National Industrial Conservation Movement Posters Collection
name: label: Creator
content: National Association of Manufacturers
label: Creator
content: National Industrial Conservation Movement
label: Former owner
content: Borkan, Gary A.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased in 2017.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Association of Manufacturers
label: Creator
content: National Industrial Conservation Movement
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content: National Industrial Conservation Movement Posters Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Posters produced for the National Association of Manufacturers' National Industrial Conservation Movement campaign.
bioghist: label: Historical
content: The black-and-white posters (approxaimtely 19" x 25") were produced by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) for their National Industrial Conservation Movement campaign around 1918. The posters provide a window on the early work of the NAM, a key group in terms of business history. The posters communicate the NAM's desire to reduce government regulation of business and to mold a supportive work ethic amongst factory workers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .15 Cubic feet (13 posters)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1917
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1454
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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Division of Political and  Military History (now Division of Political and Military History)