http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86h4kqh Online items available World War I Poster and Ephemera Collection: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2014 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. World War I Poster and Ephemera priWWI 1 Collection: Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: World War I Poster and Ephemera Collection Dates (inclusive): approximately 1914-1919 Collection Number: priWWI Extent: approximately 700 items Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection contains approximately 700 World War I propaganda posters and related ephemera dating from approximately 1914 to 1919. The posters were created primarily for government and military agencies, as well as private charities such as the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. While the majority of the collection is American, it also includes British and French posters, and a few Austro-Hungarian/German, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Italian, Polish, and Russian items. Language: English. Note: Finding aid last updated on July 24, 2020. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Item title, Call number]. World War I Poster and Ephemera Collection. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Approximately 106 posters (identified by the call number prefix "priWWI_A") were received as the gift of Charles L. Heartwell in 1938. 21 posters consisting of posters 15, 52, 55, 58, 62, 82, 85A, 85C, 86, 101, 104, 105, 116, and 133 issued by the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, and 3 additional English and 4 French posters were received from Bertha Frasher in 1964; priWWI_S_178 was received as the gift of Elizabeth Norris in 2014. The posters "Fight", "2 inspiring cablegrams," and "On the job for victory" were received from Collis H. Holladay, Jr., in 1986. The provenance of the remaining posters in the collection is primarily unknown, though early Library records broadly indicate that that 48 World War I posters were received as the gift of Beatrix Farrand in 1936; 7 Red Cross posters were received as the gift of Mrs. Charles E. Wright in 1938; 9 posters were received as a gift of F. E. Besse in 1939; 2 posters were received as the gift of Anna B. Dickey in 1944; 23 posters were received from the Edwin F. Gay estate in 1946; a collection of posters was received from Bessie B. Ellis; 19 posters were received as the gift of Mrs. Arthur Ellis in 1948; 3 posters were received as the gift of James B. McNair in 1949; 2 "vols." of posters were received from Colonel R. Cotton in 1953; 35 Liberty posters were received from H. C. Boehme in May 1963; 43 American war posters and 25 French war posters were received from Edwards H. Metcalf in 1965; and 46 posters were received from Mrs. Harriet H. Doerr and Mrs. John McLaren in 1981. Processing Information In the 20th century, the World War I poster collection was cataloged on cards for the Prints and Ephemera card catalog by The Huntington Library. No poster could be located for the call number priWWI_A_37 in the card catalog or the physical holdings as of 2014. B-76, 1830 1930 : Royaume de Belgique centenaire de l'indepéndance nationale, and L-57, Jap you're next! We'll finish the job!, which were originally cataloged as part of this collection, were identified as post-World War I posters and removed from the collection in 2014. Scope and Content World War I Poster and Ephemera priWWI 2 Collection: Finding Aid This collection contains approximately 700 World War I propaganda posters and related ephemera dating from approximately 1914 to 1919. The posters were created primarily for government and military agencies, as well as private charities such as the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. While the majority of the collection is American, it also includes British and French posters, and a few Austro-Hungarian/German, Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Italian, Polish, and Russian items. The images and text of the posters reflect various messages chiefly related to military recruitment and enlistment, food and fuel conservation, aid for soldiers and humanitarian causes, war work, and savings and bond programs, including many that promote the Victory Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamp campaigns in the United States. The United States Committee on Public Information, U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Food Administration, and the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation produced many of the posters. More than 200 different artists are represented in the collection including James Montgomery Flagg, Charles Dana Gibson, and Edward Penfield in the United States; Francisque Poulbot in France; and Alfred Roller in Austria-Hungary. The collection includes more than 100 posters donated by Charles L. Heartwell (1869-1941), a banker and civic leader in Long Beach, California, who served in the United States Food Administration during World War I. These posters were acquired by Heartwell in his official capacity as a Food Administrator for Los Angeles County and occasionally reference regional recruiting stations in Long Beach. There are similar regionally focused posters for Connecticut and New York City in the collection. Alternative Form of Materials Available Visit the Huntington Digital Library to view digitized items from this collection. • Wall, Bernhardt. World War Etchings. (Call number: 14824) • National War Savings Committee Scrapbook, 1918 Arrangement Most of the posters are broadly organized according to size as reflected in their individual call number prefixes: Extra-small (priWWI_XS) Small (priWWI_S) Medium (priWWI_M) Large (priWWI_L) Extra-large (priWWI_XL) The approximately 103 posters donated by Charles L. Heartwell are mounted on blue board and housed together (priWWI_A), and 82 additional posters are housed in one flat-top box (priWWI_B). Within the contents list, items are arranged by call number and described in the following format: Title of poster. Date Language(s) (when known). Place of Publication Artist(s) Printer(s)/Publisher(s) Notes Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Form/Genres Ephemera. Lithographs. Posters. War posters -- Canadian -- 1910-1920. War posters -- French -- 1910-1920. War posters -- Great Britain -- 1910-1920. War posters -- United States -- 1910-1920. Subjects United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Posters. United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Posters. United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Posters. World War I Poster and Ephemera priWWI 3 Collection: Finding Aid Advertising -- Recruiting and enlistment -- Posters. United States -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Posters. Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic & industrial aspects -- United States -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Great Britain -- Posters. World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States -- Posters. Printer, Publisher, Artist Index The following is a list of printers, publishers, and artists represented in this collection. Artists: Aderente, Vincent, approximately 1880-1941, artist. Adler, Jules, 1865-1952, artist. Armstrong, Rolf, 1889-1960, artist. Ashe, Edmund M., 1867-1941, artist. Babcock, Richard Fayerweather, artist. Baker, Ernest Hamlin, 1889-1975, artist. Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy, 1889-1977, artist. Bancroft, Milton Herbert, 1867-1947, artist. Banks, Jessie, artist. Bannister, Raymond, artist. Beadle, J. P., artist. Beckman, Rienecke, artist. Benda, Wladyslaw T. (Wladyslaw Theodore), 1873-, artist. Beneker, Gerrit A. (Gerrit Albertus), 1882-1934, artist. Benner, Many, artist. Bettsbains, E. F., artist. Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, artist. Bonhajo, L., artist. Boomhower, Paul R., artist. Booth, Franklin, 1874-1948, artist. Borgoni, Mario, 1869-1936, artist. Boswell, R. C., artist. Bouisset, Firmin, artist. Bracker, M. Leone, 1885-1937, artist. Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1956, artist. Bressler, Harry S., artist. Brey, Laura, artist. Britton, L. N., artist. Brown, Arthur William, 1881-1966, artist. Bull, Charles Livingston, 1874-1932, artist. Burford, William B., 1846-1927, artist. Bush, S. L., artist. Cahan, Samuel George, 1886-1974, artist. Carleton, Clifford, artist. Cesare, Oscar Edward, 1885-1948, artist. World War I Poster and Ephemera priWWI 4 Collection: Finding Aid Chambers, Charles Edward, approximately 1883-1941, artist. Chavannaz,