Finding Aid for the H. Richard Archer and the Hippogryph
Press Collection 1928-1978
Processed by Jamie Henricks.
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Descriptive Summary
Title: H. Richard Archer and the Hippogryph Press
Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1928-1978
Collection number: Press coll. Archives Archer
Creator: Archer, H. Richard
(Horace Richard), 1911-1978
Extent:
10 boxes
(4.7 linear feet)
Repository:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90018
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence,
ephemera, photographs and other materials collected by H. Richard
Archer, former bibliographer at the Clark Library, from his years at
UCLA until his last position at Williams College. Many items were
printed by his personal press, the Hippogryph Press.
Physical location: Clark Library
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], H. Richard Archer and the Hippogryph Press
Collection, Press coll. Archives Archer, William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Portions of this collection originated in accession MS.1981.001, a
1981 purchase. Other portions of the collection were a gift of Margot
Archer in 1984 or were collected over time by the William Andrews Clark
Memorial Library.
Processing History
Portions of this collection were processed and described in a
paper-based finding aid in the 1980s. In July 2009, the entire
collection was fully processed and this finding aid was written by Jamie
Henricks.
Biography
Horace Richard Archer (generally known as H. Richard Archer) was born
September 13, 1911 in New Mexico. He graduated from Monrovia High School
(1928), went on to get a library degree from Berkeley (1941), and
finally received a PhD from the Graduate Library School at the
University of Chicago (1954). In 1936, he married Margaret Hanko.
He began the Hippogryph Press as his own personal printing experiment
after being given the equipment in 1951 by members of the Rounce &
Coffin club. He was employed at the William Andrews Clark Library as a
bibliographer, and was friends with Lawrence Clark Powell. Archer later
moved on to become the Custodian and Director of the Rare Book
Collection at Williams College, in the Chapin Library. He died in
Massachusetts on January 19, 1978 and was survived by his wife Margot,
who died October 22, 2004.
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, printed ephemera, newspaper
clippings, photographs, manuscripts, and other materials written and
collected by H. Richard Archer, a former bibliographer at the Clark
Library, from his years at UCLA and the Clark to his last years as
Custodian and rare books librarian of the Chapin Library at Williams
College. Correspondents include many from the Southern California
printing community, such as William Cheney, Grant Dahlstrom, Muir
Dawson, Saul Marks, Ward Ritchie, and Jacob Zeitlin, as well from the
library world, including Lawrence Clark Powell, Bob Vosper, Tyrus
Harmsen, Neal Harlow, and Edwin Carpenter. Many items were printed by
his personal press, the Hippogryph Press.
The collection was arranged previously by another individual, and
rearranged slightly in July 2009. Series are organized thematically, and
then further sorted chronologically when possible.
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Correspondence, 1943-1978
- Series 2. Hippogryph Press and Printed Ephemera, 1951-1969
- Series 3. Personal and Professional Life, 1928-1977
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Chapin
Library
Hippogryph
Press
William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Carpenter, Edwin H.
Cheney,
William Murray, 1907-
Dahlstrom, Grant Edward
Dahlstrom, Helen
Dawson,
Muir
Harlow,
Neal
Harmsen, Tyrus G.
Marks,
Saul, 1905-1974
Powell,
Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001
Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996
Vosper,
Robert
Zeitlin, Jake, 1902-1987
Private
presses--California--20th century
Small
presses--California--20th century
Genres and Forms
Correspondence--20th
century
Ephemera--20th
century
Container List
Series 1.
Correspondence
1943-1978
Scope and Content Note
This series includes correspondence to and from friends and
colleagues, many of them in the library or printing communities. Later
additions include miscellaneous correspondence arranged by date,
correspondence to and from Grant and Helen Dahlstrom, job hunt
correspondence, and a few letters about Archer's memorial service.
Arrangement
This series was originally arranged alphabetically by sender, and is
still primarily arranged this way. Later additions are arranged
thematically.
Box 1, Folder 1-5
Allen, Lewis and Dorothy (proprietors of the Allen
Press)
1949-1972
Scope and Content Note
Includes "not only much news about the Bay area book world but much
technical information on printing, type, paper, and work at the Allen
Press".
Box 1, Folder 6
Allen Press
Scope and Content Note
Includes ephemera, photographs, news clippings, and other items.
