In 1928, a Fredonia, Kansas, barber named I. A. Persinger began compiling a collection of “Wash Tubbs” comics, a daily newspaper strip by artist Roy Crane. Soon, the scrapbook expanded with handwritten insights and drawings from Persinger and his customers, commenting on life during the Great Depression. Almost 100 years later, Persinger’s scrapbook has found a new home among the rare books and manuscripts of Columbia University Libraries.