Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Archives Center Scrapbook Collection

Summary
Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0468
Creators:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dates:
circa 1880s-2002
Languages:
Some materials in
German
.
Physical Description:
13 Cubic feet
51 boxes
Repository:
Collection consists of miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera.
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous late nineteenth/early twentieth century scrapbooks containing postcards, trade cards, greeting cards, decals, and other ephemera. Included are: (1) trade cards for thread, tobacco, barbers, sewing machines, toiletries and shaving products, tobacco, undertakers and patent medicine; (2) images of women, children, pets, and flowers; (3) greeting cards celebrating Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, and St. Patrick's Day; and (4) postcards from the United States and around the world. Some of the items in the scrapbooks are comical or picturesque. Most of the scrapbooks were created by women. Also included are several twentieth century diaries, including two travel diaries written by women.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series.
Administration
Author
Anne Jones and Alison Oswald
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Scrapbook donated by Mike Blakeslee on September 19, 1997. The collection continues to add accruals.
Accruals
Additonal scrapbooks were donated by Patricia A. Moddow (2002); Dennis K. Doane (2006); Noelle B. Beatty (2011); John R. Anderson (2013); and Eric and Deanna Hartley (2013).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Anne Jones, volunteer.
Digital Content
Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
Archives Center Scrapbook Collection
Using the Collection
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Advertising cards Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Asia Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ausable Chasm (N.Y.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Brochures Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
California Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Canada Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Colorado Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Connecticut Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Diaries -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Europe Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Greeting cards -- 20th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hawaii Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Pamphlets Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Rhode Island Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rochester (N.Y.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Shaving Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Stationery Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Trade cards Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Travel Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vermont Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Washington (D.C.) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wit and humor Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women -- History -- 20th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Women -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harvard University Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
archivescenter@si.edu