| Creator: | Adomeit, Ruth E. |
| Title: | Adomeit mss. III |
| Collection No.: | LMC 2683 |
| Dates: | 1961-1965 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 1 Box Quantity: 1 standard |
| Abstract: | The Adomeit mss. III, 1961-1995, consists of correspondence between miniature book collector and bibliographer Ruth Elizabeth Adomeit, 1910-1996, and James DeLancey. |
| Location: | Lilly - Stacks |
| Language: | English . |
| Repository: | Lilly Library 1200 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500 Business Number: 812-855-2452 liblilly@indiana.edu URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library |
Ruth Elizabeth Adomeit, 1910-1996, was a miniature book collector and bibliographer. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and worked as a secretary and research assistant in engineering, and as an elementary school teacher until her retirement. Collecting miniature books was her lifetime passion, begun with gifts from her father while she was at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She edited Miniature Book Collector , a quarterly publication which consisted of eight issues, plus an index, from 1960 to 1962. Following the demise of this publication, she and other miniature book enthusiasts founded the Miniature Book Society, and Adomeit served as editor of the Society's newsletter for several years. Throughout this time and into the 1990s, she wrote several articles and spoke at various venues on miniature book collecting. In 1980, she completed a bibliography, Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles (New York: Garland Pub.), the standard reference work for these books.
In addition to James DeLancey, correspondents include Rebecca Saady Bingham, the Estate of Ruth Adomeit, and The Lilly Library. A copy of Ruth Adomeit's will is included with correspondence from the Estate.
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[Item], Adomeit mss. III, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Acquired: 2009
Processed by Staff. Completed in 2013.
Physical Description: (3 folders)