Posters, brochures, flyers, programmes, and other short-lived, ‘ephemeral’ items in Special Collections can be located using the Ephemera Index. In particular, the index assists in the location of material produced to pass on details about specific issues, performances, activities, or events.
At present the Ephemera Index lists individual items of ephemera generated for and by these activities, issues and events:
- Carnivals, Circuses and Tattoos
- Comedy
- Dance
- Festivals
- Film
- Maori Issues (includes Bastion Point)
- Politics
- Race – Apartheid (includes rugby tour protests)
- Royal visits
- Sports – Commonwealth Games; Rugby Union
- Theatre
- Tourism
- War
A search on the index will also provide basic information about more than 90 other events, issues and activities for which ephemera in Special Collections is not yet listed individually on the index. The Ephemera Librarian and other Special Collections’ staff can assist in finding these unlisted items as well as examples of specific types of ephemera in Special Collections.
All ephemera may be viewed in Special Collections’ reading room. | 
