Overbrook Press, 1948 - 1958
Scope and Contents
3 pamphlets and one piece of printed ephemera by the Overbrook Press of Stamford, Connecticut. The Press was founded by American financier and bibliophile Frank Altschul (1887-1981), and began production in 1934. The materials included are as follows:
Woodrow Wilson, 1948
George F. Kennan, Russia and the United States, 1950
“Rational Inquiry and the Triumph of Wisdom”, 1954
Robert Redfield, Talk with a Stranger, 1958
Dates
- 1948 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu