I’m New Here: A Few Changes…

January 31, 2020 by  
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This week has gone by in a blur.  The (exciting) new catalog ships out tomorrow, and all the attendant hoopla has filled our schedules.  It’s always a juggling act to maintain regular work around special projects, because there is plenty of the latter to pack our days.

A seasoned collector was filling gaps prior to an approaching exhibit, and he called to have me check a New York Times obituary in 1898.  We didn’t have the date it ran, and I exhausted all the other major papers.  However, the deceased was an abolitionist who also contributed to the effort to gain the vote for women.  As a last ditch effort I pulled a volume of the Woman’s Journal from Washington DC, and found a lengthy tribute to Robert Purvis.  Mr. G was quite pleased, and I felt triumphant with my find, particularly as it led me to delve into my favorite category – publications in which women played an important role.  Although much content pertains to suffrage, there seems to have been an effort to provide a platform for intelligent discussion that encompassed many other aspects of life in the 1800’s.  These journals are a valuable resource for a look into the 19th Century, and I am always glad to fulfill an order with one of these gems.

As I begin this second year here at Rare & Early Newspapers, I am planning to dedicate my last post each month to a look at our titles, beginning with the Woman’s Journal.  Hopefully, I can unearth enough nuggets that you will all start to consider that a collection cannot possibly be complete without containing at least an issue or two from the Woman’s Tribune, The Woman’s Journal, The North Shore Review, the Ladies Magazine or Womankind.

Thank you for the kind comments and encouragement in this first year.  I beg your continued forbearance as I wade more deeply into the water.

Cheers!

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