Box 1, Folder 7
Allen, Sue
Physical Description: 1 letter
Box 1, Folder 8-9
Bentley, Wilder
1953-1955
Physical Description: 10 letters
Scope and Content Note
Includes replies by Archer and printing ephemera; also a manuscript
draft of Bentley's "Theoretical Book Typography".
Box 1, Folder 10
Bliss, Carey and Amelia
1966-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes one letter from Amelia (1967), and a reply to Carey from
Archer (1966).
Box 1, Folder 11
Bradley, Will
1954
Scope and Content Note
Includes three items, with a reply by Archer.
Box 1, Folder 12
Brown, Philip and Helen
1955-1959
Scope and Content Note
Two letters with reply by Archer.
Box 1, Folder 13
Carpenter, Edwin
1952-1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes 42 letters with replies by Archer.
Box 1, Folder 14
Cheney, William and Dahlstrom, Grant
1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes approximately 30 letters regarding the Typestickers.
Box 1, Folder 15
Cheney, William
Scope and Content Note
Includes an article about the Typestickers for the Book Club of
California newsletter (1956) by Archer, as well as drafts of the
article, and correspondence about the article.
Note
Another folder with further Typesticker information may be
found in Series 3, Subseries 2 (box 8, folder 8).
Box 1, Folder 16
Clark Library staff
1953-1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes approximately 50 lettes from Edna C. Davis, William Conway,
and Elizabeth Angelico, with replies by Archer.
Box 1, Folder 17
Coman, Edwin T.
1953
Scope and Content Note
Includes three letters with replies by Archer.
Box 1, Folder 18
Coulter, Edith
1951-1956
Scope and Content Note
Includes six letters with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 1-4
Dalhstrom, Grant and Helen
1954-1977
Scope and Content Note
Includes ephemera, postcards of Castle Press work on an exhibition at
Honnold Library, 51 letters and postcards, and some replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 5
Dawson, Glen and Muir
1954-1977
Scope and Content Note
Includes 25 items with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 6
Dillon, Richard
1953-1955
Scope and Content Note
Three letters with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 7
Eshelman, William
1954-1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes fourteen letters with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 8
Evans, Henry (Peregrine Press)
1956
Scope and Content Note
Includes three signed letters and an article on Lawton Kennedy from
the Pacific Printer, Publisher, and Lithographer.
Box 2, Folder 9
Freedman, Theodore
1956-1968
Scope and Content Note
Includes approximately thirty items with replies by Archer as well as
printed ephemera and photographs.
Box 2, Folder 10
Fruge, August
1953
Scope and Content Note
Includes six items with replies by Archer, and one by Lawrence Clark
Powell.
Box 2, Folder 11
Harlow, Neal
1951-1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes nine letters with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 12-15
Harmsen, Tyrus
1954-1977
Scope and Content Note
Includes replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 16
Hart, James and Ruth
1954-1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes six letters with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 17
Holmquist, Gordon
1957-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes two items with replies by Archer.
Box 2, Folder 18-19
Lecky, Margaret
1954-1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes two letters with replies by Archer, drafts of "Margaret
Lecky, Bookbinder-Teacher" by Archer and correspondence with Max Hettler
of Buchbinder Verlag regarding the article for his magazine.
Box 2, Folder 20
Levenson, Roger (Tamalpais Press, Berkeley)
1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes three letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 2, Folder 21
Magee, David
1952-1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes eleven letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 1
Marks, Saul and Lillian
1960,
1966-1967,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Includes four letters to Archer and one card notifying the Archers of
the passing of Saul Marks.
Box 3, Folder 2
Moore, Everett
1952-1958
Scope and Content Note
Includes 27 letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 3
Newham, Anthony
1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes two letters with replies by Archer and "Catalogue 4" which
includes Faulkner items.
Box 3, Folder 4
Parrish, W. A.
1953
Scope and Content Note
Includes one typed letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder 5-7
Peason, Reuben
1949-1954
Scope and Content Note
Includes 45 letters with replies by Archer.
Box 3, Folder 8
Powell, Lawrence Clark
1952-1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes 28 letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 9
Quinsey, Robert L.
1954-1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes three letters with replies by Archer. Quinsey was affiliated
with the University of Kansas.
