Main Entry

Grolier Club.

Title

Records, 1884-1984.

Physical Description

240 linear ft.

Historical/Biographical Note

Club for bibliophiles, founded 1884 in New York City.

Scope and Contents

Minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, printed ephemera and clippings documenting activities of the Grolier Club, 1884-1984. Correspondence files include: general correspondence (1917-1923); library correspondence; and correspondence of the club secretary (1898-1916). Also correspondence files relating to trips organized by the club. Financial records include bank statements, cancelled checks, check stubs, receipts, checkbooks and vouchers (1891-1984). Minutes include minutes of the council (the governing committee of the club) and minutes and other materials of club committees including: Modern Fine Printing (ca. 1969-1977); Nominating Committee (1911-1926); House Committee (19884-1957); Committee on Publication (1884-1894); and Committee on Arrangements (1904-1924). In addition there are several scrapbooks and other collection of printed ephemera created by the club as well as newspaper clippings, etc. Collection includes guest book containing signatures and visiting cards of attendees (mainly mining engineers) at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Names

Grolier Club. Library.

Grolier Club. Finance.

Grolier Club. Council.

Grolier Club. Committee on Arrangements.

Grolier Club. Committee on Publications.

Grolier Club. Nominating Committee.

Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France).

Subjects

Book clubs. New York (State). New York. 19^th century.

Book clubs. New York (State). New York. 20^th century.

Printing. Societies, etc. New York (State). New York. 19^th century.

Printing. Societies, etc. New York (State). New York. 20^th century.

Genres

Ephemera. New York (State). New York. 19^th century.

Ephemera. New York (State). New York. 20^th century.

Account books. New York (State). New York. 19^th century.

Account books. New York (State). New York. 20^th century.

Autographs.

Guest registers.

Ledgers. New York (State). New York. 19^th century.

Ledgers. New York (State). New York. 20^th century.

Scrapbooks. New York (State). New York. 19^th century.

Scrapbooks. New York (State). New York. 20^th century.

Location

Grolier Club, 47 East 60^th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.