Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | John Davis Batchelder ephemera and special collections, 2200 BCE-1948 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 2200 BCE-1948 CE |
| Bulk Dates | 1760-1945 |
| ID no. | rb210003 |
| Creator | Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958 |
| Extent | 480 items |
| Extent | 14 containers |
| Language | Collection material in English, French, Italian and Sumerian. |
| Location | Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/eadrbc.rb021003 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2021687513 |
| Summary | Theater programs, playbills, newspapers, incunabula leaves, prints, official documents, bookplates, inaugural souvenirs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts and politics primarily in the US, but also Europe. Persons represented in the collection include Albrecht Durer, Peter Schoeffer, Wynkyn de Worde, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Edwin Booth, and several US Presidents. |