Rollo Gabriel Silver (June 27, 1909 – September 20, 1989) was an American literary historian.
Silver was born on June 27, 1909, in New York City, to Anna (Newman) and Stanley Gabriel Silver.1
He attended Brown University, graduating in 1931. He then received a master's in English from Boston University in 1941 and a bachelor's in library science from Simmons College (now Simmons University) in 1948.2
Silver was a librarian at a place called the Peabody Institute in Boston (not to be confused with other Peabody Institutes) from 1948 to 1950, after which he taught at Simmons.1 With his wife Alice Gindin, whom he married on June 9, 1933,1 Silver compiled a set of manuscripts and other works related to Walt Whitman.3
Silver died on September 20, 1989.2
Publications
- Typefounding in America, 1787–1825 (University of Virginia Press, 1965)4
- The American Printer, 1787–1825 (University of Virginia Press, 1967)5
- Publishing in Boston, 1726–57: The Accounts of Daniel Henchman (pamphlet, University of Virginia Press, 1976)6
References
References
- Kinsman, Clare D., ed. (1975). Contemporary Authors. permanent series. Vol. 1. Gale. p. 577. ISBN 0-8103-0036-2. OCLC 35296037.
- "Rollo G. Silver papers". Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- Edwards, A. S. G. (2010). "Silver, Rollo G.". In Suarez, Michael F.; Woudhuysen, H. R. (eds.). The Oxford Companion to the Book. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606536.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-957014-0. OCLC 502389441. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- Reviews of Typefounding in America:
- Kaser, David (April 1966). The Library Quarterly. 36 (2): 183–184. doi:10.1086/619430. ISSN 0024-2519.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Miller, C. William (1966). Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 90 (4): 543–545. ISSN 0031-4587. JSTOR 20089981.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Parker, Peter J. (January 1967). William and Mary Quarterly. 24 (1): 162–163. doi:10.2307/1920584. JSTOR 1920584.
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- Kaser, David (April 1966). The Library Quarterly. 36 (2): 183–184. doi:10.1086/619430. ISSN 0024-2519.
- Reviews of American Printer:
- Cappon, Lester J. (December 1968). The American Historical Review. doi:10.1086/ahr/74.2.710. ISSN 1937-5239.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Wolf, Edwin (October 1968). William and Mary Quarterly. 25 (4): 646–648. doi:10.2307/1916807. JSTOR 1916807.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Kiessel, William C. (September 1968). The Journal of American History. 55 (2): 386–287. doi:10.2307/1899578. JSTOR 1899578.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Van Devanter, Willis (1969). Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 77 (3): 368–370. ISSN 0042-6636. JSTOR 4247496.
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- Cappon, Lester J. (December 1968). The American Historical Review. doi:10.1086/ahr/74.2.710. ISSN 1937-5239.
- Holmes, William (1977). Accounting Historians Journal. 4 (1): 113. ISSN 0148-4184. JSTOR 40697459.
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