Cornell University collection of political Americana
Contributors: Cornell Institute for Digital Collections.; Cornell University. Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.; Cornell University. Library. Dept. of Preservation and Conservation.
Publisher: Cornell University
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ithaca, NY
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Political campaigns -- United States -- History.; Elections -- United States -- History.
Other titles: Collection of political Americana
Description: "The collection consists of published material, ephemera, and artifacts dating to between 1800 and 1976, including ballots and slates of candidates; promotional broadsides, handbills, and posters; political cartoons (primarily from Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Puck); lithographs and prints (primarily by Kellogg, N. Currier, and Currier & Ives); pamphlets, leaflets, and brochures; songbooks and sheet music; badges, pins, ferrotypes and celluloid buttons; campaign ribbons; parade equipment such as lanterns, torches, banners, and walking sticks; bandanas and other textiles; and souvenirs of all kinds including plates, cups, vases, trays, bottles, sewing boxes, and games."
Notes: "The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell Institute for Digital Collections, and the Department of Preservation and Conservation at Cornell University engaged in a two-year project to preserve, catalog, and digitize a major collection of materials from U.S. national political campaigns"--Digital project link.
Title from home page (viewed on September 27,   2004).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.