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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2009.015 is a gift received January 2009. Acc. 2009.175 was purchased May 2009. Acc. 2009.261 is a gift received June 2009. For technical reasons, accession information for items received after June 2009 are not displayed here. Please ask a staff member for assistance.2008.62 Purchased. 2006.45 gift from Hope Yelich.
Processing Information:
Acc. 2011.631 and Acc. 2011.632 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2011. Acc. 2012.004 and Acc. 2012.007 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in January 2012.Acc. 2012.248 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in June 2012.
Accruals:
Additions are being made to this collection on an ongoing basis.
Scope and Contents
The Ephemera Collection contains material primarily acquired for teaching. It includes material in various formats, most of which have been previously published. The collection is currently being processed and new items will be added on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the indicated date range is approximate at this point.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Advertising
- Advertising blotters
- Advertising cards
- Advertising--United States--History
- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976--Virginia
- American poetry--19th century
- Assignats
- Card games
- Card games (game sets)
- Catalogs
- Checks (bank checks)
- Chicago (Ill.)--Industries--Pictorial work
- Cigarette cards
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Coupons
- Desert Storm, Operation, 1991
- England--Description and travel--20th century
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
- Invitations
- Jamestown 400th Anniversary
- Labor and laboring classes--Illinois--Chicago--Pictorial works
- Lead arsenate
- Logging--Maine--Pictorial works
- Logging--Washington (State)--Pictorial works
- Lotteries--United States
- Lottery puffs
- Methodist Church--Virginia
- Methodist Church--Virginia--History--19th century
- Miller and Rhoads (Richmond, Va.)
- National parks and reserves--United States
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Notebooks
- Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
- Oysters--Shucking
- Oysters--United States--History--Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Poems
- Postage stamps
- Postcards
- Postcards--Southern States
- Presidents--United States--Inauguration
- Price lists
- Prices--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Prices--Washington Metropolitan Area.
- Printed ephemera
- Publishers and publishing
- Religious texts
- Richmond (Va.)--History
- Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century
- Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
- Sears, Roebuck and Company
- Sears, Roebuck and Company--Pictorial works
- Stereoscopic photographs
- Tags
- Title pages
- Tobacco industry--Massachusetts
- Trading cards
- United States. President (2009- : Obama)
- Viewbooks
- Virginia. State Lottery Dept.
- Visiting cards
- Whitehead and Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
- Women--Employment--Pictorial works
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany
- Yellowstone National Park
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:
The fragile nature of Mss. Acc. 2009.530 may limit handling.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Chicago (Ill.)--Industries--Pictorial work
- England--Description and travel--20th century
- Yellowstone National Park
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id63959
Box 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id50945
Acc. 2009.015: Barack H. Obama Inaugural Invitation2009Scope and Contents
Acc. 2009.015 is a commemorative invitation by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to the inauguration of Barack H. Obama and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on January 20th, 2009.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id56675
Acc. 2009.175: "Authors Improved" card gameundatedScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Card game "The New Game of Authors Improved, Illustrated Edition" published by Milton Bradley Co., Springfield Mass. Consist of 72 cards, instruction sheet and front and back cover of box.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id57938
Acc. 2009.261: Paper Money1861Scope and Contents
Acc. 2009.261 is a $ 5 bill issued by the Bank of Pittsylvania, Va.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id58696
Acc. 2009.307: Songs compiled by the Delano Work Camp1941Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Acc. 2009.307 is a booklet: Songs: Compiled by the Delano Work Camp in 1941. The following description was provided by the seller: "Mimeo format. Plain brown paper covers. 4" x 7" tall. Not paginated. Stamp of Friends Center, Pasadena, California on the front and back cover. 99 different labor songs from many countries including a number of unattributed Woody Guthrie songs." "The Delano Work Camp located at Tulare County, California was the home to many migrant laborers."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id59303
Acc. 2009.366: American Revolution Bicentennial, 17761976Scope and Contents
Newsletters, Newspapers, and other printed ephemera.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id60965
Acc. 2009.451: F. S. Royster Guano Co. (Norfolk, Va.) pocket notebooks1929, 1940Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Includes 2 pocket-size notebooks from the F.S. Roster Guano Co. in Norfolk, Virginia. The following descriptions were provided by the seller: Notebook 1929: "This is a 1929 5 1/2" x 3" blue lined notebook of Green, White and Black. It was put out to advertise F. S. Royster Guano Company located in Norfolk, Virginia. There is a 1929 and 1930 calendar on both the front and back inside cover. The back has a list of Offices and Factories. There is also other information inside the book such as: Satisfactory Customer Comments, Information on what minerals do to plants (Nitrogen, Potash, Calcium, Magnesium)." Notebook, 1940: "This is a 1940 5 1/2" x 3" blue lined notebook of Red, White and Black. It was put out to advertise Royster Premium Fertilizers, distributed by the F. S. Royster Guano Company located in Norfolk, Virginia. There is a 1940 and 1941 calendar on both the front and back inside cover. The back has a list of Plants and Offices of this fertilizer company, as well as the Main Office located in Norfolk, VA. There is also other information inside the book such as: Satisfactory Customer Comments, Information on what minerals do to plants (Nitrogen, Potash, Calcium, Magnesium).
