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Title: Frank Myrle Cushing collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.020
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
19.4 linear feet
(45 boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1930-1975
Date (inclusive): 1869-1977 and undated
Abstract: This collection consists of materials printed and collected by Frank Myrle Cushing, proprietor of the noted Garden View Press
in Tustin, California (founded in 1929). Included are numerous samples of Cushing's commercial and fine printing, as well
as the works of numerous other fine and commercial presses, amateur journals, printers' magazines, resources for printing,
and miscellaneous ephemera. The bulk of the materials generally date from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Creator:
Cushing, Frank Myrle
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head
of Special Collections and Archives.
Frank M. Cushing Collection. MS-R020. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date
accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquired from the estate of Frank M. Cushing, 1977.
Processed by Zoe MacLeod and Alix Norton, 2012-2013.
Frank Myrle Cushing, born January 10, 1893 in Oakland, CA, was a printer from Southern California. He is perhaps best known
for being the proprietor of the Garden View Press.
Cushing began his career as a hobby printer in 1905. In 1929 he started the Garden View Press in Tustin, CA, which he used
to print books for private distribution. Cushing designed his home in Tustin to include a printshop and bindery. From 1935
to 1950, he manufactured paper drilling machines, but he eventually sold his plant to one of his employees. Cushing began
printing his journal,
The Hermit's Gazette, in October 1957. Cushing also joined the National Amateur Press Association in 1957 and was elected as a board member in
1959. Frank Cushing died on May 18, 1977.
Ellis, Harold. "Frank Cushing and The Hermit's Gazetter."
The National Amateur Vol. 96, No. 3 (1974): 11-12.
Logan, Herschel C.
Frank Myrle Cushing: Printer. LogAnne Press, 1977.
Sheldon, Gale. "The Garden View Press."
The National Amateur Vol. 96, No. 3 (1947): 13-14.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of materials printed and collected by Frank Myrle Cushing, proprietor of the noted Garden View Press
in Tustin, California (founded in 1929). Included are numerous samples of Cushing's commercial and fine printing, as well
as the works of numerous other fine and commercial presses, amateur journals, printers' magazines, resources for printing,
and ephemera. The bulk of the materials generally date from the 1930s through the 1970s.
This collection is arranged into 7 series:
- Series 1. Printing by Cushing, 1929-1975
- Series 2. Cushing's correspondence and photographs, 1914-1976
- Series 3. Books, 1869-1977
- Series 4. Pamphlets, 1888-1975
- Series 5. Journals and serials, 1900-1977
- Series 6. Ephemera and related materials, 1876-1976
- Series 7. Resources related to printing, 1897-1971
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cushing, Frank Myrle -- Archives
Journals (Periodicals) -- 20th century.
Printing
Printing presses
Private press books
Serial publications