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Jack Coughlin portraits of Samuel Beckett
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0476
Abstract
Artist and instructor Jack Coughlin is well known for his portraits of literary figures. He knew Samuel Beckett personally and made a number of portraits of the Irish writer.
Dates:
1971 - 1992
Frank W. Tober papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0602
Abstract
The Frank W. Tober papers comprise letters, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, magazines, newspaper clippings, newsletters, printing ephemera, invoices, notebooks, woodblocks, prints, coins, sculpture, and other realia. A major portion of the papers relate to Tober's collections and collecting activities. Tober was a chemical engineer with a substantial personal interest in the study of rare books, printing, Napoleon and the French Revolution, and, in particular, literary forgery.
Dates:
1791-1995; Majority of material found within 1945-1995