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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign among the membership took place in 1923. The funds have been used to increase and preserve Library holdings of relevant books, serials, auction, and antiquarian dealers' catalogs. Since the 1920s the Club has held special benefit auctions to raise monies for the Library Fund. The catalog collections date back to the 17th century, and include United States, British and Continental houses and dealers. The Development Fund was launched ca. 1961 to enable the creation of a room to house these collections.

From the description of Records of the Library Endowment Fund and of the Development Fund, 1920- (bulk 1964-) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145382432

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