Roycroft Shop collection of publications and ephemera, 1900-1935

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Title:: Roycroft Shop collection of publications and ephemera
Dates:: 1900-1935
Creators:: Roycroft Shop.
Abstract:: Collection consists of Roycrofters publications and ephemera. The bulk of the publications are from the series Little journeys. Also includes material relating to Elbert Hubbard and his family.
Extent:: 12 boxes (6 linear ft.)
Language:: Finding aid is written in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Roycroft Shop collection of publications and ephemera (Collection 2028). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of Roycrofters publications and ephemera. The bulk of the publications are from the series Little journeys. Also includes material relating to Elbert Hubbard and his family.
Biographical / historical:: Elbert Hubbard was born in IL, June 19, 1856; left school at the age of 15; honorary MA, Tufts College (1899); founded Roycrofters in East Aurora, NY, 1895; the Roycroft Shops printed and published books and magazines, and made book bindings, furniture, and small household objects; Hubbard was also an author and lecturer; he died along with his wife Alice, aboard the British Steamship Lusitania, May 7, 1915.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Subjects:: Roycroft Shop.
Publishers and publishing.
Authors, American --19th century.
Books.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:: © 2008
Date Encoded:: Text OCR'd by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, January 2009 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from OCR'd finding aid, encoding added via added via MS Access and Notetab Pro. Date of source: February, 1974 .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Roycroft Shop collection of publications and ephemera (Collection 2028). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US