Subject: Collectors and collecting--History--20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 17 item
Abstract:: Letters and other documents related to the British book collector John Carter.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 4.6 linear foot (40 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of prominent Philadelphia lawyer and philanthropist John Frederick Lewis (1860–1932) span the dates 1882 to 1932 and include letterbooks, correspondence, advertising brochures, legal documents, and ephemera. The papers primarily document the legal business of Lewis through his work at the firm Lewis, Adler & Laws, but also reflect social and domestic affairs of John Lewis and his wife, Anne Baker Lewis, as well as cultural interests, through development of personal collections and institutional affiliations.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2 linear foot and 48 oversize removal
Abstract:: The Roland E. Bounds Collection: Papers and Ephemera includes books, magazines, convention programs, posters, photographs, artwork, and objects related to Bounds’s collecting activities. The bulk of this collection relates to his interest in science fiction and its subgenres, fantasy and horror. Roland E. Bounds (1953 – 2002) was, by vocation and avocation, a collector.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 4.3 linear foot (8 boxes) and 1 oversize box
Abstract:: The Frank W. Tober papers comprise letters, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, magazines, newspaper clippings, newsletters, printing ephemera, invoices, notebooks, woodblocks, prints, coins, sculpture, and other realia. A major portion of the papers relate to Tober's collections and collecting activities. Tober was a chemical engineer with a substantial personal interest in the study of rare books, printing, Napoleon and the French Revolution, and, in particular, literary forgery.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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