Rollo G. Silver

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

1. Kinsman, Clare D., ed. (1975). Contemporary Authors. permanent series. Vol. 1. Gale. p. 577. ISBN 0-8103-0036-2. OCLC 35296037.
2. "Rollo G. Silver papers". Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online. from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
3. 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. from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
4. 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
5. 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
6. Holmes, William (1977). Accounting Historians Journal. 4 (1): 113. ISSN 0148-4184. JSTOR 40697459.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)