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Preferred Citation:
Williamsburg Bibliophiles Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts from different members of the Williamsburg Bibliophiles from 1983 to 1996.
The Williamsburg Bibliophiles were organized in 1980 to further the interests of booklovers through programs on book collecting,
fine printing, graphic arts and to encourage public interest in such pursuits through exhibits and lectures. The Williamsburg
Bibliophiles were patterned after the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Bibliophiles.
Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Papers of the Williamsburg (Va.) Bibliophiles. Includes articles of organization, minutes, membership lists, accounts and
budgets, newsletters, correspondence, programs, donations and contributions, and materials relating to a student book collecting
contest sponsored by the organization. Includes first accession ((Mss. 90 W67))and additions.
28 items. Including A Summary of the First Years , undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id151481
Organizational Meeting and Charter Members
undated
Scope and Contents
26 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id151482
Articles of Organization
1981 April 28-1984 December 3
Scope and Contents
40 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id151483
Meeting Minutes
1980-1981, undated
Scope and Contents
40 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id151484
Meeting Minutes
1982
Scope and Contents
39 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id151485
Meeting Words
1983
Scope and Contents
37 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id151486
Meeting Minutes
1984
Scope and Contents
25 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id151487
Meeting Minutes
1985-1986
Scope and Contents
40 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id151488
Meeting Minutes
1987
Scope and Contents
7 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id151489
Meeting Minutes
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
40 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id151490
Meeting Announcements and Correspondence
1980 February 24-1988 December 8, undated
Scope and Contents
91 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id151491
Membership and Advisory Council Lists
1980 November-1989
Scope and Contents
74 items. Including correspondence on leadership.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id151492
Committee Lists and Correspondence
1981-1983, undated
Scope and Contents
28 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id151493
Tax Exempt Status
1980 February 24-1986 December 1
Scope and Contents
37 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id151494
Budget and Balance Sheets
1980 May 1-March 1989, undated
Scope and Contents
50 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id151495
General Accounting
1981 June 3-1989 June 30, undated
Scope and Contents
45 items. Finances, receipts, and letters.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id151496
Philanthropy
1981 February 13-1988 April 14, undated
Scope and Contents
35 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id151497
Donations and Contributions
1981 February13-1986 April 15
Scope and Contents
16 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id151498
Newsletters
1981 May 27-1988 October
Scope and Contents
35 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id151499
Program Minutes and Correspondence
1979 April 2-1988 November 15, undated
Scope and Contents
91 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id151500
Program Announcements and Invitations
1980 September 28-1987 February 6
Scope and Contents
3 items from this file are in Manuscripts Oversize Box 12.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id151501
Book Auction
1982 April -1986 March 23, undated
Scope and Contents
47 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id151502
Student Book Collecting Contest
1982 October 29-1984 December 5, undated
Scope and Contents
74 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id151503
Student Book Collecting Contest
1985 January 14-1985 October 9
Scope and Contents
75 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id151504
Student Book Collecting Contest
1986 January 7-1986 April 21
Scope and Contents
48 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id151505
Student Book Collecting Contest
1987 January 23-1987 April 22
Scope and Contents
31 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id151506
Student Book Collecting Contest
1988 January 12, undated
Scope and Contents
54 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id151507
Virginia Bookworker's Exhibition
1974 July 20-1983 October 26, undated
Scope and Contents
59 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id151508
Newspaper Articles
1974 July 20-1985 December 4
Scope and Contents
20 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id151509
Unused Forms
1985 February 8, undated
Scope and Contents
15 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id151511
Printed Forms, Letters, Ephemera
undated
Scope and Contents
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id151512
Publications
undated
Scope and Contents
16 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id151513
Stationery
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id151515
Bookplates for Philanthropic Gifts
undated
Scope and Contents
11 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Articles of Organization
English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Newsletters
1984-1922English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Chairperson's Files
1990-1991English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Chairperson's Files
1991-1992English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Agenda and Minutes
1989-1991English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Advisory Council
1988-1992English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Correspondence, Minutes, General
1979-1991English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Directory and Membership
1987-1989English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Budgets
1987-1990English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
History of the Williamsburg Bibliophiles
English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Thad Tate's Files
1985-1988English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
John Haskell's Files
1986-1987English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Sharon Thelin's Files
1987-1988English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Dumbarton Oaks Trip
1990English
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id64890
A Congregation of Collectors or a Boast of Bibliophiles
1981
Scope and Contents
Three copies of A Congregation of Collectors or a Boast of Bibliophiles , 1981. One copy of an invitation to annual meeting and auction, possibly 1981. Addition 1994.21.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id64897
Bookplate Cut
undated
Scope and Contents
Cut for the Williamsburg Bibliophiles bookplate, transferred to Artifacts Collection. Addition 1996.20.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id64901
Photographs of 1990 Annual Picnic
1990
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the 1990 annual picnic of the Williamsburg Bibliophiles. Addition 2008.171.
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