Forging a Collection: The Frank W. Tober Collection on Literary Forgery
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: Forging a Collection: The Frank W. Tober Collection on Literary Forgery
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:13:34 -0500
Forging a Collection: The Frank W. Tober Collection on Literary Forgery
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/
"Forging a Collection is drawn entirely from the collection Dr. Frank W.
Tober bequeathed to the University of Delaware Library following his
death on June 24, 1995. The Frank W. Tober Collection is comprised of
nearly four thousand books and periodicals, hundreds of manuscripts and
papers, and a variety of other materials, including artwork and
ephemera. Dr. Tober maintained a wide range of book collecting interests
including the history of printing and publishing, the history of
papermaking and the manufacture of paper, the era of Napoleon and the
French Revolution, and contemporary fine printing and the book arts. But
the cornerstone of Dr. Tober's personal library was his collection on
literary forgery. Frank Tober assembled a fascinating collection of
examples of forgeries from all periods as well as secondary works about
them. This collection includes material relating to virtually every
major forgery from those of antiquity to the cases involving
contemporary figures such as Clifford Irving, who attempted to publish a
forged autobiography of Howard Hughes, and Mark Hofmann, whose crimes
also included murder. ..."