[DCRM-L] Machine-press special collections

[Will Evans]

I would say about 70% percent of what crosses our desks these days is
post-1830 materials.



Artists' books

Gift books

Publishers' bindings (and accompanying text)

Fine/designer/art bindings (and accompanying text)

Private press books

Confederate imprints

Civil War era Northern imprints

19th century illustrated works

Broadsides (19th-20th century, especially New England)

Tracts (political treatises, sermons, annual reports, etc. especially New
England)

Trade catalogs, and printed ephemera (especially Boston)

Posters (World War I & II)

Bookplates

Sheet music



Best,

Will





Will Evans, MLIS

[he/him/his]

N.E.H. Chief Technical Services Librarian

Library of the Boston Athenaeum

10 1/2 Beacon Street

Boston, MA   02108

Tel:  617-227-0270 ext. 243

Fax: 617-227-5266

www.bostonathenaeum.org











*From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Deborah J. Leslie
*Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2020 7:54 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

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