Box 3, Folder 10
Ritchie, Ward
1953-1957
Scope and Content Note
Fifteen letters (several from Marka, Ward's second wife) with replies
by Archer, and some ephemera and newspaper clippings.
Box 3, Folder 11
Rosenthal, Erwin
1944-1953
Scope and Content Note
Includes eight letters with replies by Archer
Box 3, Folder 12
Schad, Robert O.
1952-1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes nine letters with replies by Archer.
Box 3, Folder 13
Stauffacher, Jack Werner (Greenwood Press)
1955-1974
Scope and Content Note
Includes twelve letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 14
Thomas, F. F. Jr.
1954-1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes 16 letters with replies by Archer with some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 15
Vosper, Robert and Loraine
1953-1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes 23 letters with replies by Archer.
Box 3, Folder 16
Wilson, Adrian
1954-1960
Scope and Content Note
Includes five letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 17
Wreden, William P.
1954-1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes six letters with replies by Archer and some ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 18
Zeitlin, Jacob
1954-1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes 14 letters with replies by Archer; also includes ephemera,
newspaper clippings, catalogs, and book descriptions.
Box 7, Folder 11-12
Correspondence from Archer to Grant and Helen
Dahlstrom
1952-1958,
1970-1977
Box 7, Folder 13
Correspondence to Grant and Helen Dahlstrom and information
about Archer's memorial
1978
Box 8, Folder 1
Job Hunting Correspondence
1943,
1954-1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters between Archer and prospective employers, including
the Army War College, the University of Houston, the University of
Vermont, Cornell University, the Military College of South Carolina, and
Harvard University.
Box 8, Folder 2
Correspondence
1951-1959
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from a variety of individuals.
Box 8, Folder 3
Correspondence
1960-1971,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from a variety of individuals.
Box 8, Folder 4
Correspondence
1955-1972
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from a variety of individuals.
Box 8, Folder 5
Letter (ALS) from William Cheney to Mrs. H. Richard
Archer
January 30, 1978
Scope and Content Note
A handwritten note from William Cheney to Margot Archer after the
death of H. Richard Archer on January 19, 1978.
Note
This item was a gift of Mrs. H. Richard Archer on February 12,
1982.
Series 2.
Hippogryph Press and Printed Ephemera
1951-1969
Scope and Content Note
This series contains information about hippogryphs (including letters
asking what a hippogryph is), artistic depictions of hippogryphs,
ephemera printed by the Hippogryph Press, Christmas cards received by
the Archers and Christmas cards printed for friends, and a folder of
photos. Also of interest is a hand-written oversized journal begun in
December 1951 detailing the progress of the Hippogryph Press.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into three general categories: about the
Hippogryph Press, ephemera printed by the Hippogryph Press, and
Christmas cards sent to and from the Archer family.
Box 4, Folder 1
About the Hippogryph Press
1955-1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts about the
origins of the Hippogryph Press. It includes a background of the press
in various forms: a typed manuscript from Archer to Editor Footitt,
February 7, 1956 for the Lakeside News; "The Hippogryph Press: Or, the
Press of the Hippogryph (Sometimes spelled, Hippogriff, inter alia.) by
H. Richard Archer, Printer (Librarian by Profession)"; and several
drafts of "Of Hippogryphs & The Press Of" by Archer.
Box 4, Folder 2
Inquiries about Hippogryphs
1955-1963
Scope and Content Note
Includes a few letters from individuals asking what a hippogryph is,
and a few notes about hippogryphs.
Box 4, Folder 3
Notes on Hippogryphs
Scope and Content Note
Includes excerpts from magazines and books about hippogryphs; a draft
of a Christmas card from Archer "(From the hippogrpyh) (What the heck is
that!!!)"; copied sketches of hippogryphs; and a few negatives and
prints of images from "Ariosto" from the Huntington Library.
Box 4, Folder 4
Hippogryph Art
Scope and Content Note
Includes original sketches and concepts for the Hippogryph Press
logos.
Box 4, Folder 5
Photos
1952-1953,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes three portraits of Archer, a few candid photos of Archer
working at his press, photos from Lawrence Clark Powell after a UCLA
event, the Campbell Book Contest (1953), two large prints, and three
small hand-drawn caricatures (presumably by Archer).