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id64551
Acc. 2009.572: Misc. Ephemera: Tucker note cards, Christmas booklet, APVA newsletters1967-1975, and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Acc. 2010.010 Game of Triads or Chords1898English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id65575
Acc. 2010.052: Home History Game1909Scope and Contents
By Milton Bradley, Springfield, MA. Card game teaching historical events and dates.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id65689
Acc. 2010.081: Game of Yellowstone1898Scope and Contents
Card game: "Game of Yellowstone, Descriptive of Yellowstone National Park." Copyright 1989 by the Fireside Game Company, Cincinnati, USA.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id65690
Acc. 2010.084: Tobacco cards "From Plantation to Smoker"1926Scope and Contents
Set of 25 John Player & Son tobacco cards illustrating the processing of tobacco from planting to manufacturing.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id66426
Acc. 2010.108: Postcard: Oyster Fleet at West River, Marylandcirca 1910
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id66577
Acc. 2010.117, 2010.125: Stereoviews: Oyster shucking, oyster shellsundated, circa 1900s-1910sScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Stereoview 86-6881 (Keystone View Co.) shows the shucking of oysters, Oyster Hose, Baltimore, MD. Detailed description on verso. Stereoview 97-20197 (Keystone View Co.) shows a "Mountain of Oyster Shells Used as Bedding for Young Oysters, Hampton, Virginia"
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id66951
Acc. 2010.126: Stereoviews: Tour of the Worldcirca 1929Scope and Contents
Consists of a larger set of stereographic photographs created and distributed by the Keystone View Company ca. 1929. Each numbered stereograph has a detailed information on verso: T9 - V23470: On the Deck of an Oyster Boat, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland T71 - 12260: Logs from the Forest Delivered at the Stream, Aroostook Cou7nt, Me. T193 - 20031: Great Chained Log Rafts on the Columbia River, Washington T73 - 22398: Spraying with Arenite of Lead, Truck gardens near Norfolk, Virginia
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id67981
Acc. 2010.191: Postcard "Negro Oyster Shuckers, Norfolk, Va."circa 1900
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id67982
Acc. 2010.190: List of Oystermen and Fishermen in Virginia1955Scope and Contents
65pp, list indicating names and towns of residence, and in some cases the full address. Names are not in any particular order. Origin of list is unknown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id69330
Acc. 2010.209: Card game: "Progressive Chautauqua"circa 1930sScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Complete set of 58 cards and two instruction cards for Progressive Chautauqua (3" x 4 ½"). Instruction cards explain rules of play and talk about the advantages of becoming a salesperson for products and publications by the Peoples Book Co. It addresses the young, unemployed, preachers and women. For example: "To ladies thrown on their own resources for livelihood, it offers honorable, independent employment."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id70818
Acc. 2010.277: American Federation of Labor pamphlets1908Scope and Contents
Two pamphlets, August and October from the American Federation of Labor endorsing the presidential candidate from the democratic party, William J. Bryan.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id70819
Acc. 2010.278: Card game "Historical Game, or Game of States"1902Scope and Contents
Published by McLoughlin Bros., New York. Consists of 48 cards for the 48 states showing a map image of each state with bordering state(s) and giving a few facts for each. Includes instruction sheet.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id71861
Acc. 2010.407: War Rationing Books1940sScope and Contents
Includes 4 U.S. Office of Price Administration War Rationing Books Four, issued to members of the McCraw family of Farmville, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id80861
Acc. 2010.717: Advertising materialsScope and Contents
Primarily contains labels from various food products, including Wayne Corn, Clabber Girl Baking Powder, and Hires Root Beer.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id86299
Acc. 2011.089: Travel Pamphlets1940-1977Scope and Contents
Contains travel pamphlets: one is a guide book from Vancouver, Canada, from the 1940s; one is a guide back to the Edinburgh Castle from 1948; and the final is a booklet entitled "Gold Dredging in Sumpter Valley," by Brooks Hawley, and was printed in 1977.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id88274
Acc. 1999.09: Henry Ford II Funeral Items1987Scope and Contents
Printed material from the funeral of Henry Ford II. Gift of Christian Vinyard.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id93072
Acc. 2011.328: Hotel Brochures1905, 1937Scope and Contents
Brochures for the Princess Anne Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1905, and the George Washington Hotel, in Winchester, Virginia, 1937.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id95864
Acc. 2011.435: Pocahontas PostcardsScope and Contents
Includes a postcard of the S. S. Pocahontas, an automobile and passenger transport between Norfolk and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. There is also a postcard depicting the baptism of Pocahontas as well as a postcard of a portrait of Pocahontas.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id97676
Acc. 2011.511: Virginia ephemeraScope and Contents
Contains ephemera, primarily related to tourism in Virginia. Includes an artistic map of Southwest Virginia, a brochure about apple blossom festivals, a booklet about George Washington's relationship with Fredericksburg, and railroad publications. There is also a booklet from the Virginia Community College System, a pageant program from Charlottesville, a graduation program for three Charlottesville high schools, and a brochure from the Community League of Richmond.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id97678
