Miniature books information file, 1884-ca. 1940.

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Miniature books information file, 1884-ca. 1940.

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Correspondence between Club Librarian Ruth S.Granniss and Samuel P. Avery, Jr. regarding the gift of his father's miniature books to the Grolier Club. The correspondence of Granniss with Wilbur Macy Stone and Falconer Madan regarding miniature books includes some photographs. Also: newspaper and magazine articles on miniature books from the period ca. 1884-1911, including a substantial article in the Hartford Times (1911 June 18)) about an exhibition of Avery's collection, and an article by Karl Kup in The Antiquarian (Oct. 1928). The undated typescript headed "Harvey Darton Collection of Children's Books" may be a draft of his Children's Books in England, first published in 1932. That collection included miniature books. Also: advertisements, miscellaneous items relating to miniature books, architectural drawings for a book case, and a folder of material relating to the collection of Gustine Courson Weaver. There is also a copy of the article about the Avery/Grolier collection taken from the article by Francis J. Weber, S.J. in The Microbibliophile (Sept. 1991).

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Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904

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American artist, connoisseur, and art dealer, born Mar. 17, 1822 in New York City; died there on Aug. 11, 1904. Avery began his career as an engraver on copper and wood, then established himself as an art dealer in 1865, making annual purchasing trips to Europe each year between 1871 and 1882. He personally knew many American and European artists, whose works he bought, sold and publicized. Avery's connoisseurship was responsible for the formation of numerous private art collections in New York,...

Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard), 1872-1954

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Librarian of the Grolier Club. From the description of Ruth S. Granniss correspondence, 1911-1914. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470399492 ...

Kup, Karl, 1903-

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Karl Kup (1903-1981) was the curator of the Spencer Collection and keeper of prints, New York Public Library, New York City. From the description of Oral history interview with Karl Kup, 1970 Mar. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596667 Karl Kup was Curator of Prints for the New York Public Library. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1948-1970, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155901885 ...

Weaver, Gustine Courson, 1873-1942

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Stone, Wilbur Macy.

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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...

Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935

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Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was born in Cam, Gloucestershire, on 15 April 1851. He was educated at Marlborough, 1864-1870, and Brasenose College, Oxford, 1870-1875, where he was a fellow, 1876-1880 and 1889-1912. He was sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library, 1880-1912, and a lecturer in palaeography at Oxford, 1889-1913. He was Bodley's librarian, 1912-1919. Madan died on 22 May 1935. From the guide to the Falconer Madan: Localisation and Dating of Manuscripts, 1909, (Cambridge Univer...

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1847-1920

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Darton, F. J. 1878-1936.

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