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Rollo G. Silver Collection of Printing and Publishing History
This is the working library of Rollo G. Silver, Class of 1931, historian of early American printing, publishing, and typography. It includes circa 3,000 volumes, as well as 45 linear feet of notebooks containing transcriptions or reproductions of primary and secondary source materials. It records the historical development of the printing and publishing industries, particularly in the United States.The collection includes 64 volumes of notebooks containing the source materials for all of Silver's writings in the history of American printing; include manuscript transcriptions, photographs, photostats, and photocopies from published and archival sources; some pamphlets; and typed drafts of some of Silver's own articles and addresses.
Format(s): Books, Pamphlets, Graphics, Documents
Library: John John Hay
Access to the collection:
Online Catalog (BruKnow):
BruKnow record for Rollo Silver Notebooks
Rollo Silver Collection (Brown Unniversity)
Rollo Silver Collection (Brown University). Duplicates not retained.