Records, 1945- (bulk 1945-1961 ; 1985-1997).

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Records, 1945- (bulk 1945-1961 ; 1985-1997).

Correspondence, announcements, and schedules of events sponsored by the Committee on Special Functions. There are also bills, reservation lists, and related materials for dinner meetings sponsored by the Committee, as well as material about Grolier Club trips to Princeton and to the Huntington Library in 1994 and 1995 respectively that were overseen by the Committee. Photographs of the Club travelers accompany the Huntington material. There is also a file of material on the Bowsers.

2 boxes (.10 linear ft.)

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Grolier Club

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Grolier Club. Curator.

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Grolier Club. Committee on Special Functions.

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The Grolier Club was founded in 1884 January 23 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." The Committee on Special Functions is one of the Club's standing committees. Its charge is to arrange for occasional small dinners with appropriate speakers and other special events. The Committee's activities date back to 1945, although it did not issue separate annua...

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...

Grolier Club. Bowsers.

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McKay, George L. (George Leslie), 1895-1976

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Author residing in Richmond (Henrico Co.), Va. From the description of George L. McKay Short stories, undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43737877 From the description of Short stories, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 79297132 George L. McKay was Curator (1923-1959) of the Grolier Club, a New York City bibliophile society, and also served as its librarian (1944-1959). From 1947 to 1959 he was advisor to the Edwin J. Beinecke C...

Antonetti, Martin

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