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1. Sol Biderman collection, 1954-2004

   approximately 1741 items. approximately 1314 pages . 326 chapbooks. 3 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1⁄2 ips, mono. ; 3 in.. 70 wood block prints : black and white ; various sizes . 1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 x 9 in.. 6 posters : color, black and white ; various sizes. 3 postcards : color ; various sizes. 14 crucifixes. 4 wooden boxes. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Brazilian chapbooks, xilogravuras woodblock illustrations and woodblocks, sound recordings and additional research material on the subject of Brazilian literatura de cordel collected by Sol Biderman. The collection also includes a play, poems, and other writings by Biderman along with his collection of Chicano corridos and poems.

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2. National Negro Opera Company collection, 1879-1997

   11,250 items. 68 containers. 39 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The National Negro Opera Company, the first African-American opera company in the United States, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1941, by Mary Cardwell Dawson. The collection contains materials and records related to the company and to Dawson. It includes correspondence, administrative and financial records, photographs, programs, promotional and publicity materials, scrapbooks, clippings, address books, notebooks, music, and books. In addition, the collection contains materials related to opera singer La Julia Rhea, who performed with the company, and Walter M. Dawson, Mary Cardwell Dawson's husband, who worked for the company.

3. 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.

4. 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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