Rare Books
Transactions of the National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry, Liverpool meeting, 1888
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National Tuberculosis Association collection of prints and ephemera
Visual Materials
A collection of four items, dating approximately 1939 to 1945, published by the National Tuberculosis Association as part of an educational public health campaign for the early diagnosis of tuberculosis in the United States. The promotional materials reference being paid for by the Christmas Seals program and include images of the program's double-barred red cross emblem. The first item is double-sided and features a blank letterhead for the 16th Annual Educational Campaign for the Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. The letterhead includes a red-and-black vignette of four men in profile with varying attire representing the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard above a detail of a chest X-ray. Text below their image reads, "They had chest X-rays, get yours. Tuberculosis is preventable." Verso of item is a red-and-black informational print reading, "Follow the example of the armed forces. Get a chest X-ray. Tuberculosis is preventable - curable." Print includes black-and-white photographs, including a group photograph of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in line to receive a chest X-ray. The second item is a red-and-black poster featuring profiles of a man and woman above text that reads, "Chest X-ray. In war - a patriotic duty. In peace - plain common sense." The third item is a blank letterhead for the 17th Annual Educational Campaign. The left of the letterhead features a black-and-red vignette with a split-face graphic of two profiles, one of a man in a military helmet against a profile of an allegorical woman wearing a wreath. Text below the profiles states, "In war, a patriotic duty, in peace, plain common sense. Get your chest X-ray now." The fourth item is double-sided and includes a description for "Four lessons on tuberculosis" and instructions on building an educational exhibit.
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National Tuberculosis Association collection of prints and ephemera
Visual Materials
A collection of four items, dating approximately 1939 to 1945, published by the National Tuberculosis Association as part of an educational public health campaign for the early diagnosis of tuberculosis in the United States. The promotional materials reference being paid for by the Christmas Seals program and include images of the program's double-barred red cross emblem. The first item is double-sided and features a blank letterhead for the 16th Annual Educational Campaign for the Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. The letterhead includes a red-and-black vignette of four men in profile with varying attire representing the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard above a detail of a chest X-ray. Text below their image reads, "They had chest X-rays, get yours. Tuberculosis is preventable." Verso of item is a red-and-black informational print reading, "Follow the example of the armed forces. Get a chest X-ray. Tuberculosis is preventable – curable." Print includes black-and-white photographs, including a group photograph of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in line to receive a chest X-ray. The second item is a red-and-black poster featuring profiles of a man and woman above text that reads, "Chest X-ray. In war – a patriotic duty. In peace – plain common sense." The third item is a blank letterhead for the 17th Annual Educational Campaign. The left of the letterhead features a black-and-red vignette with a split-face graphic of two profiles, one of a man in a military helmet against a profile of an allegorical woman wearing a wreath. Text below the profiles states, "In war, a patriotic duty, in peace, plain common sense. Get your chest X-ray now." The fourth item is double-sided and includes a description for "Four lessons on tuberculosis" and instructions on building an educational exhibit.
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American Art Association-American Documentation Institute
Manuscripts
The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.
HIA 31.1