Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection, 1895-1982.

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Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection, 1895-1982.

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The collection consists of two parts. Part 1: Papers of S.R. Shapiro includes correspondence, sales lists, financial records, and various printed matter, primarily catalogs and periodicals. Includes correspondence by Bruce Rogers, both to Shapiro and others, as well as drafts of writings by Rogers. Other Shapiro correspondents, primarily clients, include Henry Watson Kent, Rockwell Kent, and Stanley Marcus. Part 2: Books collected by Shapiro that were designed by Bruce Rogers during his tenure at the Riverside Press, 1896-1912.

ca. 3,200 items (37 boxes)ca. 280 v.

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Kent, Henry Watson, 1866-1948

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Henry Watson Kent served as the first professional librarian of the Grolier Club from 1903 to 1906 and originated its classification scheme. He continued to serve the Club during the following decades through its Library, Publications and House committees, and its Council. From 1906 until his retirement in 1940 Kent was Secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. From the description of What I am pleased to call my education : typescript, 1948 / by Henry Watson Kent...

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957

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Indiana-born American book designer for the Riverside Press. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Danbury, Conn., to Mary Herrick f the Boston University Library, 1950 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270865113 Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), American typographer and book designer. From the description of Photoengravings used in The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, 1955. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 435687901 From the description of ...

Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

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Shapiro, S. R. (Solomon R.), 1911-

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Victor Robinson (1886-1947), medical professor. Victor Robinson was born in Ukraine in 1886 to a Russian physician. He attended New York University and then the New York College of Pharmacy. He also studied law at Columbia University. He received his doctorate of medicine in 1917 from the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery (which would later become Loyola University). He would write many works on the history of medicine and would teach the history of medicine at Tem...

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Rockwell Kent interview, 1957 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242441 Painter, illustrator, writer, lecturer; Ausable Forks, New York. From the description of Rockwell Kent letters to Robert T. Hatt, 1935-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553040 In addition to being a successful painter, printmaker, illustrator, designer, and commercial artist, Kent pursued careers as a writer, professional ...

Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

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Boston, Mass., publishing firm. From the description of Houghton, Mifflin and Company note [manuscript], 1899 April 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 715378844 ...

Marcus, Stanley, 1905-

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Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)

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