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The joy of researching ephemera

I'm not a collector of rare and expensive ephemera.

I'm not an expert on any one area of ephemera.

I'm not a dealer of ephemera.

No, I'm just a guy who likes coming across and collecting (cheap or free) pieces of paper and then researching their history. That's mostly what I write about on my ephemera blog, Papergreat.

Here are some examples of paper items I have written…

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Added by Chris Otto on May 17, 2011 at 10:52pm — 5 Comments

Ephemera Carnival News

The History Is Ephemeral carnival, the only blog carnival devoted to ephemera, has been getting major props!

The carnival has been picked up at the History Carnivals Aggregator (with yours truly being asked to participate) and the History Is Ephemeral carnival has been regularly mentioned at George Mason University's Cliopatria's Blog -- including a… Continue

Added by DPopTart on October 30, 2009 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Ephemera Carnival #5

The 5th edition of the carnival has been published -- I'd appreciate it if you would post/tweet etc. -- especially if you were included in this month's carnival :)

And please submit your posts for the next edition!

Added by DPopTart on August 31, 2009 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Looking For...

Last call for this month's History Is Ephemeral Carnival -- pls submit something! (And continue to submit things -- it's monthly!)

Also, I'm currently looking for ephemera on the following topics/themes for articles & posts I am working on (so check your sites & inventory & let me know if you have something & I'll try to include it in my… Continue

Added by DPopTart on July 24, 2009 at 6:36pm — 3 Comments

Ephemera Carnival Published

The second edition of the History Is Ephemeral carnival has been posted -- please remember to submit your posts/articles/videos for the next edition!

Also, since we all love vintage here, there's also the second edition of the New… Continue

Added by DPopTart on June 9, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

The First Ephemera Carnival Has Been Published!

The very first edition of History Is Ephemeral has been published -- check it out! And please submit for next month's carnival. :)

Added by DPopTart on April 29, 2009 at 5:33am — 3 Comments

Ephemera Blog Carnivals

The long story is here, but the short version is that because I'm addicted to ephemera & vintage stuff, I have two problems when I turn to Google for information (one is what’s missing, and the other is that I don’t know about something in order to find it) , I've started two blog carnivals:… Continue

Added by DPopTart on April 16, 2009 at 4:03pm — 2 Comments