Special Collection and Archive Objects
- Advertisements for binderies or bookbinding equipment
- Archives of pre-1930 personal and business papers of bookbinders: letters, letterheads, invoices from bookbinders, account books, ledger books
- Bookbinding equipment makers or bindery company histories
- Bookbinding manuals or hand written descriptions of how to bind books
- Bookbinder’s Tickets or labels
- Bookplates
- Books related to bookbinding
- Bindings illustrating unusual materials or techniques
- Bindings that illustrate quality of workmanship or models
- Catalogs of special books or bindings, equipment, materials
- Early American bindings
- Ephemera and paraphernalia related to binderies: advertisement, signage, letterhead, invoices, price lists of services
- Equipment catalogues, operating manuals, instructions or parts manuals
- Images of bookbinders; photographs, engravings, or drawings
- Labor Unions: photographs, ephemera, badges, literature, certificates
- Manuscripts: letters, journals, documents related to bookbinders or bookbinding
- Pen Ruling instruction and maintenance guides
- Periodicals related to bookbinding
- Photographs of bookbinders, binderies or bindings
- Oral histories of bookbinders
- Sample books: cloth, leather or paper samples
- Signed bindings, particularly American
- Women in binderies: photographs, engravings, drawings, documents, letters
19th c. Equipment (preferably of American manufacture)
- 19th century or early 20th century industrial or stationery binding equipment prior to 1920
- Arming Press or Embossing Press, circa 1830’s-1840’s
- Continuous book sewing machines (Smyth National or Martini circa 1900-1910) and machine parts for Smyth # 3 sewing machine
- Casing-in or Case Making machines circa 1890-1910
- Cloth embossing machine: used to impart patterns to book cloth
- Early folding machine circa 1890-1910
- Hand bookbinding tools, preferably 19th century or older
- Plow (old) for laying press
- Signature rolling machine: Similar in appearance to a wringer, this machine has two steel rollers probably 8-14″ in diameter and was used to flatten signatures prior to sewing.
- Stabbing machine: smaller machine with a handle or foot peddle with several nail like punches. used to stab hole in side of book for side sewing
- Turtles (industrial)
For Use Items
- Beverages for museum events ( case(s) of wine, beer, water or soft drinks)
- Book board
- Rolls of book cloth
- Large professional ink brayer, 12″ wide with 3″ roller diameter
- High Quality paper stock (e.g. 32 lb cotton or linen paper)
- Late model laptops or computers (no more than 4 years old)
- Museum quality display cases
- Professional photography or photographers light box and lights
- Retail fixtures for displaying jewelry or clothes