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The ODU
Poster Collection
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Background
The ODU
Poster Collection (RG 30) contains a wide range of posters of musical performances, plays, athletic events, academic
programs, student activities, lectures, discussions, seminars, readings,
and festivals. They document recruitment foci, program offerings and the academic, political and cultural environment of the university. |
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 450 oversized color posters, dated from 1974 to 1990. Many of the posters are undated. The collection is arranged into the following series: I Administration and Services, II Academic Programs, III Departmental Events, IV ODU Organizations, V University Sponsored Community Events, VI Athletics. Posters are arranged into alphabetically within each category. |
Series Descriptions
Series I University Administration and Services – Contains of posters advertising services or policies on Admissions, Career advising, Financial Aid, Honor Council, Housing, Public Safety, Women’s Center and Miscellaneous.
Series II Academic Programs – Primarily contains recruiting posters for different degree programs.
Series III Departmental Events – Contains posters for events sponsored by the departments or schools of Arts & Letters, Engineering, English, School of Sciences and Health, History, Institute of Scottish Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Programs, International Relations, Music, Nursing and Women’s Studies.
Series IV ODU Organizations – Contains posters for the Activities Programming Board, ODU Ballet, ODU Players, Riverview Playhouse, University Gallery and other Student and Alumni organizations.
Series V University Sponsored Community Events – Contains posters for University wide events, events for the general public or events sponsored with other organizations.
Series VI Athletics – Contains poster on general athletic topics, Basketball, Soccer, Summer Camp, Tennis, and Wrestling.
Provenance
Unknown.
Access
Open to researchers without restrictions. Questions on literary property
rights should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian.
Size
7 oversized boxes.
Collection Number
RG 30
Container Listing
Box 1
Series I: Administration and Services
Admissions
- A Historical, Recreational, & Educational Experience, 1978
- Class Registration, 1979
- Graduate and Professional School Day
- The Military and Tuition Rates at ODU, 1985
- Mind Power at ODU, Recruitment
- ODU Enrollment/Admissions
- ODU is going your way, Recruitment
- Senior Scholars
- Transfer Day
- Transfer Day Fall Term
Career/Job Oriented
- Assistance Referral Center
- Career Development Services
- Career Exploration Symposiums, 1977
- Co-op Education, 1986
- Fast, Fast Relief from those Job Hunting Headaches
- Looking for a Job or a Career? Educational Opportunity Center
Financial Aid
- Financial Aid
- Financial Aid Wizardry
Honor Council
- Academic Dishonesty Thrives on Weakness
- An Honorable Institution
- Cheating Counts Against you
- Consider an Investment in Us! University Annual Fund
- Honor Council
- Lets Keep ODU Honorable
- ODU Honor Pledge
- ODU Honor System
- Your Paper Should Match your Mind
Housing
- Housing for Rent, ODU Housing
- Welcome to Powhatan II
Miscellaneous
- Carpool to Class
- Feelin’ Great in ’88: Explore the Dimensions of Wellness, ODU Student Health Center 1988
- FOCUS- Finding Options & Choices in Using Substances, Alcohol Education Committee 1987
- Old Dominion University
- Please Hear What I’m Not Saying, Poem in Calligraphy
- Statement of Work Values, ODU 1988
- The Classroom Hotline, Work Management Center
- The Taped Information Line, Campus Information Center
- Dental Hygiene Clinic
- Writing Center
Public Safety
- ODU Escort Service, Department of Public Safety
- ODU Police Note: Theft Protection
Women’s Center
- Now You Can Blow the Whistle, Students Organized for Safety & Student Affairs, Residence Life, Women’s Center
- Women’s Center Brown Bag Lunch Series
- Every Women’s Festival, Women’s Center
- Lunchtime Discussion Series, Women’s Center
- Sexual Harassment, Women’s Center 1988
Box 2
Series II: Academic programs
- Allied Health Careers Opportunity Program
- Art
- Atmospheric & Earth Sciences
- Biological Sciences, 1977-1986
- Business, 1983
- Center for Personal and Professional Development
