Finding Aid for the Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on Hand
Presses bulk
1940-1988
Processed by Jamie Henricks.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on Hand
Presses,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1988
Collection number: MS.1995.003
Creator: Carpenter, Edwin
H. 1915-1995
Extent:
2 boxes (1.4 linear feet)
Repository:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Los Angeles, California 90018
Abstract: This collection contains items collected by
Edwin H. Carpenter about hand printing presses located primarily in
California intended to be used to create a list or census of hand
presses. Correspondence, photographs, and press information originate
from many of those of the California press and printing
community.
Physical location: This collection is stored at the Southern Regional Library Facility. Please contact Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks
in advance if you would like to view the materials in this collection.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts or printed items must be submitted in writing to the Clark
Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on Hand
Presses, MS.1995.003, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University
of California, Los Angeles.
Processing History
This collection was originally arranged and inventoried in the 1990s.
In 2009, Slight adjustments were made to the collection's arrangement
(such as putting certain miscellaneous folders into the proper series).
This final processing and the encoding of the finding aid were done by
Jamie Henricks in July, 2009.
Biography
Edwin H. Carpenter was born in Iowa, August 21, 1915. He enlisted in
the Army in Los Angeles on July 11, 1941, eventually becoming a warrant
officer. He later became a Western American bibliographer at the
Huntington Library in San Marino, California. He was interested in hand
printing presses, especially in California and the western United
States. This collection contains information collected about hand
presses, primarily in California. The information appears to have been
intended to create a census of hand presses in the West. It is unclear
whether an official list was published, but handwritten and typed drafts
are included in the collection. The work of inquiring about presses and
their owners was undertaken by Edwin Carpenter and Roger Levenson.
Carpenter did publish a book entitled "Printers and Publishers in
Southern California 1850-1876" (La Siesta Press: 1964). He died in Los
Angeles on January 12, 1995.
Scope and Content
This collection contains items collected by Edwin H. Carpenter about
hand printing presses located primarily in California. The items were
intended to be used to create a list or census of hand presses including
information about the origins of the press and technical specifications.
The materials include papers, photographs, and articles of various
types. Correspondence and press information originate from many of those
of the California press and printing community, such as Ernest Lindner,
Lew Allen, Jeff Craemer, Richard Hoffman, Paul Landacre, Muir Dawson,
Saul Marks, Ward Ritchie, and Roger Levenson. Items range in date from
1895 to 1988, but the bulk of the items date from the 1940s to 1970s.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged thematically into series. Series 4
through 9 include information about hand presses owned by individuals or
institutions, ordered alphabetically by model of press. The collection
was physically arranged and inventoried by a previous processor. Slight
adjustments were made later to the intellectual arrangement (such as
placing certain miscellaneous folders into the proper series in the
finding aid). A few folders were consolidated (box 2, folder 14 was
moved to box 2, folder 5; and box 2, 97 was moved to box 2, folder 79).
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. About Hand Presses, 1895, 1942-1978
- Series 2. Correspondence, 1956-1981
- Series 3. Artists' Representations of Presses
- Series 4. Acorn, 1959-1975
- Series 5. Albion, 1940-1988
- Series 6. Columbian, 1961-1979
- Series 7. Imperial and Lowe, ca. 1960-1970
- Series 8. Washington, 1949-1986
- Series 9. Other Presses, 1967-1980
- Series 10. Miscellaneous, 1924, 1947-1982
Related Material
Edwin H. Carpenter collected information on a variety of topics and
individuals. They include
Clyde
Browne and the Abbey Press
(MS.2007.016, collection held at the
Clark Library) and Lawrence Clark Powell (collection 374 at UCLA Young
Research Library Special Collections).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Levenson,
Roger, 1914-
Bibliographers--California--20th century
Hand
presses--California
Librarians--California--20th
century
Printers--California--20th
century
Genres and Forms
Correspondence--California--20th century
Photographs--California--20th century
Series 1.
About Hand Presses
1895,
1942-1978
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about wooden and iron hand presses,
including pictures, descriptions, notes, articles, and other pieces of
ephemera.
Arrangement
Items in this series are arranged first in original order. Additional
items were added later to this series, and are ordered by folder number.
