Guide to S. Gale Herrick collection of materials for fine hand bookbinding M1094

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

January 2023

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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

Note

Inventory completed by CJ Novak, 2000; finding aid encoded by Emma Frothingham, 2023

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Stephen Gale Herrick collection of materials for fine hand bookbinding

Creator: Herrick, Stephen Gale

source: Herrick, Stephen Gale

source: Herrick, Marion

Identifier/Call Number: M1094

Identifier/Call Number: 6481

Physical Description: 8.5 Linear Feet (16 boxes)

Date (inclusive): circa 1900-1991

Abstract: The collection consists of over 8000 specimens of decorative paper, printing paper, leathers and other bookbinding materials that were collected by S. Gale Herrick during the latter half of the twentieth century.

Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was given by Gale and Marion Herrick to Stanford University, Special Collections in September 1991.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into four series, as designated by Mr. Herrick: 1. Decorative Paper; 2. Printing Paper; 3. Leathers; 4. Bookbinding Materials

Biographical / Historical

Stephen Gale Herrick (1909-2001) was born in San Francisco and moved to Oakland in 1922. Herrick graduated from UC Berkeley in 1931 with a degree in civil engineering and immediately started working for the family company Herrick Iron Works. He retired as CEO of the company in 1960. In his retirement years, Herrick dedicated his time to the arts. He worked as a business manager for the Actor's Workshop, briefly relocating to New York. He returned to San Francisco in the 1970s where he started a book binding studio in his office and began collecting specimens. Additionally, he served as president of the Book Club of California, Master of the Press of the Roxburghe Society, and was a member of the Old Guard at the Bohemian Club.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], S. Gale Herrick collection of materials for fine hand bookbinding (M1094). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains samples of decorative paper, printing paper, and leathers, largely curated by paper-sellers and of American, European, and Japanese origin. There are also catalogs and samples of bookbinding supplies from the twentieth century. The materials and samples were collected and donated by S. Gale Herrick. Files are generally identified by the producer or seller of the specimens.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bookbinding

Decorative paper

Marbling (bookbinding)

Bookbinding -- Specimens

Selling -- Paper products

Herrick, Stephen Gale

Herrick, Marion

Series 1. Decorative Paper

Box 1, folder 1

Japan Paper Co. (New York), Natsume Line No. 3

Box 1, folder 2

Douglas Cockerall and Sons (Letchworth, Heats, England), Letchworth Marble Paper and Cloth

Box 1, folder 3

W&R Balston, Ltd. (Maidstone, England), J. Whatman Genuine Hand Made Drawing Paper

Box 1, folder 4

A Little Book of Hand-Marbled Papers from Ravenswood 1976

Box 1, folder 5

T.N. Lawrence (Fleet Street, London), 6 irregular-sized paper packs some marked Whatman's Hand-made and Head's Hand-made

Box 1, folder 6

McManus & Morgan (Los Angeles), Booklets : Studio Paper, American Prints, Chinese Tea Chest and Ningpo Paper, Wood Veneer Paper, Parchment and Pearlee, Japan Block Print, European Munich, German Metallic Paper, and German Nature Paper

Box 1, folder 7

Japan Paper Co. (New York), Booklets : Italian Wood Block, St. Albans, Marbled Papers from France

Box 1, folder 8

Stevens-Nelson Paper Co. (New York), Booklets : Natsume Nos. 1 & 2, French Marbled

Box 1, folder 9

Aiko's Art Materials Import (Chicago), Japanese Hand Made Paper 1968

Box 1, folder 10

Stevens-Nelson Paper Co. (New York), Cockerell Marbled Paper 1951

Box 1, folder 11

Stevens-Nelson Paper Co. (New York), St. Albans Papers

Box 1, folder 12

Yasutomo & Co. (San Francisco), "fantasy" and novel Japanese papers

Box 2, folder 1

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York) and Japan Paper Co. (New York), Specimens of Fabriano, Italy

Box 2, folder 2

Jean Duval (Paris), loose specimens, booklets with gold-splattered and decorative paper

Box 2, folder 3

Valley Gifts & Imports (Sugar Loaf, NY), booklet

Box 2, folder 4

Tumba Ingres (Sweden), plain colored specimens

Box 2, folder 5

Proteus Papers, Veronika Ruzicka (Dobbs Ferry, NY), booklets 1941

Box 2, folder 6

Canson & Montgolfier (France), Canson Ingres Whites & Colours

Box 2, folder 7

Japan Paper Co. (New York), Warwick specimens

Box 2, folder 8

F.M. Nonaka & Co. (San Francisco), booklets : hand-made veneer, Japanese paper, hand-made art, Gift-wrapping, inlaid

Box 2, folder 9

Stevens-Nelson Paper Co. (New York), booklets of French-marbled papers by Putois Brothers & Co. in Paris 1952

