There is some information on the outdoor industry abroad as well, especially Canada and the England/U.K. Some of the major outdoor advertising companies and organizations represented in this collection include: General Outdoor Foster & Kleiser United Advertising Institute of Outdoor Advertising (IOA) National Outdoor Advertising Bureau (NOAB) and Outdoor Advertising, Inc.

The collection also includes materials pertaining to the OAAA's predecessor organizations such as the Poster Advertising Association, Associated Bill Posters, the Painted Outdoor Advertising Association, and the International Bill Poster's Association of North America. The bulk of material falls between 19, that is between the entry of the United States into World War II and the end of the 1970s, a period that witnessed rapid and radical changes in the ways that Americans viewed and used the outdoors. The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Archives document the operations and activities of the OAAA, the primary professional organization throughout the modern history of the outdoor advertising industry in the U.S., 1885-1990s. Materials include a wide variety of media and formats, and include correspondence, directories, published materials (such as technical and periodic reports, newsletters and bylaws), membership records, texts of speeches, articles and clippings, minutes of association meetings, and industry publications such as the long-running serial The Poster. are more fully addressed than other countries. There is some information on the outdoor industry abroad as well Canada and the England/U.K.

The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Archives document the operations and activities of the OAAA, the primary professional organization throughout the modern history of the outdoor advertising industry in the U.S. Creator: Outdoor Advertising Association of America Abstract:

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