Posters manufactured between 1945 and 1990, primarily announcing conferences, lectures, and exhibitions on African-American concerns. Topics include health & hygiene, race relations, civil rights, theatre, fashion, Black cinema, art, literature, youth, family, education, religion, business and the military. Included in the collection are posters announcing forums on Africa- its history, ancient & modern, its influence in Europe and America, Apartheid and African art. The collection also includes one anti-Vietnam war poster.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Sc Art posters - Conference and lecture poster collection
Note
Title devised by cataloger.
Some posters are torn, creased, written on, slightly dirty.
Artist and photographers whose works are reproduced on the posters include: Walter Williams, Archibald Motley, Jr., Cleveland Bellows, Norris McNamara, Manuel Aceveda.
Access (note)
Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
Cite as (note)
From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.
Terms of use (note)
Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Poster collection.
Title
Conference and lecture poster collection [graphic].
Imprint
1945-<1990>.
Access
Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
Cite as:
From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.
Terms of use
Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Poster collection.
Added author
Bellows, Cleveland.
Motley, Archibald John, 1891-
Aceveda, Manuel. Photographer
McNamara, Norris. Photographer
Williams, Walter, 1930-
Found in:
(CstRLIN)NYPG087000308-F
Research call number
Sc Art posters - Conference and lecture poster collection