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At the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]], the scrapbook collections contain theatrical memorabilia and images from 18th and 19th century production history. Materials are either loose or bound in scrapbooks. Consult reading room staff for assistance.
[[Folger Shakespeare Library]]'s scrapbook collection contains "scraps" of theatrical and Shakespearian ephemera: newspaper clippings, magazine images, advertisements, autographs, etc. In addtion to true scrapbooks (volumes with pasted-in ephemera) the collection currently includes boxes of loose ephemera arranged in similar themes to the scrapbooks.
 
Most cannot be found through the library catalog, but several lists exist (some still only on paper).
 
[[List of 18th- and 19th-century scrapbooks]]


[[List of Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1864 scrapbooks]]
[[List of Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1864 scrapbooks]]
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Folger Shakespeare Library's scrapbook collection contains "scraps" of theatrical and Shakespearian ephemera: newspaper clippings, magazine images, advertisements, autographs, etc. In addtion to true scrapbooks (volumes with pasted-in ephemera) the collection currently includes boxes of loose ephemera arranged in similar themes to the scrapbooks.

Most cannot be found through the library catalog, but several lists exist (some still only on paper).

List of 18th- and 19th-century scrapbooks

List of Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1864 scrapbooks