Will Hansen writes: “Kittie Smith smiles on the cover of ‘My Life Story’ above her neat signature. Inside the pamphlet are photographs of drawings and a quilt she made using her feet following the amputation of her arms. On the cover of his pamphlet, ‘The Blind Hobo,’ A. G. Haughton demonstrates his method of leaping onto a moving freight train. These are a few of the people whose stories are documented in the Newberry’s newly acquired Mendicant Ephemera Collection. The collection includes nearly 200 pamphlets, postcards, handbills, photographs, and other printed items sold by the disabled or impoverished to support themselves.”