Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) records, 1983-2009
Finding Aid
Prepared by Cara Gilgenbach, June 30, 1998; additions and updates made by Edith Serkownek, September 2006 and August 2008
4 boxes (4 record storage boxes) + 1 oversize folder, 4.15 cubic feet, 11th floor
Historical Note*
In August of 1983, a group of Ohioans who were interested in books and
book collection formed the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, Inc. (NOBS).
Book dealers, workers, and collectors, their common interest was in promoting
the production, preservation, collection, and sale of fine and antiquarian
books, and the preservation and protection of the heritage of the printed
word.
Beginning with twelve members in 1983, the Society now has over 300
members. The membership is composed of book dealers, book collectors, librarians,
and institutions. NOBS sponsors an annual book fair in Akron and has held
fairs in Cleveland and Canton as well. The Society also holds programs
of literary interest, publishes a quarterly newsletter for members, an
annual directory of member dealers, and an annual publication sent to each
member.
*Excerpted from a NOBS membership flyer with some updates
added.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the papers and publications of the Northern
Ohio Bibliophilic Society. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence,
membership directories, annual publications, the NOBS Newsletter,
and files relating to NOBS-sponsored book fairs. The materials date from
1983 through 2009. Additional files will be added to this collection as
they become available from NOBS.
Box 1: General Files
Folder -- Contents
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Correspondence and Committee Notes
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Exhibitors
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Financial Information
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Flyers, Postcards and Posters
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Periodical Clippings: 1983-1996
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Periodical Clippings: 1997-2003
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Programs
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Publicity: 1985-1996
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Publicity: 1997-2003
- Akron Antiquarian Book Fair, Surveys
- Annual Meetings, Agendas, Minutes, Publicity
- Application for Membership [first], 1983
- Application for Membership, 1988
- Application for Membership, [early draft?], [no date]
- Articles of Incorporation, Original Appointment of Agent, and Code of Regulations,
1984
- Audited Financial Statement, June 30, 1986
- Audited Financial Statement, December 5, 1996
- Awards and Recognition Committee, [no date]
- [Board Meeting], Notes regarding formation of NOBS, August 5 and 26, 1983
- [Board Meeting], First Meeting, September 18, 1983
- [Board Meeting], October 7, 1983
- [Board Meeting], November 13, 1983
- [Board Meetings], February 12-September 27, 1984
- [Board Meeting], October 26, 1984
- Board Meeting, January 14, 1985
- Board Meeting, March 12, 1985
- Board Meeting, June 5, 1985
- Board Meeting, October 1, 1985
- Board Meeting, December 1, 1985
- Board Meeting, January 29, 1986
- Board Meeting, April 22, 1986
- Board Meeting, July 26, 1986
- Board Meeting, November 23, 1986
- Board Meeting, December 2, 1986
- Board Meeting, January 27, 1987
- [Board Meeting, March 24, 1987]
- Board Meeting, May 26, 1987
- Board Meeting, August 11, 1987
- [Board Meeting], October 8, 1987
- Board Meeting, December 1, 1987
- Board Meeting, February 9, 1988
- Board Meeting, April 26, 1988
- Board Meeting, November 15, 1988
- Board Meeting, February 21, 1989
- Board Meeting, May 16, 1989
- Board Meeting, July 12, 1989
- Board Meeting, September 20, 1989
- Board Meeting, November 15, 1989
- Board Meeting, February 21, 1990
- Board Meeting, May 9, 1990
- Board Meeting, September 12, 1990
- Board Meeting, November 14, 1990
- Board Meeting [Board of Directors], April 17, 1991
- Board Meeting, October 28, 1992
- Board Meeting, November 8, 1992
- Board Meeting, July 18, 1995
- Board Meeting, November 22, 1996
- Board Meeting, March 5, 1997
- Board Meeting, June 10, 1997
- Board Meeting, October 7, 1997
- Board Meeting, January 13, 1998
- Board Meeting, April 21, 1998
- Board Meeting, July 14, 1998
- Board Meeting, October 13, 1998
- Board Meeting, February 9, 1999 (originally planned for January 12th)
