Personal correspondence and material relating to the book arts, 1951-1977.

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Personal correspondence and material relating to the book arts, 1951-1977.

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Personal correspondence (1954-1969) as well as correspondence with antiquarian booksellers. Correspondents include John Carter; David Chambers; Fannie Hurst; and Leslie Mitchell. Notices, announcements, etc. relating to New York City area book arts events (1954-1967) as well as miscellaneous notices and articles. Hand-made and letterpress Christmas cards designed by friends of Grauer and received 1971-1974, including cards designed by Fritz Eichenberg, John De Pol and Antonio Visconti. Also, several photographs of Grauer and his wife as well as snapshots (probably of his library). Extensive collection of clippings from antiquarian booksellers' and auction catalogs (1965-1974) for a projected history of prices. A few items relate to Grauer's wife, Melanie Kahane.

4 boxes (1.8 linear ft.)photographs ca. 12.

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Carter, John, 1905-1975

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Author and calligrapher, major exponent of the revival of italic handwriting in Britain in the period after World War II. From the description of John Carter calligraphic letters, 1946-1971. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34764028 Bibliographer and bibliophile. From the description of Letters : London and New York, to Seymour Adelman, 1956-1973. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28435047 John Carter (1905–1975...

Hurst, Fannie

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American author, lecturer, and commentator. From the description of Papers, ca. 1910s-1965. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547416 American author; prominent in philanthropic and civic affairs. From the description of Papers, 1913-1968. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 28419697 Hurst expressed her reformist views on the rights of women, homosexuals, and Europe...

Chambers, David, 1930-....

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Grauer, Ben

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Born in Staten Island, N.Y., Benjamin Franklin Grauer (1908-1977) had a prosperous career as a child actor in the 1920s, both in film and on Broadway. He graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School, the preparatory school for City College of New York, and he received his B.A. from City College in 1930. Grauer started in radio as an actor but soon became part of the broadcasting staff at the National Broadcasting Company. On the radio, he was associated with Walter Winchell, Eleanor Roosevelt...

Mitchell, Leslie Scott, 1905-vCorrespondence.

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Kahane, Melanie

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