Zamorano Club Keepsakes Collection, 1928-2008

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Summary

Creators:
Zamorano Club
Extent:
16.5 feet 31 boxes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains announcements and invitations for Zamorano Club events; publications, posters, and broadsides from published by Zamorano Club members.

Biographical / historical:

The Zamorano Club was created in Los Angeles on 25 January 1928. Named from the first known printer in California, Agustin Vicente Zamorano, the Club's primary purpose was "to establish contact and encourage exchange of thought among its members, who shall be men interested in books." Secondary purposes included encouraging book arts, building a collection to support that aim, and publishing fine press works printed in limited numbers.

Acquisition information:
A combination of gifts from several members of the Zamorano Club.
Arrangement:

Series 1 Zamorano Club Keepsakes 1928-1978

Series 2 Zamorano Club Invitations 1961-1986

Series 3 Zamorano Club Announcements and Invitations 1942-1987

Series 4 Zamorano Club Keepsakes 1979-2008

Series 5 William Clary Scrapbook of Zamorano Keepsakes 1928-1941

Physical location:
Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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