Collection of Roger E. Stoddard papers, 1985-2009, bulk 2000-2009.

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Collection of Roger E. Stoddard papers, 1985-2009, bulk 2000-2009.

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Collection consists primarily of correspondence, off-prints, lecture transcripts, professional papers, and personal notes exchanged between Robert D. Graff and Roger E. Stoddard. Several documents relate to farewell events and addresses given in honor of Roger Stoddard by various organizations, including the ILAB/ANZAAB Symposium (Melbourne, 2004), ABAA (Apr. 2005); and the Grolier Club (2005). Collection also includes Graff's personal copies of Stoddard's, "Marks in books" (Cambridge, Mass: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1985); "A Library-Keeper's business" (New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2002); and "Roger Eliot Stoddard at sixty-five: a celebration" (New York : Thornwillow Press, 2000). Some documents relate to Stoddard's tenure as Curator of Rare Books at Houghton Library, Harvard University.

.5 linear feet (2 boxes, 1 four-flap portfolio)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8210095

Grolier Club

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Stoddard, Roger E. (Roger Eliot), 1935-

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Born December 2, 1935, in Boston, MA; son of Merton E. (a church organist and choir director) and Helen (a homemaker; maiden name, Bonney) Stoddard; married Helen Heckel, May 24, 1958; children: Alison Stoddard Reid, Christopher Paine. Education: Brown University, A.B., 1958. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant to the librarian at Houghton Library, 1958-61; Brown University, Providence, RI, assistant curator of Harris Collection, 1961-63, curator, 1963-65; Harvard University, Cambrid...

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...

Graff, Robert D., 1919-

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Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright. From the guide to the Robert D. and Marjorie Graff Sean O'Casey collection, 1916-1980., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Robert D. and Marjorie S. Graff are book collectors who maintain their private library in Far Hills, New Jersey. Robert S. Graff's collecting interests focused on 20th century American, English and Irish literature,including first editions. In 1965, Graff became a member of the Grolier Cl...

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...

Graff, Marjorie S.

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