Box 1, Folder 11
Wooden Handpresses (except Ramage)
1895,
1954-69
Scope and Content Note
Includes pictures and newspaper articles about various wooden
handpresses.
Box 1, Folder 12
Wooden Handpresses (Ramage)
1942,
1956,
1962,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes pictures and notes about Ramage wooden handpresses, and a
copy of "Adam Ramage and His Presses" by Milton W. Hamilton (1942).
Box 1, Folder 13
Old Power Presses, miscellaneous
1952,
1962-1964
Scope and Content Note
Includes pictures and articles about presses.
Box 1, Folder 14
Iron Handpresses -- Albion
ca.1945,
1961-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes pictures, articles, and notes about Albion presses. One
picture is of a miniature Albion for "amateurs".
Box 1, Folder 15
Essay on Albion Presses
1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters and drafts of an essay.
Box 1, Folder 16
Iron Handpresses -- Columbian
Scope and Content Note
Includes articles about and images of Columbian presses. Also
includes loose pages of (presumably) a small book or chapter titled
"George Elymer and the Columbian Press".
Box 1, Folder 17
Iron Hand Presses -- Lowe
1952-1953,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes two copies of Lowe's patent for a printing press and a copy
of an account about the Between Hours Press by Lewis White (1952).
Box 2, Folder 5
About Union Presses
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs of various parts of a Union Press, history of
the press, and other articles about the inventors.
Note
The Union press was created by Erastus Bartholomew and Isaac
Adams in 1826.
Box 2, Folder 53
"Further Notes on the Columbian Press", by Roger
Levenson
1967
Note
Included in the Book Club of California Quarterly
Newsletter.
Box 2, Folder 138
"The Handpress in California: I" and "The Handpress in
California: II" in the California Librarian (insert)
1968-1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes two volumes of the California Librarian with short inserts
of "The Handpress in California" parts I and II. Also includes a typed
edited manuscript for part II.
Box 2, Folder 143
"The Shakespeare Press Museum: A Collection of Nineteenth
Century Printing Type and Equipment" by Lowell J. Rainville.
1978
Box 2, Folder 144
"The Use of the Tympan-Frisket Frame on the Washington
Press"
Scope and Content Note
Includes a description of the use of a Tympan-Frisket frame, a
labeled diagram of a Washington Press, and a fold-out flap demonstrating
the frame.
Series 2.
Correspondence
1956-1981
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence to and from Edwin Carpenter
regarding presses and printing. Folders may contain other items such as
photographs, but folders have been placed in this series because they
contain primarily inquiries and information about presses, rather than
an information sheet written for the purpose of the hand press census.
Arrangement
Items in this series are arranged first in original order. Additional
items were added later to this series, and are ordered by folder number.
Box 1, Folder 5
Sherwood Grover
1969
Note
Regarding presses owned by the Grabhorns.
Box 1, Folder 6
Kern County Museum
1958
Note
Regarding two presses owned by the museum.
Box 1, Folder 7
Ernest G. Lindner
1968,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter from Edwin Carpenter regarding other presses in
California, a photograph, and a newspaper article about Lindner.
Box 1, Folder 9
Bob Peckham
1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes reply by Carpenter.
Note
Regarding presses owned and possible names for Peckham's
press.
Box 1, Folder 10
San Joaquin Pioneer Museum and Haggin Art Galleries
1958
Scope and Content Note
Includes hand-written draft of a letter to the Pioneer Museum.
Note
Regarding the provenance of presses owned by the Pioneer
Museum.
Box 1, Folder 21
Jack Rittenhouse
1956
Scope and Content Note
Two letters regarding Army presses.
Box 1, Folder 22
J. Ben Lieberman (The Herity Press)
1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes information about the Herity Press and two letters between
Lieberman and Carpenter. Also includes a copy of "The First Check-Log of
Private Press Names" edited by Elizabeth Lieberman (1960).
Box 1, Folder 23
Emmet F. Horine, M.D
1961
Scope and Content Note
Regarding information about Washington presses.
Box 1, Folder 24
Robert E. Runser
1962
Scope and Content Note
Regarding Albion presses.
Box 1, Folder 25
Alan Dietch
1964
Scope and Content Note
Regarding history of hand presses and California printing.
