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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 131, Thomas B. Lockwood Book Collecting Records, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Acquisition InformationThis material was received upon the dedication of Lockwood Memorial Library in 1935.
Terms of AccessThe Thomas B. Lockwood Book Collecting Records are open for research.
CopyrightCopyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Processing InformationCollection processed by John Edens, March 2006.
Accruals and AdditionsNo further accruals are expected to this collection.
Thomas B. Lockwood (1873-1947) was a Buffalo lawyer and businessman and a major benefactor of the University of Buffalo. Thomas B. Lockwood and Marian Birge Lockwood donated the money to construct the Lockwood Memorial Library as a memorial to their fathers. Thomas B. Lockwood was also a collector and rare books and manuscripts; when the Lockwood Memorial Library was dedicated in 1935 he presented his collection to the University of Buffalo.
Notebooks and cards maintained by Thomas B. Lockwood documenting the acquisition of individual items in the collection of books and other items which were donated to the University of Buffalo in 1935. Some prices are included. Date of purchase and source are not provided.
This collection has been maintained in original order.
| Box-folder | Contents | |
| Box 1 | Early English literature (2 copies); English authors, 1800- v.1 (2 copies) | |
| Box 2 | English authors, 1800- v.2-3 (2 copies) | |
| Box 3 | American authors v.1-2 (2 copies) | |
| Box 4 | French books v.1-2 (2 copies) | |
| Box 5 | Robert Louis Stevenson (2 copies); Private presses (2 copies) | |
| Box 6 | Reference, Dictionaries, Biography, Catalogs, Novels, Curiosa, USA, New York, Buffalo, Erie County (2 copies), History, Travel, Poetry, Memoirs, Dramas, Translations (2 copies) | |
| Box 7 | Letters and manuscripts (2 copies); Objects of vertu (2 copies) | |
| Box 8 | Engravings, Costumes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathanial Hawthorne, American Authors (2 parts), Oliver Wendell Holmes | |
| Box 9 | Card file arranged by author or press | |
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
