Collection ID: 14216190 MS#1990

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library and American Type Founders Company Library
Extent:
158.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English .

Background

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

Indexed Terms

Subjects:
Printing -- History
Printed Ephemera

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu