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How to Find Ephemera
The
Ephemera Collection consists of over one million items containing
obsolete money and lottery tickets, playbills, invitations, billheads,
menus, tobacco labels, match books, bottle caps, and countless other
types of materials that were were created for temporary use
but have survived to illuminate everyday life and popular culture.
The
Collection also contains trade cards, flyers, pamphlets, catalogues,
labels, and three-dimensional items bearing advertisements for a
myriad of products and services dating from the 18th century to
the present.
There
is no item-by-item guide to the Ephemera Collection. Instead,
the Collection is organized into Series, and each series is arranged
either alphabetically or chronologically and placed into boxes.
You may request items from the Ephemera Collection in the McIlvain
Special Collections Reading Room.
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EPHEMERA SERIES
Series
B: Businesses and Manufacturers
Includes
business cards, advertisements, price lists, bill heads, business
stationery.
17
boxes, arranged alphabetically by name of business. Includes elaborate
die-cut premiums offered by the Mencken Cigar Company.
Series
C: Calendars
Includes
calendars published by business companies.
3
boxes, 1867-1906.
Series
D: Churches
Includes
confirmation certificates, lecture announcements, mass tickets.
4
boxes, arranged alphabetically by name of church.
Series
E: Local Government
Includes
anything pertaining to the government or events in cities and towns.
3
boxes relating to Baltimore City, including the Baltimore Chamber
of Commerce, City Hall, Maps and Guides, and Baltimore City Events.
2
boxes of county government related items, arranged alphabetically
by county.
Series
F: Concerts and Entertainment
Includes
announcements and programs of one-time or short-term events.
6
boxes of miscellaneous programs.
8
boxes of Baltimore Academy of Music programs, four containing bound
volumes. 1889-1909.
9
boxes of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra programs, 1897-c. 1988.
8
boxes of other Baltimore musical organizations, including the Music
Hall (1894-1903), Oratorio Society (1883-1914), Paint and Powder
Club (1894-1916,1922-1953, 1960), Wednesday Club, and the Baltimore
Opera Co. (1971-1981).
Series
H: Fine Arts
Includes
invitations and programs for art exhibits.
3
boxes, arranged alphabetically by the name of the sponsoring gallery,
museum, or organization.
Series
I: Greeting Cards
Includes
all greeting cards except valentines.
8
boxes, Christmas, 1870- c. 1970.
1
box, Birthday.
1
box, Easter.
1
box, Religioius and Miscellaneous.
1
box, New Year, Thanksgiving, and Halloween.
Series
J: Maritime
Includes
material pertaining to ships and shipping lines.
1
box.
Series
K: Maryland State Government
3
boxes pertaining to events sponsored by the state government, including
Maryland Day, the state Tercentenary, the State Fair, Homecoming,
and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism.
Series
L: Menus
Includes
menus and wine lists of dinners given for famous persons and/or
dinners given by organizations.
7
boxes arranged alphabetically by the organization or person honored.
3
boxes of dinners given by Henry Powell Hopkins, 1950-1960.
1
box of menus from Baltimore's Miller Brothers Restaurant.
2
boxes of menus from dinners given by Baltimore's Wine and Food Society.
Series
M: Military
Includes
anything pertaining to the Armed Forces.
2
boxes, including one of Civil War illustrated envelopes.
Series
O: Organizations
Includes
programs, invitations, membership lists.
18
boxes, arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization.
Includes 3 boxes of Maryland Historical Society material.
Series
Q: Personal
Includes
calling cards, invitations, marriage certificates.
10
boxes arranged alphabetically by the name of the person.
Series
R: Political
Includes
election tickets, campaign literature.
Five
boxes, 1822-c.1980.
Series
T: Schools and Colleges
Includes
diplomas, brochures, commencement programs.
11
boxes arranged alphabetically by the name of the institution, including
Johns Hopkins University, College of Notre Dame Alumnae Association
(1879-1921), Peabody Institute (1929-1930), University of Maryland.
Series
U: Scrapbooks
Includes
clippings, monogram albums.