Box 3, folder 1

Sylvia Papers (Leicester, England), patterned paper booklets

Box 3, folder 2

Edvard Schneider (Stockholm), various samples and splattered booklet 1952-1958

Box 3, folder 3

Wendy Stewart (New York), booklet of fine papers

Box 3, folder 4

Curwen Press (London), booklet of figured papers

Box 3, folder 5

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York), samples of fancy papers

Box 3, folder 6

Japan Paper Co. (New York), booklet of Roma Hand Made Papers from Italy

Box 3, folder 7

Bird & Bull (Henry Morris - Pennsylvania), booklet of paste papers and announcement cards 1973

Box 3, folder 8

Giulio Granni (Florence, Italy), assorted specimen cards

Box 3, folder 9

Horace Teddlie, Bookbinder (Dallas, Texas), marbled specimens

Box 3, folder 10

Japan Paper Co. (New York), lace pattern papers

Box 2, folder 10

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York), booklet of Hakone Colored and Rainbow Tissues 1968

Box 4, folder 1

Japan Paper Co. (New York), selection of book papers

Box 4, folder 2

Unknown source, booklet of Japanese papers

Box 4, folder 3

Oscar St. de Boyedon (New York), paper samples

Box 4, folder 4

Lindemeyer Paper Corp. (Carlstadt, NJ), elephant hide paper

Box 4, folder 5

Japan Paper Co. (New York), brochure

Box 5, folder 4

Keufel & Esser (Hoboken, NJ), samples of drawing papers

Box 5, folder 5

Nevin's Bookcrafts (Los Angeles), white paper samples

Box 5, folder 6

Flax's Artist Materials (San Francisco), drawing bristol samples

Box 5, folder 7

Zellerbach Paper Company (San Francisco), imported papers booklet

Box 5, folder 8

Grumacher (New York), velour and charcoal paper samples

Box 5, folder 9

Japan Paper Co. (New York), Japanese Wood Veneer specimens

Box 5, folder 10

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York), booklets of oriental printing and art papers 1968

Box 5, folder 11

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York), booklets of Japanese Papers

Box 5, folder 12

Fishers Forlag (Copenhagen, Denmark), spiral bound notebook of Salto-Papir 1943

Box 6, folder 1

Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. (New York), booklets : Cockerell Marble, Swedish Marbles, St. Albans Papers, French Ingres, Rice Papers, Japanese Mending Tissues, Guerlain 1950s

Box 6, folder 2

Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. (New York), booklets : Swedish Decorative Papers, Mashiki, Belgian Marble, Fabriano, Renka Ingres, Elephant Hide 1950s

Box 6, folder 3

Relma (Paris, France), boards of marbled paper samples : Peignes Modernes, Maitre Relier, Flammes, Ingres Flammes, Ingres D'Art Novelty 1979

Box 6, folder 4

Claude Delpierre (Paris, France), various samples 1964

Box 6, folder 5

Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. (New York), booklets : Fabriano, Mending Tissue, Tosa, Manbrot, Maril, Swedish Marbles, Rice Papers 1950s

Box 6, folder 6

Curtis Paper Co. (Newark, Delaware), vello-bound paper samples

Box 6, folder 7-9

Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. (New York), loose samples

Box 7, folder 1

House of Kajinoha, Morita Japanese Paper Co. (Kyoto, Japan), bound book in slipcase

Box 7, folder 2

Process Materials Corporation (Carlstadt, NJ), Multicolor paper sampler

Box 11, folder 5

Zellerbach Paper Co. (San Francisco), mill sample books : Gibraltar Bond and Onion Skin, wrapping papers, Buckeye Cover, Victorian Text and Cover

Box 11, folder 5

Zellerbach Paper Company (San Francisco), Samples of Art Parchkin

Box 11, folder 6

Japanese paper (no manufacturer), samples

Box 11, folder 6

Lechertier Barbe Ltd. (London), advertisement for pattern papers

Box 11, folder 6

J.M. Nevins' Bookcraft (Los Angeles), booklet

Box 12, Item 1

Takamizawa Color-Print Studio (Tokyo), art paper sample book

Box 12, Item 2

Peninsular Paper Co. (Ypsilanti, MI), Centennial Celebration Calendar with one sample per day for 3 months 1967

Box 3, folder 11

Miscellaneous loose specimens

Series 2. Printing Paper

Box 12, Item 3

Japan Paper Co. (New York), folder with various printed page samples ; labeled "No. 2311 presented to Mr. Herbert Fahey"

