EPHEMERA

Summary: The series EPHEMERA contains various kinds of ephemera, almost all saved by Griffis as memorabilia of people or events. The more coherent and noteworthy groups of ephemera have been sorted by origin or subject and listed alphabetically. A second box contains the many meishi or calling cards collected and saved by Griffis, including calling cards of important or noteworthy Japanese. Two other photo boxes contain loose unsorted ephemera of comparatively lesser interest except as curiosities. A few loose fragments of other materials too minor to be sorted into series (such items as scraps of newspaper clippings or manuscript notes) also appear in these boxes.