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Approximately 60% of our cataloging involves post-1830 material including, but not limited to:</div>
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<li>Artists' books, with particular focus on artists from California, Mexico, and Cuba<br>
</li><li>Fine press books</li><li>Photography books<br>
</li><li>British and American novels and poetry (primarily late 19th and early 20th century)</li><li>Plays<br>
</li><li>Comic books</li><li>Dime novels</li><li>Zines</li><li>Newsletters</li><li>Printed ephemera documenting United States presence in Pacific islands including the Philippines, Guam, and Samoa<br>
</li><li>Printed ephemera documenting the Asian immigrant experience in the United States, especially the San Francisco Bay Area<br>
</li><li>Printed ephemera documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps</li><li>Printed ephemera documenting the African American experience<br>
</li><li>Yearbooks</li><li>Games</li><li>Cookbooks</li><li>Political pamphlets</li><li>Travel pamphlets</li><li>Religious pamphlets</li><li>So many pamphlets<br>
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<div>It's so interesting to see how broadly "rare books" are defined across all our institutions!</div>
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<div>--Ann</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> on behalf of Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie@FOLGER.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 6, 2020 4:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections</font>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">I've finally had a chance to watch Brenna Bychowski's Rare Book School virtual presentation on
<a href="https://rarebookschool.org/rbs-online/superheroes-and-shocking-affairs-or-adventures-in-cataloging-popular-literature/">
Superheroes and Shocking Affairs, or, Adventures in Cataloging Popular Literature</a>. Informative, entertaining, and very well done; I especially like the way Brenna incorporated general information on the nature of cataloging. Highly recommended!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">Brenna's presentation got me to wonder about the post-hand-press materials that cross the desk of rare materials/special collections catalogers. I invite DCRM-L readers to characterize
the kinds of post-1830 material you're asked to catalog, and give a rough ranking of relative quantity?
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:black">I can start (although since 1999 I've been cataloging pre-1831 materials almost exclusively):</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Little Blue Books</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;color:black; margin-left:0in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Railroad companies' annual reports, timetables, and maps</span></li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;color:black; margin-left:0in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Sunbelt migration advertisements </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#5E327C">Deborah J. Leslie, MA, MLS (she/her) | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | 202.675-0369 | djleslie@folger.edu | www.folger.edu</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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