- Chemistry, 1980
- Communication: Mini Courses, 1985-1986
- Computer Science
- Dental Hygiene
- Economics, 1979
- Education, 1978-1981
- Engineering, 1978-1988
- English, 1979-1988
- Geological Sciences, 1983
- History, 1978
- Humanities, 1979
- Industrial Arts
- International Studies, 1978
- Liberal Arts
- Mathematical Sciences
- Oceanography, 1979-1990
- Physics, 1978
- Political Science and Geography
- Psychology, 1978
- School of Sciences & Health, 1979-1980
- Sociology
- Structural Acoustics and Fatigue
- Summer & Fall Topics in the School of Arts & Letters
- Undergraduate Degree Programs, 1988
- Urban Studies, 1978-1979
- Women in Science
- Women’s Re-entry, Returning to School
Box 3
- Arts & Letters, 1979
- Courses Offered, 1978-1979
- Education
- Engineering
- Foreign Travel/ Study Abroad, 1979
- General Douglas Fellowship
- History, 1977-1980
- Humanities, 1982-1983
- Industrial Arts
- Liberal Arts, 1978, 1985
- Oceanography, 1986
- Off Campus Degrees
- Program for Afloat College Education PACE
- Seaport System Management, 1978
- Summer School Posters
- Women’s Studies Series, 1979-1981
Box 4
Series III: Schools/Departments
Arts & Letters
- Ascent of Man Film Series
- Economic Education Forum: Consumer Protection, Center for Economic Education
- Elise N. Hofheimer Art Library
- Ethics and the Police, Institute of Applied Ethics/Dept. of Sociology & CRJS/ Dept. of Philosophy 1982
- Japanese Classical Music, Institute of Asian Studies, 1988
- Justice as Legislatures? The Supreme Court Today, Political Science
- Multicultural Center- Noel Pointer
- Multicultural Summer Theatre- Babes on Broadway
- Technology: Its Effects on the Workplace, College of Education 1988
- The Folktale: Bearer of Art, Tradition & Morality, Dept. of Speech Communication & Theatre Arts 1986
- Town Meeting on Foreign Trade & Economic Sanctions, Center for Economic Education 1980
- Town Meeting on Inflation, 1979
- Town Meetings, 1985
- Who Speaks for the Child: The Question of Proxy Consent, Dept. of Philosophy, 1981
Art
- UFO (Underground Film Organization) Movie Poster
- UFO (Underground Film Organization) My Night at Maud’s, 1979
- UFO Movies Poster- Event Schedule
- Fay Zetlin
Engineering
- Does Concrete Float? Mid Atlantic Concrete Canoe Race, 1979
- Does Concrete Float? Student Chapter American Society of Civil Engineers, 1981
English
- 1st Annual ODU Arts Reunion, 1978
- AWP Award Series-Competition
- Cornelius Eady: A Reading,
- Edward Hirsch: A Reading, 1981
- Elizabeth Cox: A Reading, 1983
- Great Scenes from Shakespeare, 1979
- Great Scenes from Shakespeare, 1980
- June Jordan: A Reading, 1980
- Literary Festival, 2nd Annual, 1979
- Literary Festival: Kenkesey in person, 5th Annual, 1982
- My Friend Bill Faulkner
- Shakespeare’s World of Love, 1983
- Sharon Olds: A Reading, Visiting Writers Program, 1983
- Siv Cedering: A Reading, Visiting Writers Series
- Visiting Writers Series: Debra Bruce, 1988
- Visiting Writers Series: Lee Zacharias: A Reading, 1981
- Visiting Writers Series: Susanna Kaysen, 1988
School of Sciences and Health Professions
- Energy in the Future: A Geological View, 1978
- Health A Personal Responsibility
- Meteorology of Mars, 1978
- Science & Society
- The Interdisciplinary Conference on the Sexual Victimization of Children, Office of Continuing Education, 1985
History
- “Palmerston The Immoral One”
- An Evening with Senator Byrd, Phi Alpha Theta, 1975
- Cyprus in Historical Perspective, 1974
- Days that Tried Men’s Souls, History Club and Phi Alpha Theta
- Election Review, Phi Alpha Theta, 1974
- First Semester: History Club and Phi Alpha Theta
- ODU: A Golden Jubilee Montage
- Old Dominion University: A Half Century of Service by Dr. Sweeney
- The How and Why of Norfolk Gardens, Phi Alpha Theta & League of Women’s Voters, 1974
- USA Crisis of Allegiance, History Club and Phi Alpha Theta
- Virginia Politics: Past and Present
Institute of Scottish Studies
- 7th Annual Conference on Scottish Studies, 1978
- 8th Annual Conference on Scottish Studies, 1979
- 10th Annual Conference on Scottish Studies, Institute of Scottish Studies
- 12th Annual Conference on Scottish Studies, 1983
- Jean Redpath in Concert, 1977
- The Social World of Scottish Enlightenment, 1988
- The Society of Patrons & Friends of, The Ballads of Scotland, 1978
- Till all the Seas Run Dry
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Anticipatory Democracy: People in the Politics of the Future, 1979
