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Publisher: Northwestern University Library Posters from the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies 
 A database of over 70 posters "published in Africa and elsewhere" on such African topics as apartheid, elections, and liberation movements. The posters, dating from the 1970s through the 1990s, were "created by governments (independent and colonial) and international agencies, as well as political, labor, social, religious, educational and cultural organizations." From a collection at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/collections/posters/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Jan 7, 2006 The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871
Contains "over 1200 digitized photographs and images recorded during the Siege and Commune of Paris." Searchable and browsable (portraits, landscapes/architecture, political caricatures, title, and subject). From the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/siege/ Topics: History By Place, Media, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated May 3, 2004 World War II Poster Collection
Images of "over 300 [World War II] posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945." Searchable, and browsable by date, title, and topic (including war bonds, victory gardens, recruitment, and rationing; use "Advanced searching options"). From the Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department of Northwestern University Library. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/wwii-posters/ Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities, World War II Last updated May 15, 2006 16th- Early 20th Century Maps of Africa
"This site features digital copies of 113 antique maps of Africa and accompanying text dating from the mid 16th Century to the early 20th Century. All scanned maps are authentic and originally collected by the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies (or the Africana Library) at Northwestern University." Searchable, or browse by title, cartographer, date, country or African region, or place of publication. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/mapsofafrica/ Topics: Maps by Place, Regions of the World Last updated Jan 29, 2007 |
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