[DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections

[Patrick Crowley]

Hey,

I've cataloged post-18th c. material at a number of institutions and it's
really interesting the character of the institution that comes through in
these holdings no less than in the handpress material.

At Bryn Mawr:

   - Women's Suffrage & Education
   - World Fair and Exposition materials
   - Children's books
   - Early- to mid-20th century materials on african urbanizations,
   including maps, guidebooks, governmental reports, tourism packets, etc.
   - Materials surrounding Dorothy Vernon and Haddon Hall, including
   libretti of a light opera on the subject.
   - Artist's books
   - 19th and 20th century cook books
   - Late-19th century material on the Ashanti War
   - Gift Books
   - Jules Verne

At Princeton:

   - 1980s artist books (the Letterist pieces were an especially fun
   challenge to try and fit into our descriptive standards)
   - A full run of the Picture Post
   - A full run of a low production art journal (including mimeographed
   issues and mockups) from a Dutch artist's collective
   - Mid-20th century avant garde Czech art journals
   - Early-20th century Art Deco pattern books

At the Redwood Library:

   - Early croquet rule books (including one from the 1850s published by
   the Newport Croquet Club)
   - Early-20th century poetry
   - Newportiana from 1820-the present
   - Material related to the Dorr Rebellion
   - Yachting

At Southern CT State, I'm still getting a feel. But there has been an
effort to collect 19th century bindings which need some extra description,
I think. And there's a collection of 19th to early-20th c. children's books
and pamphlets that needs to be cataloged. I look forward to someday getting
back into the stacks to work. Until then...

Thanks for this discussion! It's lovely to hear what others have worked
on/continue to work on.

Best!

P


On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 12:51 PM Myers, John <myersj at union.edu> wrote:

> Ostensibly, I am the rare books cataloger for my institution, although the
> main hat I wear is oversight of cataloging production for the general
> collection.
>
> For the materials I catalog into our Special Collections and Archives
> collections that are post-1830, these are the typical categories, not
> ranked:
>
>    - Fine press editions
>    - Artists books (less so now, following retirement of the selector)
>    - College publications
>    - Subject material on the college (including publications by faculty
>    and alumni, although this is being reviewed)
>    - Subject material on Schenectady
>    - Subject material on Audubon's Birds of North America
>    - Random, obscure titles gifted to the library
>
> Also, I have recently discovered a cluster of obscure legacy items in our
> general collection that will need to be assessed for reclassification into
> rare books. These include theater publications from the 1840s and
> engineering publications from the 1850s-1870s (including European
> publications on railroads).
>
> And while not generally subject to current cataloging, our Special
> Collections and Archives includes several subcollections comprising the
> libraries or specialized collections from prominent donors that feature
> post 1830 publications.
>
> John Myers, Catalog & Metadata Librarian
> Schaffer Library, Union College
> Schenectady NY 12308
>
> 518-388-6623
> myersj at union.edu
> pronouns: he/him/his
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 7:53 PM Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Rare Materials Catalogers:
>>
>>
>>
>> I've finally had a chance to watch Brenna Bychowski's Rare Book School
>> virtual presentation on Superheroes and Shocking Affairs, or, Adventures
>> in Cataloging Popular Literature
>> <https://rarebookschool.org/rbs-online/superheroes-and-shocking-affairs-or-adventures-in-cataloging-popular-literature/>.
>> Informative, entertaining, and very well done; I especially like the way
>> Brenna incorporated general information on the nature of cataloging. Highly
>> recommended!
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> I can start (although since 1999 I've been cataloging pre-1831 materials
>> almost exclusively):
>>
>>    - Little Blue Books
>>    - Railroad companies' annual reports, timetables, and maps
>>    - Sunbelt migration advertisements
>>
>> ______________________________
>>
>> Deborah J. Leslie, MA, MLS (she/her) | Folger Shakespeare Library | 201
>> East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 | 202.675-0369 |
>> djleslie at folger.edu | www.folger.edu
>>
>>
>>
>

-- 
Patrick Crowley (he/they)
Metadata Librarian for Cataloging and Digital Projects
Hilton C. Buley Library
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent St,
New Haven, CT 06515
pcrowley4 at gmail.com
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