Chinese posters on COVID-19, 2020

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Title:
Chinese posters on COVID-19
Dates:
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."
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet 32 posters in 2 oversize folders
Language:
Chinese , English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or Item name], Chinese posters on COVID-19, Collection no. 3334, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

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."

Acquisition information:
Purchased from China Classics Inc., February 9, 2021.
Processing information:

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.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bo Doub and Mei Lun Sin
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-03-09 15:45:50 -0800 .

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or Item name], Chinese posters on COVID-19, Collection no. 3334, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
East Asian Library
Doheny Memorial Library, 1st floor
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1825, US
Contact:
(213) 740-1772
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