Box 1, Folder 26
Robert Oldham
1965-1966
Scope and Content Note
Regarding the William Maxwell Historical Printshop and Washington
presses for sale.
Box 1, Folder 27
James Lamar Weygand
1960,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Regarding hand presses.
Box 1, Folder 28
Reynolds Stone
1966-1967
Scope and Content Note
Regarding Albion presses.
Box 1, Folder 29
Lewis Pryor
1969-1971
Scope and Content Note
Regarding Washington presses, and one that ended up in the Stockton
Pioneer Museum.
Box 2, Folder 1
Orville Dutro (Duolith Presses, Inc.)
1964,
1979,
1981
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs, correspondence, a narrative of an interview
with Dutro, and magazine articles.
Box 2, Folder 2
Pony Express Museum (Arcadia, California)
1972-1973
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding Washington presses. Also includes
miscellaneous clippings.
Box 2, Folder 3
Ralph Green
1956-1959
Scope and Content Note
Regarding Washington presses.
Box 2, Folder 22
Ruth Tesier
1971
Note
Regarding various presses and including a picture of Roger
Levenson by his own press at Berkeley.
Box 2, Folder 139
Charles M. Adams
1963,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter about making copies of bills and letters (1963).
Also includes a letter asking about Gerald McDonald, and a reply by
Adams regarding articles about printmaking, presses, and Adams' role as
librarian at the University of Hawaii (1970).
Box 2, Folder 140
Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt
1970
Scope and Content Note
Including a letter from Carpenter and a reply by Lehmann-Haupt
regarding a potential printed memoir.
Series 3.
Artists' Representations of Presses
Scope and Content Note
This series contains printed examples and depictions of wood and iron
hand presses by artists. This generally includes drawings and
photographs taken from newspaper or journal articles, or other bits of
ephemera.
Arrangement
Folders in this series are arranged in original order, thematically,
by type of hand press.
Box 1, Folder 31
Artists versions of wooden handpresses
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed examples and depictions of wooden handpresses.
Box 1, Folder 32
Artists versions of iron handpresses
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed examples and depictions of iron handpresses.
Box 1, Folder 33
Artists versions of miscellaneous handpresses
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed examples and depictions of miscellaneous
handpresses.
Series 4.
Acorn
1959-1975
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about Acorn presses owned by
individuals and institutions. Folders may include photographs of presses
owned by the individuals, letters about the press, types of press owned,
and/or information about the press's provenance.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in original order, alphabetically by press
owner.
Box 1, Folder 1
Allen, Lew and Dorothy
1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter regarding an Acorn and Albion press owned by Allen,
and photograph of the Acorn press.
Box 2, Folder 24
American River College (ex-Placer Herald)
1961-1975
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, newspaper articles, and an information
sheet.
Box 2, Folder 25
University of California, Santa Cruz
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 26
Alexander Weygers
ca. 1961-1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter from James Beard (a former owner of the press) to
Edwin Carpenter and an information sheet about the press.
Series 5.
Albion
1940-1988
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about Albion presses owned by
individuals and institutions. Folders may include photographs of presses
owned by the individuals, letters about the press, types of press owned,
and/or information about the press's provenance.
Arrangement
This series is arranged first in original order, alphabetically by
press owner. Additional items were added later to this series, and are
ordered by folder number.
Box 1, Folder 1
Lew and Dorothy Allen
1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter regarding an Acorn and Albion press owned by Allen,
and photograph of the Acorn press.
Box 1, Folder 4
Jeff Craemer
1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes a photograph, short letter, and list of presses owned by
Craemer -- mostly Washingtons and Albions.
Box 1, Folder 19
W.M. Johnson (Portland, Oregon)
1968
Scope and Content Note
Includes one print of a photograph of W.M Johnson's Albion press
(1842, London) in Portland, Oregon.
Box 2, Folder 9
Quyle's Columbian press and Voltmer's Albion press
ca. 1970s
Scope and Content Note
Includes many photos of Quyle's Columbian Press, Voltmer's Albion
press, and a few other individual presses. Of interest are pictures of
details on the Columbian press, and pictures of people moving the Albion
press into a house.
Box 2, Folder 20
E. E. Coleman
[1963?]
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 21
Charles Gould
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a page printed by Gould about Albion
presses.
