Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lockwood, Thomas B. and State University of New York at Buffalo. Special Collections
- Abstract:
- Notebooks and card file maintained by Thomas B. Lockwood.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet and 8 half manuscript boxes, 1 card file box
- Language:
- Collection material in English.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, RBMS 131, Thomas B. Lockwood Book Collecting Records, Rare and Special Books, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Notebooks and cards maintained by Thomas B. Lockwood documenting the acquisition of individual items in the collection of books and other items which were donated to the University of Buffalo in 1935. Some prices are included. Date of purchase and source are not provided.
- Biographical / Historical:
Thomas B. Lockwood (1873-1947) was a Buffalo lawyer and businessman and a major benefactor of the University of Buffalo. Thomas B. Lockwood and Marian Birge Lockwood donated the money to construct the Lockwood Memorial Library as a memorial to their fathers. Thomas B. Lockwood was also a collector of rare books and manuscripts. When the Lockwood Memorial Library was dedicated in 1935 he presented his collection to the University of Buffalo.
- Acquisition information:
- This material was received upon the dedication of Lockwood Memorial Library in 1935. In October 2016, this collection was re-accessioned into the Rare and Special Books Collection from University Archives.
- Processing information:
Collection processed by John Edens, March 2006.
- Arrangement:
This collection has been maintained in original order.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Private libraries -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
First Editions -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Archives
Rare books -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Archives - Names:
- State University of New York at Buffalo. Special Collections
Thomas B. Lockwood Collection. State University of New York at Buffalo -- Archives
Lockwood, Thomas B. -- Archives
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The Thomas B. Lockwood Book Collecting Records are open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and Rare and Special Books before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, RBMS 131, Thomas B. Lockwood Book Collecting Records, Rare and Special Books, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2917lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu