Finding aid for the Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection 0580
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 July
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection
Creator:
Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica
Creator:
Almeida, Lourdes
Creator:
Almeida, Luis, 1946-
Creator:
Aparicio-Chamberlin, Vibiana
Creator:
ASARO (Group of artists)
Creator:
Cheché
Creator:
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain)
Creator:
Cordyceps, (Artist)
Creator:
F. A. I. (Organization : Spain)
Creator:
Falange Española de las J.O.N.S
Creator:
Fontserè, Carles
Creator:
Graficas Fidalgo
Creator:
Imprimerie A. Michels
Creator:
International Red Aid
Creator:
Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Creator:
Legrand, Edy, 1892-1970
Creator:
Liga de Mutilados y Inválidos de la Guerra de España
Creator:
Lind, Samuel
Creator:
López Padial, Antonio
Creator:
Mexico. Secretaría de Educación Pública.. Oficialía Mayor
Creator:
OSPAAAL (Organization)
Creator:
Partido Mexicano de los Trabajadores
Creator:
Past, Ámbar (1949)
Creator:
Puerto Rico. División de Educación de la Comunidad
Creator:
Socorro Rojo de España
Creator:
Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, Mexico)
Creator:
Taller Leñateros (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico)
Creator:
Talleres Gráficos de la Nación
Identifier/Call Number: 0580
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3255
Physical Description:
10.7 Linear Feet
4 boxes and 20 oversize folders
Date (inclusive): 1900-2015
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
, English
.
Scope and Contents
The Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection consists of posters and prints from Argentina, Cuba, Honduras,
Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States acquired by the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies.
The posters from Argentina and Cuba are mostly related to cinema, including approximately 100 Cuban posters created by the
Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC). However, the collection also holds political posters from
Cuba created by the Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de Asia, África y América Latina (OSPAAAL). Many of the posters
and prints from Mexico and Spain are also explicitly political. The collection's Mexican posters include prints by ASARO (Asamblea
de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca), Taller de Gráfica Popular, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Partido Mexicano de los
Trabajadores, and a series of screen prints from 2010 against environmental destruction. Lastly, the collection holds 13 Spanish
posters created during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), which promote both the Republican and Nationalist sides of the war.
The Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection will continue to grow with future acquisitions of posters
and prints.
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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 Department of Special
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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 various sources by Barbara Robinson, Boeckmann Center Librarian. When identifiable, sources are described in
this finding aid's series- and/or file-level records.
Related Materials
Rogelio Agrasanchez Mexican Golden Age Cinema collection, Collection no. 0520, Boeckmann Center for Latin American and Iberian
Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American poster collection, Collection no. 0580, Boeckmann
Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Anti-fascist movements -- Spain -- Posters
Commercial art -- Peru -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Film posters, Argentine -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Film posters, Cuban -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Political posters, Cuban -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Political posters, Mexican -- Archival resources
Political posters, Spanish -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Posters -- Honduras -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Mexican American posters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Posters, Mexican -- Archival resources
Posters, Puerto Rican -- Archival resources
Prints, Mexican -- Archival resources
Propaganda in art -- Archival resources
Propaganda, Mexican -- 20th century -- Posters
Puerto Rico -- Description and travel -- Posters
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Posters
Advertisements
Lithographs
Political posters
Posters
Prints
Screen prints
Almeida, Lourdes -- Posters
Almeida, Luis, 1946- -- Posters
Aparicio-Chamberlin, Vibiana -- Posters
ASARO (Group of artists) -- Posters
Botica Italiana -- Posters
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain) -- Posters
Cordyceps, (Artist) -- Posters
F. A. I. (Organization : Spain) -- Posters
Falange Española de las J.O.N.S -- Posters
Frente Popular (Spain) -- Posters
Graficas Fidalgo -- Posters
Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica -- Posters
International Red Aid -- Posters
Justseeds Artists' Cooperative -- Posters
Legrand, Edy, 1892-1970 -- Posters
Liga de Mutilados y Inválidos de la Guerra de España -- Posters
Lind, Samuel -- Posters
López Padial, Antonio -- Posters
Mexico. Secretaría de Educación Pública.. Oficialía Mayor -- Posters
OSPAAAL (Organization) -- Posters
Partido Mexicano de los Trabajadores -- Posters
Past, Ámbar (1949) -- Posters
Puerto Rico. División de Educación de la Comunidad -- Posters
Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico City, Mexico) -- Posters
Taller Leñateros (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico) -- Posters
Talleres Gráficos de la Nación -- Posters
Oversize-folder 1
Argentina - cinema posters /repositories/3/archival_objects/642946
1940-1980
Physical Description: 19 posters
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Antigüedades de Elsa Marta Lionti, August 27, 2004.
Scope and Contents
Includes a very fragile poster for
Una Novia en Apuros (1942) crediting Evita Duarte, later known as Eva Perón, as part of the cast.
Chicano / Latino /repositories/3/archival_objects/663062
2001-2003
Oversize-folder 13
La Madre by Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin /repositories/3/archival_objects/663063
2001
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin, September 17, 2010.
