The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Libraries are pleased to present select images from the World War
I poster collection housed in the Archives & Special Collections.
This
online exhibit highlights French and American food rationing, temperance,
and YMCA posters printed for the war effort. This site relies much
on G.A. Rudolph’s catalogue War Posters from 1914 through
1918 in the Archives of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
printed in 1990 for the University of Nebraska Studies
series.
Unfortunately, while often
a major point of scholarly interest, the history of this poster
collection is largely unknown. As Rudolph notes, “no records
remain to indicate the provenance of our World War I posters.”
These pages are therefore both exhibit and call to further research.