Acc. 2011.512: Los Angeles: The Old and the New1911Scope and Contents
A guidebook to buildings and locations in the city of Los Angeles, California.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id97679
Acc. 2011.513: Shrapnel: The Handbook of the Staunton Military Academy1930-1931
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id97706
Acc. 2011.523: Photographs of Japanese Soldiers at the Jamestown Exposition1907Scope and Contents
Photographs of Japanese soldiers on parade during the Jamestown Exposition. There is also a photograph of General Kuroki, who led the soldiers at the Exposition, and a letter explaining the photographs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id106389
Acc. 2011.572: Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Ephemera1983-2002Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Contains bylaws and constitutions of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild; agreements between two local branches of the Guild with the Washington Post, dated 1989-1994 and 1999-2002; health manuals for the workplace; "In Celebration of the Life of Katharine Meyer Graham" brochure from a memorial service for the Washington Post publisher in 2001; and an issue of "Shoptalk," a weekly publication by the Washington Post, remembering Katherine Meyer Graham, July 19, 2001.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id110827
Acc. 2011.631: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America Trading Cardscirca 1950sScope and Contents
One set of 52 trading cards produced by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America to commemorate the importance of the labor movement in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. The set includes individuals such as Terence V. Powderly (railroad worker), Samuel Gompers (cigar maker), Eugene V. Debs (railroad fireman), Frank Morrison (printer), and Frederick Douglas (Abolitionist). Each card contains a short biography of the person's affiliation with the labor movement. On the front of each card is a depiction of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America's offices in Chicago, Illinois. The cards are in good condition with original box.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id110879
Acc. 2011.632 Tillson Council, No. 101 Constitution and Initiary Odescirca 1906Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Contains the constitution and bylaws for the Tillson Council, No. 101 of the Order of United Mechanics of the State of New York. Also included are two copies of initiary odes to be sung during initiation into the union, as well as the airs "Home Sweet Home" and "America."
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id111500
Card Game: "Authors illustrated"1893Scope and Contents
Contains a set of Authors Illustrated playing cards with the original box. The cards contain illustrations of famous scenes from the books or authors on the card. Some of the cards include Alexander Dumas, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, and Sir Walter Scott. Acc.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id50945
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id63960
Box 2: Ashville Postcard Company Sample Set (Acc. 2009.530)
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id63961
Acc. 2009.530: Ashville Postcard Company Sample Set1939Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents The following description was provided by the seller: "137 linen postcards from the late 30's!! They are all on an accordion style "folder" and I have never removed any to view the backs as they are glued ............................ The front cover notes " Asheville Post Card Co. Wholesale .... Post-Cards, Greeting Cards, Souvenirs and Novelties ... Asheville, N.C." There is a teal colored stamp on the upper left corner noting "January 27, 1939." .............................. Cards include landscapes, roadside sights, buildings, activities and people. There are designated sights in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina and some places not designated. Some are daytime and some are evening or night. A few have no notation on the front at all & just show a picture. .............. ....... Just over 50% are landscapes ........................................ 1). Those noted as Tennessee include sights in the Great Smoky Mountains, 7 of Norris Dam, a few of Norris Lake, a few of TVA's highway near Norris Dam and 2 in the town of Norris, TN. ..................................................... 2). Those noted as North Carolina include various views of the Great Smoky Mountains, Bridal Veil Falls, and other mountain sites ............................... 3). Those noted as Virginia include Natural Bridge, 5 or 6 from Hungry Mothers State Park (Some fine ones of swimmers, sun bathers and boaters), White Top Mountain, lots from the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Old Shot Tower and Back Bone Rock. .............................................................. 4). The general ones are obviously spread out over the 3 states (Because of their location in the accordion) and include but are not limited to a Mountaineer's Speed Wagon (An open wagon pulled by 2 steer), 2 of moonshine stills, 2 of water wheels, 4 of mountain cabins, 4 or 5 Tourist Correspondence Cards (Where you circle or check the response you want to send.... 2 are comical), 4 or 5 of boating/canoeing, 3 of fishing/fish, 2 of camping and 2 concerning tobacco (One of the interior of a tobacco warehouse and the other of tobacco growing in field). ............... 10 are of Black Americans doing various activities, 3 of crafters in their natural setting (1 caning, 1 rug making and 1 making syrup) and more. ............................ In all, about 3 of them have a small bend on an edge from the flipping of the accordion. Most are mint or near mint. ............. Some have a number handwritten on it or an imprinting/typing/stamping about that card such as those that can be specialized for a specific town, etc."