Box 2, Folder 27
Lew Allen
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and two large photographic prints of the
press.
Box 2, Folder 28
Allswang
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and newspaper article.
Box 2, Folder 29
Shirley Barker
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Note
Obtained from Roger Levenson.
Box 2, Folder 30
William Barlow
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 31
Sanford Berger
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 32
Cal State Northridge
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 33
Jeff Craemer
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photographs, and printed ephemera.
Note
Previously owned by Roger Levenson.
Box 2, Folder 34
Muir Dawson
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 35
Richard and Shirley Docter
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a proof type.
Box 2, Folder 36
Robert Harlan
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 37
James Hart
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a copy of "The Handpress in
California: II" by Thomas W. McDonald.
Note
("The Handpress in California: I" may be found in box 2, folder
62.)
Box 2, Folder 38
Charles Heiskell
1983
Scope and Content Note
Includes a drawing by Heiskell of an Albion press titled "ye Indolent
Albion -- The Press that's got balls".
Box 2, Folder 39
Huntington Library
ca. 1940-1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters, an information sheet, photographs, and a gold card
announcing the press's provenance.
Box 2, Folder 40
Ernest G. Lindner
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple Albion presses, and a few
newspaper articles.
Box 2, Folder 41
Magpie Press
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 42
Saul Marks
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 43
Frederick Mitchell
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 44
Robert Peckham
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 45
Ward Ritchie
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 46
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 47
Stanford University
Scope and Content Note
Includes photocopy of a newspaper clipping.
Box 2, Folder 48
University of California, Berkeley
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photographs (including one of Roger
Levenson with the Berkeley Albion), and a notice announcing of the
press's arrival to Berkeley.
Box 2, Folder 49
University of California, Los Angeles
1962-1988
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, correspondence, and short articles about
the UCLA Albion press.
Box 2, Folder 50
University of Southern California
1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a photograph.
Box 2, Folder 51
Vallejo Public Library
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 52
Fred and Barbara Voltmer
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 132
Mark Lansburgh
1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photograph.
Note
Press was previously owned by Arthur Ellis, Grant Dahlstrom,
and Ward Ritchie.
Box 2, Folder 134
[Emigrated, Albion to University of Utah]
1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Note
It is unclear whether the press is owned by the University of
Utah (the information sheet does not mention the university) or if it is
owned by Lew Allen.
Series 6.
Columbian
1961-1979
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about Columbian presses owned by
individuals and institutions. Folders may include photographs of presses
owned by the individuals, letters about the press, types of press owned,
and/or information about the press's provenance.
Arrangement
This series is arranged first in original order, alphabetically by
press owner. Additional items were added later to this series, and are
ordered by folder number.
Box 2, Folder 9
Quyle's Columbian press and Voltmer's Albion press
ca. 1970s
Scope and Content Note
Includes many photos of Quyle's Columbian Press, Voltmer's Albion
press, and a few other individual presses. Of interest are pictures of
details on the Columbian press, and pictures of people moving the Albion
press into a house.
Box 2, Folder 19
Petko
Note
Regarding a Columbian press previously owned by William Staggs,
now presumably owned by Petko in approximately 1982.
Box 2, Folder 54
Book Club of California
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a quarterly newsletter.
Box 2, Folder 55
Bowers
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and crayon rubbing of the name plate from
the press.
Box 2, Folder 56
Cal State Northridge
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 57
Jeff Craemer
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photograph.
Box 2, Folder 58-59
Ernest G. Lindner
1968
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple Columbian presses, a
newspaper clipping, and a copy of "A Unique 1824 Columbian Press" by
Pall W. Bohne.
Box 2, Folder 60
Cal State Los Angeles
1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, journal articles, and a copy of a book
titled "The Eagle Soars: The Story of the Columbian Press" edited by
Ethan B. Lipton and Michael A. Sprenger (1976).
Box 2, Folder 61
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
1979
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 62
Paul Quyle
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photographs, newspaper clippings, and a
copy of "The Handpress in California: I" by Thomas W. McDonald.
Note
("The Handpress in California: II" may be found in box 2,
folder 37.)
Box 2, Folder 63
University of California, Davis
1968-1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and
photographs.
