Postcards in the library : invaluable visual resources 9781306361187, 1306361184, 9781315859286, 1315859289, 1560247762

Table of contents :
Content: Introduction --
Two primary postcard collections --
Representative library collections --
The use of postcards --
Organizational issues --
Bibliographies.

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Postcards in the Library Invaluable Visual Resources

Edited by N o rm an D. S tevens

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Postcards in the Library: InvaluableVisual Resources

Norman D. Stevens Editor

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Taylor & FrancisCroup NewYork London

Postcards in the Library: Invaluable Visual Resources has also been published as Popular Culture in Libraries, Volume 3, Number 2 1995. © 1995 by The Hawoith Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No pait of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical, including photocopying, microfilm and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The development, preparation, and publication of this work has been undertaken with great care. However, the publisher, employees, editors, and agents of The Haworth Press and all imprints of The Haworth Press, Inc., including The Haworth Medical Press and Pharmaceutical Products Press, are not responsible for any errors contained herein or for consequences that may ensue from use of materials or information contained in this work. Opinions expressed by the author(s) are not neces­ sarily those of The Haworth Press, Inc. First published by The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580 USA This edition published 2013 by Routledge Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017

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Routledge is an imprint o f the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business L ib ra ry o f C ongress C ataloging-in-Publication D ata Postcards in the library: invaluable visual resources / Norman D. Stevens, editor. p. cm. “ Also published as Popular culture in libraries, volume 3, number 2 , 1995"-T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references ( p .). ISBN 1-56024-776-2 (alk. paper) 1. Libraries-United States-Special collections-Postcards. 2. Libraries and picturesUnited States. I. Stevens, Norman D. Z692.P65P67 1995 026 '.76956 '6-r