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Autographs -- Specimens.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert H. Rawnsley Autograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 050
Summary

This collection consists of unpublished correspondence and documents dating from the 13th through 20th centuries relating to and/or signed by historically prominent individuals. Also included in the collection are examples of English and American (Pennsylvania) legal papers such as deeds and a few early examples of published material such as newspapers.

Dates: c.1200-1976,; Majority of material found within 1500-1945

Paul Leventhal Memorial Archive, Gloria and Warren Leventhal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 061
Summary

This collection consists of autographs of various famous and/or prominent individuals in the field of politics, entertainment, and the military. Most autographs represented in the collection are of late 20th century persons, dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. Additional material consists of over 100 pieces of sheet music of popular songs dating from 1885-1923; miscellaneous newspapers and periodicals from the nineteenth century and theater playbills dating from ca. 1920 to 2007.

Dates: 1820 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1930-2000