The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document the poster-work of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though earlier work is included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance, which began in 1965 and continues to this day. The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade-union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. Though strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, its scope is national: one-quarter of its holdings come from out-of-state. These are complemented by an archive of international work. The collection consists of approximately 25,000 distinct titles.

Rossman died May 12, 2008. For more information about the AOUON collection, contact curator Lincoln Cushing, lcushing "at" igc dot org.


Sampling of some of the posters - a catalog-in-progress
Mystery posters!
AOUON posters about Kent State, 1970
Article about the collection in Views, Society of American Archivists

Exhibition at the Berkeley Historical Society 2009
Up Against the Wall : Berkeley Posters from the 1960s

Comments upon his passing, by Lincoln Cushing

Remarks about AOUON archive at Rossman memorial June 23, 2008


Article in Oakland Tribune about the importance of the collection

Rebroadcast of 2008 LALX interview with Michael about AOUON

AOUON materials used in exhibition at Museum of California Design

Michael Rossman's own web page about the collection