Ashley Callahan Collection of Political Posters

Ashley Callahan Collection of Political Posters

Descriptive Summary

Title: Ashley Callahan Collection of Political Posters
Creator: Callahan, Ashley
Bulk Dates: 1989-2021
Language(s): English
Extent: 5 item(s) Political posters
Collection Number: RBRL500
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Abstract: The Ashley Callahan Collection of Political Ephemera consists of materials collected by independent decorative arts scholar and curator Ashley Callahan. The collection includes posters, signs, and a button, which document state campaigns from 2020 to 2022 as well as relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991.

Collection Description

Historical Note

Ashley Callahan is an independent decorative arts scholar and curator in Athens, Georgia. She holds a master's degree in the History of American Decorative Arts from Parsons School of Design and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Callahan was formerly a Curator of Decorative Arts at the Georgia Museum of Art and has authored multiple publications, including Southern Tufts: The Regional Origins and National Craze for Chenille Fashion (2015) and Georgia Bellflowers: The Furniture of Henry Eugene Thomas (2012). Callahan also curated the 2022 exhibition "Frankie Welch's Americana: Fashion, Scarves, and Politics" for display at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries.

Scope and Content

The Ashley Callahan Collection of Political Ephemera consists of political campaign materials and posters documenting the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection includes signs, posters, and a campaign button. A sign and button document the Georgia campaigns of Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, and Stacey Abrams from 2020 to 2022. Four posters printed with Cyrillic text promote peaceful relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and were purchased by Callahan in Russia in 1989 while on a People to People Friendship Caravan tour.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Ashley Callahan Collection of Poliical Posters. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.


Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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0101Ossoff Warnock Campaign Sign, 2021
 
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0201Stacey Abrams Campaign Button, 2022
 
01Poster, Pyongyang Friendship Peace, 1989
 
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02Poster, Two Fountain Pens Showing the Flags of the United States and Soviet Union, undated
 
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03Poster, Child with Cap Holding the Globe, Peace, undated
 
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04Poster, Plant in Windowsill with United States and Soviet Union on Leaves, undated

Special Collections Libraries
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-1641