MTA New York City Transit
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Poetry in Motion car cards
Collection
Identifier: 2005.26, 2006.56, 2008.3, 2012.44-XX.2017.42; 2018.1
Abstract
Car cards, printed materials, and color slides displaying and promoting the Poetry in Motion program launched by the New York City Transit Authority in 1992 in collaboration with the Poetry Society of America. Championed by Alan F. Kiepper, NYCT President from 1990-1996, the program was overseen by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Corporate Communications Department, under the leadership of Peter Walsh and Neil Neches; it was subsequently managed by MTA Marketing &...
Dates:
1992 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2018
Found in:
Archives and Reading Room
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Poetry in Motion car cards
Series 1: Car cards and posters, 1992 - 2018
Collection
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
1992 - 2018
Series 2: Printed materials & ephemera, 1992 - 2016
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
1992 - 2016
Series 3: Slides, 2005
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
2005
Sub-series 1.1: Car cards, 2006
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2006.56.1-5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
2006
Sub-series 1.2: Car cards, 2005 - 2008
Sub-Series
Identifier: 008.3.1-12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
2005 - 2008
Sub-series 1.3: Posters, 2012
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2012.44.1-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
2012
Sub-series 1.4: Car cards and posters, 1992 - 2005
Sub-Series
Identifier: XX.2017.42.1-189
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
1992 - 2005
Sub-series 1.5: Car cards and posters, 2016 - 2018
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2018.1.1-30
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
2016 - 2018
Sub-series 2.1: Press kits and correspondence, 1992 - 1996
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2018.1.31-33
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection comprises car cards produced in various sizes and formats by New York City Transit Arts for Transit and Arts & Design, and comprise Series 1, which is subdivided thereafter into subseries in function of accession number. The car cards in the series measure 11 x 28 inches, 11 x 44½, or 11 x 70 inches; posters measure 21 x 22 inches. The notation of multiple copies of select items is provided within parentheses in the collection inventory.Series 2...
Dates:
1992 - 1996
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 12
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Booklets 1
- Bookmarks 1
- Car cards 1
- Color slides 1
- Pamphlets 1