Title & Author:

Postcards in the library : invaluable visual resources / Norman D. Stevens, editor.

Publication:

New York : The Haworth Press, [1995]
©1995

Description:

xvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
"Also published as Popular culture in libraries, volume 3, number 2, 1995"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233).
Welcome to the World of Postcards / Norman D. Stevens -- Curt Teich Postcard Archives: Dedicated to the Postcard as a Document Type / Katherine Hamilton-Smith -- Institute of American Deltiology: An Emerging Resource / Donald R. Brown -- Pacific Northwest and Other Postcard Treasures in the University of Washington Libraries / Richard H. Engeman -- Why Libraries Collect Postcards: Two Case Studies / Lois R. Densky-Wolff -- Postcards from the Marguerite Archer Collection: A Treasure Trove for the Study of Childhood / Meredith Eliassen -- California Here We Come: The Adams Postcard Collection at San Diego State University / Martha McPhail -- "Historic Picture Postcard Collection" at the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia / Jack Robertson -- Why Aren't You Here? Postcards in the Popular Culture Library / Alison M. Scott -- Sites Abroad: Picture Postcards and a Late Nineteenth Century Woman's Sketchbook of the Grand Tour / Claudia Hill -- Researching the View Cards of Mount Vernon / Barbara L. Anderson -- "Patriotic and Profitable": The World War I Postcards in the Hoover Institution Archives / Elena S. Danielson -- Learning from Medical Postcards / John K. Crellin and William H. Helfand -- Graphic Images and Publisher Exploitation of Yellowstone Park in Postcards: "Viewing the Marvelous Scenes in Wonderland" / Richard Saunders -- View of Main Street: The Use of Postcards in Historic Preservation / Loriene Roy -- Metered Mail: A Survey of Contemporary Poetry Postcard Publishing / Timothy D. Murray -- George Watson Cole: A Man, His Postcards, and the American Antiquarian Society / Jennifer Henderson -- Automation of the Frances Louise Day Postcard Collection of the Howard County Historical Society (Ellicott City, MD) / Mary K. Mannix -- Postcards: Navigating the Preservation Options / Jan Merrill-Oldham -- Reference Works on Postcards and Postcard Collecting: A Selective Bibliography / Chris Wolff -- Postcard Based Research: A Representative Bibliography / Norman D. Stevens.

Summary:

Explains the nature and accessibility of existing postcard collections, techniques for acquiring, preserving, and handling collections, and ways to make researchers and patrons more aware of these collections, focusing on postcard collections' potential as a scholarly resource. Describes specific major collections and themes, and discusses organizational issues. Includes an annotated bibliography. No index. For special collections librarians, historical societies, and postcard collectors and dealers.

ISBN:

1560247762 (alk. paper)
9781560247760 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Libraries United States Special collections Postcards.
Libraries and pictures United States.
Postcards United States.
Bibliothèques États-Unis Fonds spéciaux Cartes postales.
Bibliothèques et illustrations, images, etc. États-Unis.
Bibliothèques et illustrations, images, etc.
Bibliotecas Estados Unidos Colecciones especiales Tarjetas postales
Libraries and pictures.
Libraries Special collections.
Postcards.
Prentbriefkaarten.
Bibliotheekcollecties.
Bibliothèques Fonds spéciaux Non-livres.
Cartes postales États-Unis.
United States.

Form/genre:

Postcards.

Added entries:

Stevens, Norman D., editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193758
Call No.: ID Z692.P65; ID:97-B48
Status: Available

Location: Library main 193759
Call No.: ID Z692.P65; ID:97-B48
Status: Available