Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr.
- Abstract:
- Art work, posters, broadsides, postcards, fans, and miscellaneous small items produced by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
- Extent:
- 50.62 linear feet (39 oversize boxes, 1 document box, 3 half-size document boxes, 3 shoe boxes)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Collection, Printers Mss 83. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Letterpress posters, broadsides, postcards, fans, publications and clippings, and miscellaneous small items produced by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Leaving his job as a computer programmer, Kennedy Jr. earned his MFA in Fine Printing at the University of Wisconsin. Kennedy Jr. is letterpress printer, book artist, and papermaker exploring themes of race in the United States of America. Many of his works are event posters for events and festivals. His works have been featured internationally and are held in university collections.
Kennedy is the subject of the 2008 documentary film, "Proceed and Be Bold!" by Laura Zinger and released by Brown Finch Films.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred from Arts Library, 2012-2014.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been organized into the following series: Series 1. Hand Fans (Mostly), Series 2. Posters & Broadsides, Series 3. Oversize, Series 4. Postcards and Small Items, Series 5. Publications/Clippings, and Series 6. Miscellaneous, Series 7. Correspondence, Series 8. Additions.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Collection, Printers Mss 83. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062