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Book Arts Ephemera collection, 1890-2019

158.5 Linear Feet
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These files have been compiled by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library from its origin in 1930 through the present day. The material derives largely from gifts, and the occasional purchase; much of the subject file in particular is made of ephemera included in the American Type Founders, Co. Library, purchased in 1942. Prospectuses and information sent by fine presses and book artists are added to the relevant files in an ongoing fashion. The files cover subjects from the beginning of printing to the current day.

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John D. Cannon Papers, 1900-1984, bulk 1966-1969

3.84 linear feet
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The collection consists of correspondence, memos, publications, reports, press clippings, press releases, sermons and speeches retained by the Rev. John D. Cannon, University Chaplain at Columbia University, 1966-1969.

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Wallach Art Gallery Records, 1985-2017

17.25 linear feet
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This collection consists of exhibition files, general operations files and exhibition catalogs generated by the Wallach Art Gallery staff between 1985 and 2017.
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RBML Office Files, 1917-2022

176.26 linear feet
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This collection contains the administrative records of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, from its days as the Department of Special Collections to the present.
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Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019

21.5 linear feet
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A collection of original artwork, published books, printed ephemera, and branded merchandise by the writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), assembled by Andrew Alpern.
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Association of American University Presses records, 1927-1975, 2013-2018

5.5 linear feet
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Included are correspondence, minutes of Board of Directors and committees, proceedings of annual business meetings, surveys, statistical reports, financial records, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence files dating from 1927, contain letters from university press directors regarding meetings arrangements, cooperative programs, and other matters of mutual concern. There are no correspondence files for the years 1936 to 1943.

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Serge Czerefkow illustrations for Anatole France's Thaïs, 1927

0.5 linear feet
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The collection contains a set of illustrations made by the artist Serge Czerefkow in 1927 for Anatole France's THAÏS. They were made for the Paris publisher Ren'e Kieffer. Included are 29 original drawings and sketches (#s 1-29) and 4 sets of 20 etchings each, printed as follows: #30-49 printed on satin, first state; #50-69 printed on satin, second state; #70-89 printed on parchment, first state; #90-109 printed on parchment, second state

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Manuel Rosenberg papers, 1920-1950

1 linear feet
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A collection of more than 300 drawings and sketches. Notable are the 60 sheets of drawings made during his trip to Russia in the company of other western journalists. The major portion of the collection comprises the file of sketches and caricatures of leading personalities in public life and the arts made by Rosenberg from the 1920s to the 1950s, including those of Jane Addams; George Arliss; Max Baer; Theda Bara; Enrico Caruso; Feodor Chaliapin; Ina Claire; Walter Damrosch; Jack Dempsey; Elsie Janis; Beatrice Lillie; Groucho Marx; Mae Murray; Ezio Pinza; William Howard Taft; Peggy Wood; Israel Zangwill; and numerous other entertainers, sportsmen, politicians, and writers

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Charles Saxon papers, 1940-1989

19 linear feet
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Sketches, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, tearsheets, photographs and printed material. The collection includes more than 900 drawings and watercolors. The material covers much of Charles Saxon's professional career

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Allen Lewis papers, 1925-1945

8 linear feet
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Woodblocks, linoleum blocks, wood and linoleum tools, wooden types, metal types, books, proofs, and special printings. Included are woodblocks and linoleum blocks of illustrations and decorations for Walt Whitman's SHORT STORIES (Columbia University Press, 1927), De La Motte Fouqué's UNDINE (Limited Editions Club, 1930), and Sir Walter Scott's IVANHOE (Limited Editions Club, 1940). There are several metal types designed and cast for Lewis; full or nearly full alphabets of special wooden types designed and cut by Lewis in both 216 pt. and 144 pt. sizes; specimens of his wood and linoleum tools, mainly of his own manufacture; books containing illustrations, decorations, and special types by Lewis; proofs of bookplates he designed; and proofs and special printings of various plates.

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