Box 4, Folder 6
Hippogryph Logo Ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Includes various items with the Hippogryph Press logo (in multiple
incarnations), including letterhead, envelopes, cards, and note paper.
Box 4, Folder 7
"Announcement of a Rare Specimen Book of the Printing Types
Available at the Hippogryph Press in Williamstown,
Massachusetts"
1960
Note
This item was a keepsake of a joint meeting of the Zamorano and
Roxburghe clubs.
Box 4, Folder 8
Printed Ephemera -- Duplicates
Scope and Content Note
This folder contains items that are close duplicates of each other,
but with varying type, paper, size, or other features. Some items
include the moving announcement of the Hippogryph Press, H. Richard
Archer's Self-Styled Typomaniac, a garage sale announcement, and other
printed items.
Box 4, Folder 9
Large Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed items approximately the size of an 8.5 x 11" sheet
of paper.
Box 4, Folder 10
Medium Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed items ranging from approximately one quarter to one
half the size of an 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper.
Box 4, Folder 11
Small Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed items smaller than approximately one quarter of the
size of an 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper.
Box 5, Folder 1
Hippogryph printed ephemera from the collection of Grant
Dahlstrom
Box 5, Folder 2
Christmas cards printed by the Hippogryph Press for the
Archer family
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed Christmas cards and small keepsakes made for friends
by the Archers.
Box 5, Folder 3
Christmas Cards -- A through K
Scope and Content Note
Includes Christmas cards sent to the Archers from individuals whose
last names start with the letters A through K. Cards are arranged
alphabetically by last name.
Box 5, Folder 4
Christmas Cards -- L through Z, unknown
Scope and Content Note
Includes Christmas cards sent to the Archers from individuals whose
last names start with the letters A through K. Cards are arranged
alphabetically by last name; unknown senders are at the back of the
folder.
Box 10
Journal of the Hippogryph (scrapbook)
1951
Note
This item is a large (10" by 16") journal completely
hand-written by the Archers, begun in December 1951 about their forays
into printing. Entries are incredibly detailed (down to the time of day
and number of hours a step took) and demonstrative pieces of printed
ephemera are pasted in with their corresponding entries.
Series 3.
Personal and Professional Life
1928-1977
Scope and Content Note
This series contains documents related to Archer's personal and
professional life, including academic diplomas and certificates, items
related to clubs in which Archer was a member ((including the Zamorano,
Roxburghe and Rounce & Coffin Clubs), drafts and final copies of
journal and newspaper articles by Archer, materials related to the
Chapin Library at Williams College, and other miscellany.
Arrangement
This series is divided into four subseries: 1) Certificates, Club
Memberships, and Awards; 2) Publications, Manuscripts, and Articles; 3)
Chapin Library, Williams College; and 4) Miscellaneous.
Subseries 1.
Certificates, Club Memberships, and Awards
1928-1977
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged broadly into three categories: academic
certificates, certificates of membership, and club-related material.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains diplomas from Archer's academic career
ranging from high school to the PhD level, certificates and awards from
various clubs Archer was involved with, and correspondence and ephemera
from clubs Archer was a member of (including the Zamorano, Roxburghe and
Rounce & Coffin Clubs, as well as the Book Club of California).
Box 6, Folder 1
H. Richard Archer's Curriculum Vitae
ca. 1957
Box 6, Folder 2
H. Richard Archer's High School Diploma (Monrovia High
School)
1928
Box 6, Folder 3
H. Richard Archer's University of California School of
Librarianship Diploma (Berkeley)
1941
Box 6, Folder 4
H. Richard Archer's University of Chicago Doctor of
Philosophy diploma from the Graduate Library School
1954
Scope and Content Note
Also includes proofs and final copies of a printed announcement for
the graduation, as well as a letter from Archer to the Clark Library
writing of his accomplishment.
Box 6, Folder 5
Beta Phi Mu (National Library Honor Society)
certificate
1955
Box 6, Folder 6
Beta Phi Sigma certificate
1929
Box 6, Folder 7
Bibliophile Prize -- University of California,
Berkeley
1940
Box 6, Folder 8
International Register of Press Names certificate
1951
Box 6, Folder 9
Library Company of Philadelphia certificate
1972
Box 6, Folder 10
Manuscript Society certificate
1956
Box 6, Folder 11
National Society of Autograph Collectors membership
card
1950
Box 6, Folder 12
Pittsburgh Bibliophiles certificate
1962
Box 6, Folder 13
Society of Printers certificate
1957
Box 6, Folder 14
Williamstown Bowling Congress "Hall of Shame"
certificate
1958
Note
For having "rolled an unbelievably ridiculous score of 68 in
league competition".
