Book Description
This book chronicles the evolution of the Manuscript Society, a fifty-year-old organization of collectors and archivists, in the context of autograph collecting in general. The author presents a comprehensive account of the growing problems posed by forgers and discusses the notorious Salt Lake City bomber, undoubtedly one of the most skillful forgers of this century. From the dilemma faced by archivists when papers are threatened with destruction to some of the Society's most memorable meetings, this work tells a story that will interest generations to come.
About the Author
JOHN M. TAYLOR is a past president of the Manuscript Society (1980-1982).
History in Your Hand: Fifty Years of the Manuscript Society FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book chronicles the evolution of the Manuscript Society, a fifty-year-old organization of collectors and archivists, in the context of autograph collecting in general. The author presents a comprehensive account of the growing problems posed by forgers and discusses the notorious Salt Lake City bomber, undoubtedly one of the most skillful forgers of this century. From the dilemma faced by archivists when papers are threatened with destruction to some of the Society's most memorable meetings, this work tells a story that will interest generations to come.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
A former president of the Society, historian and biographer Taylor
recounts the founding of the National Society of Autograph Collectors
in 1948 and its history through the 1953 name change to the
Manuscript Society to the present. Along the way he describes price
escalation, the Autopen, acts of altruism by Society members,
sinister forgeries, court cases in which the Society defended
autograph owners from authorities wanting to recover lost
manuscripts, and other incidents.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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