Social Movements
History of Pacifism,Anti-War Organizations
Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Peace Society, 1913. Official life membership certificate issued to Thirza Jane Rowley (1845-1919) from the Massachusetts Peace Society in May, 1913. Thirza was the daughter of Homer Merriam, who was one of the three Merriam brothers (Charles, George, and Homer) of Merriam-Webster Dictionary fame. The certificate is.....
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Advertising Contraceptives and Family Planning Products,1960s Sexual Revolution
Chicago, Illinois: Federal Pharmacal Supply, Inc., 1965. A brightly illustrated advertising leaflet for products by Federal Pharmacal Supply, Inc., with a focus on contraceptives. Includes several brands of prophylactics/condoms and a brand of numbing lubricant for men. Note the "Federal Fun Specials" on the back, which include novelty gifts such.....
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Americana, Evangelism, Lectures
[Brooklyn, New York]: J.C.. Stevens, 1917. Advertising card for a free lecture by evangelist J.C.. Stevens given in Brooklyn on August 5th, 1917, "At the Tent". J.C.. Stevens evangelized in the late 1910s, offering free public lectures with titles such as "Is the Great War the Last the World Will.....
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ABAA-RBMS-2024,California,Political Movements,Ham and Eggs Movement
San Francisco, California: Northern California Citizens Against 30-Thursday, 1939. An anti- "Ham & Eggs" movement pamphlet, arguing against the act in the interest of the state's economy. California's "Ham and Eggs" movement gained traction in the 1930s, and sought a large-scale state-funded pension. The name came from the movement's argument.....
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Birth Control,Maternal Mortality Rates,Abortion,Women's Right to Choose,Margaret Sanger,Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau
[New York, New York]: [Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau], 1938. A series of three (3) pamphlets published by Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau for medical professionals and scholars studying birth control and women's health in the United States in the late 1930s. The first pamphlet begins by highlighting.....
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circular, invite, religion, education, Bible
New York, NY: June 12, 1858. A small circular addressed to the citizens of the seventeenth ward of New York City regardless of their "creed or party". It invited them to a public meeting held at the Norfolk Street Methodist Episcopal Church on Monday, June 12, 1858 at 8 PM.....
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ABAA-RBMS-2024,Race,Democracy,Social Change
New York, New York: Modern Age Books, 1940. Ephemera advertising books on race, democracy, and social change newly published in 1940 by Modern Age Books. Includes: a typewritten letter from the publisher on company letterhead (approx. 11" by 8.5"); circular advertising "Democracy and Social Change" by Harry F. Ward (bifolium.....
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Women and Labor,Women's Clubs and Organizations
United States: National League of Woman Workers, 1904. Scarce issue of "The Club Worker", a serial published by the National League of Woman Workers, an association founded in the late 1890s "in the interest of women workers and the clubs which they have formed ... [and to] stand as a......
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ABAA-SPRING-2026,Social Justice, Activism, Theater, College Organizations, New Haven May Day 1970, Black Panthers
New Haven, Connecticut: 1971-1975. A fine collection of ninety-three (93) posters, many related to social justice initiatives spearheaded by students at Yale, spanning the years 1971 and 1975. There are seven (7) categories of posters in this collection including: concerts; film screenings; lectures; meetings; plays and performances; protests; and religious.....
Price: $4,800.00
Pro-Labor, Unions, Union Organizers
1970-1980s. A grouping of eleven (11) promotional items , mostly bumper stickers and details promoting unions and organizing unions. It includes Bumper Stickers Live Better Work Union - UFCW Go Steelworks (small and large sizes) Stop Apartheid - Boycott Shell - UAW-CAP Support Public Education - American Federation of Teachers.....
Price: $400.00
Animal Welfare and Rights, Humane Societies, Prevention of Cruelty, Child Protection
Hartford, Connecticut: 1920. An early photographically illustrated leaflet for the Connecticut Humane Society, incorporated in 1881 "To Promote Humanity and Kindness" (first leaf recto). Includes a heart-wrenching story about a neglected horse, as well as a heart-warming story about a pony who found a forever family. Contrary to the Society's.....
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Women's Suffrage in California
1911. An anti-Women's suffrage speech asking readers to vote "No" on California's Equal Suffrage Amendment. It was narrowly approved after an earlier 1896 attempt had failed. Emphasizes the importance of keeping the "woman's sphere" separate, the need to keep domestic life "pure", and refers to the Suffragette as a "mannish.....