Box 8, Folder 6
Certificates
1951-1975
Scope and Content Note
Includes Rounce & Coffin Club membership certificate (1951),
American Institute for Typographic Design membership certificate (1954),
a "500 Years of Printing" paper with a watermark portrait of Frederic W.
Goudy given to Archer by Grant Dahlstrom (1960), and an honor
certificate for Archer from the Typophiles (1975).
Box 6, Folder 15
Book Club of California -- correspondence
1957
Box 6, Folder 16
Book Club of California -- Newsletter correspondence
1948
Box 6, Folder 17
Book Club of California quarterly newsletter notes
Box 6, Folder 18
Rounce & Coffin Club correspondence
1952-1966
Scope and Content Note
This folder also contains an envelope of pictures, mainly portraits
of Archer, and Archer shaking another man's hand; it also contains an
envelope of pictures from a 1959 Rounce & Coffin Club dinner.
Box 6, Folder 19
Rounce & Coffin Club correspondence
1973,
1977
Box 6, Folder 20
Roxburghe Club correspondence and printed ephemera
1956-1964
Box 6, Folder 21
Zamorano Club correspondence (personal)
1953-1960
Note
This correspondence was sent to Archer (individually) regarding
the Zamorano Club.
Box 6, Folder 22
Zamorano Club correspondence (printed)
1954-1972
Note
This correspondence was sent to all members of the Zamorano
Club, and includes club notices and other general information.
Box 6, Folder 23
Hoja Volante, nos. 31 and 32
1952
Scope and Content Note
Includes drafts and final copies of articles from Hoja Volante, the
publication of the Zamorano Club, numbers 31 and 32.
Box 6, Folder 24
Hoja Volante, no. 31 and other published letters
1947,
1952
Scope and Content Note
Includes a copy of Hoja Volante, no. 31. Also includes the
"Librarie-Keeper's Second Letter" (1947", and a copy of the "Librarian's
Occasional Letter to the Faculty #4" (December 1946), written by
Lawrence Clark Powell.
Note
The "Occasional Letter" by Powell encourages faculty to have
their students use and tour the Clark Library after World War II, to
"get away from traffic-choked Westwood", remembers Clark gardener Alex
McGillivray, and encourages class visits: "It should be a group no
larger than 20 to 25. (Are there still such?)".
Subseries 2.
Publications, Manuscripts, and Articles
1942-1975
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged thematically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains items primarily written by Archer about the
topics of the Clark Library, the Hippogryph Press, the University of
California, and other book and printing-related topics. Included are
drafts of articles, hand-edited manuscripts, newspaper articles, and
issues of journals.
Box 6, Folder 25
Articles about the Clark Library, by Archer
ca. 1945-1947
Scope and Content Note
Includes "The Clark Library Collection and the History of Printing"
(Archer's personal copy), "The Graphic Arts Collection in the William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library" (Archer's personal copy which appears to
be similar to a collection development plan), "Your Librarian's
Almanack" (1947), and a "Brief Checklist of Reference Materials on
Printing now in the Clark Memorial Library".
Box 6, Folder 26
Curator's Annual Report for 1952/1953, by Archer
1953
Box 6, Folder 27
Notes for a review of "Modern Manuscripts"
1975
Scope and Content Note
Taken from Archer's copy of Duckett's "Modern Manuscripts".
Box 7, Folder 1
"Graphic Arts at the Clark Memorial Library"
1952
Scope and Content Note
For the Book Club of California. Also includes correspondence about
the article.
Box 7, Folder 2
"The Hippogryph Aboard" [sic]
ca. 1954
Scope and Content Note
Typed pages for the Hoja Volante.
Box 7, Folder 3
Notes for "The Hippogryph Abroad"
Scope and Content Note
For the Hoja Volante. Includes hand written notes from while abroad
and the travel itinerary.
Box 7, Folder 4
"Southern California Printing, 1925-1952"
1953
Scope and Content Note
Given for a Santa Monica Bay Club of Printing House Craftsmen
lecture.
