Collection, ca.1900-ca.1938.

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Collection, ca.1900-ca.1938.

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The material in this collection consists of more than one hundred postcards (a number of which are in color), 147 glass-plate negatives and lantern slides, along with 156 contact prints made from the negatives and slides, and an advertising circular for "The Goodie Box," prepared for Thanksgiving by the Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shops in East Aurora, New York. (Nine of the glass-plate negatives were returned to the donor after the prints were made.) Images include a variety of Roycroft activities, a range of events in small town America at the turn of the 20th century, the Roycroft workshops and workers, exterior scenes, the Roycroft chapel, the Roycroft Inn, portraits, and photos used for trade catalogs. Several photos feature members of Hubbard's family. Postcards depict the exteriors and interiors of Roycroft buildings, plus a few pictures of Elbert Hubbard. Some have messages giving information about Roycroft. Printed material in the library collection includes original trade catalogs for Roycroft products, including copper and leather objects, furniture, and books as well as many issues of Hubbard's periodicals, The Fra and The Philistine. An additional 31 photographs of Roycroft furniture, a "goodie box," copper, and graphic designs are located in the Decorative Art Photographic Collection (DAPC). Featured photographers include C. D. Arnold, Ernest Simmons, Jerome Connors, Paul Fournier, and Elbert Hubbard, II.

ca. 400 items : ill.

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Roycroft Shop

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Founded by Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) in 1895, the Roycroft Shops combined the ideals of William Morris with the techniques of capitalism. The business developed out of the growth of the craftsman's movement in America, promoted by Hubbard through his Roycroft Press. Those who worked for Hubbard were known as Roycrofters. By 1900, the Roycroft shops were successfully marketing handcrafted items, including carpets, sculpture, and mission style furniture. Despite the popul...

Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915

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American author, publisher, master craftsman; died on the Lusitania, May 1915. From the description of Papers of Elbert Hubbard, 1896-1915. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136608 American author and lecturer; founder of The Roycroft Shop which produced furniture, various publications and fine editions of the classics. Hubbard died, along with his wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, during the sinking of the Lusitania. From the description of Letters by Elb...

Arnold, C. D. (Charles Dudley), 1844-1927

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Charles Dudley Arnold, 1844-1927, was the official photographer of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. From the description of C. D. Arnold photographic collection, 1892-1901. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 303022300 From the guide to the C. D. Arnold photographic collection, 1892-1901, (Columbia University Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Department of Drawings &amp...

Connors, Jerome.

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Simmons, Ernest J. (Ernest Joseph), 1903-1972

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Hubbard, Elbert Hamilton, 1849-1912

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Fournier, Paul

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