Albert Boni Readex MicroprintCorporation Collection 1932-1970 (bulk 1959-1969)

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Albert Boni Readex MicroprintCorporation Collection 1932-1970 (bulk 1959-1969)

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The Albert Boni Readex MicroprintCorporation Collection consists of correspondence, research reports, research notes,clippings, and manuscripts that document the Readex Microprint Corporation'sdevelopment of Microprint technologies as well as Albert Boni's composition ofbibliographies on photographic literature. The collection is arranged in threeseries: I. Readex Microprint Corporation Research, 1932-1970, undated; II. Index tothe Literature of Photography, 1932-1950, undated; and III. , undated. Photographic Literature

4 document boxes, 1 bound volume (1.89 linear feet)

eng,

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Boni, Albert, 1892-1981

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Boni was born in 1892 in New York City; attended Harvard Univ.; in 1912, with his brother Charles, he established the Washington Square Book Shop, a gathering place for Bohemian intellectuals; about 1914 originated the idea of a very small format for abridged classics called "The Little Leather Library," which were sold through Woolworth's; sold the book shop in 1917 and joined Horace Liveright to form the Boni-Liveright Publishing Co., which introduced the "Modern Library of the World's Best Cl...