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Press coll. Archives Grolier
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Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: Clark Library collection on The Grolier Club
Creator:
Grolier Club
source:
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001
Identifier/Call Number: Press coll. Archives Grolier
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1893-1999
Abstract: This collection contains materials produced by The Grolier Club, including event announcements, yearly event lists, publications
for sale, keepsake booklets, correspondence, and exhibition catalogs.
Physical Location: Housed off-site at SRLF. Please notify Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks in advance to request items from this collection.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts or printed items must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Identification of item], Clark Library Collection on The Grolier, Press Coll. Archives Grolier, William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
This is an artificial collection, containing items donated by former Clark Librarian Lawrence Clark Powell, and collected
over time by other staff of the Clark Library.
Processed by Jamie Henricks, August 2009.
The title of this collection was changed in March 2023 by Rebecca Fenning Marschall, from "Grolier Club Collection" to better
reflect its content and provenance.
The Grolier Club is an organization of bibliophiles founded by Robert Hoe and his friends. It began in New York City in January,
1884, making it the oldest club of its kind in North America. The Grolier Club has a research library specializing in books,
printing (especially the history of printing and examples of fine printing), binding, illustration and bookselling. The club
hosts programs including exhibitions for the public, annual and monthly meetings for its members, and publishes books regularly.
This collection contains materials largely produced for members of the Grolier Club. It includes announcements for events
(meetings, annual meetings, and exhibitions), lists of events held yearly, publications for sale by the Grolier Club, keepsake
booklets for members, correspondence, and exhibition catalogs. Lawrence Clark Powell's club membership invitation is also
included. Items range in date from 1893 to 1999, but the majority of the collection ranges from the 1940s to 1960s.
Four printed announcements which were not keepsakes of the Grolier Club were removed from box 1 and moved to a folder in the
Fine Press Ephemera Collection (Press Coll. Ephemera). The folder is titled "Items from the Grolier Club Collection." This includes a Roxburghe Club meeting
invitation, an American Institute of the Graphic Arts exhibition announcement, a 1961 yearly events list for the Bibliographical
Society (London), and a list of publications from 1892 to 1948 of the Rowfant Club.
The collection is arranged thematically, and items are organized by date when possible. Undated items are put at the back
of each folder behind dated items.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clubs -- United States -- 20th century
Ephemera -- United States -- 20th century
Book collectors -- United States -- 20th century
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001