RGV Promotional Literature Collection

Collection — Container: ELIBR-0151

Identifier: ELIBR-0151

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous collection of promotional literature primarily from 1910-1940, pertaining to the Rio Grande Valley.

Fliers: Inexpensively produced single sheet announcements or advertisements for distribution among the general public. Leaflets: Unbound volumes with fewer than five pages. Pamphlets: Published non-periodical volumes with no cover or with a paper cover. Usually 5 to 49 pages. Postcards: Cards on which a message may be written or printed for mailing without an envelope; often include a pictorial, comic, or other scene on one side. Sheet music: short musical compositions or a "short score" usually 1 to 10 pages. Viewbooks: Published booklets and other volumes primarily consisting of views of particular places, events, and activities. May be photographs, photomechanical prints, or postcards; may be connected by accordion folds.

Dates

1913-2000

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials in our collections may be protected by copyright. Publication, transmission, or reproduction of items protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Whenever possible, accurate information about the copyright status of material is provided in the item record and/or documentation for material in the collection. The Library does not own the copyright in much of the material in its collection and is therefore unable to grant copyright permission to publish those items. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine copyright or other use restrictions and obtain proper permission when publishing or distributing materials found in these collections. Researchers must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use. Additional information about copyright and fair use is available via the Library's Copyright Guide at https://utrgv.libguides.com/copyright

Extent

2 Document cases

1 Oversized boxes

1 Boxes ; 10" x 12.5"

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Alphabetical by title.

Custodial History

No single source of acquisition, majority were donated without deeds of gift.

General

Please contact University Library, Special Collections and University Archives at (956) 665-2726 or via email at archives@utrgv.edu for more information and requests.