Ivan J. Ruzicka papers, 1969-1990.
Collection Number: 4665

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Ivan J. Ruzicka papers, 1969-1990.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Collection Number:

4665

Abstract:

Correspondence, business transaction index notes, technical manuals and articles, and other records of the Ruzickas' bookbinding enterprises in Massachusetts and Florida, especially with Cornell University Library; .

Creator:

Ruzicka, Ivan, 1927-

Quanitities:

3.4 cubic feet.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ivan J. Ruzicka was in born Prague in 1927. He pursued medical studies in Prague and further studies in Semitic languages and philosophy at Charles University. He was also an accomplished musician, working as a symphony orchestra conductor in Cracow, Lodz and Warsaw. He worked ten years as a writer and editor for Radio Prague. He became a master bookbinder through the full European course of training, studying under Josef Vyskocil, founder and first director of the State Laboratory for Restoration at the Charles University Library in Prague and under Willi Tham, head of the Restoration Library of the Saxon Library in Dresden. In 1960, he married Jirina Mares, an outstanding actress-singer in musical theaters in Prague, Warsaw and Vienna. She later became an accomplished professional paper restorer and paper marbler. In 1968, they came to the United States. Since then they have bound and restored books and manuscripts for many American customers, but especially for the Cornell University Library, including many items from the Burgunder Shaw Collection.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, business transaction index notes, and other records of the Ruzickas' bookbinding enterprises in Massachusetts and Florida, especially with Cornell University Library; also, technical manuals and articles pertaining to the art of bookbinding, book restoration, and conservation; dealers' catalogs, and samples of paper, bindings, cloth, and other appurtenances of bookbinding. Correspondents include many American university librarians, and Bernard F. Burgunder.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Ivan J. Ruzicka papers, #4665. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Burgunder, Bernard F.

Cornell University Library

Subjects:

Paper -- Preservation.

Books, Rare.

Book industries and trade.

Books -- Conservation and restoration.

Bookbinding.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Link to a list of books bound by Ruzicka.
Box 1	Folder 1	Bernard F. Burgunder Correspondence	1970-1975
Box 1	Folder 2	Bernard F. Burgunder Correspondence	1975-1986
Box 1	Folder 3	Cornell Correspondence	1969
Box 1	Folder 4-6	Cornell Correspondence	1970
Box 1	Folder 7	Andrew D. White - Herbert F.Johnson Museums	1971-1973
Box 1	Folder 8	Cornell Correspondence	1971
Box 1	Folder 9	Michael Kammen Correspondence	1971-1981
Box 1	Folder 10	Cornell Correspondence	1972
Box 1	Folder 11-12	Cornell Correspondence	1973
Box 1	Folder 13-15	Cornell Correspondence	1974
Box 1	Folder 16-17	Cornell Correspondence	1975
Box 1	Folder 18-19	Cornell Correspondence	1976
Box 1	Folder 20-21	Cornell Correspondence	1977
Box 1	Folder 22-23	Cornell Correspondence	1978
Box 1	Folder 24	Cornell Correspondence	1979
Box 1	Folder 25	Cornell Correspondence	1980
Box 2	Folder 1	Cornell Correspondence	1980
Box 2	Folder 2	Cornell Correspondence	1981
Box 2	Folder 3	Cornell Correspondence	1982
Box 2	Folder 4	Cornell Correspondence	1983
Box 2	Folder 5	Cornell Correspondence	1984
Box 2	Folder 6	Cornell Correspondence	1985
Box 2	Folder 7	Cornell Correspondence	1986
Box 2	Folder 8	Cornell Correspondence	1987
Box 2	Folder 9	Cornell Correspondence	1988
Box 2	Folder 10	Cornell Correspondence	1990
Box 3		Binding receipts, slips, index cards; business with Cornell University	1969-1970
Box 4		Binding receipts, slips, index cards; business with Cornell University	1971-1976
Box 5		Binding receipts, slips, index cards; business with Cornell University	1976-1984
Box 6	Folder 1	Amherst College	1970-1971
Box 6	Folder 2	Andover Harvard Theological Library	1971-1973
Box 6	Folder 3	Stephen Andrus	1970-1987
Box 6	Folder 4	Bamberger	1970-1971
Box 6	Folder 5	Bascom Palmer Eye Institute	1980-1982
Box 6	Folder 6	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	1970
Box 6	Folder 7	Bowdoin College	1971-1972
Box 6	Folder 8	State University of New York at Buffalo	1973-1976
Box 6	Folder 9	Course, 1972	1970-1972
Box 6	Folder 10	Europe, 1970	1969-1970
Box 6	Folder 11	University of Florida	1974-1981
Box 6	Folder 12	General Theological Seminary	1971-1973
Box 6	Folder 13	Guild of Bookworkers	1968-1975
Box 6	Folder 14	Houghton Library	1971-1972
Box 6	Folder 15	University of Illinois	1982-1983
Box 6	Folder 16	Indiana University	1972
Box 6	Folder 17	Leo	1979
Box 6	Folder 18	Memphis State University	1973-1974
Box 6	Folder 19	University of North Carolina	1977-1979
Box 6	Folder 20	Peabody Museum	1972-1973
Box 6	Folder 21	University of Pennsylvania	1968
Box 6	Folder 22	Princeton University	1970-1981
Box 6	Folder 23	Process Materials Corporation	1972-1973
Box 6	Folder 24	University of Rochester	1971-1974
Box 6	Folder 25	University of South Florida	1976-1985
Box 6	Folder 26	Southern Illinois University	1971
Box 6	Folder 27	Hans Steinhardt	1972
Box 6	Folder 28	Syracuse University	1973-1981
Box 6	Folder 29	Tests, etc.	1969-1975
Box 6	Folder 30-31	Tests, etc.	1971-1972
Box 6	Folder 32	John M. Topham	1971
Box 6	Folder 33	Twinrocker	1973-1974
Box 6	Folder 34	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1970-1980
Box 6	Folder 35	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1971-1975
Box 6	Folder 36	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1971-1980
Box 6	Folder 37	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1975-1982
Box 6	Folder 38	Miscellaneous Correspondence	1980-1983
Box 6	Folder 39	Ruzicka/Impressions Workshop description and samples	n.d.
Box 7		Technical manuals, reports, booklets
Box 8		Cloth and paper samples
Box 9		Cloth and paper samples
Box 10		Cloth and paper samples
Box 11		Articles, Guild of Book Workers Journals, reprints, guestbooks	1968-1980
		Scope and Contents -some items bound by Ivan Ruzicka

Contents

Ivan J. Ruzicka papers, 1969-1990. Collection Number: 4665

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Ivan J. Ruzicka papers, 1969-1990.
Collection Number: 4665

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library