Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lawton Kennedy ephemera
- Dates:
- ca.1920-1980
- Creators:
- Kennedy, Lawton, 1900-1980
- Abstract:
- Ephemera printed primarily by Lawton Kennedy in San Francisco
- Extent:
- 2 linear feet 1 oversize folder
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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Lawton Kennedy ephemera, The Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Printing for a variety of organizations and businesses and prospectuses for books. Also includes wood and linoleum blocks.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lawton Kennedy developed an interest in printing at an early age. He, and his younger brother Alfred, started setting type for their father's church bulletin when Lawton was just thirteen. He started working full time as a teenager and soon become recognized as an exceptional pressman. He worked for several well-known Bay Area printers including John Henry Nash, Johnck & Seeger, Jane Grabhorn's Colt Press and Albert Sperisen's Black Vine Press. For about seven years, he and Alfred operated Westgate Press in Oakland. In 1952, he moved to San Francisco and established Lawton Kennedy, Printer, on his own. Over the years, he printed many books and a wide variety of ephemeral material.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2018
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by Mark Knudsen. Date of source: July 9, 2018.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The Book Club of California has not been assigned copyright of the collection. Requests for permission to publish or quote must be submitted in writing to the Club Librarian and pertains only to the use of the physical item. For materials still under copyright, users are also responsible for obtaining permission from the rights holder.
- Preferred citation:
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Lawton Kennedy ephemera, The Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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312 Sutter Street, Fifth FloorSan Francisco, CA 94108, US
- Contact:
- (415) 781-7532