Book Arts Ephemera collection, 1890-2019

Creator:: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library and American Type Founders Company Library
Extent:: 158.5 Linear Feet 1 mapcase drawer item, 59 flat boxes, 295 Ms Boxes = 28 (Series I: Book Clubs)+1(Series II: Designers)+10 (Series III: Illustrators)+49 (Series IV: Portraits and Biographical)+75 (Series V: Press) +2 (Series VI: Publishers)+ 130 (Series VII: Subjects)
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: 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.

Arrangement:: Flat boxes are numbered in a single sequence throughout the collection; otherwise boxes in each series are numbered separately.
Accruals:: Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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