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1. Otto H.F. Vollbehr collection of printers' and publishers' marks

   21 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 8.4. Approximate number of items: 15,000. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Otto H. F. Vollbehr Collection of Printers' and Publishers' includes samples of such in nearly all of the major European countries. They chronicle the early example of printing through the seventeenth century.

2. Janus Press archive

   164 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 75 . Approximate number of items: 57,400. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present.

3. Sheet music cover collection (Library of Congress)

   ca. 1,700 prints : chiefly lithographs, b&w and color, 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   These illustrated sheet music covers reflect varied aspects of American history, culture, and politics in the nineteenth century.

4. Tobacco label collection (Library of Congress)

   ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color, 35 x 43 cm. or smaller. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   These labels and advertisements for tobacco reflect varied aspects of American history, popular culture, and politics of the nineteenth century.

5. Patent medicine labels and advertisements (Library of Congress)

   ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   These patent medicine labels and advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century medicines.

6. Visual materials from the Walt Whitman papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection

   ca. 1,010 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection contains portraits of Walt Whitman, images of his friends and associates, and places associated with Whitman collected by Charles E. Feinberg and others. Includes works by Baskin, Boardman, Brady, Eakins, Gutekunst, T. Johnson, Kruell, Partridge, and many others.

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7. Prints and bookplates by Sidney Lawton Smith

   886 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection contains proof prints as well as finished engravings and etchings created by artist Sidney Lawton Smith. Most of the material is bookplates and book illustrations. Also included are portraits of prominent Americans, depictions of historical scenes, and reproductive prints from paintings.

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8. Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress)

   4,596 items : photographic prints, photomechanical prints, lithographs, engravings, and drawings, most b&w, a few color ; various sizes, most 8 x 10 in. or smaller, some as large as 76 x 61 cm.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Primarily photographs of national and local NAACP administrative staff and programs, with images of civil rights promotion efforts through litigation and public protest.

9. Schreiber collection of European book illustrations

   20,413 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Wilhelm Schreiber (1855-1932), German printmaking scholar and author of the major reference work Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle (1891-1911), organized a personal study collection of over 20,000 book illustrations produced during the 15th through the 18th centuries. The Library acquired this collection in 1929 along with Schreiber's handwritten inventory. (Source: Melville guide)

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