Scope and Contents
Ephemera is defined as materials, usually printed documents, created for a specific, limited purpose, and generally designed to be discarded after use. This collection includes printed ephemera and broadsides, a single sheet with information printed on one side that is intended to be posted, publicly distributed, or sold.
Materials include posters, leaflets, tickets, ballots, advertisements, proclamations, timetables, maps, notices, and newspaper clippings. Materials cover a broad range of subjects but the bulk of the collection relates to Oregon elections, party politics, and community events.
Dates
- 1780-2015
- Majority of material found within 1849-1970
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
This is an artificial collection assembled by Special Collections and University Archives.
Extent
7.25 linear feet (12 containers) : 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box, 9 oversize folders, 1 tube
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The broadsides and printed ephemera collection is an artificial collection containing printed posters, notices, proclamations, brochures, advertisements, leaflets, programs, and other ephemera. The bulk of the collection represents Oregon events, politics, and history.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged geographically into the following series:
Series 1: Oregon State and Territory, 1846-2015
Series 2: Washington State and Territory, 1871-1975
Series 3: California, 1860-1969
Series 4: United States, 1780-1940
Series 5: International, 1864-1940
Series 1: Oregon is further divided into the following subseries by subject matter:
Subseries 1.1: Agriculture, land use, and natural resources, 1849-1981
Subseries 1.2: Arts and literature, 1846-1919
Subseries 1.3: Crime, 1879-1916
Subseries 1.4: Education, 1830-1960
Subseries 1.5: Finance, 1869-1919
Subseries 1.6: Industry, business, transportation, and labor, 1855-1959
Subseries 1.7: Military, 1855-1948
Subseries 1.8: Politics and government, 1852-1984
Subseries 1.9: Science and medicine, 1913-1948
Subseries 1.10: Social life and customs, 1856-2015
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from Cultural Images, Portland, OR, 2018. Gift of Ephemera Society of America, 2023.
Processing Information
Collection is processed.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Advertising -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Broadsides Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Cannabis -- Social aspects Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elections -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manners and Customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Territory Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Printed ephemera Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Transportation -- Columbia River Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- Oregon Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to the Broadsides and printed ephemera collection
- Status
- Revise Description
- Author
- Alexa Goff, revisions by Paige Kosa
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
