American political campaigns collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6477

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Print, broadside, ribbon, posters, buttons, bumper stickers, bubble gum, greeting card, headscarf, medal, postcards and inaugural programs from various political campaigns, both national and gubernatorial (New York State). The ribbon is from Ulysses S. Grant's 1868 presidential campaign. The medal is from Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon's inauguration in 1957. The programs are from the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner in 1937 and Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon in 1953. The postcards are from the 2000 campaign with Al and Tipper Gore and Joe Lieberman. The buttons and bumper stickers are from the following campaigns: Nader and LaDuke 2000, Gore and Lieberman 2000, George W. Bush 2000, John Kerry 2004 bumper sticker, Ford and Dole, Richard Nixon, and Jim Buckley. Anti-Bush buttons, and donkey and elephant "ABB" (anybody but Bush) pins created by artist Courtney Peterson. Also included is Presidential Elections of the 20th Century as reported on the front page of the New York Times. Also items from exhibition for 2004. Also, countdown clock from January 2008. election.

Mule-mounted tin and cast iron Ballot Box, ca. 1868.

Dates

1868-2016,-[bulk 1968-1980].

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1314 items. (1314 items.)

Additional Description

Abstract

SERIES LIST

Series I. Ballots Boxes 18, 19

Series II. Books Box 20

Series III. Bric-a-Brac Boxes 4, 6, 17, 18, 26, 27

Series IV. Broadsides Boxes 1, 2, 17-19, 23, 26, 28, mapcase

Series V. Buttons Boxes 3-5, 21, 24-27

Series VI. Cartoons Box 19

Series VII. Maps & Charts Box 19

Series VIII. Pamphlets Boxes 9-11, 17, 18, 28, mapcase

Series IX. Paper Miscellaneous Boxes 7, 8, 27, 28

Series X. Parades Box 18

Series XI. Posters Box 19, mapcase

Series XII. Prints Boxes 17, 19, mapcase

Series XIII. Ribbons Boxes 14, 17

Series XIV. Scrapbooks Box 15

Series XV. Sheet Music Box 19

Series XVI. Songbooks Box 19

Series XVII. Textiles Boxes 16-18, mapcase

Series XVIII. Trinkets Boxes 12, 13

Series XIX. Wearing Apparel Boxes 14, 17, 18, 22

Series XX. Sound Recordings Box 20

Physical Description

Correspondence, Memorabilia, Printed Materials

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: DonorCompiled by Julie Lonnberg
Date completed:: 2003
EAD encoding:: Peter Martinez, February 2005Evan Fay Earle, October 2009
Date modified:: Fredrika Loew, January 2019