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Title: CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc. Collection
Dates: ca. 1920-1990.
Collection Number: ARCH0013
Creator/Collector:
Allen Stump.
CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc.
Extent: 6 record storage boxes: 9 linear feet.
Repository:
American Bookbinders Museum
San Francisco, California 94107
Abstract: The CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc. Collection comprises parts catalogs, technical specs, and user's manuals for machinery relating
to printing, collating, and other stages in the book and paper goods production processes, all collected by Allen Stump from
CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc. The materials date between approximately 1920 and 1990 CE.
Language of Material: English
Collection open for research by appointment. Contact ABM Librarian: collections@bookbindersmuseum.org.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
ABM Librarian, American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, California 94103. Consent is given on behalf of the American Bookbinders
Museum as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such
permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations
of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc. Collection. American Bookbinders Museum
From the personal collection of Allen Stump.
Biography/Administrative History
CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc. was a long-running machine shop in San Francisco, California, previously located at 620 Treat
Street. The machine shop closed down before Boor Bridges Architecture renovated it and turned it into a brewpub.
Allen Stump began his printing career in Los Angeles as a boy, and worked in press shops in a variety of locations before
starting aMano Press in Hayward, California, which ran for about eight years. He passed away in 2015.
Scope and Content of Collection
Files from the San Francisco machine shop CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc. Includes machine parts catalogs, technical specs,
and user's manuals.
Offset Printing.
Printing -- History -- California -- San Francisco
Presswork (Printing).
Printing -- Catalogs -- Equipment and supplies.
Printing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Printing industry.
Printing industry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Printing machinery and supplies.
Printing machinery and supplies -- Catalogs.
Rollers (Printing) -- History.
CA Kilger Machine Works, Inc.
Harris-Seybold Company.
Chandler & Price Co.
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co.
Offset Printing.
San Francisco (Calif.)