Political memorabilia collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of American political memorabilia dating from approximately the 1840s through the 1980s. Materials include bumper stickers, pins, banners, placemats, signs, hats, and various other items.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1840s-1980s
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Collection is open for use.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
No biographical or historical information is available at this time.
Extent
11 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of American political memorabilia dating from approximately the 1840s through the 1980s. Materials include bumper stickers, pins, banners, placemats, signs, hats, and various other items.
Other Finding Aids
A more complete legacy online finding aid for this collection is available: https://web.archive.org/web/20170504042724/http://old.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/manuscripts/msregisters/msgar031politicalmemorabilia.pdf Please be advised that the materials mentioned in the final section of this legacy finding aid, "In map case in cage," have been represented in the most recent finding aid and are now located elsewhere.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the University from the estate of John Work Garrett.
Processing Information
There is no known original processing information for this collection. An update to the finding aid was made by Kristen Diehl in March 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Political memorabilia collection
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the John Work Garrett Library (Evergreen Museum and Library) Repository