Guide to the Grolier Club Centennial Records
Title:
Grolier Club Institutional Records, RG 7, Series V: Centennial
OCLC No.:
79418321
Dates:
1979-1986
Bulk Dates:
1982-1984
Extent:
14 boxes (6.6 linear ft.), including approximately 275 photographs
Abstract:
The Grolier Club Centennial records collection includes records documenting fundraising, events, and publications issued for the Club’s Centennial, which occurred in 1984.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use. Access to the Centennial Fund Contributions is restricted for 75 years from date of creation, or until 2058. Copyright restrictions may apply; please contact repository for requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce the materials.
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Grolier Club Centennial Records, 1979-1986, The Grolier Club of New York.
About the Finding Aid:
This finding aid was prepared by Allison Hughes in Microsoft Word at the Grolier Club, April 2017.
Provenance:
Items in this collection were created by members or staff of the Grolier Club during the course of activities relating to the Club’s Centennial.
Access Points:
Names
Benz, Lawrence, composer.
Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-. Typographic Years.
Breslauer B. (Bernard H.)
Folter, Roland.
Graff, Robert D., 1918-
Nikirk, Robert.
Reese, William S,
Riley, Elizabeth.
Grolier Club.
Grolier Club. Centennial Committee.
Grolier Club. Committee on Public Exhibitions.
Grolier Club. Committee on Publications.
Grolier Club. Council.
Grolier Club. Centennial celebrations, etc.
Grolier Club Centennial Convocation.
Stinehour Press.
Subjects
Book collectors. Societies, etc. Anniversaries.
Genres
Card files.
Invitations.
Photographs.
Printed ephemera.
Printers’ proofs.
Prospectuses.
Scores.
Typescripts.
Biographical/Historical Note:
The Grolier Club was founded in New York City in 1884 for the purpose of promoting the arts of the book through exhibitions, publications, and events. For its Centennial in 1984, the Club organized a program of exhibits, publications, public events and social events for members. The Centennial Fund was launched in the fall of 1982 to raise money for capital projects. The Club’s Centennial Committee, Robert D. Graff chair, oversaw all activities while the Club’s Council and Committees on Publications, Public Exhibitions, and Modern Fine Printing played active roles. Robert Nikirk, Club Librarian and Elizabeth Riley and William Reese, successively chairs of the Committee on Publications, also took leadership roles.
Scope and Content Note:
The Grolier Club Centennial records collection includes records documenting the Centennial fundraising campaign, Centennial events, and major Club publications issued for the Centennial. Publication material includes authors’ typescripts, galley/printers’ proofs from the Stinehour Press, and related correspondence. The following publications are represented: Joseph Blumenthal’s The Typographic Years (1983); Bibliography, Its History and Development by Bernard Breslauer and Roland Folter (1984); The Grolier Club: Its Library, Publications and Exhibitions (1984) and Books and Prints, Past, Present and Future: Papers Presented at the Grolier Club Centennial Convocation (1984). Also present are index cards of member information assembled by Allen Asaf for Members of the Grolier Club, 1884-1984 (1986). There are also invitations and other printed ephemera issued in connection with the Centennial, an autograph score for the Grolier Centennial Fanfare composed by Lawrence Benz, and approximately 275 photographs of Centennial events.
Related Materials Note:
Grolier Club Committee on Modern Fine Printing Records (RG 4)
Grolier Club Committee on Public Exhibitions Records (RG 3)
Grolier Club Publications Committee Records (RG 2)
Grolier Club Committee on Finance Records (RG 6)
Arrangement Note:
This material is arranged into the following series:
I. Centennial Fund
II. Centennial Publications
III. Centennial Correspondence and Ephemera
IV. Photographs of Centennial Events
Container List:
Subseries I: Centennial Fund
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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1
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1
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Centennial Fund Area Chairmen
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1984
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1
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2
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Centennial Fund Brochure
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circa 1984
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1
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3
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Centennial Fund Letters to Members
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1982-1983
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1
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4
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Centennial Fund List of Contributors, Etc.
