Rowfant Club Records 1891-1974

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Rowfant Club Records 1891-1974

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The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, bibliophile and book collector's club for men founded in 1892. It also issues limited editions of special interest books, and operated a bindery from 1909-1913. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, committee reports, financial records, membership records, speeches, manuscripts, printed matter, yearbooks, meeting notices, blueprints, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and material on bookmaking and collecting.

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click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Rowfant Club The Rowfant Club was founded on February 29, 1892 by a group of Cleveland, Ohio, book lovers and book collectors. The Club's purposes are to study the technical aspects of bookmaking and collecting as well as the literary side of books, and occasionally to publish for its members fine quality, limited editions of books of special interest. The Club was named for Rowfant, the Sussex Count...