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id63961
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 id65925
Box 4: Stereoscopes: "A Trip Through Sears, Roebuck and Co" (Acc. 2010.092)ca. 1906-1908Scope and Contents
50 stereoscopes of the Sears & Roebuck Co. The cards have detailed description on the back and depict buildings and grounds, departments, employee activities and facilities at the Sears, Roebuck, and Company headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, including the shipping, printing, and clerical departments; telephone switchboard; power plant; and miscellaneous work areas. Published by the Sears Co., it was sold through their catalog along with a viewer. This accession has also been cataloged as Rare Book HF5467 .S4 s43.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 id66432
Box 5: Postcard viewbooks (Acc. 2010.109)circa 1910s-1960sScope and Contents
Consists of a collection of about 200 viewbooks of sights in the US and Canada, which fold out in accordion style.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 id67446
Box 6: Jamestown (Va.) and English Souvenirs (Acc. 2006.45)2006Scope and Contents
Souvenirs from a 2006 trip to England by Swem Reference Librarian, Hope Yelick. Many items relate to Jamestown, Virginia. Includes books, pamphlets, flyers, coaster, a bookmark and a print of a statue of Pocahontas at St. George's Church in Gravesend, Kent, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Many items transferred to the Artifact Collection. See Inventory for complete list.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 id67448
Box 7: Desert Storm Trading Cards (Acc. 2008.62)1991Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Four sets of trading cards, 2.5 " x 3.5", called Desert Storm, manufactured by Pro Set with a 1991 copyright. On the front side, each card has a heading such as Personnel, Leaders, Intelligence File and Geography with a subheading noted at the bottom of the card. A photograph depicting the topic is in the center of the card. On the other side, each card has a number on the bottom right corner, the same subheading now used as a heading and a description with a small topical photograph. Subheadings range from "Latitude and Longitude" to "Firefighters." Each packet contains about 60 cards for a total of 250 cards.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id111501
Box 10
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id122101
Miller and Rhoads Catalogs1947-1974Scope and Contents
Catalogs of the department store, Miller and Rhoads, located in Richmond, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id111502
Richard H. Poff Newsletters1966-1968Scope and Contents
Contains newsletters, 1966-1968, of Richard Harding Poff, a Republican congressman from Virginia. It seems as though these newsletters were sent to Poff's constituents.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id112152
"Touring: The Famous Automobile Card Game"1926Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Card game, 1926, called "Touring: The Famous Automobile Card Game" by Parker Brothers. The game comes with the original box and instructions, along with all 99 cards.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id128206
Hansatsu notecirca 1860sScope and Contents
Hansatsu note, circa 1860s, from Japan. Hansatsu notes were issued as money to supplement metal coins and were usually redeemable for silver, although some were also redeemable for gold or copper.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id126819
Counterculture publicationscirca 1990-1996Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents One copy of "Conspiracy Comix," issue 13 from Berkeley, CA about transgender issues from November 9, 1996. One copy of "Flavorpak", issue 5 published in Kansas City Missouri dedicated to urban creativity and culture, mostly hip hop culture.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id127838
Inaugural Guide to Washington for Jimmy Carter1977Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Contains "1977 Inaugural Guide to Washington" published by the 1977 Inaugural Committee for the Presidential Inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Includes biographical information about Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, a short history of Presidential Inaugurations in the United States, a map of the Inaugural Parade Route in Washington, D.C., and form to order the official commemoratives of the Inauguration.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id128235
Japanese Culture Holiday Greeting Cardscirca 1980-2000Scope and Contents
Contains holiday greeting cards with depictions of Japanese culture such as landscapes, artwork, fashion, animals, and architecture.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id128109
Holiday Greeting Cardscirca 1980-2000Scope and Contents
Contains holiday greeting cards featuring landscapes, artwork, and other scenes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id132970
Progressive Chautauqua Playing Cards1897Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Set of 66 cards, one instruction card, and one index card for Progressive Chautauqua (3" x 4 ½"). Includes the original box. Instruction cards explain rules of play and talk about the advantages of becoming a salesperson for products and publications by the Peoples Book Co., with copyright by W.M. Ford. It addresses the young, unemployed, preachers and women. For example: "To ladies thrown on their own resources for livelihood, it offers honorable, independent employment." The cards feature people and places related to the Holy Bible, including Moses, Cain, Egypt, and Esther.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id122101
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id138111
Box 11a
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id93066
Tibetan Buddhist Script1700sScope and Contents
Two handwritten manuscript leaves and two woodcut printed leaves, all in Tibetan Buddhist Script from 18th century. These contain Sutra or the canonical scriptures which are interpretations of the original teachings of Gautama Buddha.
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id76282
Notgeld circa 19201920-1922Scope and Contents
100 colorful, uncirculated issues of Notgeld [emergency currency], 1920-1922, of different denominations and from a variety of locations within Germany. Notgeld was an alternative form of currency issued by localities during the period of hyperinflation in Germany after World War I. Some bills depict historical buildings, monuments, folkloristic themes, etc., while others contain anti-Semitic imagery.
