Papers, 1956-1973 (bulk 1973-1991)

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Papers, 1956-1973 (bulk 1973-1991)

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Manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, programs, and some miscellaneous items documenting lectures and articles prepared by Robert Nikirk during his years at the Grolier Club. Bibliophile societies, university special collections, and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries were among the audiences he addressed. Of special note are the lectures he prepared on Clara Peck (Transylvania University, 1984) and on Samuel Putnam Avery and Beverly Chew, important nineteenth century collectors who were founders of the Grolier Club. Correspondence, photographs and miscellaneous files, including material on a course on mounting exhibitions he offered at the Rare Books School (Columbia University, School of Library Service) in 1984 and 1985 are also included.

5 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Grolier Club

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Grolier Club

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Nikirk, Robert

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Librarian. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Nikirk : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122308358 Founded in 1884 by a group of seven New York City Book collectors, the Grolier Club has employed librarians for over a century, and in the last few decades they have also assumed the duties of director. Robert Nikirk had a background in art historical studies and employment in a book auction house when he was app...

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904

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American artist, connoisseur, and art dealer, born Mar. 17, 1822 in New York City; died there on Aug. 11, 1904. Avery began his career as an engraver on copper and wood, then established himself as an art dealer in 1865, making annual purchasing trips to Europe each year between 1871 and 1882. He personally knew many American and European artists, whose works he bought, sold and publicized. Avery's connoisseurship was responsible for the formation of numerous private art collections in New York,...

Chew, Beverly, 1850-1924

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Beverly Chew (B. A., Hobart College, 1869), a founding member of the Grolier Club, served as its librarian from 1887 to 1892 and as president from 1892 to 1896. From 1887 on, Chew was associated with the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, retiring as vice-president in 1920. After his death, Chew's extensive library was dispersed at auction at the Anderson Galleries in New York City on 8-9 December 1924 and 5-7 January 1925. From the description of Papers, 1883-1926. (Unknown). W...

Peck, Clara Elsene, 1883-

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Grolier Club. Library

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Beatrice (Becker) Warde was born in New York City. After graduating from Barnard College, she worked at the American Typefounders' Company Library in Jersey City for four years. In 1925 she went to England and began to write articles on printing history under the name "Paul Beaujon," and was then recruited by the Monotype Corporation. At Monotype Warde edited the Monotype recorder and eventually became director of publicity. She was married to book designer and typographer Frederic Warde, who di...

Eccles, Mary Hyde

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Mary Hyde Eccles was one of the world's leading collectors of books and manuscripts from the 1940s until her death in 2003. She was also a distinguished literary scholar, and an important benefactor to numerous libraries and cultural institutions. This collection relates to her essay "Not in Chapman," a catalog of unpublished Samuel Johnson letters. As this project neared completion in 1964, a new cache of letters from Samuel Johnson to Charlotte Lennox was discovered in the vault of the British...

Transylvania University. Library

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