Zamorano Club Keepsakes Collection, 1928-2008

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Summary

Title:
Zamorano Club Keepsakes Collection
Dates:
1928-2008
Creators:
Zamorano Club
Extent:
16.5 feet 31 boxes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Zamorano Club Keepsakes Collection. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.

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.
Processing information:

Arranged and processed by Jamie Weber in 2009.

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

Accruals:

Acquired periodically from Zamorano Club members.

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

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Jamie Weber
Date Prepared:

2009

© 2009

Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Jamie Weber 2009.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights resides with Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections staff.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Zamorano Club Keepsakes Collection. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.

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