Box 2, Folder 64
Nevada University
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 65
Whittier
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 135
Smithsonian Institution
1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photograph.
Note
Previously owned by Taylor & Taylor.
Series 7.
Imperial and Lowe
ca. 1960-1970
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about Imperial presses and a Lowe
press owned by individuals and institutions. Folders may include
photographs of presses owned by the individuals, letters about the
press, types of press owned, and/or information about the press's
provenance.
Arrangement
This series is arranged first in original order, with Imperial
presses appearing before the Lowe press.
Box 2, Folder 66
Imperial -- Bowers and Ruddy
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten note and a copy of an image of an Imperial press
from William Savage's "Dictionary of the Art of Printing".
Box 2, Folder 67
Imperial -- Ernest G. Lindner
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 68
Imperial -- Richard J. Hoffman
1963
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photograph.
Note
Previously owned by Dawson's Book Shop, then sold to Cal State
Los Angeles (where Hoffman worked).
Box 2, Folder 69
Lowe -- Petko
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photographs, and correspondence.
Series 8.
Washington
1949-1986
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about Washington presses owned by
individuals and institutions. Folders may include photographs of presses
owned by the individuals, letters about the press, types of press owned,
and/or information about the press's provenance.
Arrangement
This series is arranged first in original order, alphabetically by
press owner. Additional items were added later to this series, and are
ordered by folder number.
Box 1, Folder 2
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (multiple owners, ex-Palmer)
1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter and newspaper articles regarding the presses
(mainly Washingtons) donated to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo by Charles
Palmer.
Box 1, Folder 4
Craemer, Jeff
1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes a photograph, short letter, and list of presses owned by
Craemer -- mostly Washingtons and Albions.
Box 1, Folder 8
McClatchy Foundation
Scope and Content Note
Includes an appraisal of printing presses (primarily Washington
presses) and materials owned by the McClatchy Foundation.
Box 1, Folder 18
Arizona Historical Society
1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes an issue of "La Reata" (published by the Arizona Historical
Society) with an article about a Washington hand press, the first in
Arizona.
Box 1, Folder 20
R.H Emmons (Portland, Oregon)
1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs and letters regarding Emmons' Washington press.
Box 2, Folder 7
Henry Evans (Peregrine Press)
1949
Scope and Content Note
Includes a photo and description of the Peregrine Press, which is a
Washington press model.
Box 2, Folder 10
Jeff Craemer (Greenbrae Press)
1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes pictures of Craemer's press (presumably a Washington
Reliance) as well as other unidentified presses.
Box 2, Folder 16
Stockton Pioneer Museum
Scope and Content Note
Regarding a Washington press at the Stockton Pioneer Museum. Includes
one small photograph of the press, and one large photograph of a boy
working the press with three other children watching.
Box 2, Folder 70
Anaheim Photo Engraving
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 71
Wilder Bentley
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 72
Pall Bohne
1978
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten note and a copy of a drawing by Vance Gerry.
Box 2, Folder 73
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple presses and a newspaper
clipping.
Box 2, Folder 74
Cal State Fresno
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 75
Cal State Los Angeles
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 76
Cal State Northridge
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photograph.
Box 2, Folder 77
Ken Carpenter
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 78
Contra Costa County Library
1963-1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, correspondence, and a press release-type
sheet announcing the arrival of the press to the library.
Box 2, Folder 79
Jeff Craemer
1973
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple presses, a letter, a
newspaper article, and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 80
Dome Engraving Company
1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and letter.
Box 2, Folder 81
El Camino Press
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 82-83
Henry Evans
1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple presses, photographs, and a
Christmas card.
Box 2, Folder 84
William Everson
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 85
Don Fleming
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 86
Robert Geer
1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 87
Glendale News and Press
1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, a letter, and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 88
Edwin Grabhorn
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 89
James Hart
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 90
Darrell Hyder
1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and letter.
Box 2, Folder 91
K.C. Photoengravers, Pasadena, California
1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 92
Melvin Kavin
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets.
Box 2, Folder 93
Kern County Museum
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple presses.
Box 2, Folder 94
Paul Landacre
ca. 1981-1982
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photographs, and handwritten notes. Also
includes a photocopy of an unpublished manuscript (as of 1982) by Tony
Lehman about the life story of Landacre's press, first found in the
ghost town of Bodie, California which he restored. It was later stolen
from Landacre's house, and eventually was sold into the hands of Ernest
Lindner.
