Collection 5004 - University of Toronto Poster Collection

Identity area

Reference code

UTA 5004

Title

University of Toronto Poster Collection

Date(s)

  • 1955-1972, 2019 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

337 posters

Context area

Name of creator

University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS)

Biographical history

The University of Toronto Archives was established in 1965 as a unit within the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Its antecedents, however, date back much further to the Art Room in what is now the Science and Medicine Library. It has been located on the fourth floor of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library since 1972. Along with the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, it forms part of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto Libraries.

Repository

University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS)

Archival history

Posters in A2015-0028 were found in August 2015 during an inventory in the Archives. Their original provenance is unknown, although some were collected by the Library.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Collection consists of various posters for lectures, meetings, performances, elections, and other events on campus. Posters vary in type and style. Posters may be professionally printed, screen-printed, handwritten, or printed from a computer.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Posters are listed chronologically (by year, but not by month), within each series.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Uploaded finding aid

      university-of-toronto-poster-collection.pdf

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Accession

      A2015-0028

      Accession

      A2019-0040

      Access points

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      Description control area

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      • Original finding aid by Karen Suurtamm, 2016
      • Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, September 2016
      • Added A2019-0040, E. Sommers, Aug. 2022

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

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          Accession area