Miscellaneous Ephemera
Series
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents
The Miscellaneous Ephemera series includes several small donations of materials made by various donors: WWII period maps and postcards from Germany and Eastern Europe and ephemera from the post-WWII American occupation of Japan (the former donated by WMU Librarian, Maira Bundza, and the latter donated by WMU alumnus (Class of 2012), Tyler Baker.
Dates
- Creation: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945
- Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Creator
- From the Collection: Mowen, Howard A. (Howard Alden), 1922-2009 (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Polk, Edwin W. (Edwin Weiss), 1916-2002 (Collector, Person)
- From the Collection: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (Creator, Organization)
- From the Collection: Withers, George (Illustrator, Person)
- From the Collection: United States. Army Service Forces. Information and Education Division (Publisher, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Many of the newspapers are extremely brittle. For this reason, the Special Collections staff may prohibit the opening or handling of certain items. Some item have been digitized and are available for viewing online.
Extent
From the Collection: 156 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Multiple languages
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu