Hamill & Barker, Inc. Collection 1928-1996 1936-1996

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Hamill & Barker, Inc. Collection 1928-1996 1936-1996

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Margery Barker (1901-1980) and Frances Hamill (1904-1987) formed a partnership in 1928 to run their own antiquarian bookstore. Their successful endeavors in the book trade and their ability to network and discover authors and build client relationships with them on visits to England enabled them to acquire prominent manuscripts and literary collections. The Hamill & Barker, Inc. Archive contains the working files and correspondence for the firm from 1928 until 2001, beginning with the partnership of Frances Hamill (1904-1987) and Margery Barker (1901-1980). Terence A. Tanner (1948-2003) joined the staff in 1975, continued with the firm after Margery Barker's death in 1980, and became sole proprietor of the firm in 1987.  Except for a few files, the division of the correspondence reflects these transitions in the firm.

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Hamill, Frances, 1904-1987

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Barker, Margery, 1901-1980

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Hamill & Barker

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Margery Barker (1901-1980) and Frances Hamill (1904-1987) met while working in Fanny Butcher's Chicago bookshop. In 1928 they formed a partnership to run their own antiquarian bookstore. Their successful endeavors in the book trade and their ability to network and discover authors and build client relationships with them on visits to England enabled them to acquire prominent manuscripts and literary collections, including the diaries of Virginia Woolf. Many of their clients were mem...