- Board Meeting, April 13, 1999
- Board Meeting, July 13, 1999
- Board Meeting, October 12, 1999
- Board Meeting, January 11, 2000
- Board Meeting, May 2, 2000
- Board Meeting, August 15, 2000
- Board Meeting, October 31, 2000
- Board Meeting, January 9, 2001
- Board Meeting, April 24, 2001
- Board Meeting, July 17, 2001
- Board Meeting, October 2, 2001
- Board Meeting, January 22, 2002
- Board Meeting, May 7, 2002
- Board Meeting, August 11, 2002
- Board Meeting, November 12, 2002
- Board Meeting, February 18, 2003
- Board Meeting, May 20, 2003 (announcement of meeting only)
- Board Meeting, April 20, 2005
- Board Meeting, July 20, 2005
- Board Meeting, October 19, 2005
- Board Meeting, January 18, 2006 (announcement of meeting only)
- Board Meeting, April 26, 2006
- Board Meeting, July 16, 2006
- Board Meeting, October 18, 2006 (announcement of meeting only)
- Canton Book Fair
- Cleveland Antiquarian Book Fair
- Clippings [newspapers and magazines] Regarding NOBS Members, 1980s-2007
- Columbus Book Fair
- Correspondence, 1983
- Correspondence, 1984
- Correspondence, 1985
- Correspondence, 1986
- Correspondence, 1988-1989
- Correspondence, 1990-1999
- Correspondence, 2000-2006
Box 2: General Files
Folder -- Contents
- Demco Discount, 1990s
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1987
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1988
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1989
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1990
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1991
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1992
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1993
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1994
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1995
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1996
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1997
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1998
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 1999
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2000
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2002
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2003
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2004
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2005
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2006
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2007
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2008
- Directory of Member-Dealers, 2009
- Directory of Member-Dealers, [no date]
- Draft Statement of Philosophy, April 17, 1991
- Education Program, Outline, [no date]
- Finance Committee; December 31, 1986
- Flyers (Special Events, Meeting Announcements), [198?]-1999
- Historical Information on Founding of NOBS, [1983]
- Internship, [no date]
- Letterhead, [no date]
- Membership and Publicity Committee, [no date]
- Membership Brochures, 1983-1992 and [no date]
- Membership Correspondence and Information, 1985-1990s
- Membership List, 1986
- Membership List, June 1987
- Membership List, July 1988
- Membership List, July 1989
- Membership List, June 1990
- Membership List, June 1991
- Membership List, June 1992
- Membership List, 1993
- Membership Survey, 1989
- NOBS Calendar of Events, 1999-2007
- NOBS Forums, circa 2008-2009
- NOBS News Flash, 1994-1995
- NOBS Night, 2001-2006
- Obituaries (NOBS members and related)
- Photographs, Book Fairs
- Photographs, Bookstores
- Photographs, Libraries and Special Collections
- Photographs, Negatives
- Photographs, NOBS Events including visits to Ohio authors' homes
- Photographs, NOBS Night
- Photographs, NOB Publications
- Photographs, People (members), A-F
- Photographs, People (members), G-M
- Photographs, People (members), N-Z and unidentified
- Press Releases
- Program Committee, [no date]
- Publications Committee (Miscellaneous), 1988-1991
- Summer Flea Market, 1990s?
- Unaudited Financial Statements, 1989; 1990
- Workshop (Meeting to re-evaluate organizational purpose and goals), 1999
- Writing Competition, 1994
- WVIZ Auction Package, 1989
- Year of the Lifetime Reader, Pins, 1991
Box 3: Publications
Folder -- Contents
Army Life of John Morgan of Fredericksburg, Wayne County, Ohio [reprinted with an historic introduction by Robert M. Bricker], 2001.
- Correspondence with quote for reproduction costs and photocopy of original text, 2001
Ernest J. Wessen and Jim Scott: A Correspondence. [With a biographical
note on Jim Scott by Frank Klein], 1987.
