University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Sandberg-Hallgren Collection

Les Foyers du Soldat. by George Dorival (1918)
Paris: Atelier Georges Dorival



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.

Yale University graduate student Gene M. Tempest created this website as part of a summer 2007 internship with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.

 

If you have questions about this exhibit, please contact the University Archives & Special Collections


This page was last updated February 23, 2012.