Philip Hofer collection of samples and other material related to papermaking
Overview
Paper samples and other material related to papermaking collected by curator and art historian, Philip Hofer.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1948-1959 and undated
Creator
- Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
1.3 linear feet (5 boxes)Paper samples and sample books of decorative, marbled, and paste papers received from paper companies, chief among them Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation. Also with publications concerning papermaking.
Arrangement
Arranged in boxes as received.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019MH-30. Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019.
Cultural context
Creator
- Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation (Organization)
- Title
- Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984, collector. Philip Hofer collection of samples and other material related to papermaking, circa 1948-1959 and undated (MS Typ 1252): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 March 15
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03126
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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