Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
label: Names
content: Harvard University
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Ausable Chasm (N.Y.)
label: Place
content: California
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content: Canada
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content: Colorado
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content: Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
label: Place
content: Connecticut
label: Place
content: Europe
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: Illinois
label: Place
content: Indiana
label: Place
content: Maine
label: Place
content: Maryland
label: Place
content: Massachusetts
label: Place
content: Mexico
label: Place
content: Michigan
label: Place
content: Middle East
label: Place
content: New England
label: Place
content: New York
label: Place
content: New Hampshire
label: Place
content: New Jersey
label: Place
content: North Carolina
label: Place
content: Ohio
label: Place
content: Panama
label: Place
content: Pennsylvania
label: Place
content: Plymouth (England)
label: Place
content: Rhode Island
label: Place
content: Rochester (N.Y.)
label: Place
content: South Carolina
label: Place
content: Tennessee
label: Place
content: Vermont
label: Place
content: Virginia
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Barbering
label: Topic
content: Greeting cards -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Lighthouses
label: Topic
content: Shaving
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Wit and humor
label: Topic
content: Women -- History -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Women -- History -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Women -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Scrapbook donated by Mike Blakeslee on September 19, 1997. The collection continues to add accruals.
creator: label: Creator
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
setName: label: See more items in
content: Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Additonal scrapbooks were donated by Patricia A. Moddow (2002); Dennis K. Doane (2006); Noelle B. Beatty (2011); John R. Anderson (2013); and Eric and Deanna Hartley (2013).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Cubic feet (51 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880s-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0468
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertising cards
label: Type
content: Brochures
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Letterheads
label: Type
content: Menus
label: Type
content: Newspaper clippings
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Stationery
label: Type
content: Trade cards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Anne Jones, volunteer.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Brochures
label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterheads
label: Genre/Form
content: Menus
label: Genre/Form
content: Newspaper clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Stationery
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade cards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera. Included are: (1) trade cards for thread, tobacco, barbers, sewing machines, toiletries and shaving products, tobacco, undertakers and patent medicine; (2) images of women, children, pets, and flowers; (3) greeting cards celebrating Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, and St. Patrick's Day; and (4) postcards from the United States and around the world. Some of the items in the scrapbooks are comical or picturesque. Most of the scrapbooks were created by women. Also included are several twentieth century diaries, including two travel diaries written by women.