[Papyrus fragment and memorabilia
By: collected by John Davis Batchelder].
Contributors: Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958.; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1897
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958 -- Miscellanea.; Book collectors -- United States -- Miscellanea.; Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Specimens.
Notes: Most items in English, with some in French, German, Italian, Spanish; papyrus fragment in Greek.
Includes a fragment from the end of a private letter on papyrus, 1st cent. B.C.; travel memorabilia, among which are tickets, invitations, club passes, and photographs; pen-and-ink sketches and etchings by Batchelder, and a zinc plate from which one of the etchings was printed; letters to Batchelder. The bulk of Batchelder's papers are in the custody of LC's Manuscript Division; his photographs and prints, in LC's Prints and Photographs Division.