10-30-201610-30-2016
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2950BBoston
October 30, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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Metcalf, Keyes Dewitt (1889-1983) A Collection of Material Related to the Harvard Librarian.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2950BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

Metcalf, Keyes Dewitt (1889-1983) A Collection of Material Related to the Harvard Librarian. Including: Metcalf's Master's Degree and Doctorate diplomas from Harvard University, housed in a custom red morocco cover; a custom-made scrapbook, The Harvard College Library, a Collection of Photographs Presented by the Staff to Keyes D. Metcalf, Cambridge, June 1955, illustrated with twenty-three pages, each mounted with an 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photograph of library staff, the names of those pictured written in a calligraphic hand in ink below, bound in full red morocco, in a custom clamshell box, 12 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.; Metcalf's Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965, in the dust jacket; his My Harvard Library Years, Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1988, in publisher's cloth; his Report on the Harvard University Library, Cambridge: for the University, 1955, in soft paper covers; [and] Education, Bricks and Mortar, Harvard Buildings and their Contribution to the Advancement of Learning, Cambridge: at the University, 1949, octavo, publisher's cloth. (5)
Estimate $100-150


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