Finding aid for the Presidential campaign ephemera
0107
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2010
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Presidential campaign ephemera
Identifier/Call Number: 0107
Identifier/Call Number: 268
Physical Description:
3.67 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1914-1972 (bulk 1960)
Abstract: Fliers, speeches, buttons, etc. primarily from the 1960 party conventions and the presidential campaigns of Kennedy and Nixon;
also contains George C. Wallace campaign materials from 1968. Miscellaneous World War I-era political buttons, including
buttons for Herbert Hoover and Charles E. Hughes.
Language of Material:
English
.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Presidential campaign ephemera, Collection no. 0107, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Scope and Content
This small collection consists primarily of fliers, buttons, posters, clippings, and other ephemeral materials from numerous
presidential campaigns. Included are campaign materials from the 1960 party conventions and the presidential campaigns of
Kennedy and Nixon; also included are George C. Wallace campaign materials from 1968 as well as miscellaneous World War I-era
political buttons, including buttons for Herbert Hoover and Charles E. Hughes, and Socialist party speeches from 1940.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political campaigns -- United States -- Archival resources
Ephemera
Wallace, George C. (George Corley) -- Archives
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) -- Archives
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Archives
Box 1, envelope 1
Democratic National Convention ephemera 157844
1960
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, bumper stickers, buttons, newsletters, press releases, photographs, clippings, posters.
Box 1, envelope 2
Democratic presidential campaign ephemera 157842
1960
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, bumper stickers, buttons, newsletters, press releases, photographs, clippings.
Box 1, envelope 3
Republican National Convention ephemera 157843
1960
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, bumper stickers, buttons, newsletters, press releases, photographs, clippings.
Box 2, envelope 4
Republican presidential campaign ephemera 157884
1960
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, bumper stickers, buttons, newsletters, press releases, photographs, clippings, posters.
Box 2, envelope 5-6
George Wallace presidential campaign ephemera 157901
1968
Box 2, envelope 7, Box 3
Nixon presidential campaign ephemera 157900
1968, 1972
Box 3
Kennedy presidential campaign ephemera
1960
Box 2, envelope 8
Bumper stickers 157886
1960, 1968
Scope and Content
Wallace-Le May; Nixon-Agnew; Democrats for Nixon; Nixon-Lodge.
Box 2, envelope 9
Miscellaneous 157899
1914-1968
Scope and Content
Pamphlet, "Barry Goldwater Speaks Out on the Issues" (1964); pamphlet: WIllard S. Voit, "On Third Parties" (1968); flyer:
Joe Shell for Governor (California, 1962); campaign buttons: Hoover (1928), Hoover and Curtis, Charles E. Hughes for President
(1916), Kennedy (1960), Nixon/Lodge (1960), Nixon/Agnew (1968), McCarthy, Wallace (1968); WWI-era buttons; miscellaneous
1920s buttons; typescripts: Socialist party speeches (1940).
Box 2, Folder 1
Copies of political letters 157902
1962-1977