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id95982
Uncirculated Notgeld (Emergency Currency Collection) Arnstadt1921Scope and Contents
Collection of 18 uncirculated Notgeld bills from 1921 issued in Arnstadt, Germany. The six small notes contain comments about the financial problems of Germans after World War I. A number of these bills contain indications of the rising of Anti-Semitism. Also present are twelve larger banknotes featuring an array of historical images.
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id95986
Notgeld with Anti-Semitic Images1921Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents The following description has been provided by the seller: "Notgeld, Germany currency issued by the banks in the post WWI period. This collection includes several specific anti-Semitic notes: 1. "David Gets a Close Shave"- A one mark note issued in 1921 in a small town in the North Westphalian Rhine Region. 2. Issued by a small German town, this banknote depicts a "hooked-nose" Jewish gnome" and part of the writing on the note states "This is the way all pushers must go. Then things would stand better in Germany." 3. 2 mark Bank Note issued by the district of Hoxter in northern Germany. The front of the note shows a lone Jew chained to the central pillar of the public square. 4. Set of three 100 Mark bank notes featuring designs from wood cuts made in 1492. These notes were issued to commemorate the 430th anniversary of the burning of Jews at the stake in 1492 in Sternberg Germany. This event centered around the belief by Germans that the blood of Christian children was part of the Passover Matzo recipe. 5. One Mark Ban Note depicting David selling a large chamber Pot. Issued in the North Westphalian Rhine Region. 6. 50Pf bank note issued in 1921 by the district of Hoxter in Northern Germany; depicts a caged Jew Dunked in the Harbor."
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id95987
Notgeld (Emergency Currency)1923Scope and Contents
A 500 Mark bank note issued in 1923 during the German depression following World War One. This note is issued on silk and is known as Notgeld (emergency currency). This particular note reflects both anti-Semitic and anti-US(Wilson) feelings.
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id74415
Tribes of Belgian Congo trading cardscirca 1924Scope and Contents
This information has been provided by the seller and has not been verified: "These cards were printed in Holland circa 1924. The Publisher was the Liebig Company and the product being promoted was soup, although the product is not shown. According to information on the back of the cards, the images shwon are based on engravings prepared in 1865. Each card depicts a male and a female member of a different tribe in the tribe's natural environment. The male appears in characteristic, often highly elaborate, garb at center, while the female appears in a circular portrait in the upper corner. The latter portrait showcases the female's hairstyle or headwear. Situated in the foreground are works of tribal art, artifacts, implements and/or musical instruments coming from the respective ethnic group. Typical dwellings and/or other figures appear in the background. The tribes treated in the series are: The Baluba, The Bangala, The Babali, The Wagenia, The Bushongo, The Azande, The Ngome, The Bagelima, The Wasongola, The Gearabiseers, The Sango, The Bayaka, The Bambuti, The Batetela, The Mangbetu, The Basengele, The Batutsi and the Bambala. Each reverse contains 5-10 paragraphs of text, in Dutch, describing the demographics, customs, rituals, art, and environment of the respective tribe."
- Mixed Materials Box: 11a id93066
- Mixed Materials box: 11b
Box 11b
- Mixed Materials box: 11b id71907
Sluota (Lithuanian magazine)1987-1990Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents The following information has been provided by the seller and has not been verified. "This is a rare collection of Soviet Occupied Lithuania era magazines that take you into the humor and satire mentality of the state sanctioned social critics who had very limited access to the Western press at that time, and took great risks being controversial in a police state. The group starts with January 1, 1987 and includes the Jan and Feb 1990 issues. There are 48 issues which the photos illustrate and which are all in almost new condition. This set includes: Sluota 2 Sausis 1990 was published one month before Lithuania declared independence from Soviet Occupation. This is the last "soviet" issue of Sluota and is very rare." Note: Housed in four separate folders
- Mixed Materials box: 11b id81722
Map of Japancirca 1860sScope and Contents
Map of Japan, circa 1860s. Includes roads, sea routes, and a fare chart for transportation by horse.
- Mixed Materials box: 11b id88266
Marxism Cards1955Scope and Contents
Cards, 1955, that depict the life of Karl Marx and the history of Marxism in Germany.
- Mixed Materials box: 11b id88270
British Empire Cards1904Scope and Contents
Cards, 1904, that depict different aspects of life in the British Empire. Includes depictions of the supposed life of people in London, Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, Jamaica, Sri Lanka, and other locations within the British Empire.
- Mixed Materials box: 11b id71907
- Mixed Materials box: 11c
Box 11c
- Mixed Materials box: 11c id93281
Cuban Stamp Bookscirca 2011Spanish; CastilianScope and Contents
Contains two books of Cuban stamps.