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Drunk Driving, Voting Issues, Local Elections, Alcohol and Temperance
Waterville, Maine: F.W. Smith, c.1938. "VOTE THE DRINKING DRIVER DOWN--Vote 'NO' on liquor in September" is the message to Maine voters in this confrontational poster. The cartoon graphic shows a disheveled man hurtling down the road towards the viewer, tossing a liquor bottle behind him, with a license plate that.....
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American Civil War and Reconstruction
1866. Bearing the slogan "For the Union": a printed handbill with the Republican slate of candidates for the 1866 Michigan state and local elections, including Henry H. Crapo, who would be elected governor, and Dwight May, as lieutenant governor. Nineteen (19) other candidates are listed for positions spanning from Sheriff.....
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Milwaukee Wis. Multiple, [1870-1888]. A collection of four circulars advertising various agricultural and farming supplies send by W. Wernich, a Seed Merchant in Milwaukee, WI. Two of the items are for supplies sold by Wernich himself, the other two are from different business in Milwaukee. The first of Wernich's materials.....
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LIFE,Bob Hope,NBC,History of Media and Journalism
N.pl: NBC, 1961. A commemorative booklet published to celebrate the March 2, 1961 television special on NBC, "25 Years of LIFE Starring Bob Hope". The booklet begins with an order of events, including an opening by Bob Hope, ballet, a feature on the American Family, and ending with a greeting.....
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Chicago, Illinois: Illinois Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, 1911. An anti-women's suffrage bulletin issued by the Illinois Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage in June 1911. The bulletin focuses chiefly on what it perceives as the great threat of Socialism, which is to uproot the social order by destroying the family.....
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Trade Cards, Ephemera, Principles of Christian Church, Proselytizing
Greensboro Christian Church, c.1900. Promoting the Greensboro Christian Church: a printed card (5" by 3") with photographic illustration of the Rev. L.I. Cox on recto, and list of "The Five Cardinal Principles of the Christian Church" on verso. Cox was pastor at Elon College, and stalwart of the community during.....
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History of "The Pill" and Reproductive Rights
United States: Late 1960s-1980. A small gathering of emphemera related to the history of "The Pill" between the late 1960s and 1980, including: a set of three (3) compacts previously filled with a month each of birth control pills from 1980; one (1) printed booklet with instructions for taking "Ortho-Novum.....
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People's Party, Populist Party, Women and Politics, Women's Rights, White Slavery, American History
San Francisco, California: Cubery & Co., Printers, 1894. Printed notice promoting meetings of the People's Party with lectures by Carrie Filkins Young on the following subjects: "Political Issues: of Vital Interest to Women"; "The Black Page of American History"; or "White Slavery: How [it became] Fastened Upon the American People".....
Price: $150.00
Red Scare, Anti-Communist Sentiment, Anti-Soviet Sentiment, American Legion, Capitalism, Democracy
United States: [The American Legion?], c.1925. The present booklet was published for the general public, most likely by the American Legion, in a bid to establish communism as an insidious threat to the American way of life and democracy. Includes a foreword by Garland W. Powell, National Director of the.....
Price: $275.00
Temperance Movement,Social Movements and Welfare,Promotion and Propaganda,The American Family
United States: 1890-c.1917. A group of seven (7) printed items promoting the Temperance movement in the United States between the years of 1890 and c.1917. Common themes include wholesome family values and patriotism/patriotic iconography, rooting the issue as one of protecting the idea of the "American Family". Shows the range.....
Price: $700.00
Reproductive Rights,Pro Choice,Planned Parenthood,Buttons and Badges,Women's Rights,Activism
United States: 2020s. A set of six (6) reproductive rights buttons, each measuring approx. 1.25" in diameter with metal pin backings, produced recently (c.2020?) in support of Planned Parenthood. The messages on the buttons read: "Her Body Her Choice"; "Keep Abortion Legal and Safe"; "I Support Planned Parenthood"; "If It's.....
Price: $65.00
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Socialist Labor Party of America,1932 Presidential Election,Worker's Rights,Class in America
United States: Socialist Labor Party of America, [1932]. A leaflet urging voters to "Vote the Socialist Labor Party Ticket" in 1932: Verne L. Reynolds of New York for President, and John W. Aiken of Massachusetts for Vice President. Includes photo portraits of the candidates, and imagery symbolic to the party.....
Price: $250.00