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Bookbinding--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Laura Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00255
Scope and Contents

This collection is stored off-site. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for retrieval.

The collection is mainly publications relating to printing and bookbinding. There are a couple of folders containing correspondence about rural school fairs.

Dates: circa 1907-1992

Merle Kimball papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00394
Scope and Contents

Contains notes about publisher's bindings compiled by Merle Kimball, former Serials Librarian at the College of William and Mary. Included in the papers are photocopies of examples from different bindings from the 1830s to the1930s as well as notes on several publishers including George Wharton Edwards and Sarah Whitman.

Dates: Circa 1999-2014