Our final exhibition each season comprises contributions from the collections of our members admitted to The Grolier Club in the previous year. While the prompt of “New Members Collect” remains consistent for each cycle—select objects from one’s collection representative of one’s interests (which, we admit, this is no simple task)—we are energized and fascinated by the wide variety of materials that arrive at the Exhibition Department’s door each Spring, and even more so by the varied backgrounds, experiences, and imaginations that motivate our members in their bookish pursuits.
This year, we feel honored and fortunate to exhibit works from our own collections, as we were elected as members of The Grolier Club this previous year. We’re grateful that our work at the Club provides us with the opportunity to meet thoughtful, creative, and passionate collectors and book workers who show us infinite ways of engaging with book history, and in so doing, forge book futures.
Oscar Salguero, Assistant Director of Exhibitions
Shira Belén Buchsbaum, Susan Jaffe Tane Director of Exhibitions
Special thanks to Nicole Neenan for photography; Misha Beletsky for graphic design; and Scott Whipkey and Deanna Lee for art preparation. The typeface for this exhibition is Grolier by Jerry Kelly.