Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dunn, Tom.

Description

1. 46 linear feet (41 cartons)

Summary

1. The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers (T.U.C.O.P.S.) was an informal, international group of pipe smokers and enthusiasts founded by publisher and general editor Tom Dunn in 1964. The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers (T.U.C.O.P.S) papers consist of correspondence between the publisher and general editor, Tom Dunn, and the members of the Coterie. The collection consists of letters, internal organization documents, receipts, photographs, realia, tobacco and pipe ephemera, business cards, brochures, short stories and poetry submissions, requests to advertise, and catalogs.

Subject

1. Tobacco pipes > Collectors and collecting

Call number

1. ARENTS XXXX

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Title

1. The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers (T.U.C.O.P.S) Records 1961-2005.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Location of other archival materials

1. Tom Dunn The George Arents Collection on Tobacco, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 Related collections: The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris (T.P.S.E.). Here resides the work-ups and galleys created by the publisher and general editor Tom Dunn.

Biography

1. In 1964 Tom Dunn founded The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers (T.U.C.O.P.S.) as a pipe smokers' club that would exist and communicate through the irregular quarterly journal, realized through The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris (T.P.S.E). The correspondence between Tom Dunn and the members was documented for 40 years and reflects extensive knowledge about pipes and pipe tobacco.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection
2. Finding aid

Added author

1. Dunn, Tom.

Research call number

1. ARENTS XXXX