William Bentinck-Smith papers for a book on Philip Hofer

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William Bentinck-Smith papers for a book on Philip Hofer

1963-1992

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou03071/catalog

Includes printed books; biographical, financial, and personal files on Philip Hofer; files and correspondence from and about Houghton Library staff members; files on Harvard College Library and Harvard University donors and funds; articles and clippings; and 9 audiocassettes of conversations with Philip Hofer, William A. Jackson, and others.

1.5 linear feet

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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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...