Scriptores records, 1920-2005, 1989-2005.
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State university of New York at Buffalo
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Duschak, Herbert W.
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Scriptores was founded in 1920 by Dr. Augustus H. Shearer, Librarian of Grosvenor Library, and Marc A. Rose, managing editor the Buffalo Evening News. Shearer told Rose about having attended a social event in Philadelphia which was composed of authors, publishers, and other figures of literary society. Together the two men discussed the possibility of creating something similar in Buffalo. Soon they had gathered together a small group of local figures, including George Hibbard, author and librar...