Donald Rouland Ephemera Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Rouland, Donald
topic: label: Topic
content: Motels
label: Topic
content: Taverns (Inns)
label: Topic
content: Restaurants
label: Topic
content: Baseball
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Donald Rouland,1998.
creator: label: Collector
content: Rouland, Donald
setName: label: See more items in
content: Donald Rouland Ephemera Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of restaurant placemats and menus (including some from hotels, motels, and tourist venues), and baseball and miscellaneous programs.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: citca 1940-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0705
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Placemats
label: Type
content: Menus
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Programs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The materials are arranged into three series.

Series 1: Place Mats

Series 2: Menus

Series 3: Programs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2003.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Placemats
label: Genre/Form
content: Menus
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera -- 1940-1970
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of placemats, menus, and programs.  The placemats are arranged alphabetically and are printed with menus, maps, historical trivia, and tourist attractions. They are printed in color and black and white and are approximately 11" x 15" or smaller.  

The menus are arranged alphabetically by name of restaurant and are approximately 11" x 17" or smaller.  

The programs are divided into two subseries—baseball programs and miscellaneous—and are arranged alphabetically.  The miscellaneous programs include a theatre show Hello Hollywood Hello! and materials from the Illinois State Fair.  Not all materials are dated.