Ephemera is a term for printed material originally intended to have a limited life-span.
Printed material, such as programmes, posters,
tīkiti, flyers and
kāri, were originally produced to pass on details about specific issues, activities, events, products, and services.
Ephemera includes:
- pamphlets
- programmes
- posters
- sales catalogues
- advertising fliers
- invitations
- orders of service
- political campaign materials
- postcards.
Ephemera collections can be found at the following locations:
Ephemera Index
You can locate items from the collection at Sir George Grey Special Collections in the
Ephemera Index.