Contents
(Part I) Introduction

• Welcome to the World of Postcards
• (Part II) Two Primary Postcard Collections
• The Curt Teich Postcard Archives: Dedicated to the Postcard as a Document Type
• The Institute of American Deltiology: An Emerging Resource
• (Part III) Representative Library Collections
• Pacific Northwest and Other Postcard Treasures in the University of Washington Libraries
• Why Libraries Collect Postcards: Two Case Studies
• Postcards From the Marguerite Archer Collection: A Treasure Trove for the Study of Childhood
• California Here We Come: The Adams Postcard Collection at San Diego State University
• The "Historic Picture Postcard Collection" at the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia
• Why Aren't You Here?: Postcards in the Popular Culture Library
• (Part IV) The Use of Postcards
• Sites Abroad: Picture Postcards and a Late Nineteenth Century Woman's Sketchbook of the Grand Tour
• Researching the View Cards of Mount Vernon
• "Patriotic and Profitable": The World War I Postcards in the Hoover Institution Archives
• Learning From Medical Postcards
• Graphic Images and Publisher Exploitation of Yellowstone Park in Postcards: "Viewing the Marelous Scenes in Wonderland
• A View of Main Street: The Use of Postcards in Historic Preservation
• Metered Mail: A Survey of Contemporary Poetry Postcard Publishing
• (Part V) Organizational Issues
• George Watson Cole: A Man, His Postcards, and the American Antiquarian Society
• The Automation of the Frances Louise Day Postcard Collection of the Howard County Historical Society (Ellicott City, MD)
• Postcards: Navigating the Preservation Options
• Bibliographies
• Reference Works on Postcards and Postcard Collecting: A Selective Bibliography
• Postcard Based Research: A Representative Bibliography
• Reference Notes Included

Postcards in the Library gives compelling reasons why libraries should take a far more active and serious interest in establishing and maintaining postcard collections and in encouraging the use of these collections. It explains the nature and accessibility of existing postcard collections; techniques for acquiring, arranging, preserving, and handling collections; and ways to make researchers and patrons aware of these collections.