[DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections

[Mark Seidl]

Roughly 60-70% of my cataloging at Vassar involves post-1830 materials. The
categories include (not an exhaustive list):


   - Artist's and fine press books with an emphasis on the Hudson Valley
   - Vassar-related materials
   - Books by and about alumni/ae
   - Books by faculty
   - Books and other materials purchased to support particular courses
   - Printed bibles
   - Art and book dealers' catalogs


All best,

Mark Seidl

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 2:20 PM Ann K.D. Myers <akdmyers at stanford.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> on behalf of Deborah J.
> Leslie <DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2020 4:53 PM
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections
>
>
> 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
>
>
>


-- 

Mark Seidl
Special Collections Librarian/Cataloger
Vassar College Libraries
http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/
Gargoyle Bulletin <http://pages.vassar.edu/library>
http://pages.vassar.edu/library/
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