- Correspondence, 1987
- Copies of Wessen-Scott Correspondence [labeled "2nd set"],
1942-1947
- Copies of Wessen-Scott Correspondence [labeled "not used"],
1942-1947
- Page Proofs, 1987
- Page Proofs, 1987
- Printed Monograph [2 copies], 1987
- Typescript [draft], 1987
- Typescript [draft], 1987
- Typescript [of biographical note, draft], 1987
Hart Crane: A Drawing, by William Sommer. Introduced by Sue
Hanson, 1988.
- Page Proofs, 1988
- Printed Monograph [2 copies], 1988
- Typescripts [drafts], 1988
The Making of a Collector: Laukhoff's of Cleveland, by Philip
Kaplan. With an Introduction by Kermit J. Pike, 1990
- Artwork, 1990
- Correspondence, 1990
- Page Proofs, 1990
- Photo-ready Layouts, 1990 [OVERSIZE]
- Printed Monograph [3 copies], 1990
- Source Material, [various dates]
- Typescript [draft], 1990
- Typescript [draft], 1990
On the Road with Holmes: Memoranda of a trip to New York, Worcester
and Boston, February 7-14, 1928, by Thomas James Holmes. Edited, with
a preface by Robert A. Tibbetts, 1989.
- Correspondence, 1988-1989
- Page Proofs, 1989
- Photo-ready Layouts, 1989 [OVERSIZE]
- Printed Monograph [2 copies], 1989
- Typescript [draft], 1989
- Typescript [draft], [no date]
- Typescript [draft], [no date]
Perhaps the Greatest Incomparable Autobiography in the World,
by Jack Matthews, 1986.
- Correspondence, 1986-1987
- Photo-ready Layouts, 1986 [OVERSIZE]
- Printed Monograph [4 copies], 1986
- Typescript [draft], 1986
Reflections of a Book Artist, by Jan Sobota, 1990.
- Artwork, 1990
- Correspondence, 1990
- Page Proofs, 1990
- Photo-ready Layouts, 1990 [OVERSIZE]
- Printed Monograph [3 copies], 1990
- Source Material, 1990
- Typescript [draft]. Introduction, 1990
Who and Why Was Samuel Johnson, by Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited
and with an Introduction by Robert A. Tibbetts, 1991.
- Correspondence, 1991
- Page Proofs, 1991
- Photo-ready Layouts, 1991 [OVERSIZE]
- Typescript [draft], 1991
- Typescript [draft], [1991?]
NOBS Newsletter additional materials
- Artwork and photographs, 1980s-1990s
- Author release forms, 1990s
- Correspondence, 1997-2002
- Newsletter Questionnaire and responses, 1999
Box 4: NOBS Newsletter
This box contains final printed copies of issues of the NOBS Newsletter,
published quarterly by NOBS as well as an index to that publication. There are also some files containing artwork, photos used in the publication, and author release forms in use for a brief period of time.
