Printed ephemera, 1934- (bulk 1940-).

Club of Odd Volumes.

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The Club of Odd Volumes was founded in Boston on January 25, 1887 by eighteen bibliophiles in order to promote literary and artistic tastes, the exhibition of books, and social relations among its members. Essentially a dinner club during its first two decades, the Club expanded its activities to include an active exhibition and publishing program as well as the maintainance of a library. In the 1920s it secured its own clubhouse on Mount Vernon Street in Boston, where it remains quartered today...

Grannis, Ruth Shepard, 1872-1954

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Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...