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Digest – August 2020
Manuscript Digest – August 2020 – This complimentary e-digest, launched in 2012, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more. […]
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2017 Maass Grant Applications due February 14th
A quick reminder to all interested parties. The final date to have all of your information and application into the Scholarship Committee is Tuesday, February 14, 2017. For complete information, Maass Grant Scholarship.
2017 Annual Meeting – ♫♫ Meeting by the Dock of the Bay ♫♫
2017 Manuscript Society Annual Meeting – The Bay Area May 17 - 20, 2017 – Oakland, Berkeley and Palo Alto, California May 21, 2017 additional day in San Francisco Host Hotel – Waterfront Hotel – Oakland ♫♫ Meeting by the Dock of the Bay ♫♫ Schedule Wednesday, May 17th begins the [...]
Dollars to Scholars – A Real $uccess
As this year's Dollars to Scholars campaign comes to a close we can announce that $ 2, 062.00 was received! Thank you to everyone who participated. If you would still like to make a 2016 tax deductible contribution to the Scholarship Fund please do so. You can add it [...]
2017 Membership Renewal Announced
As another year comes to an end and 2017 is about to begin it is once more membership renewal time. Your renewal mailing is in the mail! I write to not only ask for your renewal but to also share with you happenings this past year. I am pleased to [...]
Applications for 2016–17 Maass Research Grant are being Accepted
Applications are due February 14, 2017, and decisions will be announced shortly after March 17. About the Grant The $5,000 grant supports research expenses directly related to use of original manuscripts, for example travel to manuscript repositories, photocopies, and user fees. Applicants must be graduate students—doctoral candidates are given preference—at [...]
Dealing With Dealers: How to Buy and Sell Autographs
By Edward Bomsey. I have been a collector of autographs for over 40 years and a dealer for perhaps 30 years. As a beginning collector, I learned more about collecting and shaping my collection (US Presidents and Chief Justices of the United States and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court) [...]
Selling (Consigning) a Collection through an Auction House
By Beverly Hill. There are any number of reasons you might consider selling an autograph and/or manuscript collection. Perhaps you have inherited a collection of letters and documents. You have no interest in keeping the collection and want to sell it for as much money as possible. Perhaps you decide [...]
