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Manuscripts
L. Averill Cole collection
- Description
A collection of material related to the work of L. Averill Cole, an American bookbinder. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, a volume, photographs, a prize medal, ephemera, and scrapbooks. The correspondents include Louis Jacobs, Robert J. Milevski, George Wolfe Plank, A. S. W. Rosenbach, Sandra Howland Smith, and Marianne Tidcombe; the correspondence also includes a small number of family-related letters. The collection also includes research material on Cole collected by Robert J. Milevski, Sandra Howland Smith, and Marianne Tidcombe. The volume was compiled by Sandra Howland Smith about her grandmother entitled: "Selected Fine Bindings of L. Averill Cole, (1880-1971)."
- Date
- 1904-2015
- Call number
- mssCole
- Provenance
- Purchased from Kenneth Karmiole Bookseller, Inc., April 2015. Transferred to Archival Processing Team, October 2022, formerly Rare Book call number: 645435.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Jacobs, Louis, (active 1890-1918.)
- Milevski, Robert J. (1876-1952.)
- Plank, George.
- Rosenbach, A. S. W.
- Smith, Sandra Howland.
- Tidcombe, Marianne.
