As of July 19, 2021, reading room appointments are available. COVID-19 Update Website (active tab) Catalog NAVIGATION Collections Graphic Arts The graphic arts collections at the American Antiquarian Society are diverse and expansive, incorporating over 400,000 historic American objects subdivided into 135 collection areas. The department cares for prints, broadsides, maps, ephemera, sheet music, drawings and photographs. It also includes other material such as historic furniture, ceramics and former “cabinet” objects including a lock of George Washington’s hair and tea from the Boston Tea Party. The collection is arranged by format, with all prints together, all maps together, etc. Within these format clusters, material can be arranged by a number of strategies, including call number, date, size, or geographic region. Accessing graphic arts collection materials though records in the general catalog is possible for much of the collection. The collection descriptions below provide an overview of the Society's holdings, specifics on access, and additional resources when available. For questions, please contact our Readers' Services department or the Curator of Graphic Arts, Lauren Hewes. Collection Descriptions Prints American Political Cartoons American Portrait Prints Art Union Prints Engravings European Political Prints Hawaiian Engravings Lithographs Maps and Atlases United States Views Worcester Portrait Prints Other Artifacts Artist Collections Drawings Furniture Games Matrices Portraits Sheet Music Silhouettes Ephemera Billheads Bookplates, Booksellers' and Binders' Labels Broadsides Calling and Sentiment Cards Civil War Envelopes Clipper Ship Cards Currency Election Ballots Invitations Lottery Broadsides and Tickets Membership Certificates Menus Postcards Ream Wrappers Rewards of Merit Textile Printing Tickets Trade Cards Valentines Watch Papers Photographs Ambrotypes Cartes-De-Visite Daguerreotypes Gravestones Photographs of Actors and Performers Photographs of Native Americans Photographs of Houses in Middlesex and Worcester Counties by Harriette Merrifield Forbes Photographs of the New England Fair by B.T. Hill Photographs of Tuskegee Institute Stereographs Tintypes Theodor Clemens Wohlbrück Photographs Worcester Portrait Photographs Collection Quick Links Catalog | Login | Digital A-Z Hours By appointment: Monday: 9-5 Tuesday: 10-5 Wednesday: 9-5 Thursday: 9-5 Friday: 9-5 © 2021 American Antiquarian Society | 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 | Tel: 508-755-5221 | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Staff Directory