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Buttons, circa 1990-1999

 Box — Box: 27
Identifier: Series III:

Series Scope and Content Summary

From the Series:

Materials in this series include posters, banners, buttons, exhibit panels, phonograph records, textiles, and a typewriter that was used as an exhibit prop. Many of these artifacts were used in Women's Heritage Museum/International Museum of Women (W.H.M./I.M.O.W.) exhibits.

The collection includes framed posters that were used in exhibits, including posters featuring historical figures such as Emma Goldman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, and Isador Duncan. Many of the posters focus on women's suffrage, including a poster advertising the 75th anniversary exhibit of women's suffrage in California. Additional posters can be found in Series VII: Artwork, Posters, and Museum Plans.

Various clippings in this series have been covered in polyester sheets for display, including sections of The Women's Journal from 1887 and 1911. The collection has several banners, including scrolls from a United Nations event in 2000-2001 and a banner for the California Equal Suffrage Association. This group of banners also contains brainstorming notes and a wall scroll from the Women of the World exhibit, which appears to contain participant input.

The phonograph records in this series are recordings of women singers which were distributed by Rosetta Records as part of the Women's Heritage Series. The record covers contain descriptive information about the performers and music.

The collection contains several textiles, the most notable of which is the petticoat of California suffragist and poet Sarah Bard Field. There is also a prop typewriter that was used as an exhibit piece.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1990-1999

Access

Collection is open for research, with the exception of the following materials: financial documents in Boxes 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Extent

From the Collection: 53 boxes (87.58 linear feet)

From the Collection: 4 flat file drawers

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
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San José, CA 95192-0028
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