Inventories

A detailed list or record of the items resources held within a collection.

David Claypoole Johnston Family Illustrated Box List

David Claypoole Johnston (1799-1865) is a noted cartoonist and humorist. This inventory consists of 28 boxes of material dating from 1799 through the early 20th century.

Charles Peirce Collection Illustrated Box List

This illustrated inventory consists of 65 British and American satirical prints published between 1796 and 1807. 

Audubon's Birds of America: An AAS Illustrated Inventory

This resource provides access to the color plates inside lithographer Julius Bien’s rare edition of Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1860 in New York.  The Bien volume was produced entirely in America, unlike the famous 1838 engraved edition, which was printed in Scotland and England by W.H. Lizars and Robert Havell.

Watch Papers: An American Antiquarian Society Illustrated Inventory

AAS holds a collection of more than 400 American watch papers ranging in dates from the 1790s to 1910. These were inserted into a watch case to protect the delicate mechanisms from dust and debris.