Series I.
Invitations Series I.
1929-1969
box 1, folder 1, box 4, folder 1
Invitations
1929 - 1969
Scope and Contents
Invitations to club meetings, lectures, exhibitions, and dinners. Organized by year.
box 1, folder 2, box 4, folder 2
Invitations (broadsides)
1953 -1956
Scope and Contents
Includes nine invitations in the style of broadsides.
box 1, folder 3
E. Clampus Vitus invitations
1954 - 1955
Scope and Contents
Two invitations entitled "Wellerisms,"1955 and "Clamproclomation!,"
1954.
Series II.
Reproductions and excerpts
1905-1966
box 2, folder 1
Roxburghe Club of San Francisco Fine Printing (Letterpress) publications keepsakes
1946-1957
Scope and Contents
Five that are excerpts or reproductions of published materials, including articles, lyrics, and political cartoons, from the
Roxburghe club of San Francisco Fine Printing (letterpress) publications.
"The Lark," 1957
Description: A booklet containing a reproduction of the twenty-fourth addition to a series of writings titled "The Epi-Lark"
by Thomas Campbell, originally written in 1897. Written by Thomas Campbell.
"Eight Lyrics" by William Shakespere,1946
Description: A booklet containing a small collection of Lyrics written by William Shakespere.
"Mapping the American West," 1956 by Carl Irving Wheat. Preface by David Magee
An Hour's Walk Through Yerba Buena, second edition, 1957
Printed for the Roxburghe Club of San Fransisco. Preface by David Magee. Printed by Lawton Kennedy.
"A Crocodile Snarls, Squawks and Chuckles!," 1955
box 2, folder 2
Event commemoration and keepsakes
1929 - 1957
Scope and Contents
Includes letters, announcements, and programs of Roxburghe club events.
box 2, folder 3, box 4, folder 3
Samples
1926 - 1966
Scope and Contents
Includes samples and drafts font types and printing papers, as well as a number of limited edition reproductions of prints
and texts from printing companies. Many distributed by Linweave Limited Editions.
box 2, folder 4
Exhibition catalogs and collections
1946 - 1958
Scope and Contents
Nine catalogs for exhibitions and compiled selections from collections.
box 2, folder 5
Reproductions and excerpts
1946 - 1957
box 2, folder 6
Lhasa, Tibet print
1951
Language of Material: Tibetan, English
Scope and Contents
A loose-leaf print bought from Kalimpong, India, by Francis P. Farquhar, presented to the members of The Roxburghe Club of
San Francisco.
box 3, folder 1
The Hand of Zamarano
1956
Scope and Contents
A facsimile reproduction of a manuscript on California in 1829 for the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles. One of 250 copies. Manuscript
written by Don Agustin Vicente Zamorano. Translated by Arnulfo D. Trejo and Roland D. Hussey. Preface by George L. Harding.
box 3, folder 2
The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg: An account of his life & times, his office, & his craft
1964
Scope and Contents
A book from the Williamsburg Craft Series, a series of publications from the National Histroic Park Colonial Williamsburghe
on the various traditional trades and crafts of Colonial America. Includes a number of engraved diagrams listing the various
processess and tools used by Colonial print makers. As interpreted by August Klapper. Published by Colonial Williamsburg.
box 3, folder 3
Reproductions and excerpts, miscellaneous printed pieces
1931 - 1946
box 4, folder 4
Fages - Serra Letters A. D. Mdcclxxii
1936 December 23
box 4, folder 5
"To whom it may concern"
1905 May
Scope and Contents
A broadside reproduction of a manuscript written by a shipwrecked crew. Printed for David Magee as a gift to the Zamorano
and Roxburghe Clubs.
box 3, folder 4-10
Series III.
Members' keepsake books
1943 - 1956
Scope and Contents
Includes various printed booklets and books given to members of the club.
