United States political ephemera collection, 1856-2000s

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Summary

Abstract:
The United States Political Ephemera Collection contains campaign materials on both the national and state levels between the years 1856-2008. Materials are mostly related to the Democratic and Republican parties, but include materials from the American Labor party, Greenback party, League of Women Voters, Libertarian party, National Prohibitionist party, and Socialist party, as well as non-partisan materials. Materials include campaign pamphlets, flyers, form letters, newsletters, press releases, booklets, handouts, newspapers, posters, bumper stickers, and buttons.
Extent:
5.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11320

Background

Scope and content:

The United States Political Ephemera Collection contains materials from assorted national and state-level campaigns and elections, except U.S. presidential campaigns. (Presidential campaign and election materials are held in the Kenneth Hubbard Collection of Presidential Campaign Ephemera.) This collection is divided into two series: National Politics and State Politics. National Politics contains materials related primarily to the Democratic and Republican parties and their campaigns for congressional and senate elections. It also includes materials from the American Labor party, Greenback party, League of Women Voters, Libertarian party, National Prohibitionist party, and Socialist party, as well as non-partisan materials. Also included are anti-war protest materials from the Vietnam Moratorium Committee. Materials include campaign pamphlets, flyers, form letters, booklets, handouts, newspapers, bumper stickers, and buttons. Filed alphabetically by political party.

State Politics includes campaign material from different states, each placed in their own subseries. The majority of the material comes from North Carolina statee and local elections, with many of the materials from Durham. Materials are mostly related to the Democratic and Republican parties, but also include the American Labor party, Socialist party, and non-partisan materials. Materials include campaign pamphlets, flyers, form letters, newsletters, press releases, booklets, handouts, newspapers, posters, bumper stickers, and buttons. Arranged alphabetically by state; within subseries arranged alphabetically by political party.

Acquisition information:
The United States Political Ephemera Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as gifts and transfers between 1950s-2000s.
Processing information:

Processed by Katrina Martin and Paul Sommerfeld, October 2016. This collection includes items formerly held in the Kenneth Hubbard Political Campaign Collection and the Richard Bentley Presidential Campaign Ephemera Collection. These materials were re-sorted and reprocessed into two collections: Kenneth Hubbard Collection of Presidential Campaign Ephemera and the U.S. Political Ephemera Collection in October 2016.

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[Identification of item], United States Political Ephemera Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.