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Film, Video African Section Poster Collection

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About this Item

Title

  • African Section Poster Collection

Summary

  • The African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress holds a rich and vast collection of pamphlets and posters amassed over the last six decades from across Sub-Saharan Africa. The division's pamphlet collection, including ephemera such as non-published materials, documents, government reports, press clippings, calendars, postcards, and memorabilia from elections and various campaigns on the African continent, was cataloged at a collection level in the 1990s. This project aims to organize and document a selection of the 700 posters from Africa so that their contents may be digitized and accessible to scholars, researchers, and members of the public. This project includes scanning and sorting the posters, examining them for key identifying information and images, and preparing them to be housed in storage.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-07-21.

Notes

  • -  Group name: 2021 Junior Fellows Display Day. 8
  • -  Talia Lieber.
  • -  Recorded on 2021-07-21.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697550

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. African Section Poster Collection. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21, 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697550/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2021) African Section Poster Collection. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697550/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. African Section Poster Collection. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-21, 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697550/>.