Appropriately timed, The National Archives is currently hosting an online exhibit titled Running for Office, which showcases political campaigns through the years of 1898 - 1948, particularly focusing on political cartoons drawn by Clifford K. Berryman.
Collection Principles
The collection principles for this exhibit are clearly outlined, as they limited themselves to a particular artists drawing about a particular subject matter. I thought there selection was excellent - and showed a good variety of his work through the years.
Object Characteristics
This site had excellent quality, the best part being that there was an option to Click to Enlarge, as well as Download and Print - which I haven't seen often on archive Web sites.
Metadata
Metadata was the only field I thought could be improved on this site. The metadata only included the very general location of the item ("U.S. Senate Collection
Center for Legislative Archives"), but no call number or other information.
Intended Audience
Voters all over the US would find this site interesting!
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