- Mixed Materials box: 11c id97283
Trading Cards (France)circa 1880s-1890sFrenchScope and Contents
Two advertising cards, circa 1880s-1890s, from France. One is for the Great American Tea Company and has two African-American children on the front. The other is for Perles Japon (tapioca pearls). The card depicts four black figures standing in the ocean, holding hands.
- Mixed Materials box: 11c id122836
French Revolution-Era Assignats1792-1793FrenchScope and Contents
Scope and Contents The following is a description provided by the seller: "This is a Set of three (3) original French Revolution era Assignats, dated 1792-1793": 1) a 10 Sous note. Size: approx. 3" by 3 3/14" ; 2) a 15 Sols note. Size: approx. 3" by 3 1/4"; and, 3) a 5 Livres note. Size: approx. 2 1/2" by 3 1/2". The first two notes are from "1792" and are in VG+ Condition, w/some edge-tears, general wear, etc., while the third note is from "1793" and is in a Fine Condition w/some Very light staining. ....Now for some history: the French Revolution was funded by issues of paper money known as "assignats". These little promissory notes were essentially a form of "emergency" money, and were issued between 1790 and 1795. Because far too many assignats were printed--literally millions-- they became worthless. In 1795, presses were destroyed and production ceased. The assignats offered here are among the earlier assignats printed. A nice decorative border surrounds each note + they all have the usual two "blind"/embossed seals. Each is printed on fine, watermarked paper." Also includes an extra 20 Sols note, dated 1793.
- Mixed Materials box: 11c id138110
19th Century Bills1836-1860Scope and Contents
Contains three five dollar bills: one from the Franklin Bank of Boston, Massachusetts; one from the Ocmulgee Bank of Macon, Georgia; and one from the Clinton Bank of Westernport, Massachusetts.
- Mixed Materials box: 11c id140016
Anti-Nazi Woodcuts (China)circa 1940sScope and Contents
Chinese woodcut images of Nazi characters and symbols, as well as Chinese people, with quotations in Chinese around them.
- Mixed Materials box: 11c id93281
- Mixed Materials box: 11d
Box 11d
- Mixed Materials box: 11d id141538
Reichmarks1929-1945GermanScope and Contents
Contains reichmarks featuring various prominent Germans, including Albrecht von Thaer, Werner von Siemens, and David Hansemann. Later bills feature symbols of the Nazi Party, including the swastika.
- Mixed Materials box: 11d id145265
U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany Stereo Bookcirca 1945-1949
- Mixed Materials box: 11d id143463
Black Cat Cigarette Cards1916Scope and Contents
Cigarette cards depicting scenes from World War I with a brief explanation on the back of the card.
- Mixed Materials box: 11d id141538
- Mixed Materials box: 11e
Box 11e
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id147854
Woodblock Map (Japan)1826Japanese
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id149744
"Rund um Afrika" - Cruise travel advertising brochure1933Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Booklet, 31 pages (in German), published by Gustave Peterman, Hamburg and illustrated by A. Anton, designed to give interested travelers a first impression of the African continent through a combination of brief articles and photographs. The booklet was published on behalf of the "Deutsche Afrika-Linien" (German Africa Lines): Woerman-Linie, Ost-Afrika-Linie, Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Afrika Dienst), and Hamburg-Bremer Afrika-Linie. This item is also cataloged in the Swem Library online catalog as Rare Book (tbd)
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id149925
Jacqueline Kennedy Cardcirca 1963Scope and Contents
Thank you card sent by Jacqueline Kennedy, likely in response to condolences sent on the death of John F. Kennedy.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id149940
Recipe Card and Shopping ListundatedScope and Contents
One card consisting of a recipe that contains chives, fruit, and sugar on one side, and a shopping list for a traveling bag and clock, smelling salts, and silk stockings.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id149986
Documents relating to the founding of NASA1958Scope and Contents
Three memos relating to the founding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id149996
Photographs of Buddhist Statues on Mount Koya1930Scope and Contents
Includes two photographs of Buddhist statutes on Mount Koya in Japan, 1930.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id150006
Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Pennsylvania Program1976Scope and Contents
Contains the official souvenir program for a wagon train pilgrimage to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania by each of the 50 states to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The program was published by The Bicentennial Commission of Pennsylvania.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id150064
Our Lady of Lujan Pilgrimage Cardcirca 1960sScope and Contents
Souvenir card of the Our Lady of Lujan relic, which is found in the Basilica of Lujan outside of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id150065
James Monroe Cardcirca 1920sScope and Contents
Tobacco card featuring James Monroe, with a brief biography and an advertisement for Royal Bengals Little Cigars on the reverse.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id150066
Louis Vierne 2012 BrochureScope and Contents
Brochure for Christopher Houlihan's six city tour performing the symphonies of Louis Vierne on organ. Sound recordings of some of these concerts can be found at https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/Record/3477133 and https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/Record/3477134.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id177118
Greeting Cardscirca 1940sScope and Contents
Includes greeting cards with quotations from various nursery rhymes; also includes artwork which is based on the nursery rhyme.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id224801
Greetings from Mexico Postcardscirca 1960Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Contains a 3" x 5" postcard set of scenes from Xochimico, Mexico. Referred to as the Venice of Mexico, the scenes include photographs of local flower vendors and river boats on various canals.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id227102
Broadway Playbills and Kennedy Center Program1973-1986Scope and Contents
Broadway playbills from A Little Night Music, Sleuth, A Chorus Line, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as well as a schedule of performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for December 1979.
