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Old Book-Table (Club). Records, 1931-

Title: Records, 1931-

Minutes of meetings (1941-present) and a summary of the years 1931-1940 prepared in 1942 by E. Byrne Hackett, one of the founders. Correspondence, chiefly about membership matters and meeting attendance (1931-present). Pen-and-ink sketches by Alfred F. Goldsmith, usually incorporating a caricature self-portrait and a contemporary book-trade scene (1931-1947). Correspondence between A. Edward Newton and Ernest R. Gee about the printing, distribution, and income from Eddie Newton's Ride, and about the Antiquarian Booksellers' Fund, a benevolent fund for booksellers (1934). Correspondents include but are not limited to: James J. Drake; Ernest Gee; Edward Lazare, Heinz D. Lubrecht; Thomas P. MacDonnell; Aaron Mendoza; Douglas G. Parsonage; Walter Schatzki, and Lawrence C. Witten. The names of most correspondents are indicated in the collection inventory. Minutes of meetings (1941-present) and a summary of the years 1931-1940 prepared in 1942 by E. Byrne Hackett, one of the founders. Correspondence, chiefly about membership matters and meeting attendance (1931-present). Pen-and-ink sketches by Alfred F. Goldsmith, usually incorporating a caricature self-portrait and a contemporary book-trade scene (1931-1947). Correspondence between A. Edward Newton and Ernest R. Gee about the printing, distribution, and income from Eddie Newton's Ride, and about the Antiquarian Booksellers' Fund, a benevolent fund for booksellers (1934). Financial records and treasurers' reports (1968-present). Membership and mailing lists (1971-present). Printed dinner menus (1993-present). Printed ephemera, constitutions, historical sketches, and other club publications (1933-present). Correspondence and research notes of Joseph J. Felcone while compiling The Old Book Table. A Record of its First Seventy-Five Years, 1931-2005 (2004-2005). Photograph of an Old Book Table dinner (undated but 1939-1943). Miscellaneous photographs of club members, spouses, guests, collectors and other rare-books-world personalities (ca. 1940-present). Printed keepsakes. The names of most correspondents are indicated in the collection inventory.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

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