Box 2, Folder 95
Ernest G. Lindner
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheets for multiple presses.
Box 2, Folder 96
Herschel Logan
1973
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, handwritten note, and a "birth
announcement" of the "baby" press (a smaller size than normal).
Box 2, Folder 98
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
1974
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 99
Los Angeles Daily Journal
1964
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and newspaper clippings.
Box 2, Folder 100
Los Angeles Type and Rule
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 101
Eleanor McClatchy
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 102
Mariposa County Historical Society
Scope and Content Note
Includes handwritten notes.
Box 2, Folder 103
Mills College
1969-1973
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photograph, and letters. Also includes a
keepsake replica of a sheet of newspaper from The Big Tree Bulletin.
Box 2, Folder 104
Oakland Museum
1970-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and correspondence.
Box 2, Folder 105
Occidental College
1986
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and photograph.
Box 2, Folder 106
Robert Peckham
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 107
Robert Petithomme
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 108
Phoenix Photo Engraving
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 109
Dick Reardon
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 110
William & Krebs, Typographers
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 111
Dennis Renault
1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and an issue of the Ventura County
Historical Society Quarterly which includes an article by Dennis Renault
entitled "Comments on Printmaking".
Box 2, Folder 112
Sacramento Old Town
ca. 1976-1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, photograph, and print announcing the
restoration of the press at Old Town Sacramento.
Box 2, Folder 113
San Diego Union
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, postcards, and a pamphlet about the San
Diego Union (a newspaper and printing office).
Box 2, Folder 114
Harold Seeger
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 115
Donald Segerstrom
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 116
Shasta State Historic Park
1979
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter describing the Washington press held at the Shasta
State Historic Park.
Box 2, Folder 117
Sonoma Mission
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a letter.
Box 2, Folder 118
Soule
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 119
Andrew Spinks
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 120
Trozpeck
Scope and Content Note
Includes a handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 121
University of California, Los Angeles
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet.
Box 2, Folder 122
University of California, Santa Barbara
1982
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and letter about difficulties making the
press work.
Box 2, Folder 123
University of Nevada
1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a copy of the Centennial Spectator.
Box 2, Folder 124
Zamorano Club
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet, copy of a portion of an issue of Hoja
Volante, photographs, and a negative for one of the photographs.
Box 2, Folder 125
Richard J. Hoffman
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and handwritten note.
Box 2, Folder 136
Press moving from the San Diego Union museum to the Henry
Ford Museum
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes newspaper article about the press's move.
Series 9.
Other Presses
1967-1980
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about other presses owned by
individuals and institutions. These may be unknown presses or ones which
did not fit in other series. Folders may include photographs of presses
owned by the individuals, letters about the press, types of press owned,
and/or information about the press's provenance.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in folder order. The series was created after
the initial processing work.
Box 1, Folder 3
Cal State Northridge (multiple owners)
Scope and Content Note
Includes a handwritten note about presses, including possibly a
Vandercook press.
Box 2, Folder 13
Harold Smith
1978
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs and test prints of engravings from a hand press
made by Harold Smith.
Box 2, Folder 18
Ramage Press (originally with the Deseret News, Salt Lake
City, Utah)
1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes a diagram and four photos of a Ramage Press. The note on the
photos reads "Original Ramage Press of the Deseret News, Salt Lake city,
now on exhibition in Pioneer Village. 1980 photos by Harold F. Smith."
Box 2, Folder 129
Ernest G. Lindner
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a picture of an unidentified press.
Box 2, Folder 130
Stanford University Library
1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes information sheet and a picture of the press on the second
to last page of the summer issue of Stanford Today.
Series 10.
Miscellaneous
1924,
1947-1982
Scope and Content Note
This series contains items not suited for other series. Of note are a
few typed lists (censuses) of hand presses in California and/or the
West, as well as a large newspaper sheet depicting the progress of the
Pioneer Press across the United States. The series contains photos,
newspaper and journal articles, notes, and other information about
presses.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in folder order.
