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Collection of Book Fair Posters, 1963-2004

Title: Collection of Book Fair Posters, 1963-2004

Posters from fifteen book fairsthat were held in California between 1963 and 2004.

ArchivalResource: 1 box

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Samuel E. Murray Papers MS 568., 1961-1989

Title: Samuel E. Murray Papers 1961-1989

One of the pioneers in the ephemera trade, Samuel E. Murray (1906-1989) was a long time antiquarian bookman, based at his home in Wilbraham, Mass. Born on Christmas Day, 1906, Murray interrupted his college studies to go to sea, but after the Depression left him unemployed, he landed a position as sales representative for McGraw-Hill and, later, G. & C. Merriam and other firms. Always an avid book collector, Murray left the publishing industry in 1970 to become a full time bookseller. Without ever advertising or issuing catalogs, he developed a wide reputation among dealers and collectors for his keen eye and perspicacity with rare and uncommon books. A generalist by trade, Murray had a particular fondness for colorplate books and travel literature, but was renowned both for his extensive reference library and for recognizing early on the value of ephemera. After a lengthy bout with myelofibrosis, Murray died at home on June 4, 1989. The Murray Papers contain correspondence between Murray and a range of his fellow booksellers and clients, as well as his extensive card files on fellow book dealers and wants lists. The collection offers insight into the operations of a well-known antiquarian bookman during the 1970s and 1980s.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes; (7 linear foot)

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Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. Book fair poster collection, 1963-2004.

Title: Book fair poster collection, 1963-2004.

This collection contains nineteen posters from fifteen book fairs that were held in California between 1963 and 2004. The majority of the posters are from California International Antiquarian Book Fairs; others are from an International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) fair, multiple Boston International Antiquarian book fairs, and a Santa Monica fair. All posters are paper and come in varying sizes; the width and height (respectively) in inches are listed for each poster.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320132856 View

Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. Records, 1949-

Title: Records, 1949-

Founding documents, minutes, correspondence, financial records, publications, legal material and miscellaneous memos and notes. Correspondence files include exchange between the association's president and broadcaster Alistair Cooke in 1957 concerning Cooke's description of dealer behavior at a book auction. Records include papers of some presidents, particularly those of: Leona Rostenberg, Warren Howell, Lawrence J. Witten and Robert D. Fleck. Also: some records for Antiquarian Booksellers Benevolent Fund (ABBF) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Center (ABC), as well as material documenting activities and relationship with the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Proceedings of meetings 1990-1997 are on audiocassette.

ArchivalResource: 69 boxes (29 linear ft.)audiocassettes ca. 100.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122682373 View

Walsh, Frank O. Frank O. Walsh III collection of Massie Family Georgia Political Letters, 1961-1971.

Title: Frank O. Walsh III collection of Massie Family Georgia Political Letters, 1961-1971.

Ten typed, signed letters to constituent, Mrs. Gerald T. (Elizabeth) Massie of Tucker, Georgia, from Georgia politicians: Senator Richard B. Russell, Senator Herman E. Talmadge, and Governor Carl Sanders. Content of the letters includes several topics such as: desegregation, the 1964 Presidential Election, and the "Great Society."

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.25 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214101781 View