broadsheet (format)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Melissa Graves papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0633
Abstract
Anna Melissa Graves (born 1875) was a writer, teacher, and activist with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This collection consists of typed and hand-written letters, broadsides, and publications dating from 1922-1968.
Dates:
1922-1968
Found in:
Special Collections
Broadside advertising London exhibition of engraved plates depicting Jean-Baptiste Wicar's Florentine art
Collection — Box BW-5: [Barcode: 31151030141711]
Identifier: MS-0757
Abstract
The headline of the broadside declares the exhibition of: "Pictures, Statues, Basso Relievos, and Engraved Stones, of the Gallery of Florence, and the Pitti Palace, Engraved under the Direction of Mr. Lacombe, Painter, from the Drawings of Mr. Wicar; a Work dedicated To His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany." The advertisement was printed in approximately 1800. Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar (1762-1834) was a French Neoclassical painter and art collector. There is no historical...
Dates:
approximately 1800
Found in:
Special Collections
"In Memory of George Jackson: Anti-Repression Rally" broadsheet, 1972 August 21
File — Box 3: [Barcode: 31151034443808], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
A broadsheet issued by the Miami Convention Coalition for an anti-repression rally held on the evening of August 21, 1972 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall as part of the protests against the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami and to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of Black prisoner George Jackson, who was killed by prison officials in an alleged escape at San Quentin.The broadsheet lists the following featured speakers at the rally: Bobby Seale and...
Dates:
1972 August 21
Johns Hopkins University Langston Hughes collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0799
Abstract
This is an artificially assembled collection of printed manuscript materials selected by the curators of Special Collections, centered on the musical, theatrical, and public speaking careers of Langston Hughes. Hughes was an American poet, novelist, playwright, columnist, social thinker and activist, and leading figure in New York City's Harlem Renaissance. The collection spans from 1927 to 1999, with the bulk of it dating from 1936 to 1967.
Dates:
1927-1999; Majority of material found within 1936-1967
Found in:
Special Collections