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Posters

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Wing oversize-ZP 983-K344
Abstract

Posters, paper fans, broadsides, and other ephemera created by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.

Dates: approximately 1990-2012

Enquirer Printing Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Enquirer
Abstract

Chiefly correspondence between the Enquirer Printing Co. and the circuses for which it printed between 1948 and 1978. There are also photocopies of some ledger sheets from the 1920s concerning shipments to theater companies.

Dates: 1922-1979

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Ensemble Espanol
Abstract

Material collected by Libby Komaiko, founder of the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, relating to her and the dance company. Consists mostly of photographs of Komaiko and other dancers, plus a few clippings, flyers, posters, programs, and miscellaneous pieces. Also, two copies of a videotape entitled “The First 20 Years, 1976-1996.”

Dates: 1974-2003

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago records

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hubbard
Abstract

Hubbard Street Dance Company (renamed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 1993) was founded by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte in 1977 and has become one of the most successful and most internationally known dance companies to hail from Chicago. Records include administrative files, publicity materials, and audiovisual records of performances of the company.

Dates: 1971-2014

James Dunwoody collection of American circus posters

 Collection
Identifier: Modern-MS-Dunwoody-Circus
Abstract

Collection of 850 circus posters representing more than 30 circuses.

Dates: approximately 1930-approximately 1980

John M. Wing Foundation printing ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract

Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.

Dates: approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900-1999

Native Americans in Film collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-NAIF
Abstract

Collection of movie scripts featuring Native American themes, characters, and actors, augmented by a variety of visual materials. Consists of over 300 items including scripts, press and promotional booklets, lobby cards, posters, and photographs.

Dates: 1912-2018; Majority of material found within 1932-1995

Never The Same ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-NTS
Abstract

Ephemera collected by Never The Same, a project begun by Northwestern University Professor Rebecca Zorach and Daniel Tucker, founder of AREAChicago. Never The Same collects items documenting socially and politically engaged art in Chicago since the 1960s. Collection consists of brochures, fliers, postcards, pamphlets, posters, artwork, books, journals, CDs, DVDs, and 3-dimensional artifacts emanating from a wide variety of sources, both individual and organizational.

Dates: 1968-2014

Paper specimen collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-TS1220-N49
Abstract

A collection of paper specimen sheets, catalogs, binding materials, and other advertising materials issued primarily by paper companies. Geographic coverage includes primarily the United States and continental Europe.

Dates: approximately 1900-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010

Richard Schaller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Schaller
Abstract Government reports, photographs, protest newspapers, speech transcripts, posters, and newspaper clippings assembled by Richard Schaller, Head of the Sabotage, Espionage, and Countersubversion Department of the Naval Investigative Service Office in Chicago, related to his surveillance of individuals and organizations demonstrating at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Schaller’s transcribed organizer speeches were used as evidence in the Chicago Seven trial, where he also...
Dates: 1967-1973