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14 Printed Ephemera

14 Printed Ephemera   Reference library

Michael Harris

The Oxford Companion to the Book

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Social sciences
Length:
7,085 words
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Illustration(s):
1
1 Introduction 2 Some definitions 3 Collecting ephemera: ballads, chapbooks, almanacs, and newspapers ... More
ephemera

ephemera   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
Length:
19 words

Handwritten or printed papers which were not meant for posterity but which are now often valuable historical sources.

ephemera

ephemera   Reference library

A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Literature, History
Length:
153 words

Deriving from the Greek ephēmeros (‘subject to what the day may bring’ or ‘lasting only a day’), the generic term

ephemera

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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
Length:
19 words

Handwritten or printed papers which were not meant for posterity but which are now often valuable historical sources.

ephemera

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
Length:
109 words
things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time; items of collectable memorabilia, typically written or printed ones, that were originally expected to have only short-term ... More

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