Magsaysay Award poster No. 4: Bhave, Rutnam, Brotherhood (English poster distributed in Manila)
Fourth sheet of the Free World supplement on the Ramon Magsaysay Award. It finishes the selection text (five awards a year of $10,000 each, presented in Manila on 31 August) and shows Acharya V. Bhave (Community Leadership), Mary Rutnam (Public Service) and the civic group 'Operation Brotherhood' (International Understanding), each with a citation. The tell is transfer: the award's prestige is attached to each honoree, with praise words ('exemplary', 'compassionate').
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- October 16, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Health
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, October 16, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949041, 306-PPB-149d).
Text on the object
SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME VII Nº11 NOVEMBER 1958 4 the land to have fuller opportunities and a better life; JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE -- effective writing and publishing as a power for public good. The awards are open to persons in the Republic of the Philippines and in other countries of Asia, regardless of race, creed, sex or nationality. There shall be a maximum of five awards each year in the amount of $10,000.00 each. The award shall be presentd at a ceremony to be held each year in Manila on August 31st, the anniversary of the birth of the late Ramon Magsaysay. COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING Acharya V. Bhave Sanskrit scholar; philosopher; "man of action"; reformer. Mary Rutnam Founder, Women's Institutes; social worker; physician. "Operation Brotherhood" Civic organization on mercy missions to Southeast Asia. in recognition of arousing his people toward voluntary action in erasing social injustice and economic inequalities in recognition of her social service and exemplary devotion to the needs of others in recognition of their compassionate response to human need of those men and women who have participated in this work 7962 (pencilled) 9-7962
'presentd' is as printed. Pencilled number and small print are included as read.