Oversize-folder 13
The Execution of Ruben Salazar by Victor Alegria / Norman Larreta /repositories/3/archival_objects/669953
2003-09
Scope and Contents
One original linoleum block print -- 9 x 12" on sheet 20 x 14.5" -- of the Silver Dollar cafe and sheriff deputy; created
to honor the memory of Ruben Salazar. Artist's name is "Victor Alegria," aka Norman Larreta.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Norman Larreta, January 18, 2012.
Cuba /repositories/3/archival_objects/663056
1969-1999
Oversize-folder 7, Oversize-folder 8, Oversize-folder 9, Oversize-folder 10
Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) /repositories/3/archival_objects/663057
1969-1999
Physical Description: 100 postersApproximately 100 prints
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Howard Karno Books, 2001 and 2003.
Oversize-folder 11
Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de Asia, África y América Latina (OSPAAAL) /repositories/3/archival_objects/663060
1970-1975
Physical Description: 5 posters
Oversize-folder 14
Honduras /repositories/3/archival_objects/663064
1986
Physical Description: 2 posters
Mexico /repositories/3/archival_objects/642951
1915-2015
Oversize-folder 6
Atención Gringo: For Gold & Glory Come South of the Border and Ride With Pancho Villa /repositories/3/archival_objects/675425
1915
General
Copyright Kay Publishing Co.
Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Oversize-folder 2
Taller de Gráfica Popular prints, posters, and newsprint /repositories/3/archival_objects/642952
1937-1980
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Libros Latinos, March 13, 2003 and March 29, 2004.
Oversize-folder 17
Propaganda de la Secretaría de Educación Pública /repositories/3/archival_objects/663073
1940-1946
Creator: Mexico. Secretaría de Educación Pública.. Oficialía Mayor
Creator: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación
Physical Description: 8 posters
Oversize-folder 6
Mexico, Mexico, Ra, Ra, Ra /repositories/3/archival_objects/663059
1976
General
Hector Suarez / Jorge Russek / Yolanda de Infante
Oversize-folder 6
Tu Estas Endrogado [Partido Mexicano de los Trabajadores poster featuring image of Ronald Reagan] /repositories/3/archival_objects/652041
1984
Box 4
Ámbar Past / Taller Leñateros /repositories/3/archival_objects/663052
1990-2015
Creator: Past, Ámbar (1949)
Creator: Taller Leñateros (San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico)
Physical Description: 11 ItemsApproximately 11 prints
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ámbar Past, January 14, 2016.
Oversize-folder 6
Cervantes XXXII [poster for the 32nd International Festival of Cervantes by Luis Almeida and Lourdes Almeida] /repositories/3/archival_objects/663055
2004
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Luis and Lourdes Almeida, December 3, 2004.
Oversize-folder 3, Oversize-folder 4, Oversize-folder 5
Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca (ASARO) /repositories/3/archival_objects/649136
2006
Physical Description: 25 ItemsApproximately 25 prints
Oversize-folder 12
Ante la Destrucción Ambiental, Organizacion! /repositories/3/archival_objects/663061
2010
Scope and Contents
Nine silkscreen prints, ed. of 100.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Booklyn, May 2012.
Oversize-folder 6
El Hijo Del Ahuizote /repositories/3/archival_objects/663058
2010-10
Creator: Cordyceps, (Artist)
Creator: Justseeds Artists' Cooperative
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Libros Latinos, January 16, 2012.
Oversize-folder 6
Serpientes y Escaleras / Fumen Cigarros Elegantes De El Buen Tono, S.A. /repositories/3/archival_objects/652042
undated
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Howard Karno Books, February 2, 2002.
Peru /repositories/3/archival_objects/678600
circa 1900
Oversize-folder 20
Bitter Estomacal de Turin Preparacion Higienica Anti-Nervosa, Tonica, Anti-Dispeptica /repositories/3/archival_objects/679678
circa 1900
Creator: Botica Italiana
Creator: Imprimerie A. Michels
Physical Description: 24 x 33.25 inches
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Scope and Contents
A broadside advertising a stomach curative sold by Botica Italiana in Lima, Peru. The promotional text on the broadside claims
that the product can cure various ailments, including "dolores de estomago, diarreas, indigestiones, insomnios" and others.
The broadside was printed in Paris, France, by Imprimerie A. Michels circa 1900.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, November 2023.
