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1Title:  Rowfant Club Records, Series III     
 Creator:  Rowfant Club 
 Dates:  1892-1984 
 Abstract:  The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, bibliophile and book collector's club for men founded in 1892. It also issues limited editions of special interest books, and operated a bindery from 1909-1913. The collection consists of an index card file of Rowfant Club members created by Rowfant Club member Anthony Phelps. 
 Call #:  MS 5221 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (2 containers) 
 Subjects:  Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book collectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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2Title:  Rowfant Club Records     
 Creator:  Rowfant Club 
 Dates:  1891-1974 
 Abstract:  The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, bibliophile and book collector's club for men founded in 1892. It also issues limited editions of special interest books, and operated a bindery from 1909-1913. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, committee reports, financial records, membership records, speeches, manuscripts, printed matter, yearbooks, meeting notices, blueprints, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and material on bookmaking and collecting. 
 Call #:  MS 3571 
 Extent:  29.10 linear feet (70 containers and 1 oversize package) 
 Subjects:  Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio) | Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book collectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Book collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book industries and trade. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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3Title:  Rowfant Club Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Rowfant Club 
 Dates:  1852-1988 
 Abstract:  The Rowfant Club is a Cleveland, Ohio, club open by invitation only to men of diverse business and professional interests whose bond is a love of books, book collecting, and the art of bookmaking. Organized in 1892, the club chose to identify itself with Frederick Locker-Lampson by adopting the name of his Sussex County, England, estate, "Rowfant." The club insignia, groundhog and candles, are used in initiation and election procedures. The collection consists of committee reports, fellowes' meeting reports, correspondence, articles, scrapbooks, meeting notices, financial records, tax records, insurance records, copyright information, resolutions, drafts of various Rowfant publications, publication lists, and various member files. The collection also includes non-correspondence relating to Rowfant auctions, candlesticks, book holdings and the Friday lunch club. Included are its yearbooks, 1974-86. The collection is useful for those interested in book collecting and bookmaking, members and participants in this organization, and men's clubs in general. 
 Call #:  MS 4255 
 Extent:  3.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895. | Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Book clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Book collecting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Candlesticks. | Book collectors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Book industries and trade. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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