SCRAPBOOKS

Summary: The series Scrapbooks is among the most interesting in the Griffis Collection: typical of nineteenth century scrapbooks, they are bound volumes into which have been pasted all types of materials, most especially newspaper and journal clippings and ephemera. Because of the fragile condition of the scrapbooks, researchers are requested to use the microfilm version. These scrapbooks span the dates of 1859 to 1914 and chiefly concern Griffis's Asian interests. Two scrapbooks belong to Griffis's sons, Stanton Griffis and John Elliot Griffis. Additional scrapbooks can be found in the United States/Europe material.