- Call number
- ARENTS XXXX
- Physical description
- 46 linear feet (41 cartons)
- Preferred Citation
- The Universal Coterie of Pipe Smokers (T.U.C.O.P.S) Records, Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Rare Book Division
- Location
- ARENTS XXXX
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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. 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.
Administrative information
Related Material
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
Using the collection
Location
Rare Book DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 328