William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975 (inclusive), 1945-1955 (bulk).

Houghton Library

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In 1938 Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library (1937-1955), proposed a separate library building for rare books and manuscripts. Through the generosity of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Harvard Class of 1929, Harvard became the first American university to construct a separate research facility for the housing and study of rare books and manuscripts. The Houghton Library, dedicated and opened in 1942, won major architectural awards and became a mo...

Green, Ralph, 1893-1960

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Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1905-1969

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Ifan Kyrle Fletcher and Constance A. Kyrle Fletcher were bookdealers in London. From the description of Ifan Kyrle Fletcherl letters, 1926-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495526578 ...

Dreyfus, John

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Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983

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Bookseller. From the description of Reminiscences of Walter Schatzki : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158116 Schatzki was a dealer in old and rare books, prints, and autographs in New York City. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864344 ...

Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel), 1909-1989

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Rollo Gabriel Silver, historian of American printing; author of Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 (1965), The American printer, 1787-1825 (1967), and (with Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt and Lawrence C. Wroth), The book in America (2nd ed., 1951), as well as numerous articles published in Studies in bibliography, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and elsewhere. Graduate of Brown University, Class of 1931; professor of library science, Simmons College, 1950-1965. From the desc...

Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964

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Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.. From the description of William A. Jackson diplomas and certificates, 1927-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663976597 Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard. From the description of William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldC...

Wormser, Richard S.

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Richard S. Wormser was an antiquarian bookseller in Bethel, Connecticut who specialized in early science books, non-European incunabula, type specimens and Americana. He died in 1975. From the description of Printed ephemera and miscellaneous typescripts on literary frauds and forgeries, [ca. 1915-1973]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122516175 ...

Bentinck-Smith, William, 1914-1993

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Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the description of William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975 (inclusive), 1945-1955 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196262 William Bentinck-Smith was a Harvard administrator, historian of Widener Library, and book collector. From the guide to the William Bentinck-Smith papers, 1941-1975., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Univer...

Breslauer, B. H. (Bernard H.)

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