Simmons Roycroft collection, 1894-1966. [1894-1966]

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Simmons Roycroft collection, 1894-1966. [1894-1966]

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A collection of materials by Ernest Simmons relating to the work of Elbert Hubbard, Elbert Hubbard II, himself, and the Roycroft Shop ; to the periodicals The Philistine, The Fra, and the Feather Duster ; and to the Roycroft School of Life, Roycroft Fire Company, the Roycroft baseball team, and the Roycroft Inn. Includes correspondence, memoranda, annual meeting minutes, catalogs, advertising brochures, bookplates, epigrams, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, unbound and uncut press pages, and photographs (some matted and framed). Also includes books: Short stories / by Kyrle Bellew -- Johnny Appleseed : the true story of Jonathan Chapman 1775-1846 / James Lattimore Himrod -- September/October 1917 Missouri mule -- Frithiof's saga : a legend of ancient Norway / Clement B. Shaw -- The liberators : being adventures in the city of fine minds [unbound press pages, uncut] / by Elbert Hubbard -- John Chapman : by occupation a gatherer and planter of appleseeds.

6 ft. (12 containers) : ill., photos., ports.

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Rare Books

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Roycroft Shop

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Founded by Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) in 1895, the Roycroft Shops combined the ideals of William Morris with the techniques of capitalism. The business developed out of the growth of the craftsman's movement in America, promoted by Hubbard through his Roycroft Press. Those who worked for Hubbard were known as Roycrofters. By 1900, the Roycroft shops were successfully marketing handcrafted items, including carpets, sculpture, and mission style furniture. Despite the popul...

Hubbard, Bert, 1882-

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Roycroft Fire Company (East Aurora, N.Y.)

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Roycroft Inn, East Aurora, N. Y.

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Roycroft School of Life.

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Simmons, Ernest.

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Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915

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American author, publisher, master craftsman; died on the Lusitania, May 1915. From the description of Papers of Elbert Hubbard, 1896-1915. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136608 American author and lecturer; founder of The Roycroft Shop which produced furniture, various publications and fine editions of the classics. Hubbard died, along with his wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, during the sinking of the Lusitania. From the description of Letters by Elb...