Roycroft Campus

by Robert Charles Rust

Overview

The history of the American Arts and Crafts movement is embodied in the Roycroft community. Founded by Elbert Green Hubbard, the Roycroft is more than just a National Historic Landmark in the charming village of East Aurora, New York. Roycroft's artisans and craftspersons flourished from 1898 to 1938, producing some of America's best and most important crafts, furniture, and books. This visual history through postcards and motto cards produced by the Roycrofters' presses shares the story and philosophy of their movement. Here, the 1898 postcards featuring "the Characters of the place" and the years of the "Roycroft Renaissance" show the growth and continuity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738599069
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/06/2013
Series:	Postcard History Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Robert Charles Rust is a former owner of the Roycroft Inn and Shops in East Aurora, where he lived for 20 years. He has written extensively on the subject and was the founding president of the Preservation Coalition of Erie County. Rust succeeded in securing National Historic Landmark status for the Roycroft Campus and is a life member of the Roycrofters-at-large Association and the Aurora Historical Society. Rust is a certified USPAP appraiser of fine and decorative art in his business 2R Fine Arts Appraisals & Design, based in Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 East Aurora before the Roycrofters: Presidents and Horses 9

2 Elbert Hubbard: The Sage of East Aurora 19

3 From the Phalanstery into an Inn: 1898-1938 29

4 The Campus Grows: An Arts and Crafts Mecca 47

5 Roycrofters at Play: Fun and Games in the Village 81

6 The 1001 Epigrams: Elbert Hubbard's Philosophy 97

7 The Years 1938 to 1995: The Campus as a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes 113

Bibliography 127