- China and the Third World
- Chinese Communities under Mao
- Dr. Norman Bethune
- Educational Reform in the People’s Republic of China
- Family Incorporation: Reclaiming an Endangered Institution
- Farming the Sea: A Solution to World Hunger
- Faustian Man Retrospect & Prospect, 1977
- Film Poster
- Films for the Future
- Future Shock
- Science and Public Policy
- Two Kinds of Soviet Youth: The Komosomol Boy Scout & The Underground Hippie, Visiting Scholars, Interdisciplinary Studies and Foreign Languages
- West Africa: The Ecological impact of Modernization, 1978
- Women in the 3rd World Partners in Modernization, 1978
International Programs
- 1rst Annual International Film Festival, International Jubilee, 1978
- 2nd Annual International Jubilee, 1979
- 3rd Annual International Jubilee, 1980
- 4th Annual International Jubilee, 1981
- 5th Annual International Jubilee 1982
- 6th Annual International Jubilee, Multicultural Center & Center for International Programs 1983
- 8th Annual International Jubilee, 1985
- Ambassador Han Xu: For Stronger Ties China-US Relations, Institute of Asian Studies
- Films from the Middle East, 1982
- Japanese Literature through Film, 1981
International Relations
- Waldo Family Lecture Series on International Relations, George McGovern, 1987
- Waldo Family Lecture Series on International Relations, John B. Anderson, 1988
- Waldo Family Lecture Series on International Relations, Seymour M. Hersh, 1989
Music
- 3rd Annual Summer Brass Workshop
- 4th Annual Summer Brass Workshop
- 5th Annual Summer Brass Workshop
- 6th Annual Summer Brass Workshop
- 7th Annual Summer Brass Workshop
- Concert Choir (two posters)
- Fall Concert
- Grainne Yeats: The Harp in History- Lecture Recital
- Marching Band Classic
- Old English Madrigal Christmas Dinner
- University Faculty Recital Series- Benjamin Van Wye
- Wind Ensemble Spring Concert
Nursing
- 1rst Annual Perkins Nursing Lectureship, The Nurse’s Role in Meeting Primary Care Needs, 1977
- 2nd Annual Perkins Nursing Lectureship, The Consumer: Health Care Deliver & the Profession of Nursing 1978
- 3rd Annual Perkins Nursing Lectureship, A Forecast of Clinical Nursing Practice, 1979
- 4th Annual Perkins Nursing Lectureship, 1980
Women’s Studies
- Guerilla Girls
- Women’s Studies 10th Anniversary Celebration: Bella Abzug, 1987
- Women’s Studies Series (4 posters)
Box 5
Series IV: ODU Organizations
Activities Programming Board (APB)
- 1rst Annual Dinner-Dance, 1978
- 50 hour Student Celebration
- Amazing Kreskin, 1978
- An Evening with John Anderson, 1984
- Angela Bofill
- APB Calendar- April
- APB Calendar- April, 1980
- APB Calendar- February, 1982
- APB Calendar- March, 1983
- APB Calendar- November
- APB Calendar- November, 1981
- APB Calendar- October
- APB Calendar- September, 1981
- APB Dance with Brice Street
- Are you Norml? Should Dope be Legal?
- Big Blue Day featuring Staircase
- Black History Week
- Bob Zentz Traditional and Contemporary Songs and Tunes
- Christmas Dinner-Dance, 1978
- Comedy Film Festival
- Dance with Royal Kings
- David Frye & Choice
- Dixie Dregs
- DNA: Who Should Play God?, 1978
- Eric Pappas in Concert, 1984
- Face Dancer with Single Bullet Theory
- Faith Ringgold: Artist and Lecturer
- Film Festival
- Film-o-Rama
- Free Fall Movies For You!
- Grady Nutt: Christian Humorist and Entertainer
- Guy Van Duser and Billy Noviek “Raisin’ the Rent”
- Hamilton Jordan
- Harry Chapin
- Heath Brothers, Jazz
- Homecoming
- Indoor Film Festival
- International Cruise ’87, International Student Association & the Model United Nations Society
- Jamor
- Julian Jaynes
- Michael Manley on The 3rd World El Salvador and Jamaica
- Monarchfest Dance, 1978 (2 sizes)
- Monarchfest, 1st Annual - Weekend Events, Alumni Association & Student Caucus, 1978
- Movie Poster: 3 Films (3 posters)
- Night Hawks, 1979
- Night Hawks, 1980
- Opener’s Dance (two posters)
- Opener’s Dance with Symbol 8
- Opener’s Dance with the Andrew Lewis Band
- Outdoor Film Festival
- Pieces of a Dream, 1984
- Put On Your Illegal Smile- John Prine
- Ralph Nader, 1983
- Reach for the Stars- A Talent Show
- Sickle-cell Anemia Benefit Music Festival
- Sickle-cell Anemia Jam, A Pre-Benefit
- Skateboard Exhibition-Freestyle Contest, 1977
- Snuff and Homegrown
- Symbol 8 Big Blue Dance
- Talent Show, 2nd Annual, ODU 1977
- That’s Not Funny, that’s Sick!
