Ephemera collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S4572

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains items originally made for one-time impact or for informational purposes such as advertisements, announcements, broadsides, bumper stickers, calendars, flyers, handbills, invitation, letterheads, menus (not of a restaurant: see S4524 for Menu Collection), programs, and tickets. The collection includes a series of pin-back buttons related to events and organizations.

These items are placed into the Ephemera collection when they are not an integral part of another collection, have a broader appeal, and can be more easily found if filed separately. Ephemera items should be whole, which excludes incomplete items like newspaper clippings. Many have interesting illustrative aspects. Ephemera items are numbered, cataloged by maker or the publisher, and title, date, as well as described by the type of item such as 'advertisement' or 'letterhead."

Ephemera items are boxed by size in numerical sequence. To browse the collection, see the binder of photocopies of the originals.

Dates

1860-

Creator

Archives and Special Collections, Northeast Minnesota Historical Center Collections (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Archives staff sometimes receives donations of single items or small amounts of unrelated materials for the Northeast Minnesota Historical Center Collections. Staff have set up collections to group like materials that come from disparate sources.

Extent

5.33 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains items originally made for one-time impact or for informational purposes such as advertisements, announcements, broadsides, bumper stickers, calendars, flyers, handbills, invitation, letterheads, menus, programs, and tickets. The collection includes a series of pin-back buttons related to events and organizations.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

Other Information:

NEMHC staff: see accessions list for detailed information on items transferred to other collections.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.