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Printers Mss 31
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Title: Presses and printers collection
Identifier/Call Number: Printers Mss 31
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
19 linear feet
(26 document boxes, 2 half sized boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 map cabinet folder)
Source:
Skofield, Hobart O.
Date (inclusive): circa 1918-2011
Abstract: Prospectuses, lists, flyers, correspondence and various other materials by or about individual presses, arranged alphabetically,
by press name.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All 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 Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Presses and Printers Collection, Printers Mss 31. Department of Special Research Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase and donation, various sources, frequent additions, ca. 1950s-2011. This collection includes material collected by
Hobart O. Skofield and subsequent materials that come to the Department of Special Research Collections on a continuing and
piecemeal basis. Additions to the collection are frequent and ongoing, usually coming directly from presses/printers as part
of their publicity.
Collection contains materials previously identified as: Printers Mss 24 Eastern presses collection; Printers Mss 25 Western
presses collection; Printers Mss 26 Foreign presses collections; SC 583 Book Club of California; SC 594, Perishable Press
Limited.
The collection includes articles, bibliographies, correspondence, flyers, lists, prospectuses, broadsides, keepsakes, portfolios,
and various other materials by or about individual presses, printers, book artists, and dealers. There is an emphasis on California
presses and printers.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by name.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Printers
Small presses
Book artists
Booksellers and bookselling
Articles
Bibliographies
Broadsides (notices)
Correspondence
Ephemera (general object genre)
Fliers (printed matter)
Lists (document genres)
Portfolios (groups of works)
Prospectuses
Skofield, Hobart O.