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D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections |
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EPHEMERA*,
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Rickards, Maurice and Michael Twyman. The
Encyclopedia of Ephemera: A Guide to the Fragmentary Documents of Everyday
Life for the Collector, Curator, And Historian (New York : Routledge,
2000), Young, Timothy G., "Evidence: Toward a Library Definition of Ephemera," RBM 4 (Spring 2003): 11-26. "Among the types of items that fit into the broad swath of ephemera are: keepsakes, invitations, theater programs, tickets, rewards of merit, trade cards, billheads, pamphlets, chapbooks, broadsides, catalogs, postcards, brochures, advertising novelties, posters, certificates, graphic Americana, labels, dance cards, scrapbooks, die cuts, automobilia, memorabilia, almanacs, jest books, tracts, and other commemorative items. This list includes most anything that is printed and isn't bound in a traditional book format." |
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| Pack Square Deed | |
| Medical Instructions | |
| Melton Family Letters | |
| Shirley Stipp Ephemera Collection | |
| Tench Coxe Collection of Railroad Passes [Is part of the Tench Coxe Collection] | |
| LeCompte Postcard Collection | |
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