[DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections

Wed Jul 8 13:46:02 MDT 2020

I would estimate that over 90% of our new acquisitions are post-1830. These include:

  *   Science fiction (paperbacks, hardcover, pulps, and digests)
  *   Utopian fiction
  *   Artist’s books
  *   University archives materials, including university press publications, department newsletters, alumni newsletters, and athletics publications
  *   LGBTQ+ serials
  *   Cookbooks
  *   Books on the environment and climate change
  *   Books and serials on labor history or from labor unions
  *   Books on sports history

Thanks for starting this thread, Deborah! It’s been interesting to see what we all work on.

Elizabeth.

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Elizabeth Hobart
Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
Cataloging & Metadata Services
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16801
(814) 865-1756
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From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Mark Seidl
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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<mailto: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<mailto:akdmyers at stanford.edu>

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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://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frarebookschool.org%2Frbs-online%2Fsuperheroes-and-shocking-affairs-or-adventures-in-cataloging-popular-literature%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cefh7%40psu.edu%7Cb82cabf8edbd437bfbea08d8236eab32%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637298305514753488&sdata=32TikovByJzoCoc3YJekmHaWgCaiVBrLfBmuaA3DgeA%3D&reserved=0>. 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<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | www.folger.edu<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.folger.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cefh7%40psu.edu%7Cb82cabf8edbd437bfbea08d8236eab32%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637298305514753488&sdata=LZqybNz7FAyXOKkgInL0wtQenTERcTAEego1%2BFOsChc%3D&reserved=0>

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Mark Seidl
Special Collections Librarian/Cataloger
Vassar College Libraries
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