[DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections

[Bob Kosovsky]

For the past few months I've been cataloging a collection of over 200
songsters, primarily American, the bulk of them from about 1850-1890.
Unlike most entries that I'm able to find in Worldcat, I am making sure I
add contents notes for each song text (noting the few instances that
contain musical notation).

Because of the fragility of many of these publications, I'm making ample
use of the University of Pittsburgh's extensively digitized collection,
although one must look carefully for different "editions" or pagination.

And if anyone doubts the racism rampant in the second half of the 19th
century, one need not go further than a typical American songster.

Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music & Recorded Sound Division
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Dorothy and Lewis B.
Cullman Center

40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

www.nypl.org


>    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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