Puerto Rico /repositories/3/archival_objects/663067
1971-1990
Oversize-folder 16
1er. Carnaval Cangrejero /repositories/3/archival_objects/663068
1990-11-25
Oversize-folder 16
División de Educación de la Comunidad /repositories/3/archival_objects/663066
1971-1979
Creator: Puerto Rico. División de Educación de la Comunidad
Physical Description: 4 posters
Spain /repositories/3/archival_objects/663065
1936-1949
2009
Spanish Civil War /repositories/3/archival_objects/669954
1936-1939
Oversize-folder 19
Asturias. Octubre - 1934-1937 /repositories/3/archival_objects/672626
1937
Creator: Cheché
Creator: Socorro Rojo de España
Physical Description: 100 x 68 cm.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
Oversize-folder 19
Ayudemos a Soportar los Rigores del Invierno al Pueblo que Lucha por la Libertad /repositories/3/archival_objects/672628
circa 1936-1939
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creator(s): Federación de Organismos de Ayuda a la República Española (FOARE); Poggi; Comité de Ayuda al Gobierno Español
del Frente Popular
Oversize-folder 19
Colabora con el Socorro Rojo Internacional en su Labor de Ayuda al Niño /repositories/3/archival_objects/672621
1936-1937
Physical Description: 40 x 27 cm.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creators: International Red Aid; Antonio López Padial; Socorro Roja de España, Comisión de Propaganda
Oversize-folder 19
¡Combatiente Mutilado, Ocupa Mi Puesto! /repositories/3/archival_objects/672627
1938
Physical Description: 68.5cm x 100cm (27" x 39.25").
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creator(s): Liga Nacional de Mutilados e Inválidos de Guerra, Gráficas Reunidas U.H.P.
Oversize-folder 15
El Frente Popular: 20 de Julio de 1936 /repositories/3/archival_objects/663072
1936
Physical Description: 47.5 x 31 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2022.
General
The lyrics of "The Internationale" are printed at the bottom of the poster.
Oversize-folder 19
El Que Fue Combatiente, Hoy Mutilado, Trabajará con Entusiasmo para los Camaradas del Frente /repositories/3/archival_objects/672623
circa 1936-1939
Physical Description: 100 x 70 cm.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creator(s): Madrid : Liga Nacional de Mutilados e Inválidos de Guerra, Gráficas Reunidas U.H.P.
Oversize-folder 19
En las Colonias Escolares del Ministerio de Instruccion Publica / Los Hijos Nuestros Combatientes Viven Sanos y Felices /repositories/3/archival_objects/672622
circa 1936-1939
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creators: Amster, Mauricio; Spain. Ministerio de Instruccion Publica y Sanidad; Talleres Graficos de la Sociedad General de
Publicaciones (Empresa Colectivizada).
Oversize-folder 19
Estoy muy bien madre! Todo el afecto para ellos que son el mañana /repositories/3/archival_objects/672624
circa 1936-1939
Physical Description: 67 x 97 cm.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creator(s): Ministerio de Instrucción Pública.
Oversize-folder 15
Falange Española de las J.O.N-S. Himno. /repositories/3/archival_objects/674420
circa 1936
Creator: Falange Española de las J.O.N.S
Creator: Graficas Fidalgo
Physical Description: Broadside (60.5 x 42.5 cm.). Printed in red, yellow and black. Previously folded.
Scope and Contents
A poster reproducing the text of the
Himno of the Falange Española. Founded in 1932 by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the Falange merged in 1934 with other fascist groups to form the Juntas
de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista (J.O.N-S.). The Falange derived most of its strength from Andalusia and Madrid; this poster
is particularly interesting for documenting the Falange's presence in León. See Gerald Brenan,
The Spanish Labyrinth, pp. 308-310.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Richard Ramer Rare Books, May 17, 2023 (accession no. 2023-023).
General
[Text begins:] Cara al sol con la camisa nueva [...]
General
Astorga, Spain. Graficas Fidalgo.
Oversize-folder 15
Infermeres Palestra /repositories/3/archival_objects/663071
circa 1936-1939
Physical Description: 49 x 62 cm
General
There may be an artist signature in the upper-right corner of the poster, though it is somewhat illegible: "M. Ralls"[?].
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2022.
Oversize-folder 15
La Industria, L'Agricultura Tot Per Al Front /repositories/3/archival_objects/663070
circa 1936-1939
Creator: Fontserè, Carles
Creator: F. A. I. (Organization : Spain)
Creator: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain)
Physical Description: 31 x 22 cm
General
Industry. Agriculture. Everything for the Front.
Oversize-folder 15
Mañana el mundo, hoy España /repositories/3/archival_objects/663069
circa 1936-1939
Physical Description: 32 x 25 cm
General
Tomorrow the world, today Spain. The poster features a photomontage with images of Adolf Hitler, dead Spanish children, and
a living French baby superimposed over a map of Spain and France.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Howard Karno Books, 2022.
Oversize-folder 19
Unión de Muchachas : Campamento Deportivo / Juana Francisca /repositories/3/archival_objects/672625
circa 1936-1939
Physical Description: 101 x 35 cm.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería De Antaño, 2023.
General
Creator(s): Rubio, Juana Francisca; [Valencia] : Consejo de Educación Física y Deportes (Lit. S. Durá, socializada U.G.T.-C.N.T.)
Oversize-folder 18
Jerez: Semana Santa y Feria 1949 Feria de Primavera: 12 al 16 Mayo /repositories/3/archival_objects/675424
1949
General
Lit. Jerez Industrial
Oversize-folder 18
Don Quixote illustrations by Edy Legrand [enlarged reproductions] /repositories/3/archival_objects/669957
2009
Physical Description: 2 Items
