Guide to the James Ladd Delkin Papers, 1918-1954 M0647

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1998

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: James Ladd Delkin papers

Creator: Delkin, James Ladd.

Identifier/Call Number: M0647

Identifier/Call Number: 633

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1918-1954

Scope and Content

Examples of his books and pamphlets, as well as wood and metal printers blocks, original illustrations, and a bit of personal material.

Biography

Local printer who published mainly San Francisco and vicinity guides and histories.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] James Ladd Delkin Papers, M0647, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Berthe Delkin, 1993.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Access Restrictions

None.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel.

Printing -- California.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Description and travel.

Series I: Personal Items 195623

box 1, folder 1

JLD's enlistment record and honorable discharge from the U.S.Army, 1918. 195629

box 1, folder 1

Certificate of honor from Stanford University for JLD's military service. 195627

box 1, folder 1

JDL's Diploma of Graduation from Stanford University, 1924. 195625

Series II: Printing ephemera, proofs, and monographs from press 195555

box 1, folder 2

United States copyright certificate for Around the World in San Francisco, issued to JLD, 1941. 195621

box 1, folder 1

Unfolded dust jacket for Voyage to California 1849. 195619

box 1, folder 2

Advertisement and reviews for Mear's Pacific Ocean Handbook, published by JLD. 195617

box 1, folder 2

Award from Rounce and Coffin Club, Los Angeles, ca. 1946. 195615

box 1, folder 2

Souvenir envelope from Flavor of San Francisco. 195613

box 1, folder 2

Announcement for Jean Burton's Katharine Felton and her Social Work in San Francisco, 1947. 195611

box 1, folder 2

Program for the San Francisco Bay Area Institute on Inter-American Affairs. 195609

box 1, folder 3

"Around the World in San Francisco" - original prints. 195607

box 1, folder 4

Envelope of wood block prints for a calendar, perhaps "Around the World in San Francisco" 195605

box 1, folder 4

Unbound edition on colored paper of prints from "Around the World in San Francisco" 195603

box 1, folder 5

Proof for work of prints by Pauline Vinson. 195601

box 1, folder 6

Proofs for Hilltop Russians in San Francisco, Pictures by Pauline Vinson, Text by William Saroyan. Published by JLD, 1941. Includes also drawings, watercolors, woodcuts. 195599

box 1, folder 7

Almanach for Thirty-niners. Federal Writers Project of the Works Project Administration in the City of San Francisco.Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1938. 195597

box 1, folder 8

Benson, Rex. Parodies in Paradise. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1945. 195595

box 1, folder 9

Chadwick Easy San Francisco Street Guide. San Francisco: James Ladd Delkin c/o Recorder Press, n.d. 195593

box 1, folder 9

Chadwick San Francisco Street and Transportation Guide. San Francisco: James Ladd Delkin c/o Recorder Press, n.d. 195591

box 1, folder 9

Chadwick San Francisco Street and Transportation Guide. James Ladd Delkin c/o Recorder Press, ca. 1954. 195589

box 1, folder 9

Chadwick San Francisco Street and Transportation Guide. James Ladd Delkin c/o Recorder Press, 1952. 195587

box 1, folder 10

Delkin, James Ladd. Flavor of San Francisco, a guide to "The City." Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1946. 195585

box 1, folder 10

Delkin, James Ladd. Flavor of San Francisco, a guide to "The City." Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1946. 195583

box 2, folder 1

Diary of a 49er. Chauncey L. Canfield, ed. California Centennial Classic edition. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. 195581

box 2, folder 1

Dietruch, Dr. Voyage to California 1849 - the German Emigrants, or Frederick Wohlgemuth's Voyage to California. Transl. by Leopold Wray. Republished for the Calfornia Centennial Celebration, 1949. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1949. 195579

box 2, folder 1

Hildebrand, Joel H. Lowdown on Higher Education. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1948. 195577

box 2, folder 2

Johnston, Oliver M. Measure of a Man. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. 195575

box 2, folder 2

Landels, Thomas Durley. Things New and Old. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1946. 195573

box 2, folder 2

Mears, Eliot G. Pacific Ocean Handbook. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1944. 195571

box 2, folder 3

Monterey Peninsula. Writers Program of the Works Project Administration in Northern California. American Guide Series. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1941. 195569

box 2, folder 3

Monterey Peninsula. Writers Program of the Works Project 195567

Container Summary: Administration in Northern California. American Guide Series. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1946.

box 2, folder 4

Murray, Justin. Cable Car Daze in San Francisco. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1947. 195565

box 2, folder 4

Parker, Frank. Anatomy of the San Francisco Cable Car. with 16 full-page photographs and 33 drawings. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1946. 195563

box 2, folder 4

Watts, Alan W. Meaning of Happiness: the Quest for freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1953. 195561

box 2, folder 5

Watts, Alan W. Zen. Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, 1948. 195559

box 2, folder 5

Williams, Joseph. World from San Francisco, a Great Circle Map, Azimuthal Equidistant Projection.Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin, n.d. 195557

Series III: Wood Blocks 195551

Box 3

Wood and metal printers blocks, including plates for Pacific Ocean Handbook, Alchemy title page and decorative border, amd Monterey Peninsula. 195553

Scope and Contents note

Contents include 2 boxes of plates and 9 individual items. Originally in a small suitcase with initials B.L.D.