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Frank W. Tober collection of French Revolutionary-era song sheets and pamphlets
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0473
Abstract
Frank W. Tober, a chemist with the Du Pont Company, maintained a wide range of book collecting interests including the era of Napoleon and the French Revolution. This collection comprises song sheets and pamphlets relating to the political situation in France during the late 1780s and 1790s.
Dates:
1789-1794, undated
Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0601
Abstract
The Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery comprises letters, books, pamphlets, journals and journal articles, newspaper clippings, auction and exhibition catalogs, and other ephemera related to literary forgery. While Tober collected specimens of a variety of manuscript and printed forgeries, he was most interested in the literary forgeries of Thomas J. Wise and H. Buxton Forman.
Dates:
1801-1994; Majority of material found within 1920-1990