Summary

Creator:

Hubbard, Kenneth

Abstract:

Kenneth Hubbard is an avid collector of United States campaign memorabilia. The Kenneth Hubbard Collection of Presidential Campaign Ephemera consists of printed and artifactural memorabilia from assorted presidential campaigns, dating largely from the late nineteenth century through the present. Items are chiefly relating to the Democratic and Republican political parties, with some materials from the U.S. Socialist Party and the Prohibitionist Party. The majority of the collection consists of buttons, pins, and campaign literature such as pamphlets, newsletters, flyers, and platforms. Arranged by year and candidate name.

Extent:

55 Linear Feet

Language:

Material in English

Collection ID:

RL.00580

Background

Scope and Content:

The Kenneth Hubbard Collection of Presidential Campaign Ephemera consists of printed and artifactual memorabilia from assorted United States presidential campaigns, dating largely from the late nineteenth century through the present. Items are chiefly relating to the Democratic and Republican political parties, with some materials from the U.S. Socialist Party and the Prohibitionist Party. The majority of the collection consists of buttons, pins, and campaign literature such as pamphlets, newsletters, flyers, and platforms. There are also speech transcripts from appearances by John F. Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson during their presidential campaigns.

Acquisition Information:

The Kenneth Hubbard Collection of Presidential Campaign Ephemera was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as gifts from Kenneth Hubbard in 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2021, and as purchases from Seth Kaller, Inc. in 2016 and James Cummins, Bookseller and johnson rare books archives in 2020.

Processing information:

Processed by Ted Holt, December 2007 and Rachel Penniman, January 2013. Updated by Meghan Lyon in 2015. Updated by Katrina Martin in 2016. Updated by Justin Baez and Paul Sommerfeld in 2017. Updated by Leah Tams in 2023.

Collection merged with Richard Bentley Presidential Campaign Ephemera, John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign Materials, Richard Nixon Campaign Materials, and the Political Campaign Materials collections and reprocessed into the Kenneth Hubbard Presidential Campaign Ephemera collection in September 2016.

Accessions described in this guide: 2007-0213, 2012-0249, 2015-0155, 2016-0016, 2016-0045, 2016-0212, 2016-0310, 2016-0313, 2016-0318, 2016-0329, 2017-0026, 2020-0001, 2020-0029, and 2021-0071.

Arrangement:

Materials are presented here by election year and candidate. Some candidates who ran for office several times have buttons or pins that cannot be dated to a precise election year. These items are listed in the "Material from undetermined campaigns" series, and they are arranged by candidate name.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Related Material:

The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds thousands of bound pamphlets and manuscript collections relating to United States elections, as well as archival collections focused on individual political figures, particularly in the state of North Carolina, and Durham, Orange, and Wake counties.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Political participation
Political parties -- United States -- History
Political campaigns -- United States -- History
Elections -- United States -- History
Presidential candidates -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Inauguration
Presidents -- United States -- Election

Formats:

Buttons (information artifacts)
Memorabilia

Names:

Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Socialist Party (U.S.) -- History