Collection ID: LMC 2374
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Summary

Creator:
Miniature Book Society
Abstract:
This collection consists of the records of the Miniature Book Society, 1983-2011. The collection includes business files, traveling exhibition papers, correspondence, meeting minutes, souvenirs, manuscripts, catalogs, and audiovisual materials.
Extent:
14 Boxes
Language:
Materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Item], Miniature Book Society mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

The Miniature Book Society was founded and chartered in 1983 in the state of Ohio and incorporated in the state of Delaware in July 1989.

Scope and Content:

This collection consists of the records of the Miniature Book Society. The collection includes business files, traveling exhibition papers, and correspondence.

This collection is organized by year. Business files include minutes of board meetings and membership meetings; financial reports; committee reports; by-laws and by-law changes; publicity and newsletter guidelines; and publicity. Competition and traveling exhibition papers include entry forms; news releases and publicity; catalog of entries in book competition; and locations of traveling exhibition. Conclave materials include programs; lists of registrants; publicity; maps; and planning notes. Correspondence is mostly among board members, but also contains letters from entrants in the book competition and institutions interested in the traveling exhibition.

Additions consist of more business files, including many financial documents. Conclaves include board meeting minutes, various advertisements, correspondence, and souvenirs. Exhibitions are largely traveling exhibition correspondence, publicity, and planning. Catalogs include both facsimiles and physical copies of exhibition catalogs. Publications consist of correspondence, financial documentation, manuscripts, and audiovisual materials pertaining to titles published by the Miniature Book Society. The Dawson Papers are specific to Glen and Mary Helen Dawson, active members of the Miniature Book Society, and include Conclave related papers arranged by year. Ephemera include bags, folders, pencils, pins, souvenirs etc. collected at Conclaves. Audiovisual consists of photographs taken at Conclaves and CD-ROMs of catalog layouts and meeting minutes.

Correspondents include: Glen and Mary Helen Dawson, Joan Knoertzer, Twyla Muller Racz, and Mark Palkovic.

Acquisition information:
Gift. 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically by year, following the General papers. Within each year the files are arranged alphabetically. Conclave keepsakes are filed separate boxes. Additions are arranged into 8 subseries: Business Files, Conclaves, Exhibitions, Catalogs, Publications, Dawson Papers, Ephemera, and Audiovisual. Each subseries is arranged chronologically by year, with the exception of Publications, which is arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)

Indexed Terms

Subjects:
Miniature books --Societies.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Miniature Book Society mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@iu.edu