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