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Wartime Propaganda
A guide to primary and secondary sources on various forms of media propaganda.
Photo credit: Walter Whitehead, Stand by the boys in the trenches--Mine more coal, 1918, Poster, World War I Posters Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., [LC-USZC4-7924].
Posters & Images
- Artstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new windowDon't let the name fool you! Artstor is not just for art. Great images for History including photos from the Magnum Photo Archive and war posters from museum collections.
- World War I Posters - Library of CongressSearchable digitized poster collection from the Library of Congress.
- World War Poster Collection - UNT Digital LibraryBrowse more than 500 World War posters with descriptions in the digital collection of the University of North Texas Library.
- Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from WW IIAn online exhibit from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
- World War II PostersSearchable digitized poster collection from the Library at Northwestern University.
- Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941-1945An online exhibit of poster images put together by the Smithsonian Institution.
- UMedia Archive: University of Minnesota LibrariesSearch digitized collections including Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA), African American Archival Material, World War I & II Posters and Postcards, Ames Library of South Asia, and more.
- CalisphereDigitized materials submitted by archives across California, includes materials about WWII.
- Edmund Valtman - The Cartoonist Who Came In From the ColdExamples of the cartoonist's Cold War era political cartoons. From the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Collection.
- Digital HorizonsDigital collections from libraries in North Dakota and Minnesota relating to the history of life on the Northern Plains. Of particular interest is their Korean War Propaganda Leaflet collection.
- Korean War Propaganda LeafletsThis collection contain propaganda leaflets produced by the United States Army a as well as leaflets produced by the communist forces in Korea.
- World War II - American Propaganda in JapanThese leaflets were dropped on Japan during the end of the war. They were an attempt to persuade the Japanese to surrender. From the U.S. Naval Academy Nimitz Library.
- World War II - Japanese Propaganda in the PhilippinesThis collection of leaflets were distributed by the Japanese during their invasion of the Philippine islands in 1942. This propaganda is aimed at Filipinos and the American forces on the islands. From the U.S. Naval Academy Nimitz Library.
- National Archives CatalogSearch the National Archives of the United States. To find digital records that are available for viewing or download, check the radio button for "Archival Materials Online."
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