Tweet Question(s) on Early Film Company Catalogs

I googled a bit on this one but came up pretty much empty.

What I'm trying to do is uncover which Film Companies published Catalogs (ala George Melies)

Which survive? Where? Which are on microfilm? Which (hope against hope) might be online?
When did the practice end? Etc, etc,

A maybe somewhat harder question: in lieu of actual Catalogs, which studios have "papers" stashed away in archives?
(for instance, there is some Selig material out on the West Coast, I believe)

Is there a comprehensive list of these artifacts anywhere?

I'm trying to research some pre-1910 films (plus a few shortly thereafter) and what few trade journals and newspaper articles there were covering the pictures of the day seem, well, a bit limited in scope. So, I'm attempting to fill in gaps as much as I can. Thanks for any assistance.

Steve

No catalogs anywhere I know of. The Margaret Herrick Library has the Selig Collection with bulletins of titles and some Sennett papers. I believe LOC has the Ince papers, while the Herrick has the photos. The Herrick has some early material on Paramount/Famous Players-Lasky. They also have early studio newsletters for Paramount and many of the small companies, which I'm sure would mention titles.

Thanks, Miss Dupont...

Extending the conversation to other countries (well, English speaking anyway), I'm wondering what else is out there?

It seems to me that, oh, about 15 years ago I stumbled on some Kineto(?), Urban(?) and whatnot stuff in what I recall as a catalog. No idea where I found that one...

Steve

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There was a Edison film catalog from 1904 on eBay about a month ago. It sold for over $100, so I didn't even think about bidding on it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=280894129188&si=UsGPAM5hsEsbMqTemXHu6pGgyX4%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3AWNA%3AUS%3A1123&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Most companies seem to have produced pretty comprehensive catalogs until the practice gradually fizzled out between roughly 1907 and 1909. One of the latest surviving Selig catalogs, from 1907, contains around 50 pages dedicated to the company's films, and can be downloaded from:
http://www.njdigitalhighway.org/search/results.php?q1=selig&rtype[]=&orderby=relevance&key=NJDH&numresults=1&start=1

For the period up to 1909, there's quite a number of bulletins for individual releases, catalogs, and catalog supplements at the New Jersey Digital Highway site, scanned in varying degrees of quality. Searching by company name is the easiest way to find results (you need to use accents where appropriate for entries to show up, e.g. for Pathé or Méliès) - although it doesn't take too long to browse through all 500 or so entries relating to motion pictures at the site:
http://www.njdigitalhighway.org/search/results.php?key=NJDH&q1=Motion+pictures--Catalogs&q1field=mods%3Asubject

The French Pathé and Gaumont companies put out annual catalogs in a number of languages between roughly 1904 and 1909, copies of which certainly exist in French and German archives. After that, the company's weekly in-house magazines took over completely in terms of detailing new releases.

There are also some distributor catalogs available in various libraries; about the latest I've seen is the General Catalog of the Chicago Projecting Co. from 1909, which contains 115 pages on different companies' movies (Edison, Pathé, Star-Film, etc.) that it handled.

But after 1909, there's really very little in the way of catalogs, with 'bulletins' and trade journals really taking over. Even prior to that, catalog entries vary wildly in length and detail --- some movies get a full-page of treatment (as in the 1907 Selig Catalog), while many are dispensed with in a three- or four-line write-up.

Thanks to everyone that has responded so far. I've bookmarked this thread along with the one on
Silent film journals online. Both very valuable.

Steve