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id290040
Richmond Dispatch Daily Calendar1866
- Mixed Materials box: 11e
Newport News Shipbuilding-Christening Ceremony of the Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)circa 2014English
- Mixed Materials box: 11e id147854
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id146629
Box 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id93285
Cuban Poetry Festival Poster2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id140017
Communist Woodcuts (China)1951Scope and Contents
Chinese woodcut images, 1951, of various scenes in China and Korea. Includes idealized Communist depictions of Chinese life, Chinese soldiers training Korean soldiers, and the capture of a U.S. Army tank.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id140019
Communist Posters (Hungary)circa 1960sScope and Contents
Reproductions of Communist posters from the 1910s and 1920s, printed by the Hungarian Communist Party in the 1960s.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id150060
Saigoku Pilgrimage Scrollcirca 1880sScope and Contents
Scroll depicting the image of each Kannon Bodhisattva or Bosatsu located at the 33 temples a pilgrim must visit to complete the Saigoku pilgrimage in the Kansai region of Western Japan.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id231165
Campaign Posters2012-2013Scope and Contents
Contains campaign posters for statewide Virginia and national elections for Terry McAuliffe and Tim Kaine, among others.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id93285
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 id140058
Box 13: Photographs (China) (Acc. 2012.087:)circa 1960sScope and Contents
Photographs of various locations throughout China, mostly of workers and manufacturing in China, with captions in Chinese at the bottom of each image. Two plastic sleeves with Chinese characters on them were photocopied and the original sleeves discarded due to preservation concerns. There were also two envelopes with Chinese characters on them, which were also photocopied and discarded due to preservation concerns.
- Mixed Materials Oversize Folder 1
Oversize Folder 1
- Mixed Materials Oversize Folder 1 id111151
Map of Kyoto, Japan1811JapaneseScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Woodblock print map of Kyoto, Japan, 1811. Includes drawings of the public square and pagodas around the city, waterways that surround the city, and a chart on the back of the map. It is in poor condition with several tears in the paper, and is approximately 12" x 31 1/2".
ArrangementMoved from Box 11c to Oversize Folder 1.
- Mixed Materials Oversize Folder 1 id111150
Map of Tokyo, Japan1886JapaneseScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Woodblock print map of Tokyo, Japan, 1886. Includes drawings of buildings and architecture around Tokyo, roads, waterways, and border lines for marking each residential district in the city. The map is approximately 20 1/2" x 28 1/3" and the cover is completely unattached from the map.
ArrangementMoved from Box 11c to Oversize Folder 1.
- Mixed Materials Oversize Folder 1 id111151
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id65027
Box 3: Ephemera acquired circa 1930s through 1940s (Acc. 2009.602)1812-1939Scope and Contents
Includes visiting cards, advertisements, postcards, religious tracts, schedules, lottery tickets and other items.
ArrangementArranged by subject and geographic location.
Immediate Source of AcquisitionThis artificial grouping of backlog accessions was acquired sometime during the 1930s and 1940)
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id65019
Advertisements and Related Items - United States1876, 1884 and undatedScope and Contents
Includes business cards, broadsides, price tags, price lists, newspaper advertisements, postcards, medicine advertisements and more. Some of the states included are New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania (U.S. Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, "The American Bridge Co.'s Exhibit), Washington, D.C. (Thomas W. Smith receipt with drawing of building in 1884), Ohio (Cancer Treatment by Dr. A. Williams) and other states. One undated broadside from Cincinnati, Ohio, on cotton rag, advertises, "Beauties of Mechanism termed the Hall of Industry; at Letton's Museum."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2 id65014
Business and Industry Advertisements1904, 1911 and undated.Scope and Contents
Advertisements which include a Sears, Roebuck and Co. postcard (1911), calendar (1904), Lion Coffee, Muzzy's Corn Starch, Capadura cigar and much more.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3 id65012
Lottery Tickets1812-1887Scope and Contents
Lottery tickets from St. Louis, Missouri (1817), Maryland (1812, 1851 and undated), Louisiana (1881 and 1887) and Kentucky (1879).
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 id65030
Prices Current1868 and 1883Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents September 14, 1883 price list "Washington Price Current," J.F. Sheiry, Pr. for Biedler and Co., General Commission Merchants and a 1868 "Philadelphia Letter Sheet Price Current" for the Philadelphia stock market.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5 id65017
Religious Tracts, Verses and cards1865 and undatedScope and Contents
Scope and Contents 10 items ranging from a sheet of pledge cards for the Anti-Tobacco Tract Depository in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (undated), picture cards, form letters, "The Lifeboat" published by the American Seamen's Friend Society (October 1865) and a printer's sheet of a broadside for "Catalogue of the Sunday-School and Family Library."
