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By Andrea Degener, Washington University Special Collections Staff
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Louis and Jodi Atkin Family Collection contains World War I posters and memorabilia. The collection includes over 400 recruitment and propaganda posters produced from 1915 – 1918 by the major countries engaged in the war: America, Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Czechoslovakia and Germany. In addition to posters, the collection also includes books, newspapers, photographs, and military clothing.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
MGHL Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
Accruals:
There are no accruals.
Access Restrictions:
There are some access restrictions.
Use Restrictions:
Some restrictions, please contact the Modern Graphic History Library Curator at (314) 935-7741 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu.
Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notifcation of Intent to Publish Modern Graphic History Library Materials from.
All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.
Acquisition Method:
The collection was donated to the Modern Graphic History Library by the Louis & Jody Atkin Family in June 2013.
Preferred Citation:
Louis & Jodi Atkin Family Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Spceical Collections
Processing Information:
The collection was processed by Loren Wright in January 2016.
Finding Aid Revision History:
The finding aid was entered into Archon by Andrea Degener in February 2016.
Finding aid updated by Andrea Degener in April 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Books and Pamphlets],
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Series 2: Newspapers],
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Series 3: Sheet Music],
[Series 4: Periodicals],
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Series 5: Ephemera],
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Series 6: Correspondence],
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Series 7: Regalia],
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Series 8: Magnetic Media],
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Series 9: Personal Papers],
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Series 10: Photographic Materials],
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All]
- Series 4: Periodicals
- Sub-Series 1: Whole Issues
- Box 23
- Item 1: The Century, September 1916
- Item 2: The Red Cross Magazine, October 1918
- cover illustrated by Charles Sarka
- Item 3: The Red Cross Magazine, January 1918
- cover illustrated by Coles Phillips
- Item 4: Das Plakat, March 1919
- cover illustrated by Mayer Lukas
- Item 5: The Independent, June 21, 1919
- Item 6: Deutsch-Amerika, April 14, 1917
- Item 7: Deutsch-Amerika, April 21, 1917
- Item 8: Deutsch-Amerika, June 2, 1917
- Item 9: Leslie's, June 21, 1919
- cover illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
- Item 10: Leslie's, January 27, 1916
- cover illustrated by Charles Sarka
- Item 11: Leslie's, July 13, 1918
- cover illustrated by Gordon Ross
- Item 12: Leslie's, July 20, 1918
- Item 13: Leslie's, March 29, 1919
- cover illustrated by Joseph Cummings Chase
- Item 14: Scientific American, July 27, 1918
- Item 15: Scientific American, February 23, 1918
- cover illustrated by Ralph P. Coleman
- Item 16: Leslie's, March 6, 1913
- Item 17: The Gas Attack, February 1919
- illustrated by C. C. Beall and published by Camp Wadsworth YMCA; cover text reads "!home again!" and "the 'let's beat it' girl"
- Sub-Series 2: Tear Sheets
- Box 24
- Item 1: Ladies' Home Journal: "For Those Who Did Not Return", July 1919
- illustrated by Victor C. Anderson; a crowd people with bowed heads are gathered outside in front of a preacher, wounded soliders standing behind him, who has his hands clasped with his head raised upward and eyes closed
- Item 2: Ladies' Home Journal cover, March 1919
- illustrated by Gayle Porter Hoskins; a red white and blue ship full of soldiers in uniforms waving
- Item 3: Leslie's: "Peace", 1919
- Soldier in uniform and bride with bouquet of white lilies stand, arms linked, under an archway adorned with flags of different countries as a dove flies over thier heads
- Item 4: Ladies' Home Journal: "When Peace Came", 1919
- illustrated by Franz Lesshaft; caption reads "England Released Her Four Years' Strain With Such Jubilant Celebrations as This One in Piccadilly Circus, London"
- Item 5: The Boy Who Did a Good Job
- illustrated by C. Leory Baldridge; soldier with cigarette in his mouth sits in front of a background of red white and blue stars and stripes.
- Item 6: Ladies' Home Journal cover, October 1918
- illustrated by Harold Brett; caption reads "The Y.M.C.A. Girl 'Over There'"
- Item 7: Ladies' Home Journal cover, July 1917
- illustrated by Marion Powers; "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
- Item 8: Leslie's, 1917
- illustrated by C. Leory Baldridge; two soldiers in a uniform, soldier on left is smoking a pipe while soldier on right lights a cigarette
- Item 9: Saturday Evening Post cover, June 9, 1917
- illustrated by H.J. Soulen; soldiers in uniform lead horses through water
- Item 10: Ladies' Home Journal cover, February 1918
- illustrated by Brett; a snow-covered scene outside of a church where a soldier in uniform rides in a sleigh with woman in red coat and hat
- Item 11: Ladie's Home Journal cover, November 1918
- illustrated by Brett; three soldiers in a trench look at a framed portrait of a woman, held by the soldier in the middle
- Item 12: Ladies' Home Journal, 1918
- sticker sheet; "Paste One of These on the Back of the Letter to Your Boy or Girl in Service"
- Item 13: Ladies' Home Journal, March 1918
- illustrated by Paul Stahr; "You too can have the charm of 'A Skin You Love to Touch'"
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Books and Pamphlets],
[
Series 2: Newspapers],
[
Series 3: Sheet Music],
[Series 4: Periodicals],
[
Series 5: Ephemera],
[
Series 6: Correspondence],
[
Series 7: Regalia],
[
Series 8: Magnetic Media],
[
Series 9: Personal Papers],
[
Series 10: Photographic Materials],
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All]
