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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 (see "[[Card catalogs#What can only be found through Folger card catalogs|What can only be found through Folger card catalogs]]").
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 (see "[[Card catalogs#What can only be found through Folger card catalogs|What can only be found through Folger card catalogs]]") and some provide access to material in ways the online catalog doesn't.


Unless otherwise noted, card catalogs listed below are located in the card catalog rooms off the Reading Room. Shelflists for most areas of the collection, not listed below, are located in the Cataloging Office (these sort cards by their call number order, rather than by author, title, or subject).


==Printed books (includes atlases and maps)==
==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, genre/form, and subject cards interfiled (this is by far the largest of the Folger card catalogs)
# Chronological, by year:
##STC publications (texts printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1475 and 1640
##Wing publications (texts in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1641 and 1700)
##British 18th-century publications
##Continental publications to 1800
#Continental printers to 1800, by name
#Continental place of publication to 1800, by city
#Former owners:
##By name
##By STC number (Harmsworth Collection only)


* Author, title, and subject cards interfiled (some not in Hamnet)
==Art==
* Chronological, by year:
Note that suites of engravings with engraved title pages were cataloged as printed books, and aren't found in the Art card catalog.
**STC period publications
# Drawings and watercolors:  
**Wing period publications
## Artist, on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders on top of the cabinets
**English 18th century publications (many not in Hamnet)
## Subject on 3 x 5 cards cross-referenced to artists on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
**Continental publications to 1800 (many not in Hamnet)
# Photographs: by subject
*Continental printers to 1800, by name (many not in Hamnet)
# Prints: artist, title, genre/form, and subject interfiled
*Continental place of publication to 1800, by city (many not in Hamnet)
# Chronological: pre-1700 prints only
*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==
==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, genre/form, and subject cards interfiled  
 
# Chronological, by year
*Author, title, and subject cards interfiled  
# Books with manuscript notes
*Chronological, by year
# Former owners
*First lines of poetry:
# Old numbering (Black Box, [[De Ricci numbers]], other)
**Pre-1700 English (now online, integrated into the [http://firstlines.folger.edu/ Union First Line Index of English Verse 13th-19th Century]<nowiki>)</nowiki>
** Post-1700 English poetry (now online, integrated into the [http://firstlines.folger.edu/ Union First Line Index of English Verse 13th-19th Century]<nowiki>)</nowiki>
**Non-English, by language
*[[De Ricci numbers]]
*Former owners (''transferred to Folger Archives 2020-08-31'')
*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
** Former owners
 
* 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
**Former owners (''transferred to Folger Archives 2020-08-31'')
**Shakespeare (''transferred to Folger Archives 2020-08-31'')
**Non-Shakespeare (''transferred to Folger Archives 2020-08-31'')
**Chronological, by performance date


* Shakespeare Miscellany [i.e. ephemera and offprints receiving minimal description] (''transferred to Folger Archives 2020-08-31'')
== Book prices==
Handpress era books containing indications of how much was paid for them
== Costumes and props==
# Actor
# Play/Character
# Garment or object type
== Extra-illustrated books ==
Books with prints, autographs, letters, etc., added to enhance the text (see [[Extra-illustrated books]]
==First lines of poetry (print and manuscript)==
# English, pre-1701
# English, post-1700
# French
# German
# Italian
# Latin
# Spanish
# Welsh
== Folgeriana==
Books and articles about the Folger
# Author/Title
# Chronological
# Subject
==Halliwell-Phillipps Scrapbooks==
W.b. call number range only, not ART Vols. (see [[J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps]])
==Illustrations in books==
By subject
# in STC publications (texts printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1475 and 1640
# in Wing publications (texts printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1641 and 1700 (very incomplete, see [https://britishbookillustrations.folger.edu/] for more)
==Music (Single songs only)==
By first line
== Pamphlets (Historical and Political)==
# Chronological, within language
# French
==Playbills==
By date and place only; no access by actors or plays
# Chronological
# Geographic (by city, then theater, then season)
# Former owners
==Promptbooks==
# Shakespeare
# Non-Shakespeare
# Chronological, by performance date
# Former owners
==Shakespeare Miscellany==
Ephemera and offprints




[[Category: Cataloging]]
[[Category: Cataloging]]
[[Category: Research guides]]
[[Category: Research guides]]

Latest revision as of 16:22, 30 March 2024

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 (see "What can only be found through Folger card catalogs") and some provide access to material in ways the online catalog doesn't.


Printed books (includes atlases and maps)

  1. Author, title, genre/form, and subject cards interfiled (this is by far the largest of the Folger card catalogs)
  2. Chronological, by year:
    1. STC publications (texts printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1475 and 1640
    2. Wing publications (texts in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1641 and 1700)
    3. British 18th-century publications
    4. Continental publications to 1800
  3. Continental printers to 1800, by name
  4. Continental place of publication to 1800, by city
  5. Former owners:
    1. By name
    2. By STC number (Harmsworth Collection only)

Art

Note that suites of engravings with engraved title pages were cataloged as printed books, and aren't found in the Art card catalog.

  1. Drawings and watercolors:
    1. Artist, on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders on top of the cabinets
    2. Subject on 3 x 5 cards cross-referenced to artists on photocopied cards in two 3-ring binders
  2. Photographs: by subject
  3. Prints: artist, title, genre/form, and subject interfiled
  4. Chronological: pre-1700 prints only

Manuscripts

  1. Author, title, genre/form, and subject cards interfiled
  2. Chronological, by year
  3. Books with manuscript notes
  4. Former owners
  5. Old numbering (Black Box, De Ricci numbers, other)


Book prices

Handpress era books containing indications of how much was paid for them

Costumes and props

  1. Actor
  2. Play/Character
  3. Garment or object type

Extra-illustrated books

Books with prints, autographs, letters, etc., added to enhance the text (see Extra-illustrated books

First lines of poetry (print and manuscript)

  1. English, pre-1701
  2. English, post-1700
  3. French
  4. German
  5. Italian
  6. Latin
  7. Spanish
  8. Welsh

Folgeriana

Books and articles about the Folger

  1. Author/Title
  2. Chronological
  3. Subject

Halliwell-Phillipps Scrapbooks

W.b. call number range only, not ART Vols. (see J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps)

Illustrations in books

By subject

  1. in STC publications (texts printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1475 and 1640
  2. in Wing publications (texts printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1641 and 1700 (very incomplete, see [1] for more)

Music (Single songs only)

By first line

Pamphlets (Historical and Political)

  1. Chronological, within language
  2. French

Playbills

By date and place only; no access by actors or plays

  1. Chronological
  2. Geographic (by city, then theater, then season)
  3. Former owners

Promptbooks

  1. Shakespeare
  2. Non-Shakespeare
  3. Chronological, by performance date
  4. Former owners

Shakespeare Miscellany

Ephemera and offprints