Box Map Drawer "C"
"The Advance Guard of California's Fourth Estate" (Los
Angeles Sunday Times)
1924
Scope and Content Note
Large sheet of newspaper showing the progress of the Pioneer Press (a
Washington press) across the United States and to California, to its
final destination, the Inyo Independent. Includes a substantially sized
drawing of the press and a photograph of the Inyo Independent building.
Note
This item is located in the "C" drawer, which can be found in
the oversized item map drawers.
Box 1, Folder 34
Press Owner Notecards
Scope and Content Note
Includes notecards about owners of various presses, sorted by type of
press. Information may include some of the following: style (of press),
owner, place, press name, make, date, number, plate size, and former
owner(s).
Box 2, Folder 4
Color prints of presses
Scope and Content Note
Large color prints of various models of presses; some are photograph
prints, others are from magazines.
Box 2, Folder 6
Clipping about Leonardo da Vinci exhibition
Note
Displays an image of a Leonardo da Vinci 15th century printing
press.
Box 2, Folder 8
Miscellaneous Photos and Press Descriptions
Scope and Content Note
Includes small and large photographic prints, journal and newspaper
articles, letters, and other ephemera relating to Albion, Washington,
Columbian, and other printing presses. Also includes an invitation to an
event at Dawson's Book Shop where Edwin Carpenter showed his photo
census of handpresses in California (1981).
Box 2, Folder 11
Annual Exhibition of Best Western Books, by William
Hogan
ca. 1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes an article by William Hogan, and three pictures of a Lowe
press on a sidewalk.
Box 2, Folder 12
Type Faces
1947,
1950,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes two letters about type faces, a photocopy of an article
about Robert Farrar (Greenwood Press), and examples of type faces.
Box 2, Folder 15
Albert Newman Francisco tombstone
1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes keepsake "Monument to a Printer", pictures of Francisco's
tombstone, and a picture of Edwin Carpenter and Roger Levenson by the
tombstone at the Sonoma Masonic Cemetery in California.
Box 2, Folder 17
Census of Hand Presses
Scope and Content Note
Includes hand-written (possible draft?) of a census of hand presses
and some assorted notes.
Box 2, Folder 23
Iron Handpresses -- multiple and miscellaneous notes
ca. 1956-1958
Scope and Content Note
Includes a draft of a portion of a census of handpresses (1957), a
copy of a letter from Lew Allen to Betty Downs (1958), multiple copies
of a printing of "Army Field Presses in the 1860s and 70s" by Edwin
Carpenter (1956), photographs, and other bits of ephemera regarding iron
handpresses.
Box 2, Folder 126
Miscellaneous notes on handpresses
Scope and Content Note
Includes quotations from Glover Snow's "Hand Printing Presses of the
Last Century" in the Chronicle of Early American Industries, v. 3, no.
17 (October 1948) and no. 19 (April 1949). Also includes a Chandler
& Price pilot press parts list and diagram, and a photocopy of a
book or article by Tom Craig, "The Restoration of Iron Hand-presses".
Box 2, Folder 127
Specifications and dates of manufacture -- various
presses
Box 2, Folder 128
Betty Ford Aquino and miscellaneous notes
ca. 1958
Scope and Content Note
Includes a letter about a press owned by Betty Ford Aquino, an MSI
(Maison des Specialites d'Imprimerie). Also includes miscellaneous notes
and journal articles.
Box 2, Folder 131
Copy of a letter from Thomas C. Russell to Milton J.
Ferguson
1923
Note
Ferguson was the California State Librarian from
1917-1930.
Box 2, Folder 133
Steam Power for Presses
1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters between Edwin Carpenter and W.S. Millerick.
Box 2, Folder 137
Presses Not Contacted
Scope and Content Note
Includes blank information pages for presses whose owners were not
contacted.
Box 2, Folder 141
Census of Presses and List of Amateur Type Printing
Presses
undated; 1945
Scope and Content Note
Includes a typed list of presses broken down by press type and giving
maker, number, date, platen, and provenance when available (undated).
Also includes a copy of a list of amateur type printing presses (1945).
Box 2, Folder 142
Miscellaneous notes and newspaper clippings
Physical Description: ca. 1939, 1950-1982
Box 2, Folder 144
"Art from the Press", unknown author, from the South African
Panorama
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes an article and photos about David Botha, a South African
printer.