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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARYIvan J. Ruzicka papers, 1969-1990. 4665 Ivan Ruzicka, 1927- ca. 3.4 cubic ft. Correspondence, business transaction index notes, and other records. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library 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; . 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.

SUBJECTS Names: Ruzicka, Ivan, 1927- Burgunder, Bernard F. Cornell University Library. Subjects:Bookbinding. Books--Conservation and restoration. Book industries and trade. Rare books. Paper--Preservation. INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

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

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

-some items bound by Ivan Ruzicka