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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Chinese posters on COVID-19
Identifier/Call Number: 3334
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
32 posters in 2 oversize folders
Date: 2020
Abstract: A collection of 32 public health posters on COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) published in China during 2020. The posters
appear to be government-issued propaganda, advocating for unity and shared responsibility and featuring images of heroic labor
figures, families, and medical workers coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The posters do not identify a specific
issuing agency. Some of the posters reference Wuhan, China. Almost all of the text on the posters is in Chinese. However,
a few of the posters feature phrases in English, including "Epidemic assistance," "Spring blossoms unity is strength," "Wuhan
come on," "Go through the Winter and welcome the Spring," and "Our Wuhan is waking up."
Language of Material:
Chinese
, English
.
A collection of 32 public health posters on COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) published in China during 2020. The posters
appear to be government-issued propaganda, advocating for unity and shared responsibility and featuring images of heroic labor
figures, families, and medical workers coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The posters do not identify a specific
issuing agency. Some of the posters reference Wuhan, China. Almost all of the text on the posters is in Chinese. However,
a few of the posters feature phrases in English, including "Epidemic assistance," "Spring blossoms unity is strength," "Wuhan
come on," "Go through the Winter and welcome the Spring," and "Our Wuhan is waking up."
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physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from China Classics Inc., February 9, 2021.
[Box/folder# or Item name], Chinese posters on COVID-19, Collection no. 3334, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
When the USC Libraries first acquired these posters in 2021, Mei Lun Sin, Senior Library Assistant, cataloged the posters
individually using USC's integrated library system. In 2022, Bo Doub, Accessioning Archivist, processed the collection of
posters together as an archival collection -- migrating the information from Mei Lun Sin's catalog records into this finding
aid.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
COVID-19 (Disease) -- China -- Posters
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- China -- Archival resources
Hanzheng Jie (Wuhan, China) -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Archival resources
Medical policy -- China -- Archival resources
Posters -- China -- 21st century
Propaganda, Chinese -- China -- Posters
Propaganda in art -- Archival resources
Public health posters -- China -- Archival resources
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