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6 id65013
Title Pages of Books1620-1870Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Title pages from 29 books. Includes page for "Plutarch I Chaeronensis Omnium" dated 1620, page for "Porcupine's Works, Vol. II, 1796 , "Annalium Tam Regum..." 1679 and others.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 id65016
Transport and Schedules1939Scope and Contents
Eastern Air Lines, Inc. for March 1, 1939
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 id65015
Visiting CardsundatedScope and Contents
Ten visiting cards.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id65019
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 id71035
Box 8: Ephemera from the Backlog (2008.230)1884-1988, undatedScope and Contents
Ephemera from the backlog. Provenance is unknown for most items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 1 id71036
The Texas Declaration of Independence1943Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Facsimile of "The Texas Declaration of Independence" produced on the occasion of the publication of Louis Wiltz Kemp's "The Signers of The Texas Declaration of Independence" and published by the Anson Jones Press, Houston, in 1943.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 2 id71045
Transportation Maps and Schedules - Highway and Airlines1926, 1935,1938, 1939, 1942, and UndatedScope and Contents
1926 and 1935 highway maps of Virginia, 1938 and 1942 schedules for the Pennsylvania Central Airlines, undated Conoco highway map of "Delaware-Maryland-Virginia-W. Virginia," 1939 Standard Old Company (Esso) highway map of "Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware," and undated Sinclair Road Map of "Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia."
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 3 id71046
Proclamation of Public Thanksgiving by Governor Wilbur Cross of Connecticut1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 4 id71055
Newspaper Clipping about "Titles of the First Books"1884Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping from "The Nation" about "Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in different cities, towns and Monasteries..." by Rush C. Hawkins, New York: J. W. Bouton, London. 1884. Includes post card from J.W. Bouton to John Markhem in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 5 id71056
Nineteenth Century Newspaper Articles19th CenturyScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Five newspaper clippings with the following topics: 1) How a Princess behaves herself, Daniel Webster and Ancestry 2) Poetry, "Kick Him When He's Down." 3) "Strongest Man in the World" and "The Conspiracy Against the President" 4) "The Sweet Country Cousins" from the Boston Transcript and "City or Country." 5) "Reply of the Richmond Clergymen to Gov. Pierpoint's Charge of Disloyalty." The original circular quoting the governor appeared in newspapers in the North where Gov. Pierpoint supposedly said Richmond needed to erect a "Northern Methodist Church" because "the spirit of the Southern Pulpit is thoroughly disloyal." Undated, but after 1865.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 6 id71092
Scottish Widows Fund Ticket, Notepaper, Whitehead and Hoag Notepad, Virginia Lottery Tickets1988 and undatedScope and Contents
Scope and Contents Scottish Widows Fund ticket "The Largest British Mutual Life Office," packet of notepaper with "The Money Bag" and drawing of two people pulling coins from a bag on the front cover and three original Virginia Lottery tickets from the first batch printed for Virginia' modern lottery (September 20, 1988).
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 7 id92823
MiscellaneousScope and Contents
Flyer by Ray Brown about stamps (1956); cover to a miniature book; pamphlet entitled "The Print Collector;' Kenneth Nebenzal, Inc. in Chicago (Number Three, Spring 1969); Winter Convocation program for George Washington University at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 1934 (2 copies); program for "American Farewell Concert Tour of Eduard Strauss" by K. and K. Austro-Hungarian Court Ball Music Director...at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City (undated); program for "Mary Wigman and Her Group" by S. Hurok in New York City; brochure entitled "What Highways Mean to Your City" by the Automotive Safety Foundation, Washington, D.C. (April 1959); November 1950 Bulletin of "The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin" (Vol. 1, No. 2); photostat copy of an image of a banner advertising "Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia" (undated); brochure advertising the publication of "Virginia and Maryland" facsimile by the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island (1949); copy of a typed paper entitled "Henry Herringman" read before the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia on February 13, 1948 by Professor C. William Miller of Temple University; pamphlet for an exhibition of "Portrait Panarama, Portraits by Artists of Six Centuries" by the President and Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on September 10, 1947; brochure "A Tour of Historic Richmond (undated); Greeting card "Greetings, Ya Mugg!"; and a program for the "Culpeper Bicentennial" from July 25-30th in Culpeper, Virginia (1949).
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 8 id126248
Postage Stamps1890-1938Scope and Contents
Postage stamps, many on envelopes addressed to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem, but most loose or torn from letters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 1 id71036
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 id88040
Box 9: Leaflet Collection (Acc. 2008.313)circa 1950-1960Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, programs, advertisements and other ephemera from associations, businesses, state and federal agencies, local organizations and the military, probably from the 1950s and mostly relating to activities in Virginia. Not yet processed as of April 2011.