Frank W. Tober papers 1791-1995 1945-1995

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Frank W. Tober papers 1791-1995 1945-1995

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The Frank W. Tober papers comprise letters, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, magazines, newspaper clippings, newsletters, printing ephemera, invoices, notebooks, woodblocks, prints, coins, sculpture, and other realia. A major portion of the papers relate to Tober's collections and collecting activities. Tober was a chemical engineer with a substantial personal interest in the study of rare books, printing, Napoleon and the French Revolution, and, in particular, literary forgery.

4 linearfeet and one oversize box; (7 boxes)

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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