Finding Aid for the Shapiro Family collection of ephemera, 1792-1939
Processed by Aislinn Sotelo, March 2007; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Shapiro Family collection of ephemera
Date (inclusive): 1792-1939
Collection number: 1749
Creator:
Shapiro Family
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
3 oversize boxes
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.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sandra Shapiro, 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Shapiro Family collection of ephemera (Collection 1749). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Postcards
- Newspapers and Clippings
- Broadside
- Sheet Music
- Books, Magazines, Pamphlets
- Puzzles and Cutouts
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Genres and Forms of Material
Ephemera.
Box 1, Folder 1
Postcards
Physical Description: 15 items.
Scope and Content Note
Holiday and generic postcards; envelope with photograph
2: Newspaper and Clippings
Box 1, Folder 2
Newspapers
Physical Description: 3 items.
Scope and Content Note
7 newspapers dated 1792, 1888, 1794, 1861, 1802, 1827, 1840; 7 newspaper
clippings
Box 1, Folder 3
Newspapers
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 4
Newspaper Clippings
Physical Description: 10 items.
Box 1, Folder 13
Artifact
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Yale University Bi-centennial, 1701-1901 metal pin with blue ribbon. (Sharp pin
exposed)
Box 1, Folder 5
Broadside
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 6
Sheet Music
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1, Folder 7
Sheet Music
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 8
Sheet Music
Physical Description: 10 items.
Box 1, Folder 9
Sheet Music
Physical Description: 6 items.
Box 1, Folder 10
Sheet Music
Physical Description: 5 items.
5: Books Magazines, Pamphlets
Box 1, Folder 11
Pamphlets and Small Books
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 1, Folder 12
Magazine
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 14
Scrapbook
[1898]
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 1
Textbook
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4
Cardboard cutouts of town scene
