Ephemera

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  • Temporary everyday items, usually printed and on paper, that are manufactured for a specific limited use, then often discarded. Includes everyday items that are meant to be saved, at least for a while, such as keepsakes and stock certificates.

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  • Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

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      Ephemera

      • UF Programmes, leaflets, receipts, menus, playbills, pamphlets, flyers, greeting cards, business cards, invitations, coupons, tickets

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      Ephemera

        2176 Archival description results for Ephemera

        2176 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
        Personal.
        SCA96-GA66-5-28 · File · 1920-[196-]
        Part of G. Elmore Reaman fonds.

        File consists of ephemera and clippings kept by G.E. Reaman. Includes clippings about his parents and genealogical information about the Reaman family, business and membership cards, program for the 21st anniversary of "The Club", programme for Cornell University commencement of 1920, listing G.E. Reaman as graduate, envelopes with stamps. Also includes a 1959 prospectus for the Doon School of Fine Arts, and a thesis presented to G.E. Reaman by the author, Marguerite Kehr. Also contains programmes for musical events at which G.E. Reaman's wife Flora and daughter Elaine performed.

        Personal.
        SCA204-GA529-10 · Series · 1887-1935
        Part of Breithaupt Hewetson Clark collection.

        Series consists of material relating to A.L. Breithaupt's personal activities and finances. Includes a quantity of insurance premiums purchased by A.L Breithaupt and documentation of loans taken against value of the premiums. Includes correspondence, examinations, ephemera, receipts, policies and certificates.

        Breithaupt, Albert Liborius
        Pentland, Barbara.
        SCA25-WA14-4-300 · File · February 24, 1960
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Clipping of Winnipeg Free Press article "Harmony In Music And Marriage" about Canadian composer Barbara Pentland.

        Peene, Vida.
        SCA25-WA14-4-296 · File · November 16, 1968
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Partial edition of The Globe Magazine featuring article "What Vida Wants, Culture Gets" by Betty Lee about Canadian patron of the arts Vida Peene. File also includes manuscript note by Elizabeth Long about Peene and a monetary donation to the Aberdeen Collection.

        Pearson, Dorothy.
        SCA25-WA14-4-295 · File · [194-?]
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Typescript page outlining the candidature qualifications of Dorothy Pearson for the Board of Education in Ward #2 in what is likely Toronto, Ontario. Includes sample telephone script for calling potential voters.

        Pears' Soap booklet
        SCA339-GA384-3-4 · Item · [ca. 1890-1910]
        Part of Women's domestic work advertisements collection.

        Eight page booklet advertising the benefits of Pears Soap, specifically for use on women and children and in washing clothes. The cover shows a young girl holding a newspaper which reads "How to improve the complexion Soap" and the verso shows an illustration of a grandmother forcing a young boy into a bath with Pears Soap and the caption "You dirty boy."

        Patton, Anne.
        SCA25-WA14-4-294 · File · [19--]
        Part of Elizabeth Long fonds.

        Page torn from an unknown publication featuring the article "Personality..." about Anne Patton who ran a travel service.

        SCA223-GA210-1-27 · File · 1928-1961
        Part of Ivan W. Keffer fonds.

        File consists of personal documents of Ivan W. Keffer. Includes a Canadian passport, a German driver's license, a laminated alien registration card (US), a resident alien border crossing card, Canadian immigration identification cards for both Keffer and his wife Mary, an international certificate of vaccination, and a marriage certificate. Also included are manuscript notes and several American stamps. File also includes a typescript page containing information about the alien registration cards for each of the Keffers.