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Bourland, Benjamin Parsons 1870-1943. Benjamin Parsons Bourland Rowfantia Collection 1909-1936.

Title: Benjamin Parsons Bourland Rowfantia Collection 1909-1936.

Rowfantia collected by Benjamin Parsons Bourland as a Rowfant Club member.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/730524757 View

Case, Eckstein, 1858-1944. Notes on the origin and history of the "Ark" / Eckstein Case.

Title: Notes on the origin and history of the "Ark" / Eckstein Case. 1902.

ArchivalResource: [3], 20 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54856415 View

Neff, J. H. Letter, 1900, June 8, Cleveland, Ohio, to Jahu Dewit Miller.

Title: Letter, 1900, June 8, Cleveland, Ohio, to Jahu Dewit Miller.

Informs Miller of his election to Rowfant Club as non-resident member.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122615397 View

Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio). Printed ephemera and associated items, 1901-1997 (bulk 1917-1957).

Title: Printed ephemera and associated items, 1901-1997 (bulk 1917-1957).

Printed ephemera (invitations, annoucements, etc.) issued by the Rowfant Club. File also includes copies of four letters from the Grolier Club(a New York City bibliophile society) and the Rowfant Club (1901-1917) and correspondence between the Rowfant Club and Grolier Club librarians Robert Nikirk (1977-1978) and Martin Antonetti (1992-1995). There is also a copy of Introduction to the Rowfant Club of Cleveland (1993) that provides historical information.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122624108 View

Benjamin Parsons Bourland Rowfantia Collection, 1909-1936

Title: Benjamin Parsons Bourland Rowfantia Collection 1909-1936

Rowfantia collected by Benjamin Parsons Bourland as a Rowfant Club member.

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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/OClW0011 View

Jones, Samuel Arthur, 1834-1912. Letters, to Paul Lemperly, 1898-1903.

Title: Letters, to Paul Lemperly, 1898-1903.

Chiefly concern his literary activities, including editing Landor's letter to Emerson (an inscription by D. Miller relates to the loan of proof sheets for collating editions); the Rowfant Club reprint of the Dial; preparation of a bibliography for Thoreau's thoughts, compiled by H. G. O. Blake; and editing a collection of Carlyle papers.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34369524 View

Robinson, Edwin Meade, 1878-1946. Papers, 1903-1946.

Title: Papers, 1903-1946.

Letters, biographical information, published and unpublished manuscripts, speech texts, and scrapbooks, relating largely to the poetry and prose in Robinson's column, "Philosopher of Folly." The collection contains the original typescript of many of Robinson's columns and the newsprint version, 1903-1946, as well as other poetry, the typescript of a novel, lectures on language and philology, and translations of the poet Horace.

ArchivalResource: 3.00 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22529957 View

Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Title: Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Correspondence and other personal papers of Mary Hyde Eccles, a collector and literary scholar whose primary interest was Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 88 linear feet (84 boxes, 3 pf boxes, and 7 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01787/catalog View

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. World Bible scrapbook, 1945-1949.

Title: World Bible scrapbook, 1945-1949.

The scrapbook documents the production of the Bible published by the World Publishing Co. in 1949 and designed by Bruce Rogers. Included are twenty-six letters (1945-1949) from Bruce Rogers to Ben D. Zevin and Abe Lerner about the production of the Bible; drawings; paste-ups; prospectuses; proofs; the first form (the single sheet of paper on which several pages are printed); photographs of the presentation of the Bible to the New York Public Library, Library of Congress, and others; and a typescript of an address by Ben D. Zevin presented to the Rowfant Club of Cleveland, Ohio entitled "The Making of the Bruce Rogers World Bible."

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81293154 View

Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935. William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive).

Title: William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941 (inclusive).

Correspondence, genealogical material, account books, and miscellaneous papers of William F. Hopson. The collection contains papers related to his many club activities, including the Acorn Club of Connecticut, Grolier Club, and Rowfant Club of Cleveland.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft. (32 boxes, 1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166107 View

Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio). Records, series II, 1852-1986.

Title: Records, series II, 1852-1986.