U-1 Cocheco Extra Fine Saltines (trade cards) Fannie Boyer (trade
cards and stickers) U-1a Anne Gordon Thom - Monogram Album
Lithographers'
proofs
U-3
theater ephemera
U-4
Political Ephemera
U-5
Baldwin
U-6
Adele A. Smith (Mrs. Baldwin) with PP69
U-7
Blanche Hungerford (with PP58)
U-8
Teacher's rollbook, advertising ephemera, valentines, business cards
U-9
Carroll A. Hill (Was MD 970)
U-10
Freeburger (Was MD 970)
U-11
Fusco
U-12
Marbury/Fendall
U-13
[Annabel George] MSS transfer 75361
U-14
Rosa Rand
U-15
John F. Hancock & Son
U-16
Elizabeth Taylor Goodwin (Mrs. Charles E. Rieman)
embossed
designs scrapbook
U17
Tradecards (Mr. & Mrs. William Merrick)
U18
Samuel T. Morgan
U19
J. Winfield Henry Postcard Album
U20.1-.5
Entre Nous Dance Club
U21
Harry Scott
U22
Birkhead Civil War Nov. 1916
M23/M17
Baltimore Tradecards (Frances A. Baldner), 1883
U23
a-c Symington
Series
V: Sports
Includes
tickets, programs, baseball and football cards.
4
boxes arranged alphabetically by team or institution, including
Baltimore Colts football, Naval Academy Football, University of
Maryland football.
Series
W: Theaters
Includes
programs, playbills.
4
boxes pertaining to various theaters, including Albaugh's Lyceum(1889-1924),
Center Stage, and the Charles.
12
boxes of programs for Ford's theater and Grand Opera House 1871-c.
1954. Six of the boxes contain bound volumes of programs.
3
boxes of programs for various theaters, including the Front St.
(1845-1877), Garden (1915), Guild (1926-1933), Hilltop (1947-1950),
Holliday St. (1856-1911), Kelly's Front St. (undated), Kernan's
Monumental (1892-1898) (bound), the Lyceum of Hagerstown and Baltimore,
Rivoli, People's, Playhouse, Pythian.
6
boxes of programs from Baltimore's Lyric theater, 1903-1950.
1
box of programs for the Maryland theater, 1905-1943, and the Morris
Mechanic theater.
7
boxes of playbills for various Baltimore theaters, arranged by date:
1781-1796 (transferred to MSS.), and 1812-1858. One box contains
the Stanley theater (1927), the "theater" (1798), and the Vagabond
theater (1917-1956).
11 boxes: Scrapbooks for various theaters 1866-1950.
4
boxes of miscellaneous theaters and theatrical material, including
theater reviews from newspapers, (1864-1865, 1888-1889, 1891-1892,
1894-1899, 1905-1906). Misc. theater programs, tickets, etc. (93
items). The Dowell Collection-- Baltimore theaters(1931, 1941-1942,
1956, 1960s-1975). Palace theater programs, 1917-1918.
6
boxes of programs for Baltimore-area motion picture theaters owned
by Durkee Enterprises, 1921-1965. (See collection description).
Series
X: Transportation
Includes
tickets, schedules and advertisements.
3
boxes arranged alphabetically by company. Includes the B&O Railroad.
Series
Y: US Government
Includes
anything pertaining to the government of or events in the US.
2
boxes.
Series
Z: Valentines
5
boxes, 1845-c. 1950.
Series
AA: Juvenilia
Includes items made especially for and by children.
1
box.
Series
BB: Embossed items (die-cuts?)
1
box.
Series
CC: Dance Programs
1
box.
Series
EE: Unclassified
1
box.
Series
FF: Lottery tickets and advertisements
1
box.
Series
GG: Tobacco
Includes
trade cards, advertisements.
1
box. See also Businesses: Mencken Cigar Company.
Series
KK: Trade Cards
2
boxes—illustrated and without illustrations.
Series
II: Financial Documents
1
box.
Hoen
& Co. Imprints
1
box.
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