Shapiro Family collection of ephemera, 1792-1939

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Summary

Title:
Shapiro Family collection of ephemera
Dates:
1792-1939
Creators:
Shapiro Family
Abstract:
The Shapiro Family collection of ephemera is part of a book collection of mostly children's books from the early part of the twentieth century. The ephemera collection consists of postcards, newspapers, sheet music, some of which contains the name Shapiro, pamphlets, a hand written textbook, a scrapbook, puzzles and cardboard cutouts.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear feet) 3 oversize boxes
Language:
Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Shapiro Family collection of ephemera (Collection 1749). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains holiday and generic postcards from the 1930s, one photograph in an envelope, newspapers dated 1792, 1888, 1794, 1861, 1802, 1827, 1840, newspaper clippings, a broadside, sheet music, a Yale University Bi-centennial, 1701-1901 metal pin with blue ribbon, pamphlets, a magazine, a textbook, a scrapbook from 1898, horse puzzles, and cardboard cutouts of a town scene.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Sandra Shapiro, 2007.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Postcards
  2. Newspapers and Clippings
  3. Broadside
  4. Sheet Music
  5. Books, Magazines, Pamphlets
  6. Puzzles and Cutouts

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Ephemera.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Aislinn Sotelo, March 2007; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2008
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; Date of source: 2008; frontmatter gathered MARC Record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Shapiro Family collection of ephemera (Collection 1749). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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