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Call Number: SC0510
Creator:
Borsdamm, John.
Title: John Borsdamm papers
Dates: 1930-1972
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: These papers pertain to Borsdamm's career as bookbinder and consist primarily of letters received, with some biographical
materials, clippings, ephemera, and two photographs of Borsdamm. The bound volume, "Letters of appreciation to John Borsdamm
on the occassion of his retirement from Stanford University Press, June 1, 1950," includes letters from J. E. Wallace Sterling,
Herbert Hoover, Jessie Knight Jordan, Pedro deLemos (Pedro J. Lemos), William F. Durand, Carol Green Wilson, David S. Jacobson,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, and Borsdamm's colleagues at the Press. Of note are letters from Julius A. Quelle and Jessie Dunten Whittern
recounting the history of the Press. The papers also include the original design of a phoenix by Nathan Van Patten that was
used on the binding Borsdamm did for THE LETTERS OF D. H. LAWRENCE.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of Felicia Hassell Pearce, 1996.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
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John Borsdamm Papers (SC0510). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Borsdamm, bookbinder, joined the Stanford University Press in 1915. He was born in Germany and served an apprendiceship
as bookbinder in Leipzig before coming to the United States. His work was exhibited at the Golden Gate Exposition in 1939
and elsewhere. While at the Press, he designed the "Borsdamm Binding," an economical method of binding papers and magazines
for library use. He retired in 1960.
These papers pertain to Borsdamm's career as bookbinder and consist primarily of letters received, with some biographical
materials, clippings, ephemera, and two photographs of Borsdamm. The bound volume, "Letters of appreciation to John Borsdamm
on the occassion of his retirement from Stanford University Press, June 1, 1950," includes letters from J. E. Wallace Sterling,
Herbert Hoover, Jessie Knight Jordan, Pedro deLemos (Pedro J. Lemos), William F. Durand, Carol Green Wilson, David S. Jacobson,
Ray Lyman Wilbur, and Borsdamm's colleagues at the Press. Of note are letters from Julius A. Quelle and Jessie Dunten Whittern
recounting the history of the Press. The papers also include the original design of a phoenix by Nathan Van Patten that was
used on the binding Borsdamm did for THE LETTERS OF D. H. LAWRENCE.
Borsdamm, John.
Durand, William Frederick, 1859-1958
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Jacobson, David S.
Jordan, Jessie Knight, 1867?-1952
Lemos, Pedro J. (Pedro Joseph), 1882-1945
Quelle, Julius A.
Stanford University. Press.
Van Patten, Nathan, 1887-1956.
Whittern, Jessie Dunten.
Wilson, Carol Green, 1892-
Bookbinding.