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Use this chart to determine what is included in the online catalog. Connect to the online catalog Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Albums all     Almanacs Through 1820 1821-1876 AAS holdings reflected in Milton Drake's bibliography, Almanacs of the United States, 2 vols. (New York, 1952); also consult Reference Services for simple lists and files Amateur Newspapers     See online inventory Ambrotypes     See online inventory Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes American Fiction Through 1800; 1821-1840; J.F. Cooper Collection 1841-1876 AAS Holdings reflected in Lyle H. Wright's three-volume checklist, American Fiction American History and Culture 1821-1840; 1976-present 1841-1975 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections American Portrait Prints see also Worcester Portrait Prints     See online inventory Annuals Through 1830 1831-1876 AAS Holdings reflected in Frederick Winthrop Faxon's Literary Annuals and Gift Books (Boston, 1912) and Ralph Thompson's American Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1825-1865 (New York, 1936). Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Archives     Archives, 1812-present. Series Description A card index in the manuscripts room provides some subject access to correspondence written between 1920 and 1970 Atlases all (with the exception 240 USGS Surveys)     Auction Catalogs Through 1840   AAS holdings reflected in Robert B. Winans's Descriptive Checklist of Book Catalogues Separately Printed in America, 1694-1800 (Worcester, 1981) and George L. McKay's American Book Auction Catalogues, 1713-1934 (New York, 1937) Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Bibles 1821-1830 1831-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collection Bibliographies all     Billheads     See online inventory Bindings Through 1830 1831-1876   Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Biography 1821-1840 1841-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collection Bookplates and Booksellers' Labels     Consult the Graphic Arts Department Book Salesman's Samples     A partial checklist is available at the reference services desk Booksellers' Catalogs Through 1840   AAS holdings reflected in Robert B. Winans's Descriptive Checklist of Book Catalogues Separately Printed in America, 1694-1800 (Worcester, 1981) and George L. McKay's American Book Auction Catalogues, 1713-1934 (New York, 1937) Broadsides 1640-1876 with exceptions listed in the notes column   Uncataloged collections: 1) post-1860 popular entertainments programs 2) Worcester broadsides 3) post-1850 broadside ballads Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes CD-ROMS all     Calendars     See online inventory Canadiana Through 1840 1841-Present   Canals all   The railroads collection is described separately Cartes-de-visite     See online inventory Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Catechisms 1821-1876   For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collection Children's Literature -1801; 1821- 1801-1820 - See the box list for the collection of McLoughlin Bros. Archival Drawings and Prints Civil War Cartoons     See online inventory About half of the collection has been cataloged and is available through the American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I collection. Civil War Envelopes     See online inventory Clipper Ship Cards     See online inventory Cookbooks     For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Daguerreotypes     See online inventory Dated Books Through 1800; 1820 1801-1819   Dated Pamphlets Through 1800; 1820 1801-1819   Devotional Literature     See Bibles, Catechisms, and Prayer Books Dime Novels     Albert Johannsen's House of Beadle and Adams and its Dime and Nickel Novels (Norman, Okla., 1950)is annotated with AAS holdings, and the Society maintains checklists of the publications of other dime novel publishers Directories Through 1830   1831- , checklist available Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Educational Institutions Through 1840 1841-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections Election Ballots     See online inventory Encyclopedias Through 1840   For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections English and European Authors Through 1840 1841-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections Ephemera     Consult the Graphic Arts Department Engravings Through 1821   Arranged by subject and size. Consult the Graphic Arts Department. Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Notes First Editions Through 1840 1841-   Forign History and Travel Through 1840 1841-1876   Games     See online inventory Genealogy all     General Institutions 1821-1840 1841-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections Government Documents U.S. Serial Set 1821-1830; all state and town docs. 1821-1830 U.S. Serial Set 1831-1840; most state docs. 1821-1830   Gravestones     Online image database Also available through Research Libraries Group Cultural Materials Initiative Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Hawaiian Collection     See Hawaiian Language Imprints, 1822-1899: A Bibliography Hymnals Through 1830   1831- , checklist available Invitations       Latin Americana Through 1830 1831-Present   Learned Societies Through 1800 1801-Present   Library Catalogs Through 1840 1841-1876   Librettos Through 1840 1841-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections. For post-1840 materials, author and title checklists available in Reading Room. Lithographs all     Local, County and State Histories 1821-1840 1841-Present For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections. Lottery Tickets     Consult the Graphic Arts Department Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Manuscripts More than 80 per cent of the collection   The Collection Description for the entire collection is available in the Reading Room. Maps     For early maps printed in America, consult the bibliography compiled by James Clement Wheat and Christian F. Brun, Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800 (New Haven and London, 1969). This was reprinted in 1985. Kenneth Nebenzahl's Bibliography of Printed Plans of the American Revolution (Chicago, 1975) also reflects the holdings of AAS. Consult the Graphic Arts Department. Mather Family Collection Through 1800; 1821-1840 1801-1820; 1840-Present   Mather Family Library     A main-entry card file marked with shelf numbers is in the Reading Room Menus     See online inventory Microforms     Consult Reference Services Miniature Books all     Miscellaneous Pamphlets     Holdings are recorded in the AAS copy of National Union Catalog: Pre-1956 Imprints. Newspapers all; with the exception of new acquisitions   For detailed holdings information, consult the Newspaper card catalogs in the Reading Room. Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Periodicals     Holdings information is recorded in the AAS copy of the Union List of Serials Photographs     Consult the Graphic Arts Department Plays Through 1840 1841-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collections. For post-1840 materials, author and title checklists available in Reading Room. Portraits     Described in Portraits in the Collection of the American Antiquarian Society (2004) Postcards     Consult the Graphic Arts Department. The collection is arranged geographically by state and city. Prayer Books 1821-1830 1830-1876 For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collection Printing and Publishing History 1821-1840 1840-Present For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collection Publishers' Series all     Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Railroads Through 1800; 1821-1840 1801-1820 1840-1876, checklist available Religion 1821-1840 1840-Present For pre-1821 materials, see the Dated Books and Dated Pamphlets Collection Reserve Collection Through 1840 1840-1876   Rewards of Merit     See online inventory Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes School Books all     Secondary Works in the Arts   Through Present   Secular Music Pre-1831 1831-1840 1831-1877 checklist available Sheet Music     -The music is shelved alphabetically by composer. -A title index is housed with the collection. -For lithographed sheet music, there are supplemental indexes to lithographers, titles, and subject. The topical classification for sheet music with pictorial lithographed covers is available online. Silhouettes     See online inventory Songsters Through 1830 1831-1840 1831-1877, checklist available Sound Recordings all     Stereographs     Consult the Graphic Arts Department. The collection is arranged geographically by state and city. Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes Textile Printing     Consult the Graphic Arts Department Tintypes     See online inventory Tracts Most. For a description of uncataloged items, see "notes"   Uncataloged tracts include "adult" tracts published by the American Tract Society, the American Sunday School Union, and the American Unitarian Association which date after 1840, as well as tracts for children which were produced by any organization or tract society Trade Cards       Trade Catalogs Through 1840 1841-1876   Collection Fully Cataloged Online Some Records Available Online Notes U.S. Historic Scenes     See online inventory U.S. Views     See online inventory Western Americana Through 1800; 1821-1840 1801-1820; 1841-1876   Worcester Portrait Prints see also American Portrait Prints     See online inventory Yearbooks     A checklist in the acquisitions department is arranged both by subject and title   American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 Tel.: 508-755-5221 Fax: 508-753-3311 e-mail the library Contact Us Staff Directory Site Map Site Index Last updated September 10, 2007 This site and all contents © 2008 American Antiquarian Society