Harris Intertype Manuals

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American Bookbinders Museum
355 Clementina St.
San Francisco, California 94103
(415) 824-9754
collections@bookbindersmuseum.org
http://www.bookbindersmuseum.org/
2017


Descriptive Summary

Title: Harris Intertype Manuals
Dates: Mostly undated; some 1950s-1960s
Collection Number: ARCH0021
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 record storage box: 2 LF
Repository: American Bookbinders Museum
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: A collection of user’s manuals for a variety of offset presses, cutters, trimmers, and other pieces of book production machinery.
Language of Material: English

Access

The materials are open for research use. All use of ABM materials must be requested 24 hours in advance and used onsite during a scheduled appointment. For more information on use or to schedule an appointment, contact the ABM librarian at collections@bookbindersmuseum.org. Repository: Library & Archives The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Email: collections@bookbindersmuseum.org Phone: (415) 824-9754 URL: http://library.bookbindersmuseum.org/

Publication Rights

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the ABM Librarian, American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, California 94103. Consent is given on behalf of the American Bookbinders Museum as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.                       Preferred Citation: [Folder name], Harris Intertype Manuals. American Bookbinders Museum Library and Archives.

Preferred Citation

Harris Intertype Manuals. American Bookbinders Museum

Biography/Administrative History

Originally separate companies, Intertype Corporation and Harris-Seybold merged in 1957 to become the Harris-Intertype Corporation. Collectively they produced a variety of presses, paper cutters, and typecasting machines, and slowly merged into IT and defense contract work.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection includes manuals for a variety of Harris-Seybold machines, including offset presses, stock control, hydrodrills, folding machines, roll dampeners, stitchers, cutters, and trimmers. Many manuals are for very specific models, and most are unnumbered. There are also a few brochures, advertisements, and pieces of sales information ephemera.

Indexing Terms

Typesetting machines.
Printing industry.
Harris-Intertype Corporation
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Publishing industry.

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