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Virginia Philharmonic/ The Virginia Pops, 1982-1983
- White Water Adventure (2 different dates)
ODU Ballet
- Cinderella
- Come Dance With Us
- Coppe’lia
- Nutcracker (five different dates)
- ODU Ballet: Information Poster
- Spring Concerts
- Spring Rhapsody (three different versions)
- The Girl with Enamel Eyes
- The Israel Ballet
- The Unicorn
- Wanna Dance?
ODU Players
- A Flea in Her Ear
- An Enemy of the People
- Cabaret
- Canterbury Tales
- Child’s Play
- Execution of Justice
- Livin’ de Life
- Lysistrata
- Man of La Mancha
- Medea
- Oedipus Rex
- Pippin
- The Women
Riverview Playhouse
- “1776”
- A Christmas Carol
- Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
- Blank Poster w/ Border
- Cabaret
- Contributing to the Delinquency of an Elder by David I. Levine
- Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts by Ira Levin
- Equus by Peter Shaffer
- Fifty-five Minutes from Broadway- VA Theatre Guild
- Fifty-five Minutes from Broadway: A Musical Revue, 1983
- George M!
- Getting Out by Marsha Norman
- Inherit the World
- John Anouilh’s Antigone
- Our Town, by Thornton Wilder
- Private Lives by Noel Coward
- Robber Bridegroom, 1979
- Robber Bridegroom, Cast of
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- Shenandoah
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Ernest Mauer
- The River Niger by Joseph A. Walker
- The Sea by Edward Bond
- The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
- Uncommon Women & Others
University Gallery
- 2nd Annual Student Photography Exhibition
- 3rd Annual Contemporary Arts Festival
- 3rd Annual Student Photography Exhibition
- An Invitational Photography Exhibition, 1979
- Bill Taggart
- Ernest Mauer- Linear Prevarications
- Hamrick, Benvenuto, Monk
- International Computer Art Exhibition
- Jeff Davis
- Robert Engman
- Student Art
- Student Art Exhibit
- Student Art Show
- The Old Dominion National Crafts Exhibition
- The Open Studio
Student and Alumni Organizations
- $1 Movies, Student Activities Council, 1988
- 15th Annual Student/ Businessmen’s Banquet, Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity 1977
- 1st Annual ODU Health Fair, ODU Student Nurses Association
- 3rd Annual Halloween Carnival, Mace & Crown 1977
- Alumni Association- Return to Bud’s Place, 1986 (three different illustrations)
- Exam Jam Before You Cram
- Exercise your Right to Vote, Student Caucus
- Fun in the Sun, Student Activities/ Handicapped Student Services/ & Rec. Sports, 1984
- Gadfly, issue (2 copies)
- Gadfly, censorship (fragile) [located in map case]
- Mark Twain on Tour, Student Activities Council
- Movie Poster “The Harder they Come”
- ODU Annual Student-Alumni Phonathon
- ODU Senate, 1980-1981
- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity- Sinfonia Brass Quintet
- Poetry Quartet- Shakespeare Great Comic Series, 1981
- Stop the Spread of AIDS, AIDS Educations Committee 1988
- Student Activities Calendar & Information Guide, 1977-1978
- Student Organizations Manual, Office of Student Activities ,1979-1980
- Telephone Campaign
- The Circle K Order
- The Head Stone Circus (fragile)
- Volunteerism: Something for you, something for others, ODU Student Affairs & Voluntary Outreach Center
- Volunteer Day, Volunteer Outreach Center
Box 6
Series V: Community Sponsored/ University Events
- 4th Annual Symposium on Mental Health & the Law, UVA 1980
- A Conference with the U.S. Secretaries of State
- Adventure into Faith with Canon Bryan Green, D.D., Episcopal Churches of Tidewater and Canterbury House
- Affirmative Action Awareness Seminars
- Alexander Markov Paganini: Twenty-four Caprices
- Angela Davis, 1984
- Architecture & The North American City, 1980
- Bounty Rainbow Programs- Toad of Toad Hall, 1977
- CIA- William Colby, 1976
- Colloquium III: Libraries & the History & Criticism of the Arts, 1979
- Colonies in Space? Sigma Xi
- Community Arts Program- Jazz Showcase, 1980
- Community Arts Program- The Path: Experiences from Being Black, 1980
- Community Services Program- Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Community Services Program- Something About the Music
- Dick Gregory bares his Soul
- Donald Bogle on the Image of Blacks in the Movies
- Dr. Benjamin Hooks, 1978
- Drawing
- Eastern Virginia Conference on Human Sexuality
- Edmond Burke and the American Revolution, Bicentennial Lecture
- Eleanor Holmes Norton, Black History Month Committee 1982
- Environmental Hazards: Man Made and Man Remedied by Ralph Nader
- First Hellenic Conference: Greece Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 1978
- Flo Kennedy, 1981
- Founder’s Day Convocation
- Freedoms and Responsibilities of the Press, Cultural Events and Convocation Committee 1982
- George Manson in the VA Convention of 1776: lecture by Helen Hill Miller, The ODU Bicentennial Committee
- Glennan Lecture Series, Responsibility and the Media
- Glennan Lecture Series, The Government & the Press: A Constitutional Conflict
- Glennan Lecture Series, The View From Washington
- Grammar 101: “Lilac & Tractor” A Rock Concert
- Hypnosis- Legal, Clinical, and Research Application 1980
- Justice in America by William Kunstler, 1977
- Kristin Lems Live!
