This collection of 173 chapbooks includes many items contributed by Elisabeth Ball and formerly held in the Educational Resources Collections, and 50 chapbooks purchased by Special Collections through the Martin and Helen Schwartz Fund. Their subjects range from moral instruction to the ABCs to advertisements for patent medicines and soap. Many have colored paper covers, some are hand sewn, and others contain hand-colored illustrations. The originals are available for viewing in Archives and Special Collections, room 210, Bracken Library.