Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects

World War II Posters from the Illinois State Library

Descriptive Information

URL
www.idaillinois.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fisl5
Project and Contents Description
A collection of World War II posters distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program, 1940-1945. These posters, intended for public display, were aimed at mobilizing Americans to boost production and support for the war effort. The subject matter of these posters includes conservation and rationing, war savings bonds, war production, national security, public health and nutrition, recruitment, price regulation, nursing, and civil defense. [collection also includes some British posters.
Geographic Coverage
United States, Great Britain
Language(s)
  • English
  • Russian
SuDocs Classification
All ranges
Resource or Material Type
  • Posters
Other Government Publications
  • Foreign or International
Publications Source
  • Library's Federal depository collection
  • Library's non-depository collection

Administrative Information

Owner
ascott
Project Contact Name
Alyce Scott
Institution Name
Illinois State Library
Address
300 South Second Street, Springfield, 62701, United States
E-mail
Visited
202
Project Federally Funded:
N/A
Project Status
Complete
Searching for Project Partners
No
Digitization Conducted In-house
Yes

Technical Information

Meets Criteria for Preservation
Yes
File Formats
TIFF, JPEG
Metadata Scheme in Use
Dublin Core
Metadata Encoded As
XML
Institution Has a Digitizaiton Policy
Yes
Policy URL, if any
none
Restrictions on Access
No

Other Information