Attention history buffs! We just received word from the Cataloging Department that a series of American broadsides and ephemera from the Archive of Americana database (usually accessed from the A-Z database list) has been added to The CAT. Read more about it in their announcement:
Over 29,000 records for items in the collection American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I, have been added to The CAT. Based on the American Antiquarian Society's collection of American broadsides and ephemera, this resource offers fully searchable facsimile images of broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. The remarkably diverse subjects of broadsides range from contemporary accounts of the Civil War, unusual occurrences and natural disasters to official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports. The collection also includes autobiographies and dying confessions of convicted criminals, theater playbills, sheet almanacs, publishers' prospectuses, advertisements, newspaper carriers' addresses, patriotic and popular songs and poems, and items illustrating political party organizations and controversies.
A Begins With (Browse) search of Series or Title with the string "American broadsides and ephemera, Series I" will retrieve the records.
To view these documents, click on the online content link on the CAT record. This will pull up a new window where you can view, print, or save (as a PDF) both the item and the document source.
Posted by mhs160 at October 11, 2007 06:16 PM