Committee reports, fellowes' meeting reports, correspondence, articles, scrapbooks, meeting notices, financial records, tax records, insurance records, copyright information, resolutions, drafts of various Rowfant publications, publication lists, and various member files. The collection also includes non-correspondence relating to Rowfant auctions, candlesticks, book holdings and the Friday lunch club. Included are its yearbooks, 1974-86. The collection is useful for those interested in book collecting and bookmaking, members and participants in this organization, and men's clubs in general.

ArchivalResource: 3.00 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22574859 View

William Fowler Hopson papers, 1865-1941

Title: William Fowler Hopson papers 1865-1941

Correspondence, genealogical material, account books, and miscellaneous papers of William F. Hopson. The collection contains papers related to his many club activities, including the Acorn Club of Connecticut, Grolier Club, and Rowfant Club of Cleveland.

ArchivalResource: 12 linear feet (32 boxes, 1 volume)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0287 View

Keightley, Thomas, 1789-1872. The life and writings of Henry Fielding, Esq. / by Thomas Keightley ; taken from the pages of Fraser's magazine and edited by Frederick Stoever Dickson, 1859-1911.

Title: The life and writings of Henry Fielding, Esq. / by Thomas Keightley ; taken from the pages of Fraser's magazine and edited by Frederick Stoever Dickson, 1859-1911.

Number sixty-one in an edition of 110 copies (Cleveland: Rowfant Club; privately printed by the Arthur H. Clark Co., 1907 Dec). Text contains autograph manuscript corrections, undated and in an unidentified hand. Five ALS are tipped in: Austin Dobson to Frederick Stoever Dickson, 1908 Jan 1 and 29 and Feb 1; Thomas Keightley to George Roberts, [18]59 May 13; and John Edwin Wells to Dickson, [19]11 Jan 30.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (162 p.) : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80437962 View

Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio). Event and exhibition announcements and invitations, Candlemas programs, and miscellaneous ephemera, [ca. 1895-ca. 1940].

Title: Event and exhibition announcements and invitations, Candlemas programs, and miscellaneous ephemera, [ca. 1895-ca. 1940].

ArchivalResource: [ca. 100] items ; 28 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80730496 View

Keightley, Thomas, 1789-1872. The life and writings of Henry Fielding, Esq. / by Thomas Keightley ; taken from the pages of Fraser's magazine and edited by Frederick Stoever Dickson, 1859-1911.

Title: The life and writings of Henry Fielding, Esq. / by Thomas Keightley ; taken from the pages of Fraser's magazine and edited by Frederick Stoever Dickson, 1859-1911.

Number sixty-one in an edition of 110 copies (Cleveland: Rowfant Club; privately printed by the Arthur H. Clark Co., 1907 Dec). Text contains autograph manuscript corrections, undated and in an unidentified hand. Five ALS are tipped in: Austin Dobson to Frederick Stoever Dickson, 1908 Jan 1 and 29 and Feb 1; Thomas Keightley to George Roberts, [18]59 May 13; and John Edwin Wells to Dickson, [19]11 Jan 30.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (162 p.) : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702146334 View

Liggett, Carr. Papers / Carr Liggett.

Title: Papers / Carr Liggett. 1915-1977.

The collection contains manuscripts of plays, books, music and poems written by Carr Liggett and by other authors; scrapbooks, journals and diaries kept by Mr. Liggett during various phases of his career; and materials documenting his involvement in professional advertising, Cleveland civic affairs, religious and political organizations; and literary societies such as the National Amateur Press Association, the Ohio Poetry Society, the Rhymer's Club, and the Rowfant Club. Included is the manuscript of THE QUARRY, an unpublished novel by Charles W. Chesnutt.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9601301 View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Papers, 1908, [1912?].

Title: Papers, 1908, [1912?].

2 1908 letters and enclosure card between Frank Pierce, H.C. Benson and Benjamin F. Caldwell concern naming a tree in Yosemite National Park in honor of John Hay; 1912? Rowfant Club certificate accompanied bronze medal honoring John Hay.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33374055 View

Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio). Records 1891-1973.

Title: Records 1891-1973.

Correspondence, minutes, resolutions, committee reports, financial records, membership records, speeches, manuscripts, printed matter, yearbooks, meeting notices, blueprints, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and material on bookmaking and collecting.

ArchivalResource: 29.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17725619 View