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Mendicant ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: Case-folio-HV4493 .N49
Abstract
Collection of printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. Geographic coverage is focused primarily on the United States but also includes Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Spain.
Dates:
approximately 1850-approximately 2020
Newberry Library postcard collection
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-NL
Abstract
Collection of postcards with images of the Newberry Library, most mailed with messages to addressees, dating mainly from 1898-1915. Several copies of a later postcard with postmarks dating from 1939 to 1945, shows the Newberry Library, the John Crerar Library, the Harper Memorial Library, and the Chicago Public Library.
Dates:
1898-1945; Majority of material found within 1898-1915