Zamorano Club

The Zamorano Club is a bibliographic and manuscript collecting society in Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest organization of its type in Southern California.[1] It was founded on January 25, 1928.[2] It was named after Agustín V. Zamorano who brought the first printing press to California.[1] The club hosts lectures and publishes books.[3]

Lawyer William W. Clary, publisher W. Irving Way, and illustrator Garner A. Beckett were members.[4] Women were not allowed to be members of the Club until 1990.[5]

The archives of the Zamarano Club are held in the collections of the University of Southern California's Special Collections, Newberry Library, the Claremont Colleges, Occidental College, and the University of California at Los Angeles' Clark Memorial Library.[1][4][3][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b c "Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs publications and ephemera". Online Archive of California. University of Southern California. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Guide to the Zamorano Club Keepsakes Collection". Online Archives of California. Claremont Colleges. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Finding Aid for the Zamorano Club Collection 1920-2000". Online Archive of California. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Robert E. Cowan Collection of Zamorano Club Ephemera b MS.2014.011". Online Archive of California. Clark Memorial Library. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ Barry, Rebecca Rego (February 2019). "The Zamorano Club Celebrates Women in Book Collecting". Fine Books & Collections. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  6. ^ "The Zamorano Club Papers Dep-001". Online Archives of California. Claremont Colleges. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. ^ "The Zamorano Club Papers Dep-001". Online Archive of California. Occidental College. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Zamorano Club - Newsletters | Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry". Modern Manuscripts & Archives at the Newberry. The Newberry. Retrieved 11 July 2022.