D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections

EPHEMERA*,
MISC. DEEDS, LETTERS, BROADSIDES, POSTCARDS, 
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Shirley Stipp Ephemera Collection, "Chimney Rock ... folio," D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville.

*Ephemera
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."

  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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