Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Visual Materials
Collection
Dates: 1864-2022 and
undated
Collection number: H.Mss.1077
Extent:
13.5 Linear Feet
(4 oversize flat boxes, 1 document box, 1 oversize document box,
2 map drawer folders)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, The Claremont
Colleges Library, Claremont, CA 91711.
Abstract: This is an artificial
collection created by Special Collections staff to contain the various visual materials
purchased or donated that do not fit into other collections. Currently, the collection
contains photographs, artist screenprints and photos, posters, historical broadsides, and
artifacts. This is a growing collection and new materials will be added as they are
acquired.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the
collection: English, Spanish.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to
Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Visual Materials
Collection (H.Mss.1077), Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, The
Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.
Provenance / Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items acquired through various gifts and purchases.
Accruals
Additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Collection is processed at the item level. Materials were placed in folders, with images
and photographs sleeved in mylar.
Biography / Administrative History
This is an artificial collection created by Special Collections of The Claremont Colleges
Library to contain various singular visual materials. The collection includes photographs,
posters, artist prints, historic political cartoons, broadsides, and artifacts.
Scope and Contents
The focus of this collection is the acquisition of visual materials that support the
curriculum of The Claremont Colleges. Currently, the collection includes materials relating
to California history and locations, historic photographic materials, materials related to
social, immigration, and climate justice movements and organizations, and assorted artist
prints and posters. Growth is anticipated for this collection.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Artifacts, 1960-2022
- Series 2: Photographs, 1864-2018 and undated
- Series 3: Posters, 1968-2019
- Series 4: Prints, 1877-2019 and undated
Materials are described at the item level.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library’s online public access catalog.
Subject Terms
African Americans
California -- History
California, Southern
Chinese Americans
Climate justice
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr.
Outsider art
Photography
San Bernardino County (Calif.)
Slavery
Voces de la Frontera (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Water consumption
Water rights
Watkins, Carleton (1829-1916)
Women employees -- United States
Women -- Employment
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Sources
Genre and Form of Materials
Art
Banners
Broadsides
Buttons
Ephemera
Flyers
Photographs
Posters
Prints