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1982-1985
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1
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5-10
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Centennial Fund Contributions
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1982-1983
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Subseries II: Centennial Publications
IIA: The Typographic Years
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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2
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1
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Prospectus
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1982
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2
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2
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Joseph Blumenthal Correspondence
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1982
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2
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3
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Stinehour Press Correspondence
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1979-1982
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2
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4
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List of Subscribers
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1982
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2
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5
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Correspondence and Drafts
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1979-1982
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2
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6
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Galley Proofs with Corrections
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circa 1983
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2
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7
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Unbound Signatures
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1983
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IIB: Bibliography, Its History and Development
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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3
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1
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Prospectus Drafts
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1983
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3
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2
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Prospectus
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circa 1983
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3
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3
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Exhibition Labels with Corrections
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undated
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3
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4-5
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Final Draft Typescript
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circa 1982
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4
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1-3
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Copyedited Typescript and Correspondence
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1982
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4
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4
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Galley Proofs with Corrections
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circa 1983
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4
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5
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Master Proof with Author’s Final Corrections
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circa 1983
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4
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6
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Unbound Signatures
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1984
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IIC: The Grolier Club: Its Library, Publications and Exhibitions
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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5
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1
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Prospectuses
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undated
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5
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2
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Stinehour Press Correspondence
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1982-1983
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5
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3
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Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1982-1983
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5
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4-5
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Typescript with Corrections
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1982-1983
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5
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6
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Copyright, Reviews, et al
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1982-1984
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5
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7
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Denise Leibert Correspondence
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1984-1986
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6
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1
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Robert D. Graff, Preface
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1983
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6
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2
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Robert Nikirk, The Grolier Club Library
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1983
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6
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3
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Ruth Mortimer, Post-1500 Printed Books
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1983
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6
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4
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William Reese, Auction Catalogues
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1983
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6
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5
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William Scheide and Mina Bryan, Incunabula in the Grolier Club
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1983
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6
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6
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William P. Barlow, Jr., Private Library Catalogues
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1983
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6
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7
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P. William Filby, Grolier Club Archives
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1983
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6
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8
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Herbert Cahoon, Autograph Manuscripts
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1983
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6
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9
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Philip D. Cate and Herbert D. Schimmel, The Print Collection
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1983
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6
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10
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Douglas F. Bauer, The Library as a Resource for the Collector and Scholar
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1983
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6
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11
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Terry Belenger, Educational Uses of the Library
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1983
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6
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12
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Wendell Garrett, The Clubhouse
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1983
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6
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13
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C. Waller Barrett, Publications
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1983
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6
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14-16
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Allen Asaf, Publications of the Grolier Club
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1983
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6
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17
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G. Thomas Tanselle, Exhibitions
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1983
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6
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18-19
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Allen Asaf, Exhibitions and Meetings
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1983
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7
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1
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Galleys, Second Set (Incomplete)
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circa 1984
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7
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2
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Revised Galleys (Complete)
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circa 1984
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7
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3
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Trial Index
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1983
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7
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4
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Index Galleys
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1984
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7
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5
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List of Subscribers
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1981-1984
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7
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6
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Illustration Captions
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1984
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7
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7
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Unbound Signatures
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1984
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IID: Books and Prints, Past, Present and Future: Papers Presented at the Grolier Club Centennial Convocation
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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8
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1
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General File
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1984
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8
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2-3
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Seminar I: History of the Book
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1984
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8
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4-5
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Seminar II: Prints: Past, Present, and
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1984
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8
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6
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Seminar III: The Future of the Book
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1984
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8
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7
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Dinner Talk: Daniel Bell, Gutenberg and the Computer
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1984
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IIE. Members of the Grolier Club, 1884-1984
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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9
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Member Index Cards, A-R
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circa 1986
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10
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Member Index Cards, S-Z; Miscellaneous Cards (Publicity, Serials, etc.)
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circa 1986
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Subseries III: Centennial Correspondence and Ephemera
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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11
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1
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Centennial Committee
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1981-1983
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11
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2
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Centennial Committee on Modern Fine Printing
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1982-1983
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11
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3
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Centennial Annual Meeting Invitation
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1984
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11
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4
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Centennial Seal
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1983-1984
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11
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5
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Report of the Secretary on the Centennial Meeting
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1984
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11
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6-9
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Centennial Mailings to Members
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1982-1984
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12
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1
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Grolier Centennial Fanfare Score
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1984
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14
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1
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Commemorative Box of Ephemera
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1984
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Subseries IV: Photographs of Centennial Events
Scope and Content Note:
Approximately 275 photographs, both black and white and color, 20 x 25 cm and smaller. Photographs of Centennial Meeting and Dinner and Convocation and Dinner at Lincoln Center by Erich Hartmann of Magnum Photo; no photographer identified for The Taste of 1884 and Metropolitan Museum of Art Reception.
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Box
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Folder
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Contents
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Date
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12
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2-3
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The Taste of 1884
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1984
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12
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4-6
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Centennial Meeting and Dinner
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1984
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13
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1-2
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Centennial Convocation and Dinner at Lincoln Center
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1984
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13
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3
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Centennial Reception for the Grolier Club at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1984
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