Mabel McIlvaine papers, 1901-1907.

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Mabel McIlvaine papers, 1901-1907.

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The papers contain two manuscripts, five letters, and one newspaper clipping. The manuscripts are in Mabel McIlvaine's hand and are texts of her lectures on bookbinding, one an historical overview delivered to the West End Women's Club, and one titled "The New Movement in Bookbinding," delivered to the alumnae of the University of Chicago on January 12, 1901. The five letters were written to McIlvaine in New York and Florence, Italy, by Octave Uzanne during 1906 and 1907. They focus on Uzanne's ideas for an "historical and documentary study of the illustration of books, from the 14th to the 17th century," which he hoped would be published by the Grolier Club in New York; Uzanne asked for advice and intercession on his behalf. The newspaper clipping mentions McIlvaine's translation of Uzanne's work on French bookbinders of the eighteenth century, published by the Caxton Club of Chicago in 1904.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

fre,

eng,

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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McIlvaine, Mabel

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Mabel McIlvaine, American librarian and historian, of Chicago and New York. Octave Uzanne, French book historian and publisher. From the description of Mabel McIlvaine papers, 1901-1907. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 746862754 ...

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...

Uzanne, Octave, 1852-1931

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, 1893 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573936 Epithet: French author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000253 Born 1852; published Les Surprises du Coeur in 1881; wrote an article in 1894: "The End of Books", which predicted that books would eventually become overtaken by other media. He founded the maga...