Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984
Americans
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English,
Biographical notes:
Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in 1934 he became the first assistant director of the Morgan Library in New York, where he worked until 1937. In 1938, the newly appointed librarian of Harvard University's library, William Jackson, asked Hofer to head the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, the first such department in the country. Hofer spent the next forty years building the collection, which became part of the founding collection of Houghton Library, Harvard College's special collections repository. Hofer was secretary of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard as well. In 1980 he retired emeritus. He was a trustee for the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
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Publications by Philip Hofer with related papers
Houghton Library
Philip Hofer collection of invitations and galley proofs
Houghton Library
Philip Hofer papers
Houghton Library
Philip Hofer card catalogs and indexes
Houghton Library
18th century French vignettes collected by Philip Hofer
Houghton Library
Philip Hofer collection of Piranesi Vedute di Roma etchings
Houghton Library
Process blocks commissioned or owned by Philip Hofer
Houghton Library
W. A. Dwiggins design ephemera collected by Philip Hofer
Houghton Library
Philip Hofer collection of woodcuts by Hans Holbein
Houghton Library
Line blocks for Christmas cards commissioned by Philip Hofer
Houghton Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Papers of Philip Hofer, 1987.
Harvard University Archives.
Wyatt, Leo, d. 1981. Collection of wood blocks, progressive proofs, and wood engravings by Leo Wyatt.
Houghton Library
Khāqānī, Afz̤al al-Dīn Shirvānī, ca. 1126-1198 or 9. 880-03 Tuḥfat al-ʻIrāqayn : manuscript, 1604.
Houghton Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Papers relating to the Psalm Book of Charles Knowles : 1955-1979.
Houghton Library
Peter Newell family papers, 1840-1986, 1884-1950
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Autograph letter signed : Venice, Fla., to Charles Ryskamp and Muffy [Priscilla Barker], 1982 Mar. 13.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Eccles, Mary Hyde. Papers, 1853-2005 (inclusive), 1939-2003 (bulk).
Houghton Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, [between 1938 and 1963].
University of Pennsylvania Library
Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9. 880-03 Kitāb-i ashʻār-i malik al-shuʻārāʼ Amīr Muʻizzī : manuscript, 1156.
Houghton Library
Zóbel, Fernando. Letter from Fernando Zóbel to Philip Hofer, 1969.
Houghton Library
Alexander, Margaret. Calligraphic manuscript of a poem : place not specified, 1950.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Photocopy of an autograph letter signed : [New York], to Miss [Belle da Costa] Greene, 1935 May 14.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Durlacher Bros. Durlacher Bros. Records, 1919-1973.
Getty Research Institute
Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941. Letter, 1923 July 11, Boston [Mass.] to Mr. Philip Hofer, 308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
Boston Athenaeum
Nash, Frederick, 1782-1856,. Paris and its environs : original drawings / by F. Nash : manuscript, [ca. 1820]
Houghton Library
Mahoney, Dorothy Louise, 1902-. Some English garden flowers : Wrotham : calligraphic manuscript signed, 1960-1961.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Cazim, Zeyrekzade. Divan-i Jazim.
Smith College, Neilson Library
Ruzicka, Rudolph, 1883-1978. Designs and correspondence, 1918-1983.
Houghton Library
Krimpen, Jan van, 1892-1958. A letter : to Philip Hofer on certain problems connected with the mechanical cutting of punches : manuscript, 1955.
Houghton Library
Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956. W. A. Dwiggins papers concerning Cedar Hill, 1934-1979.
Houghton Library
Smith, Charles (Charles William), b. 1893. Papers of Charles William Smith 1910-1979.
University of Virginia. Library
Zóbel, Fernando. Letter from Fernando Zóbel to Philip Hofer, 1977.
Houghton Library
Wyatt, Leo, d. 1981. Collection of wood blocks, progressive proofs, and wood engravings by Leo Wyatt.
Houghton Library
Castano Galleries records
Archives of American Art
Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956. Papers concerning The first writing book, 1953-1955.
Houghton Library
López-Rey, José. Syllabus for N.Y.U. Fine Arts 270, "Spanish Painting from Goya to Miro," 1945.
Getty Research Institute
Bruce Rogers papers and designs
Houghton Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Still learning : manuscript, 1964-1977.
Houghton Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Philip Hofer papers concerning the Henry Hamilton collection, 1941-1942.
Houghton Library
Cohen, Herman. Correspondence between Herman Cohen, Philip Hofer, and Fernando Zóbel, 1947-1984.
Houghton Library
Wolpe, Berthold,. Deutsche Kinderlieder : manuscript, 1932.
Houghton Library
Cohen, Herman, d. 1997. Herman Cohen correspondence and notes, 1954.
Newberry Library
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1940-1956.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
Drawing Society lectures
Archives of American Art
Keller, Johann Jakob, 1635-1700. Autograph letter signed : Douai, to M. de Mesgrigny, 1692 Aug. 9.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
William Bentinck-Smith papers for a book on Philip Hofer
Houghton Library
Berenson, Bernard and Mary. Papers, 1880-2002, 1880-2002
Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Coolidge, John, 1913-1995. Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006.
Harvard University Art Museum
Edward Lear miscellaneous drawings, 1849-1866.
Houghton Library
Papers of Paul J. Sachs, 1903-2005
Harvard Art Museums. Archives
Papers, 1923-1969, n.y., n.d.
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Peter Newell family papers, 1840-1986, 1884-1950
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Lucien Howe papers, 1892-1940 (inclusive), 1907-1931 (bulk).
Houghton Library
Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965. Papers, 1903-2005.
