Abstract Notable for its rarity (over 90% of the ephemera processed is unique to the Phillips Library) and its diversity, the Essex County Advertising Ephemera Collection represents over 300 years of design, printing, advertising, and social history. The bulk of the ephemera dates from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, with particular strength in late nineteenth-century materials. The majority of the materials originated in Salem, but the collection includes ephemera from about...

Abstract The material in this collection represents approximately 130 railroad companies owned or operated in New England, from the early proliferation of many small short-lines through their gradual absorption into larger and fewer multi-route systems. Although this finding aid lists many small companies separately, some records may have been produced at a time when those lines were leased or owned by a parent company. A large percentage of the Railroad Collection consists of annual corporate...