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Title: Margaret B. Harrison Papers
Dates: 1817-1960
Collection Number: D-069
Creator/Collector:
Harrison, Margaret B.,1911-1980
Extent: 1 linear foot
Repository:
UC Davis. Special Collections
Davis, California 95616-5292
Abstract: Margaret B. Harrison (1911-1980) became interested in fine bookbinding in the 1930's and apprenticed for a time with master
bookbinder Hazel Dreis. For more than four decades, her bookbinding skills enabled her to bind and preserve a number of volumes
within the Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Americana collection. In September, 1990, the preservation department
of the General Library of the University of California at Davis was dedicated in her honor. The collection contains material
catalogs and samples, invoices and expense ledgers, clippings, correspondence, and journals relating to fine bookbinding.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Margaret B. Harrison Papers. UC Davis. Special Collections
Biography/Administrative History
Margaret B. Harrison (1911-1980) became interested in fine bookbinding in the 1930's and apprenticed for a time with master
bookbinder Hazel Dreis. For more than four decades, her bookbinding skills enabled her to bind and preserve a number of volumes
within the Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Americana collection. In September, 1990, the preservation department
of the General Library of the University of California at Davis was dedicated in her honor.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains material catalogs and samples, invoices and expense ledgers, clippings, correspondence, and journals
relating to fine bookbinding.
Bookbinding
Harrison, Margaret B.,1911-1980--Archives