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Adams (John and Jane) Postcard Periodicals Collection
MS-0057
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: John and Jane Adams Postcard Periodicals Collection
Creator:
Adams Postcard Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0057
Physical Description:
2.29 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1947-1986
Date (bulk): 1970-1985
Language of Material:
English
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The
John and Jane Adams Postcard Periodicals Collection consists of magazines, newsletters, bulletins, gazzettes, collectors' guides, auction catalogs, and ephemera related to deltiology,
the study and collection of postcards.
This collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Gift from John R. and Jane Adams.
John and Jane Adams Autograph Album Collection
John and Jane Adams Greeting Card Collection
John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
John and Jane Adams Trade Card Collection
Identification of item, folder title, box number, John and Jane Adams Postcard Periodicals Collection, Special Collections
and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
In processing, August 2019, Lucas Buresch.
Postcards began circulation as a convenient means of quick and often colorful communication in the mid-to-late 19th century.
Both American and European publishers took advantages of the postcard craze of the early 20th Century as millions of postcards
of a variety of subjects and topics were produced, circulated, and collected. The popularity of postcard collecting diminished
during World War I and postcards have never achieved quite the popularity they initially held, but postcards are still widely
produced, circulated, and collected worldwide for various reasons and occasions.
1989-009
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Postcards--Private collections--California--San Diego
Postcards--Specimens
Adams, Jane Ford--Art collections
Adams, John R., 1900-1994--Art collections