Akron Postcard Club

Enter the magical world of postcards. Whether you want to look at postcard images, read old messages, talk collections, or make your own postcards, the Akron Postcard Club is the place for you. We use the David P. Campbell Postcard Collection to explore the history of the postcard and to inspire our monthly meeting themes. We tend to alternate between collections exploration and postcard creation, check the theme descriptions for details.

Meetings are open to anyone curious about postcards – students and community members alike. We meet the last Wednesday* of every month from 6:00pm to 7:00pm ET in the Postcard Library at the Institute for Human Science and Culture at the Cummings Center (located on the 4th floor).

The club is free to attend, and new members receive an Akron Postcard Club membership card.

*due to the winter holidays, we do not meet at our regular time in November and December. Instead, we host a special Saturday afternoon meet-up during these months.

Next meeting:
Wednesday, September 27 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm ET

Theme: Illicit Mailing - All About the Risqué
Please RSVP online for the free event!
Join the Akron Postcard Club for a scandalous exploration of erotic postcards and the United States postal system. How—and why—were illicit postcards printed and mailed at the turn of the early 20th century? And how did these risqué mailings dodge U.S. obscenity laws? The event will begin with a guided tour of the Cummings Center’s Sexology: Science & Sensationalism exhibit with guest speaker Tony Pankuch, exploring how one magazine cleverly skirted government censorship. Stick around after the tour for a discussion about obscenity laws, postcard manufacturers, and their surprising connection to the early women’s rights movement!

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