Folder -- Contents
- An Index to the NOBS Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1984 -- Volume XIX, Number 4, Fall, 2002 by Dean H. Keller. Akron: NOBS, 2003 including proofs and notes by compiler, Dean Keller
- Vol. I, No. 1, Winter 1984
- Vol. I, No. 2, Spring 1984
- Vol. I, No. 3, Summer 1984
- Vol. I, No. 4, Autumn 1984
- Vol. II, No. 1, Winter 1985
- Vol. II, No. 2, Spring 1985
- Vol. II, No. 3, Summer 1985
- Vol. II, No. 4, Autumn 1985
- Vol. III, No. 1, Winter 1986
- Vol. III, No. 2, Spring 1986
- Vol. III, No. 3, Summer 1986
- Vol. III, No. 4, Autumn 1986
- Vol. IV, No. 1, Winter 1987
- Vol. IV, No. 2, Spring 1987
- Vol. IV, No. 3, Summer 1987
- Vol. IV, No. 4, Autumn 1987
- Vol. V, No. 1, Winter 1988
- Vol. V, No. 2, Spring 1988
- Vol. V, No. 3, Summer 1988
- Vol. V, No. 4, Autumn 1988
- Vol. VI, No. 1, Winter 1989
- Vol. VI, No. 2, Spring 1989
- Vol.VI, No. 3, Summer 1989
- Vol., VI, No. 4, Autumn 1989
- Vol. VII, No. 1, Winter 1990
- Vol. VII, No. 2, Spring 1990
- Vol. VII, No. 3, Summer 1990
- Vol. VII, No. 4, Autumn 1990
- Vol. VIII, No. 1, Winter 1991
- Vol. VIII, No. 2, Spring 1991
- Vol. VIII, No. 3, Summer 1991
- Vol. VIII, No. 4, Autumn 1991
- Vol. IX, No. 1, Winter 1992
- Vol. IX, No. 2, Spring 1992
- Vol. IX, No. 3, Summer 1992
- Vol. IX, No. 4, Autumn 1992
- Vol. X, No. 1, Winter 1993
- Vol. X, No. 2, Spring 1993
- Vol. X, No. 3, Summer 1993
- Vol. X, No. 4, Autumn 1993
- Vol. XI, No. 1, Winter 1994
- Vol. XI, No. 2, Spring 1994
- Vol. XI, No. 3, Summer 1994
- Vol. XI, No. 4, Autumn 1994
- Vol. XII, No. 1, Winter 1995
- Vol. XII, No. 2, Spring 1995
- Vol. XII, No. 3, Summer 1995
- Vol. XII, No. 4, Fall 1995
- Vol. XII, No. 1, Winter 1996
- Vol. XII, No. 2, Spring 1996
- Vol. XII, No. 3, Summer 1996
- Vol. XII, No. 4, Fall 1996
- Vol. XIV, No. 1, Winter 1997
- Vol. XIV, No. 2, Spring 1997
- Vol. XIV, No. 3, Summer 1997
- Vol. XIV, No. 4, Fall 1997
- Vol. XV, No. 1, Winter 1998
- Vol. XV, No. 2, Spring 1998
- Vol. XV, No. 3, Summer 1998
- Vol. XV, No. 4, Fall 1998
- Vol. XVI, No. 1, Winter 1999
- Vol. XVI, No. 2, Spring 1999
- Vol. XVI, No. 3, Summer 1999
- Vol. XVI, No. 4, Fall 1999
- Vol. XVII, No. 1, Winter 2000
- Vol. XVII, No. 2, Spring 2000
- Vol. XVII, No. 3, Summer 2000
- Vol. XVII, No. 4, Fall 2000
- Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Winter 2001
- Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Spring 2001
- Vol. XVIII, No. 3, Summer 2001
- Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Fall 2001
- Vol. XIX, No. 1, Winter 2002
- Vol. XIX, No. 2, Spring 2002
- Vol. XIX, No. 3, Summer 2002
- Vol. XIX, No. 4, Fall 2002
- Vol. XX, No. 1, Winter 2003
- Vol. XX, No. 2, Spring 2003
- Vol. XX, No. 3, Summer 2003
- Vol. XX, No. 4, Fall 2003
- Vol. XXI, No. 1, Winter 2004
- Vol. XXI, No. 2, Spring 2004
- Vol. XXI, No. 3, Summer 2004
- Vol. XXI, No. 4, Fall 2004
- Vol. XXII, No. 1, Winter 2005
- Vol. XXII, No. 2, Spring 2005
- Vol. XXII, No. 3, Summer 2005
- Vol. XXII, No. 4, Fall 2005
- Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Winter 2006
- Vol. XXIII, No. 2, Spring 2006
- Vol. XXIII, No. 4, Fall 2006
- Vol. XXIV, No. 2, Spring 2007
- Vol. XXIV, No. 3, Summer 2007
- Vol. XXIV, No. 4, Fall 2007
- Vol. XXV, No. 1, Winter 2008
- Vol. XXV, No. 2, Spring 2008
- Vol. XXV, No. 3, Summer 2008
- Vol. XXV, No. 4, Fall 2008
- Vol. XXVI, No. 1, 2, Winter/Spring 2008