Illinois and then Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Alabama in the early 2000s. He has printed material under a number of press names including York Show Prints, Kennedy & Sons, Fine Printers, and Kennedy Prints!. He currently lives and works in Gordo, Alabama.
Extent
2.7 Linear Feet (2 oversize boxes)
Abstract
Posters, paper fans, broadsides, and other ephemera created by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series
- Series 1: Posters, approximately 2000-2012
- Boxes 1-2
- Series 2: Fans, approximately 2000-2012
- Box 2
- Series 3: Other Ephemera, approximately 1990-2012
- Box 2
Collection Stack Location
4 19 5
Provenance
Most materials were collected by Audrey Niffenegger and donated to the Newberry Library in 2013. Others were compiled originally as part of the Wing Ephemera File and removed to this collection.
Processed by
Amanda Schriver, 2015.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Services, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
- Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. (Person)
- York Show Print (Firm) (Organization)
- Jubalee Press (Organization)
- Jubilee Press (Organization)
- Kennedy & Sons, Fine Printers (Organization)
- Kennedy Prints! (Firm) (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. ephemera collection, approximately 1990-2012
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Schriver
- Date
- ©2015.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org