Shapiro, S. R. (Solomon R.), 1911-1990

Person

Biography

S.R. (Solomon Reuben) Shapiro was born August 30, 1911 in New York. He received a Sc.B. from New York University in 1933 and M.A. from Columbia University in 1934. He studied bibliography at the University of London from 1934-1935. He was president of S.R. Shapiro Co., Books for Libraries, 1935-1990? and editor in chief, U.S. Cumulative Book Auctions Records, 1945-1951. He published A check-list of the rarest and most valuable Bruce Rogers imprints in 1956. He married Lilian Mona Misrock in 1940. He died in New York on October 30, 1990.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letter from S.R. Shapiro, Rare Books and Manuscripts to Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, 1537 28th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., April 29, 1955 Digital

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks / Collection: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives / Series: Correspondence / Sub-Series: Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey / Sub-Group: Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters

File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 107Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Shapiro 1955.04.29

Scope and Contents:

Typescript letter with handwritten signature from S.R. Shapiro [Solomon Reuben] to Mildred Bliss thanking her for inviting the Junketeers, a New York group of writers, artists, typographers, calligraphers, and publishers, to the Dumbaton Oaks Library on Sunday, May 22. He reports receiving Mr. [John] Thacher's telegram telling him of this courtesy and he wants to thank her for her graciousness. He thinks the Junketeers will find their visit to Dumbarton Oaks Library a memorable one.