A reminder that travel grants up to $750 are available for research using the Duke University Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History’s collections. Up to three J. Walter Thompson Research Fellowships are also awarded. Fellows receive $1,000 stipends for a minimum of two weeks research at the Hartman Center focusing on the J. Walter Thompson Archives. Applications are due January 31, 2012. Awards will be announced around March 15, 2012. For more information, please contact Lynn Eaton (lynn.eaton@duke.edu); the application form and extensive information can be found on the library's grants page.
The Princeton University Library has digitized a number of posters from the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Company . The posters, designed by the public relations firm Ivy Lee, were displayed in subway cars to provide information to riders about changes in fares and routes, safety issues, and other matters of interest. The collection consists of 385 images dating from 1918 to 1932; many of them provide financial information about rates, company dividends, and a general look at an early rapid transit system. October 29, update: Jonathan Rees over at "More or Less Bunk" was moved by this post to go off in search of a better site, and found the massive collection of the London Transport Museum , which displays over 5,000 items in a searchable collection .
