Bob Shultz Political Americana collection
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
The collection consists of approximately 3,912 items, including buttons, ribbons, posters, bumper stickers, pamphlets, flyers, and other ephemera, and 3-dimensional items such as glassware, soap, cigars, clocks, figurines, toys, and more. Politcal items include all the major presidental candiates from the 1960s through the 2016 election as well as many smaller state and local campaigns, mainly from New York State.
Dates
- circa 1960-2016
Creator
- Schultz, Robert, 1951- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Robert (Bob) D. Schultz received is BA (1977) and his MBA (1978) from Cornell University. He spent 25 years collecting political campaign memorabilia, primarily from the early 1960s onward. He donated his collection to Cornell University Library in 2016.
Extent
23.5 cubic feet. (23.5 cubic feet.)
Abstract
The collection consists of approximately 3,912 items, including buttons, ribbons, posters, bumper stickers, pamphlets, flyers, and other ephemera, and 3-dimensional items such as glassware, soap, cigars, clocks, figurines, toys, and more. Politcal items include all the major presidental candiates from the 1960s through the 2016 election as well as many smaller state and local campaigns, mainly from New York State.
Physical Description
Extent is approximate.
Physical Description
Ephemera, posters, printed material, toys, dishes, textiles, and buttons.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- June 2018
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, June 2018
- Date modified:
- Ben Wrubel, October 2018
- Jimmy Carter peanut-shaped bank (with change) Effanbee FDR doll on stand (glasses partly missing) Uptown Bill Clinton doll playing the sax Box of buttons, mostly Nixon and Kennedy campaign 1 mapcase folder of campaign and political signs/posters 2 mapcase folders of primarily Ad Council posters Strawvote poster for 1992 presidential campaign
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
- Bush, George, 1924-2018.
- Campaign paraphernalia.
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham
- Elections.
- Ephemera.
- Ford, Gerald
- Gore, Al, 1948-
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Kennedy, Edward
- Kennedy, John F.
- Kennedy, Robert
- Kerry, John
- McCain, John
- McGovern, John
- Mondale, Walter F., 1928-
- Nixon, Richard
- Obama, Barack
- Political campaigns.
- Politicians.
- Presidents -- Election.
- Reagan, Ronald
- Romney, Mitt
- United States -- History.
- Voting.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- June 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu