G. Thomas Tanselle Bibliography and Auction Catalogs collection, 1960-2015
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#2002
- Bib ID:
- 13221623 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Tanselle, G. Thomas (George Thomas), 1934-
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 162.5 linear feet (130 record cartons)
- Language(s):
- English , German .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
A collection of bibliographical ephemera, consisting of announcements, leaflets, invitations, etc., from bibliographical societies, bibliophilic clubs, typographical organizations, and rare-book libraries, from about 1960 through 2015 (with a few earlier materials).
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Group A: Bibliographical Ephemera
Through 1983 17 boxes (in a single alphabet)
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Group B Bibliographical Ephemera
1984-2014 (47 boxes; each box one year unsorted)
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8 boxes (annual reports, membership lists, library keepsakes, etc.)
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Samples of many book-collecting, typographical, and library magazines. Some of those with somewhat more substantial runs are Albion, Auction, Black Art, Book Collecting And Library Monthly, Book Club Of California Keepsakes, Book Club Of California Quarterly Newsletter, Book Collector's Market, Book Collector's Packet, Book Mart, Devil's Artisan, Dime Novel Round-Up, Firsts, Guild Of Book-Workers' Journal, Journal Of The Ex Libris Society, Paperback Quarterly, Printing & Graphic Arts, Printing Art, Rare Books Newsletter, Reading & Collecting, Yellowback Quarterly
[NOTE: Many of these are small-size journals with short runs, and I have sent them as a compact sampling of what was going in this area in the second half of the twentieth century, useful in its own right even though Columbia May already have some of them. But I have not sent my long runs of standard library journals or the journals of rare-book libraries, on the assumption that Columbia does already have them and would not want second sets of such space-consuming journals, even though mine are in the original wrappers. (Only two volumes from my run of Penrose Annual are here because they are among the volumes that Columbia lacks.)]
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(December 2011
Arrangement
Arranged in 10 series.
- Group A: Bibliographical Ephemera
- Group B Bibliographical Ephemera
- Group C: Newsletters: 8 boxes (alphabetical)
- Group D: Rare Book School
- Group E: Exhibition Catalogues: 13 boxes
- Group F: Publishers' announcements, 1960-1979
- Group G: Miscellaneous
- Group H: Periodicals-13 boxes
- Group I: Bibliography Of Papermaking, 1900-1963
- Group J: Auction Catalogs
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); G. Thomas Tanselle Bibliography and Auction Catalogs Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraies.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of G. Thamas Tanselle, 2015-10-06
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Collection listed by students for removal to ReCAP, 2017.
Revision Description
2018-08-09 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
G. Thomas Tanselle (born 1934) is an American textual critic, bibliographer, and book collector, especially known for his work on Herman Melville. He was Vice-President, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1978-2006.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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| Genre/Form | ||
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| Auction catalogs | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Newsletters | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Name | ||
| Sotheby's (Firm) | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |