Descriptive Summary
Information for Researchers
Biography of Joseph Arnold Foster
Series Arrangement
Subject Headings
Descriptive Summary
Title: Guide to the Joseph Foster Papers
Creator:
Foster, Joseph A.
Dates: 1957-2007
Extent: 15 boxes
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library.
1090 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: This collections contains examples of student work from Joseph A. Foster's classes at Scripps College from 1946-1971. Included
are student work's such as broadsides. He taught fine press printing and literature at Scripps College. Also included are
photocopies of 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th century pamphlets from the collection in the British Library.
Collection Number: D2007.1
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont University Consortium.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research with permission from Ella Strong Denison Library staff.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with Scripps College. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Ella Strong Denison
Library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Idenfication of item], Joseph A. Foster Papers. Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College, Claremont, California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Joseph Foster in 2007.
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Dorran Boyle in 2007 and 2008 and by Russell Michalak in 2009.
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Biography of Joseph Arnold Foster
Joseph Foster taught at Scripps College as a professor of literature and art from 1946 to 1971 when he retired. He headed
the Scripps College Press during that same period.
Series Arrangement
Series 1 Scripps College Press: Student Work
SubSeries 1.1 Christmas Cards
Subseries 1.2 Bookplates
Subseries 1.3 Small Books
Series 1.3 Small Books
Series 2 Printing Work by Joseph Foster
Subseries 2.1 Small Books
Series 3 Teaching
Subseries 3.1 Syllabus for Literature Classes at Scipps College
Series 4 Students' Broadisdes
Series 5 Joseph Foster "Brickmaking in America"
Series 6 Copies of Pamphlets from Microfilm from 16th-18th century
Series 7 Microfilm
Subject Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Foster, Joseph Arnold
Scripps College. Press--History.
Western Americana -- 1900-1999