Guide to the Lawton Kennedy Ephemera
Mark Knudsen
The Book Club of California
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San Francisco, CA 94108
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Guide to the Lawton Kennedy Ephemera
The Book Club of California
San Francisco, California
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- Mark Knudsen
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- Mark Knudsen
© 2018 The Book Club of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lawton Kennedy ephemera
Dates: ca.1920-1980
Creator:
Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980
Collection Size:
2 linear feet
1 oversize folder
Repository:
The Book Club of California
Abstract: Ephemera printed primarily by Lawton Kennedy in San Francisco
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
The Book Club of California has not been assigned copyright of the collection. Requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to the Club Librarian and pertains only to the use of the physical item. For materials still
under copyright, users are also responsible for obtaining permission from the rights holder.
Preferred Citation
Lawton Kennedy ephemera, The Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA.
Biography
Lawton Kennedy developed an interest in printing at an early age. He, and his younger brother Alfred, started setting type
for their father's church bulletin when Lawton was just thirteen. He started working full time as a teenager and soon become
recognized as an exceptional pressman. He worked for several well-known Bay Area printers including John Henry Nash, Johnck
& Seeger, Jane Grabhorn's Colt Press and Albert Sperisen's Black Vine Press. For about seven years, he and Alfred operated
Westgate Press in Oakland. In 1952, he moved to San Francisco and established Lawton Kennedy, Printer, on his own. Over the
years, he printed many books and a wide variety of ephemeral material.
Scope and Content of Collection
Printing for a variety of organizations and businesses and prospectuses for books. Also includes wood and linoleum blocks.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Private press books--California--San Francisco.
Letterpress printing
Ephemera
Fine press ephemera
Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980
Related Material
BCC library also hold books and pamphlets printed by Lawton Kennedy
Box 1, Folder 1
Announcements/Weddings & Births
Box 1, Folder 4
California Historical Society
Box 3, Folder 4
Food & Wine Society / S. F.
Box 3, Folder 5-6
Gleeson Library Associates
Box 4, Folder 2
Hand Bookbinders of California
Box 4, Folder 3
Howell, John, Prospectuses
Box 4, Folder 5
Kennedy Press, Biographical
Box 5, Folder 1
Kennedy Press, Promotional
Box 6, Folder 2
San Francisco Public Library
Box 6, Folder 4
University of San Francisco
