Frankenhuis posters collection, 1914-1926

Summary Information

Description

Summary

A collection, assembled by Dutch businessman Maurice Frankenhuis (1893-1969), consisting primarily of World War I posters, and in addition, post-war political and international pacifist movement posters, merchandise and motion picture advertisements, post-war anti-German propaganda, and war-related kindness to animals (horses) posters. Approximately half of the posters ate illustrated and half are textual; there are a few examples of handwritten, hand-lettered, or hand-painted posters. The general topics include: calls for money (war loans, subscriptions, war savings stamps, etc.), war material exhibitions, ordinances, war news (including battles such as Verdun, the French call for mobilization, victories such as the fall of Warsaw, the U.S. entry into the war, etc.), maps, propaganda, plans for the post-war world, recruiting appeals, Red Cross appeals, etc. The majority of the posters are German, for domestic consumption or for the people in the occupied parts of Belgium, France, and Russia. The nations whose posters are represented include: Australia, The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, South Africa, and the United States. The languages used include: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Franch, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Madrasi, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, and Yiddish

A few of the artists are: BernHard, Kollewitz, Erler, Reupke, Erdt, Nevinson, R. Baden Powell, Theo Matyko, Haskell Coffin, Norman Lindsay, etc.

For more information about the collection, see "Organizing Enthusiasm: Poster Art in the First World War" by Albert Marrin in Columbia Library Columns, Volume 24 (1974 Nov-1975 May).

Arrangement

Arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Frankenhuis posters collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

See also: World War I Poster Collection & Hazard Collection

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Oppenheim, Mordechai J. & Aaron C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-1974.

Gift of Mordechai Joseph Oppenheim & Aaron Claude Oppenheim, 1974.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed BRC 03/06/74.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Advertisements	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Maps (documents)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Proclamations	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
American National Red Cross	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Kollewitz, Käthe, 1867-1945	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Lindsay, Norman, 1879-1969	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Nevinson, C. R. W. (Christopher Richard Wynne), 1889-1946	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc -- World War, 1914-1918	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Place
Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1918 -- Posters	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Artists	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Illustrators	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Pacifism	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, American	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Australian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Austrian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Belgian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, British	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Bulgarian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Canadian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Czech	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Dutch	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, East Indian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Estonian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Finnish	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, French	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, German	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Hungarian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Italian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Japanese	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Latvian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Lithuanian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Polish	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Romanian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Russian	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, South African	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Spanish	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Turkish	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Posters, Yiddish	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Propaganda, American	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Propaganda, British	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Propaganda, French	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Propaganda, German	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Red Cross and Red Crescent	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
War posters	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Equipment and supplies	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Posters	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID