Archival practice has traditionally overlooked the informational value that objects and ephemera can provide to documents; their usefulness is limited to being an exhibit item or novelty. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities found in the management of objects and ephemera found in a collection of a cartoonist's papers. Learning and adapting new perspectives about objects from related fields demonstrates that objects can also support and extend understanding of documents when kept together. The article concludes with a series of questions in order for an archivist to evaluate these items to recognize their value to documents within a collection.