Box 7, Folder 5
"The Ups & Downs of a Faulkner Collector"
1952
Scope and Content Note
In the Antiquarian Bookman.
Box 7, Folder 6-7
The Calibrarian
1952-1972
Note
The official alumni newsletter for the University of California
library school.
Box 7, Folder 8
The UCLA Librarian
1946,
1955-1956
Box 7, Folder 9
The Librarian's Occasional Letter to the Faculty, nos. 8 and
11
1952
Box 7, Folder 10
Books and Libraries at the University of Kansas
1954-1958
Box 8, Folder 7
Miscellaneous Publications
1942-1963
Scope and Content Note
Includes issues of a variety of journals, including the Book Club of
California, Library Quarterly, the Rare Books Section, and others.
Box 8, Folder 8
Typestickers
Scope and Content Note
Includes drafts and prints of various articles about the
Typestickers.
Note
Another Typesticker article may be found in Series 1 (box 1,
folder 15).
Box 8, Folder 9
Antiquarian Book Notes (typed drafts of articles)
1950
Scope and Content Note
Multiple articles for the Los Angeles Times.
Box 8, Folder 10
Draft of a "Bio-Bibliographical Foreword"
1970
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes, drafts, and correspondence.
Note
The "Bio-Bibliographical Foreword" was written by Archer for
Grant Dalhstrom's printing of "Illustrations of Eating" (1970), which
was written by George Vasey under the pseudonym "Beef-eater".
Box 8, Folder 11
"Five Centuries of the Printed Bible"
1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes exhibit photographs and newspaper articles about the "Five
Centuries of the Printed Bible" exhibit, from the Chicago Tribune.
Subseries 3.
Chapin Library, Williams College
1959-1972
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged thematically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains items relating to Archer's career as
Custodian of the Chapin Library of Williams College. Informational
pamphlets, acquisition lists, and printed material announcing events are
included.
Box 9, Folder 1
About Chapin Library
Scope and Content Note
Includes a few pamphlets about the Chapin Library at Williams
College, some library letterhead, Archer's library business card, and a
card thanking Lawrence Clark Powell for a gift to the library.
Box 9, Folder 2
Chapin Library Acquisitions
1962-1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes list of books and manuscripts acquired by the Chapin
Library, ordered chronologically for each school year.
Box 9, Folder 3-4
Exhibit Announcements
1959-1972
Scope and Content Note
Includes announcements and invitations to programs held at Chapin
Library and/or other locations at Williams College. Most of these items
were designed and/or printed by Archer.
Box 9, Folder 5
Invitations to Lectures
Scope and Content Note
Includes invitations to lectures at various places, some by Archer,
and others at Williams College.
Subseries 4.
Miscellaneous
Arrangement
This subseries was arranged thematically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains items that did not fit in other series or
subseries, and includes Archer's personal copy of an early Clark Library
publication, Archer's practice with calligraphy, small newspaper
clippings and bits of ephemera, and other items.
Box Map Drawer "H"
"The McPhersons And All The Dogs of the Kennel Wish You a
Merry Christmas".
Note
This item is located in the "H" drawer, which can be found in
the oversized item map drawers. Information may also be found in the
drawer contents page located inside the "H" drawer.
Box 9, Folder 6
Calligraphy
ca. 1946-1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes examples of Archer's calligraphy practice, ranging from
personal stationery designs to testing different pens and styles. Also
included is a letter from Archer to his wife testing out writing various
ways and with multiple nibs. Includes a page of sketches of the Clark
Library owl in various incarnations.
Box 9, Folder 7
Heritage of the Graphic Arts, 6th series
1967
Physical Description: 2 booklets
Note
Includes a short biography of Archer.
Box 9, Folder 8
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library: Report of the First
Decade, 1934-1944
[1945?]
Scope and Content Note
This report is Archer's annotated desk copy. It contains a copy of
the reading room rules in the back cover. The folder also includes a
copy of "Literary and Historical Manuscripts in the Clark Memorial
Library", by Archer, reprinted from the January 1951 issue of the
Autograph Collector's Journal.
Box 9, Folder 9-11
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note
Includes print scraps, small newspaper clippings, poems, notes for
journals, and other items.
