Records, 1884-1984.

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Records, 1884-1984.

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Minutes, correspondence, financial records, printed ephemera and clippings documenting activities of the Grolier Club, 1884-1984. Correspondence files include general correspondence (1917-1923); library correspondence; and correspondence of the Club secretary (1898-1916). Also correspondence files relating to trips organized by the club. Financial records include bank statements, cancelled checks, check stubs, receipts, checkbooks and vouchers (1891-1984). Minutes include minutes of the Council (the governing body of club) and minutes and other materials of club committees, including: Modern Fine Printing Committee (1969-1977); Nominating Committee (1911-1926); House Committee (1884-1957); Committee on Publication (1884-1894); and Committee on Arrangements (1904-1924). In addition, there are several scrapbooks and other collections of printed ephemera created by the club as well as newspaper clippings, etc. Collection includes a guest book containing signatures and visiting cards (largely of mining engineers) of attendees at the Paris Exposition, 1900.

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Grolier Club

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Grolier Club

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Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris, France)

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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...

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...

Grolier Club. Committee on Arrangements.

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Grolier Club. Modern Fine Printing Committee.

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Grolier Club. Nominating Committee.

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Grolier Club. Committee on Publication.

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