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The [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] has several different series of [[card catalogs]]. None are currently being added to or maintained, but some contain records for material not (yet) described elsewhere.
The [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] has several different series of [[card catalogs]]. None are currently being added to or maintained, but some contain records for material not (yet) described elsewhere.


* Main card catalog: books and maps (mostly now in Hamnet)
==Printed books (includes atlases and maps)==
** Author, title, and subject cards interfiled
All cards are located in the main card catalog room (next to the entrance to the Old Reading Room)
** Chronological: Continental publications before 1700
** Chronological: English publications before 1700
** Printer/Publisher: ?? need to check
** Former owners


* Art card catalog (all now in Hamnet)
* Author, title, and subject cards interfiled (some not in Hamnet)
** Prints: artist, title, and subject interfiled
* Chronological, by year:
** Photographs: by subject
**STC period publications
** Drawings and watercolors: by subject on 3 x 5 cards cross-referenced to artists on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
**Wing period publications
** Chronological: pre-1700 prints
**English 18th century publications (many not in Hamnet)
*Continental printers to 1800, by name (many not in Hamnet)
*Continental place of publication to 1800, by city (many not in Hamnet)
*Former owners:
**Main file, by name
**Harmsworth, by STC number
*Other:
**Books with manuscript notes (drawer labeled "Former Owners: MSS Notes")
**Book prices (i.e., handpress era books containing indications of how much was paid for them)


* Manuscripts card catalog (all now in Hamnet)
==Manuscripts==
** Author, title, and subject cards interfiled
All cards except for the Former Owners file and the Manuscript Notes file are in the little room to the left of the main card catalog room.
** Chronological (is there a date limit?)
** First lines of pre-1700 English poetry


* Playbills (not in Hamnet)
*Author, title, and subject cards interfiled
** England: by city, then theater, then season (no access by actors or plays)
*Chronological, by year
** America: by city, the theater, then season (no access by actors or plays
*First lines of poetry:
**Pre-1700 English (now online, integrated into the [http://firstlines.folger.edu/ Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century])
** Post-1700 English poetry (now online, integrated into the [http://firstlines.folger.edu/ Union First Line Index of English Verse
13th-19th Century])
**Non-English, by language
*DeRicci numbers
*Former owners (located in the main card catalog room)
*Printed books with manuscript notes, by author/title of book  (located in the main card catalog room)


* Costumes and props (not in Hamnet)
==Art==
All cards except for the STC Illustrations file and the Wing Illustrations File are in the little room to the left of the main card catalog room.
 
* Prints: artist, title, and subject interfiled
* Photographs: by subject
* Drawings and watercolors:
** Artist, on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
** Subject on 3 x 5 cards cross-referenced to artists on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
* Chronological: pre-1700 prints
* Illustrations (located in the main card catalog room):
** STC period by subject (not in Hamnet)
** Wing period by subject (very incomplete; not in Hamnet)
 
==Other==
All cards are located in the main card catalog room (next to the entrance to the Old Reading Room)
 
* Costumes and props (not in Hamnet):
** Actor
** Actor
** Play/Character
** Play/Character
** Garment or object type
** Garment or object type


* Illustrations (not in Hamnet)
* Playbills (not in Hamnet):
** STC by subject
** Main file: by city, then theater, then season (no access by actors or plays)
** Wing by subject (very incomplete)
** Chronological file
 
* Historical and Political Pamphlets 1500-1700 (not in Hamnet):
** French
** Chronological,  by year within language
 
*Folgeriana [i.e. about the Folger] (mostly not in Hamnet)
**Main file
**Chronological
**Subject
 
*Music: single songs first line index (not in Hamnet)
 
*Promptbooks
**Shakespeare
**Non-Shakespeare
**Chronological, by performance date
 
* Shakespeare Miscellany [i.e. ephemera and offprints receiving minimal description]
 
 


[[Category: Cataloging]]
[[Category: Cataloging]]

Revision as of 15:55, 18 April 2016

The Folger Shakespeare Library has several different series of card catalogs. None are currently being added to or maintained, but some contain records for material not (yet) described elsewhere.

Printed books (includes atlases and maps)

All cards are located in the main card catalog room (next to the entrance to the Old Reading Room)

  • Author, title, and subject cards interfiled (some not in Hamnet)
  • Chronological, by year:
    • STC period publications
    • Wing period publications
    • English 18th century publications (many not in Hamnet)
  • Continental printers to 1800, by name (many not in Hamnet)
  • Continental place of publication to 1800, by city (many not in Hamnet)
  • Former owners:
    • Main file, by name
    • Harmsworth, by STC number
  • Other:
    • Books with manuscript notes (drawer labeled "Former Owners: MSS Notes")
    • Book prices (i.e., handpress era books containing indications of how much was paid for them)

Manuscripts

All cards except for the Former Owners file and the Manuscript Notes file are in the little room to the left of the main card catalog room.

  • Author, title, and subject cards interfiled
  • Chronological, by year
  • First lines of poetry:

13th-19th Century])

13th-19th Century])

    • Non-English, by language
  • DeRicci numbers
  • Former owners (located in the main card catalog room)
  • Printed books with manuscript notes, by author/title of book (located in the main card catalog room)

Art

All cards except for the STC Illustrations file and the Wing Illustrations File are in the little room to the left of the main card catalog room.

  • Prints: artist, title, and subject interfiled
  • Photographs: by subject
  • Drawings and watercolors:
    • Artist, on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
    • Subject on 3 x 5 cards cross-referenced to artists on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
  • Chronological: pre-1700 prints
  • Illustrations (located in the main card catalog room):
    • STC period by subject (not in Hamnet)
    • Wing period by subject (very incomplete; not in Hamnet)

Other

All cards are located in the main card catalog room (next to the entrance to the Old Reading Room)

  • Costumes and props (not in Hamnet):
    • Actor
    • Play/Character
    • Garment or object type
  • Playbills (not in Hamnet):
    • Main file: by city, then theater, then season (no access by actors or plays)
    • Chronological file
  • Historical and Political Pamphlets 1500-1700 (not in Hamnet):
    • French
    • Chronological, by year within language
  • Folgeriana [i.e. about the Folger] (mostly not in Hamnet)
    • Main file
    • Chronological
    • Subject
  • Music: single songs first line index (not in Hamnet)
  • Promptbooks
    • Shakespeare
    • Non-Shakespeare
    • Chronological, by performance date
  • Shakespeare Miscellany [i.e. ephemera and offprints receiving minimal description]