Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1888-2012 (Production)
Niveau de description
Manuscript Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
50 boxes and items (11 metres)
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
Patrick McGahern Books is an Ottawa based book store specializing in Used and Rare Books, Canadiana, Americana, Arctic, Antarctic, Travel, Natural History & Voyages, Illustrated & Plate Books, Rare Books, Irish and Scottish History and Literature.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Gift of Patrick and Liam McGahern
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This collection demonstrates the scope and practice of operating an antiquarian bookseller’s establishment both before and during the use of computerized orders, payments, and catalogue creation. In particular, it deals with Patrick McGahern Books in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, also known as both The Book Boutique and Patrick and Liam McGahern Books. The collection contains business records,financial records, book orders, correspondence, memorabilia, a card catalogue, and bookseller’s catalogue proofs, masters, and prints related to the operation of Patrick McGahern Books.It also contains a moderate collection of nineteenth and twentieth-century bookseller’s catalogues either collected or used by Patrick and Liam McGahern.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Series 1: Administrative Records and Business-Specific Catalogues
Series 2: Financial Records
Series 3: Correspondence and Outreach
Series 4: Memorabilia and Miscellania
Series 5: Bookseller's Catalogues
Series 6: Card Catalogue
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request. Please note that this material requires 2 business days to retrieve.