ROYCROFT

We browsed the shelves this week for works on religion, and a group of Roycroft books caught our eye.  Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft community in 1895 in the small town of East Aurora, New York. Thus, it is no accident that these books are a part of the collection, since East Aurora is "just down the road" from Macedon.

Author Robert Rust wrote in The Roycroft Campus (Arcadia Publishing; Reprint edition, May, 1999) that Elbert Hubbard and his Roycrofters were one of the most influential aspects of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. Hubbard founded the Roycroft Press in 1895, and by the turn of the century, the varied group of artisans and celebrities had transformed the small town of East Aurora, New York, into a world-renowned utopian community.

So if you're interested in learning more about this talented and productive community of artisans and authors, just drop by the Bullis Room and ask to see these books:

The Roycrofters (1917)

A List of Books Made During the Year 1899 by the Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop (1899)

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators--Burke (1903)

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators--Ingersoll (1903)