Henry Romeike Clipping Scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Romeike, Henry, 1855-1903
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Romeike, Henry, 1855-1903
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content: Henry Romeike Clipping Scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of one scrapbook of clippings documenting events covered in British and American newspapers from 1856-1916.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Romeike (1855-1903) was born in Riga, Hatvia, was educated in Prussia and founded the press clipping service industry in London.  In 1887 he came to the United States and became head of a clipping service that bore his name. Henry Romeike, Incorporated of New York advertised itself as "the first established and most complete newspaper cutting bureau in the world".
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1856-1916
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was presumably a part of the Warshaw Collection, which was purchased from Augusta Warshaw, widow of Isadore Warshaw, in 1971.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0338
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Clippings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, 1989
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The clippings (apparently collected by the Romeike service) cover a wide range of subjects and are taken from British and United States newspapers.  The clippings include straight news stories; 1856 elections in California, sports stories on rowing and baseball, a report on the number of foreign warships in Chinese waters.  There are also "feature" stories such as tourism by Americans in England (1874), iron and steel use in gun barrels, a description of a contempory comet (date unstated) and a general discussion of the nature of comets.  Sermons, poems and long letters (California Correspondence") published in 1856 are also included.