Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Merchandise
General material designation
- Artefacts
- Graphic materials
- Textual records
- Photographic materials
- Records in electronic form (born-digital)
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Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title supplied by the archivist based on the contents of the series.
Level of description
Series
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Edition area
Edition statement
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Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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[ca. 1989]-2020 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
Paper and analogue records:
19 objects and other material
Born-digital materials:
1.21 GB of digital photographs and other graphic material
Publisher's series area
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Archival description area
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Scope and content
Series consists of physical merchandise produced and distributed by Adbusters Media Foundation, as well as born-digital records related to the creation and design of the merchandise. Physical merchandise includes postcards, stickers, pin-back buttons, fridge magnets, flags, apparel, a coffee mug, a magnetized ceramic cookie, spoof parking tickets, and baseball cards. Born-digital records include photographs and digital graphic mockups of postcards, stickers, T-shirts, coffee mugs, baseball cards, flags, packaging, pin-back buttons, patches, and a spoof parking ticket. While there is some overlap, physical merchandise and born-digital records in this series do not necessarily correlate.
The series has been arranged by the archivist into two sub-series based on the record's format.
• Physical merchandise (sub-series 1).
• Born-digital records (sub-series 2).
Files are arrange chronologically.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Records relating to Blackspot shoes, which could be considered merchandise, are located in Series 5 due to representing a distinct campaign of the Adbusters Media Foundation.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Access is open with no restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Series contains copyright-protected materials and copyright ownership is mixed, with Adbusters holding copyright in some of the materials and third parties in others. For more information, see the note on Terms governing use in the fonds-level description or the general AtoM note on the Archives' practices for managing mixed copyright holdings.
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Associated materials
Sometimes considered as merchandise, Adbusters posters and calendars are filed in Series 2 - Publications and associated records.
See F-300-2-6 Calendars and associated records and F-300-2-8 Posters and associated records.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Physical description
Paper and analogue records:
Objects include 5 pin-back buttons, 4 fabric flags, 3 magnets, 2 pairs of shoes, 1 shoe box, 1 t-shirt, 1 tote bag, 1 coffee cup, and 1 magnetized ceramic cookie.
Graphic material includes 73 post cards and 5 baseball cards.
Series contains less than 0.5 cm of textual records.
Physical description
Born-digital materials:
Series includes 226 digital photographs (952.4 MB) and 96 items of graphic material (257.5 GB).
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language of description
- English