Ephemera Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

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.

Physical / technical requirements:

The fragile nature of Mss. Acc. 2009.530 may limit handling.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Advertising
Advertising--United States--History
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976--Virginia
American poetry--19th century
Card games
Desert Storm, Operation, 1991
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
Methodist Church--Virginia
Methodist Church--Virginia--History--19th century
National parks and reserves--United States
Oysters--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Oysters--Shucking
Oysters--United States--History--Pictorial works
Postcards--Southern States
Presidents--United States--Inauguration
Prices--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Prices--Washington Metropolitan Area.
Publishers and publishing
Richmond (Va.)--History
Richmond (Va.)--History--19th century
Tobacco industry--Massachusetts
Women--Employment--Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945--Germany
Advertising blotters
Advertising cards
Assignats
Card games (game sets)
Catalogs
Checks (bank checks)
Cigarette cards
Clippings (information artifacts)
Coupons
Invitations
Lottery puffs
Newspapers
Notebooks
Photographs
Poems
Postage stamps
Postcards
Price lists
Printed ephemera
Religious texts
Stereoscopic photographs
Tags
Title pages
Trading cards
Viewbooks
Visiting cards
Newsletters
Names:
Miller and Rhoads (Richmond, Va.)
Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears, Roebuck and Company--Pictorial works
United States. President (2009- : Obama)
Virginia. State Lottery Dept.
Whitehead and Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Places:
Chicago (Ill.)--Industries--Pictorial work
England--Description and travel--20th century
Yellowstone National Park