Amos Kennedy collection
Content Description
This collection, which is intended to be a continuing collection, is comprised of posters and ephemera printed by African American printer Amos Kennedy. It includes posters produced under his Kennedy Prints imprint and a postcard and ephemera produced under the Press of the Black Cat imprint. The works include quotations from Ella Baker, Frederick Douglass, and Rosa Parks. Of note is a large inscribed poster for a musical event produced by Make Music NOLA in New Orleans, Louisiana, in May 2016, which Kennedy folded to use as a self-mailer.
Dates
- 2016
Extent
1.34 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good condition.
- Title
- Amos Kennedy collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
6823 Saint Charles Avenue
Tilton Hall, Tulane University
New Orleans LA 70118 US
(504) 862-3222
research@amistadresearchcenter.org