Main entry:

Stevens, Norman D.

Title & Author:

Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture : wood miniatures, 1983-1996.

Description:

42 items (4 boxes) : ill.

Notes:
Includes: 32 wood pieces from The Cat's Meow Village; Cat's Meow Village Collectors Club binder containing illustrated buying lists; winter 1996 issue of The Village Mews; annotated list of Cat's Meow Village dealers dated June 25, 1996 (17 p.); Cat's Meow Village custom search request results (18 p.); 2 wood pieces from Hometown Collectibles; 1 wood piece from Windfield Designs; 1 wood piece stamped "College Reflections"; 1 wood piece produced by Univ. of Notre Dame; 1 wood piece personalized for Norman D. Stevens.
Cat's Meow Village pieces are designed by Faline Fry Jones, produced by FJ Designs and are copyright dated. Hometown Collectibles pieces are copyright dated, and one is numbered. Windfield Designs piece is copyright dated. College Reflections piece is inscribed to Norman Stevens. Univ. of Notre Dame piece is numbered; Norman D. Stevens Library piece is designed by E.R. Hoar, and is dated and numbered.

Summary:

Wood miniatures component of the Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture. Primarily 2-dimensional buildings reproducing in painted pine the facade of an identified U.S. library.

Biographical note:

Retired director of university libraries at the University of Connecticut, Storrs; author of several monographs and many articles, and known for his writings on library humour.

Finding aids:

item level control.

Resources:
Inventory

Subject:

FJ Designs (Firm) Collectibles.
FJ Designs (Firm)
Cat's Meow Village.
Library buildings United States.
Libraries United States.
Bibliothèques (Édifices) États-Unis.
Collectibles
Libraries
Library buildings
United States
Libraries (buildings) United States.
Wooden collectibles United States.

Form/genre:

Fonds (collections)

Added entries:

Jones, Faline Fry.
FJ Designs (Firm)
Hometown Collectibles (Firm)
Windfield Designs.
Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m fonds 256663
Call No.: NA6612.U8 S8 1983
Notes: box 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 256662
Call No.: NA6612.U8 S8 1983
Notes: box 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 213939
Call No.: NA6612.U8 S8 1983
Notes: box 4
Status: Available

Location: Library main m fonds 256661
Call No.: NA6612.U8 S8 1983
Notes: box 1
Status: Available