Handbills
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small printed sheets usually containing a notice or advertisement intended to be distributed by hand and often doubling as posters. For small printed sheets intended for wider distribution, to the general public, use "circulars." For larger pieces, intended especially for posting, use "posters."
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Leon F. Litwack collection of Berkeley, California, protest literature
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2616
Abstract:
The collection consists of newspapers, periodicals, flyers, handbills, newsletters, mailings, memoranda, reports, sound recordings, and other materials compiled by Leon Litwack that primarily document the protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in and around Berkeley, California. The collection includes materials related to civil rights, Vietnam War protests, the Black Panther Party, the Free Speech Movement and the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. Also included are...
Dates:
1939-2004, bulk 1964-1989
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 36
Abstract:
Printed ephemera related to African American political activism and arts primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1913-1990, with the bulk of the material from 1963 to 1976. Significant organizations documented in the collection include the Philadelphia chapters of the Black Panther Party and Peace and Freedom Party, as well as local and national electoral campaigns of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Many of the items document speakers and events sponsored by...
Dates:
circa 1913-1990, bulk 1963-1976
Spanish programs for American Western films
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3651
Abstract:
173 handbills designed, printed, and distributed in Spain, for American Western films, circa 1931-1973.
Dates:
circa 1931-1973