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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Guide to the Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Prints, 2007, 2024
                    <num>SPEC.RARE.0345</num>
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                <author>Finding aid prepared by Sabrina Gorse</author>
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                <publisher>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>1858 Neil Avenue</addressline>
                    <addressline>Columbus, OH, 43210</addressline>
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                <date>2025 February</date>
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            <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2025-04-07T14:44-0400</date>
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            <langusage>English</langusage>
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            <unittitle>Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Prints</unittitle>
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                <corpname>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</corpname>
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            <langmaterial>
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            <physdesc>
                <extent>0.58 Cubic feet</extent>
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            <unitdate>2007, 2024</unitdate>
            <abstract id="ref13" label="Abstract">As of 2025, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is a printer, social activist, educator, and papermaker who specializes in letterpress posters to address social justice and political issues such as racial segregation, economic inequality, capitalism, and disenfranchisement. The Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Prints, dated 2007, 2024, contains prints and posters printed by Kennedy.</abstract>
            <physdesc id="ref1" label="Physical Description">(2) oversize flat boxes</physdesc>
            <langmaterial id="ref2" label="Language of Materials">English</langmaterial>
            <origination label="creator">
                <persname rules="rda" source="naf">Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr.</persname>
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        <arrangement id="ref5">
            <head>Arrangement of Materials</head>
            <p>The collection is arranged chronologically.</p>
        </arrangement>
        <acqinfo id="ref6">
            <head>Acquisitions Information</head>
            <p>Accession No. RARE.2025.0009: Purchased, 2024 July; Accession No. RARE.2025.0010: Purchased, 2024 August</p>
        </acqinfo>
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            <head>Preferred Citation</head>
            <p>[identification of item], Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Prints, SPEC.RARE.0345, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University</p>
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        <accessrestrict id="ref8">
            <head>Access to Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.</p>
        </accessrestrict>
        <userestrict id="ref9">
            <head>Use of Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.</p>
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        <processinfo id="ref10">
            <head>Processing Information</head>
            <p>Processed by: Sabrina Gorse, 2025 February; Finding aid written by: Sabrina Gorse, 2025 February</p>
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            <head>Scope and Contents</head>
            <p>The Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Prints, dated 2007, 2024, contains prints and posters printed by Kennedy. Included are "Twelve Quotes from Rosa Parks”, a first edition set of letterpress posters printed on chipboard with oil-based inks featuring quotes made by Parks, and "Sista Said: Words of Wisdom from Black Women in Social Justice &amp; the Arts", a limited letterpress edition of postcard prints exhibiting quotes from Black women who are social justice activists and work in the arts.</p>
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            <persname rules="rda" source="naf">Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr.</persname>
            <persname rules="rda" source="naf">Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005</persname>
            <subject source="lcsh">African American printmakers--United States--21st century</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh">African American women civil rights workers--United States</subject>
            <subject source="lcsh">Human rights workers--United States--21st century</subject>
            <genreform source="aat">Letterpress printing</genreform>
            <subject source="lcsh">Politics and culture--United States--21st century</subject>
            <genreform source="aat">Posters</genreform>
            <genreform source="aat">Prints (visual works)</genreform>
            <subject source="lcsh">Prints--Technique--United States--21st century</subject>
            <genreform source="aat">Quotations (texts)</genreform>
            <subject source="lcsh">Social justice--United States--21st century</subject>
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                    <unittitle>"Twelve Quotes from Rosa Parks" first edition posters</unittitle>
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                    <unitdate>2007</unitdate>
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                    <unittitle>"Sista Said: Words of Wisdom from Black Women in Social Justice &amp; the Arts" letterpress edition prints</unittitle>
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                    <container id="cid18823001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container>
                    <container parent="cid18823001" type="Folder">1-16</container>
                    <unitdate>2024</unitdate>
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