- Lisel Mueller: Poet, 1975
- Man and Dance sponsored by the Brotherhood of Metropolitan AME Church
- Maria Benitez- Spanish Dance Company, 1978
- Mary, Queen of Scots- Virginia Opera Association, 1978
- Mayakovsky, Poet
- NRBQ and The Whole Wheat Horns (two)
- ODU & NSU Present: The Olatunji Dance Troupe, 1981
- ODU: New Dominions
- Our Environmental Outlook: Gloom or Boom? 1985
- Peace & War: Time to make a choice
- Photographs, Airbrush and more by Mike Ostrander
- Ramsey Lewis- Jazz Show
- Rev. Ralph Abernathy, 1979
- Role of the Urban University: Present and Future
- Roots, Rock, Reggae, 1981
- Senator Sam Ervin
- Soon and Very Soon: A Celebrations of a People’s Culture
- Southern Women: What we Know and What We Would Like to Know
- Spring Calendar of Events
- The Inchon Landing 25 Years ago & Old Norfolk Scenes
- The Manson Murders by Vincent Buliosi
- The Mis-Education of the Negro
- The Tempest
- Tidewater’s Marine Environment, VA Museum of Marine Sciences 1982-1983
- United Way Funday, United Way
- Urban South, 3rd Annual Conference, 1977
- Urban South, 4th Annual Conference, 1978
- Urban South, 5th Annual Conference, 1979
- Urban South, 6th Annual Conference, 1980
- Urban South, 7th Annual Conference, ODU & NSU, 1981
- Urban South: Virginia Conference on Urban Studies
- Who Killed Kennedy? By Mark Lane 1977
- World Sovereignty: Will the Nation-State Survive?
- Your University in the Computer Age, 1983
Box 7 Series VI: Athletics
General
- Big Blue Day, 1979
- ODU Monarchs: Athletics Poster/Collage
- Support Old Dominion University Athletics, 1986
- Old Dominion University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Citation
- Virginia Intercollegiate State Championship- Blank Brackets
Basketball
- Big Blue Basketball- Men’s & Women’s Game Schedule
- Big Blue Magic Men’s Basketball, 1979-1980
- Big Blue Magic Women’s Basketball, 1979-1980
- Corporate Opportunities Old Dominion University Basketball, 1988-1989
- De Paul Who? 1981
Soccer
- Announcing Soccer: Kiwanis Classic
- Big Blue Magic Fall Sports: Soccer & Field Hockey, 1979
- Met Life Soccer Classic, 1988 (2 sizes)
- Met Life Soccer Classic, 1989
Summer Camp
- 1983 Summer Camps & Clinics
- ODU Summer Camps, 1986
Tennis
- 2nd Annual Milton’s Pizza Tennis Classic, 1979
- 3rd Annual Milton’s Pizza Tennis Classic, 1980
- 4th Annual Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament, 1980
- 5th Annual Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament, 1981
- 6th Annual Mixed Doubles Tournament, 1982
- 6th Annual Men’s Scholarship Tennis Tournament: Big Blue Banana Classic, 1981
- Kitchen Towne 2nd Annual Women’s Tennis Classic
- Kitchen Towne 3rd Annual Women’s Tennis Classic, 1979
- Kitchen Towne 5th Annual Women’s Tennis Classic & Husband-and-Wife Doubles, 1981
Wrestling
- 7th Annual Civitan-Monarch Wrestling Classic, 1978
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