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National Archives of Canada. War Records Survey Poster collection [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

ca. 1913-1920, predominant 1914-1918

Reference:

RG37, R1185, 1983-028 PIC

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

20381

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Date(s):

ca. 1913-1920, predominant 1914-1918

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

ca. 4050 reproductions : lithographs, photomechanical process.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French, German, Undetermined

Provenance:

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National Archives of Canada. Documentary Art and Photography Division. Poster Collection

Finding aid:

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Graphic (art): (Paper) Poster F. A. item-level Collections Consultation Unit

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General note:

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Posters and original designs for posters issued during the First World War by the Canadian government, as well as by the governments of Great Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Italy, the United States, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Hungary, Germany, Austria, and other countries. The vast majority of the posters are propaganda or Victory Loan campaign posters, but there are smaller numbers of recruiting posters, mostly, in the case of Canada, non-visual placard type posters, as well as many food conservation posters. Works are mostly done by unidentified artists.
This miscellaneous body of records has been assigned a single retrospective accession number, 1983-28, although it may be from a variety of sources The collection was used in the early part of World War II as part of an active propaganda campaign to encourage recruitment and to raise funds for Victory Bonds See the Division of Prints and Drawings Memoranda Book 1927-1945 for notes on this use.
Many of the works have been photographed in both black and white and some in colour, but not all catalogue cards are available or accessible. There are black binders with 8 x 10 photographs available in the Reference Section
While he was he Britain and Europe in 1916 on archives business, Dr. Arthur Doughty, Dominion Archivist, received gifts of war trophies and other documentation from the British and French governments These formed the basis of the large Canadian collection which was augmented by Doughty's own collecting on behalf of the Canadian government and that of the Canadian War Records Office It is presumed that the posters which form this accession were acquired primarily through this same process, whether from friendly allied governments, or through both public and private sources

Arrangement note:

By country .

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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1983-028 X PIC
R1185-38-4-E
R1185-70-0-E
RG37

Former archival reference no.:

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RG37

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1983-028 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
\\ Start date: 1994-07-29. Documents must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons.

Terms of use:

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Nil
Copyright: Expired.
Credit: National Archives of Canada
Graphic (art): Nil
Graphic (art): Copyright: Expired.
Graphic (art): Credit: National Archives of Canada

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