Records of the Library Endowment Fund and of the Development Fund, 1920- (bulk 1964-)

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Records of the Library Endowment Fund and of the Development Fund, 1920- (bulk 1964-)

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General files for the Library Fund include correspondence and reports and some financial statements. The material documenting the Benefit Auctions held in 1929, 1964, 1975, and 1980 contain correspondence, itemized receipts of materials donated, publicity and invitation, and some newspaper clippings and photographs. The 1980 auction included an important collection of Bronte manuscripts. There is also material from the auction houses associated with the auctions, notably Parke-Bernet Galleries, Christie's (New York), and Swann Galleries. There are some records and catalogs for materials sold at general auctions for the benefit of the Fund. The files for the Development Fund (ca. 1961-1965) include extensive correspondence and reports by Donald F. Hyde, Club president from 1961 to 1965, as well as printing plates for a fund raising brochure. Other correspondents substantially represented in these files include J. Terry Bender, Club Librarian 1961-1964, and Robert Graff, Chair of the 1980 Ad Hoc Auction Committee.

9 boxes (4 linear ft.)

Grolier Club

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SNAC Resource ID: 6830883

Grolier Club

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Hyde, Donald Frizell, 1909-1966

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Epithet: first husband of Mary Viscountess Eccles British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000188 ...

Bender, J. Terry (John Terry)

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Chief of Division of Special Collections and keeper of rare books at Stanford University Libraries. From the description of Correspondence, 1962-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553284 From the guide to the J. Terry Bender correspondence, 1962-1966, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Parke-Bernet Galleries.

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Auction house; New York, N.Y. From the description of Parke-Bernet Galleries auction catalogs, 1956-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122395181 ...

Graff, Robert D., 1919-

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Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright. From the guide to the Robert D. and Marjorie Graff Sean O'Casey collection, 1916-1980., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Robert D. and Marjorie S. Graff are book collectors who maintain their private library in Far Hills, New Jersey. Robert S. Graff's collecting interests focused on 20th century American, English and Irish literature,including first editions. In 1965, Graff became a member of the Grolier Cl...

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...

Christies.

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Swann Galleries

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