[DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections

[Ann K.D. Myers]

Approximately 60% of our cataloging involves post-1830 material including, but not limited to:

  *   Artists' books, with particular focus on artists from California, Mexico, and Cuba
  *   Fine press books
  *   Photography books
  *   British and American novels and poetry (primarily late 19th and early 20th century)
  *   Plays
  *   Comic books
  *   Dime novels
  *   Zines
  *   Newsletters
  *   Printed ephemera documenting United States presence in Pacific islands including the Philippines, Guam, and Samoa
  *   Printed ephemera documenting the Asian immigrant experience in the United States, especially the San Francisco Bay Area
  *   Printed ephemera documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps
  *   Printed ephemera documenting the African American experience
  *   Yearbooks
  *   Games
  *   Cookbooks
  *   Political pamphlets
  *   Travel pamphlets
  *   Religious pamphlets
  *   So many pamphlets

It's so interesting to see how broadly "rare books" are defined across all our institutions!

--Ann



Ann K.D. Myers

Rare Books Cataloger

Stanford Libraries

Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

415 Broadway, Floor 1, 8406

Redwood City, CA 94063

650-723-0123

akdmyers at stanford.edu

she/her/hers

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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

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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


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