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1. Grenfell Press archive collection, 1979-1992

   31 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 30 feet. Approximate number of items: 10,000. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection is divided into five categories: Correspondence and Typescripts, Grenfell Press Publications, Miscellaneous Publications, and Oversize materials.

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. Walter Hamady and The Perishable Press collection, 1895-2019

   ca. 20,040 items. 129 containers. 161 linear feet. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Walter Hamady was an artist, professor, poet and printer, who ran the Perishable Press, Limited for over forty years. The collection includes correspondence, planning documents, original art, photographs, printing plates, Hamady’s personal library, reference materials, ephemera and realia.

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4. Early American Paper Money Collection, 1746-1865

   3 boxes. 1.2 Linear feet; approximately 366 items.. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Early American Paper Money Collection contains bills issued primarily by the Continental Congress and the original thirteen colonies. The denominations range from one penny to a hundred dollars and three pence to eight pounds. Includes random examples of Continental Currency and bills issued by Bank of Toronto, Bank of the United States, Confederate States of America, Connecticut, Corporation of Washington, Delaware, City of Wilmington, Delaware Bridge Company, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, City of New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Bank of North America, Corporation of Spring Garden, Farmers Bank of Reading, Oppenheim and Palatine Association, Phenix Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia Loan Company, Schuylkill Bank, Southwark Bank, Rhode Island, South Carolina, City of Charleston, Virginia, and small private change notes, in addition to miscellany relating to paper money.