Harvard University Art Museum
Papers, 1931-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1980 (bulk)
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982
Houghton Library
Papers of Alfonso Ossorio and Edward Dragon Young, 1902-2000
Harvard Art Museums. Archives
Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956. Püterschein-Dwiggins collection, 1872-1990.
Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
Portrait file: Guide.
Houghton Library
Alfred Leete Hampson collection of correspondence concerning Emily Dickinson's papers, 1943-1964.
Houghton Library
Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.
Houghton Library
Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.
Houghton Library
Durlacher Bros. records, 1919-1973
Getty Research Institute
Edward Lear miscellaneous correspondence, 1836-1888.
Houghton Library
Paul A. Freund papers
Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
Autograph File, D, 1586-1975.
Houghton Library
Thomas W. Lamont John Masefield collection, 1918-1947.
Houghton Library
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. Bernard and Mary Berenson, Papers (1880-2002, bulk 1880-1959) : a finding aid.
Houghton Library
Harry Levin papers
Houghton Library
Dan Fellows Platt papers
Archives of American Art
Miscellaneous drawings for book illustration, [before 1744]-1930s.
Houghton Library
Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005.
Harvard University Art Museum
Carteret Book Club. Records, [ca. 1902-1958].
Grolier Club
Book collectors miscellaneous papers, 1649-1937.
Houghton Library
Records of the Assistants to the Directors, 1913-1999 (inclusive),1927-1943 (bulk)
Harvard Art Museums. Archives
Papers concerning The first writing book, 1953-1955.
Houghton Library
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949.
New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939. Papers, 1915-1938.
Grolier Club
Adlow, Dorothy, 1901-1964. Papers, 1923-1969 (inclusive) [microform].
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Heckscher, Philip Hofer. Lamu : manuscript, 1975, 2006.
Houghton Library
Papers of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, ca. 1860-1969 (inclusive)
Harvard University Archives.
Carl Tilden Keller papers, 1908-1954.
Houghton Library
Myron Bement Smith collection, circa 1910-1970
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Learned Hand papers
Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
Howe, Mark De Wolfe. Mark De Wolfe Howe papers. 1933-1967.
Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
Legg, Elijah, 1771-1826. Elijah Legg's surveying : Milford, January AD 1806.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006
Harvard Art Museums. Archives
Miscellaneous autograph documents, 1287-1938.
Houghton Library
Abbe, Dorothy. Papers, 1926-1993.
Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square
Alexander McElwain papers on George Sandys, 1925-1956.
Houghton Library
Fogg Art Museum. Archives of the Fogg Art Museum, 1895-1985 (inclusive).
Harvard University Art Museum
George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956
Houghton Library
Robert Frost miscellaneous papers, 1915-1961.
Houghton Library
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Abbe, Dorothy.
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Adlow, Dorothy, 1901-1964.
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Alexander, Margaret.
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Anderson, Robert Woodruff
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Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962.
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Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956
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Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956.
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Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959.
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Berenson, Mary, 1864-1945
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Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962
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Brown, Robert F.,
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Cazim, Zeyrekzade.
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Cohen, Herman.
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Cohen, Herman, d. 1997.
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Coolidge, John, 1913-1995
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Coolidge, John, 1913-1995.
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Dering, Cholmeley Edward.
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Dorothy Adlow, 1901-1964
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Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956.
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Eccles, Mary Hyde.
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Eccles, Mary Hyde.
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Edward Dragon Young, 1921-2011
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Ferguson, May.
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Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
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Greene, Belle da Costa,
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Hamilton, Henry, d. 1796.
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Hampson, Alfred Leete, collector.
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Hand, Learned, 1872-1961
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Heckscher, Philip Hofer.
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Henry Hamilton
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Hermon Dunlap Smith.
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Howe, Lucien, 1848-1928
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Howe, Mark De Wolfe, 1906-1967
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Keller, Carl Tilden, 1872-1955
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Keller, Johann Jakob, 1635-1700.
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Khāqānī, Afz̤al al-Dīn Shirvānī, ca. 1126-1198 or 9.
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Krimpen, Jan van, 1892-1958.
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Lamont, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1870-1948
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Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
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Legg, Elijah, 1771-1826.
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Levin, Harry, 1912-1994
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López-Rey, José.
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Louise Phelps Kellogg
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Mahoney, Dorothy Louise, 1902-
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McElwain, Alexander, 1897-
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Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9.
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Nash, Frederick, 1782-1856,
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Newell, Peter, 1862-1924.
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Ossorio, Alfonso, 1916-1990
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Paul A. Freund
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Pirie, Robert S.
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Platt, Dan Fellows, 1873-1938.
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Randolph Greenfield Adams
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Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957.
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Ruzicka, Rudolph, 1883-1978.
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Ryskamp, Charles,
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Sachs, Paul J., 1878-1965
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Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965.
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Santayana, George, 1863-1952.
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Sarton, George, 1884-1956
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Smith, Charles (Charles William), b. 1893.
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Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970
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Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941.
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Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939.
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Wolpe, Berthold,
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Wyatt, Leo, d. 1981.
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Zóbel, Fernando.
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Carteret Book Club.
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Castano Galleries (Boston, Mass.)
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Drawing Society.
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Durlacher Bros.
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Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
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Fogg Art Museum.
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Grolier Club. Library.
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Harvard Art Museum. Director's Office.
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Harvard College Library. Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts.
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Harvard University
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Houghton Library.
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Houghton Library.
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Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc.
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Houghton Library.
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Variant Names
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984
Hofer, Philip, 1898-
Hofer, Philip
Hofer, Philip
Hofer, Philip (American museum curator, 1898-1984)
Hofer, Phillip, 1898-1984
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1894
Hofer, Philip, American librarian
Hofer, P.
Philip Hofer