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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Costumes of the University of Cambridge
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
The collection contains material from independent private presses and university presses from around the world, but the majority of the presses represented in the collection are from the United States. Types of materials include annoucements, correspondence, flyers, booklets, and catalogs. The collection also includes material from printing clubs including Grolier, William Morris Society, Moxon Chappel, Rounce and Coffin, Typophiles, and Zamorano.There are also catalogs and material relating to various type foundry companies such as Ludlow, Linotype, Bauer, and American Type Founders (ATF) as well as paper samples from Japan Paper Company, Linweave, and Worthy Paper Company.
ephPVP
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Manuscripts
This collection contains approximately 225 letters between Elizabeth von Arnim and Alexander Stuart Frere discussing their relationship, daily life, her writing process, and the rise of Hitler. There are also letters from Patricia Wallace Frere to her husband concerning the last illness and death of Elizabeth and a series of letters from Karen Usborne, who wrote the first biography of Elizabeth published in 1986. Also included are two novel drafts, a novel in letters, poems, a book review, and personal notebooks. The collection also includes a large number of photographs in which Alexander Stuart Frere was either the photographer or the subject; some of the photographs were identified by Frere, but the majority are unidentified. The ephemera in the collection includes printed material, a book given to Frere by Elizabeth von Arnim, book reviews, a bank cheque for five pounds from von Arnim made out to Frere, and newspaper clippings.
mssArnimfrere
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of the correspondence files of Frederick Hanley Seares. While roughly one half of the papers deal with administrative matters of the Mount Wilson Observatory, the remainder cover his scientific work. There are also some manuscripts, notes and notebooks (Boxes 19-21) related to Seares's research activities.
mssSeares papers