Box 13, folder 1-5, Box 14, folder 1-3

Blake, Moffitt & Towne Paper (San Francisco), mill sample books

Box 13, Folder 1: News and Poster, Dullchrome Duplex Book and Cover, Oxford White Seal Coated, Oxford Polar Superfine, Strathmore Wayside Text, Oxford North Star, Oxford Mainefold, Oxford Rumford Coated, Blackstone Text
Box 13, Folder 2: Maxwell Offset, Sulgrave Antique and Plate, Cheviot, Strathmore Text, Strathmore All-Rag, Strathmore Scotia Deckle Edge, Corsican Dekl-Text, Strathmore Troubadour
Box 13, Folder 3: Strathmore Alexandra Brilliant, Old Hampshire Bank, Coloma Flats, Bonita Flats, Carmel Flats, Electro Writing, Telegraph Writing, Howard Writing, Crane's Bond and Business, Old Hampshire Bond, Strathmore Parchment, Wytek Bond, California Bond, Maxopaque
Box 13, Folder 4: Maxwell Bond, Howard Bond, Old Council Tree Bond, Success Bond, Chieftain Bond, Carmel Mimeograph
Box 13, Folder 5: Ideal Mimeograph, Ritewell Mimeo-Bond, Map Bond, Fidelity Onion Skin, Crane's Electric Folio, Dexstar Manifold, Samson Manifold, Rhinelander Manifold Parchment, Enterprise French Folio, Media Manifold, Strathmore Bond, Glacier Bond, Duplicator Bonds, Ideal Offset Bond
Box 14, Folder 1: Waverly Linen Ledger, Vulcan Linen Ledger, Strathmore Fiesta, Safety Check Paper, Dennison's Gummed Papers
Box 14, Folder 2: Bywesco Manuscript Covers, Samarkand Cover, Mould Made Cover, Fabratex Cover, D'Artagnan Cover, Currency Cover
Box 14, Folder 3: Decor Duplex, Metaloid Cover, Strathmore Craftply, Dennison's Gummed Paper, Byron Weston Co's Linen Record Ledger, Typocount Linen Ledger, Weston's Machine Posting Linen

Box 11, folder 7

Japan Paper Co. (New York), booklets of Dutch Charcoal Papers

Box 11, folder 8

Process Materials Corp. (Carlstadt, NJ), Elephant Hide Paper "Cinderelephant" sample

Box 11, folder 9

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York), booklets : Ingres d'Arches MBM, parchment papers, European papers

Box 14, folder 4

Eagle-A Herculean Cover brochure

Box 14, folder 4

Japan Paper Co. (New York), Vasari Covers booklet

Box 14, folder 5

Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead (New York), European Printing, Art, and Parchment Papers 1968

Box 14, folder 6

Blotting Boards & Papers : United States, Sunset Binders, Sierra

Box 15, folder 1-5

Blake, Moffit & Towne Paper (San Francisco), board sample booklets

Box 15, Folder 1: Broadway Ticket Board, Cosmos Blotting, Campaign Bristol, Goverment Post Card, Ideal Display, Empire Bristol, Weston's Machine Posting Index Bristol, Advertisers Display, Thincard, Bonita, Opaline, Parchkin, Parchment Index Bristol
Box 15, Folder 2: Accountants Index, Beverly Bristol, Duratag, Whitag, Rollstone Folding Bristol, Stencil Board, Filing Index Bristol, Continental Box Board, File Tag, Beaver Manila Tag, Dulkote Post Card, Acme Coated Post Card, Government Post Card
Box 15, Folder 3: Chip Board, Standard Nu-Art Curi-Curl Sterling Blottings, Standard's Thirsty Royal Worcester Enamel Blotting, Commercial Index Bristol, Ashland Coated Blanks, Strathmore Carillon Wedding Bristol, Strathmore Envoy Wedding Bristol, Coronet Translucent, Linetone Bristol
Box 15, Folder 4: Sovereign Tough Check, Bessemer Bristol, Standard's Thirsty Super Plate Blotting, Jute Marble Board, Anchor Bristol
Box 15, Folder 5: Misc. Samples

Box 15, folder 6

Zellerbach Paper Co. (San Francisco), board sample books

Box 15, folder 8

Misc. Board Samples

Series 3. Leathers

Box 8, folder 1

E&J Richardson (England), samples : Oasis Niger Goatskin, Pigskin, Levant Cape Morocco, Calfskin, Bold Grain Levant Cape

Box 8, folder 2

Fitzmaurice & Foster (London), native tanned goatskin and hair sheep 1979

Box 8, folder 3

Storex Leathercraft, Western Manufacturing Co. (San Francisco), sample color card of leathers

Box 8, folder 4

Garnar, Oasis Goatskin 1973

Box 8, folder 5

Eduard Assenheim (Brooklyn, NY), leather samples

Box 8, folder 6

Harcourt Bindery (Boston, MA), Wassa Nigerian Goatskins 1989

Box 8, folder 7

Norro (Bruxelles), leather samples and letter

Box 8, folder 8

J. Hewit & Sons (Edinburgh, Scotland), folders with samples of calfskins, chieftain goatskins, jewel pigskin, and misc. fine leathers

Box 8, folder 9

Keyston Bros. (San Francisco), folders with samples of heel covering, tooling calf, suede sheep, and morocco goat

Box 8, folder 10

Dryad Handicrafts (Leicester, England), Oasis and Dryad Morocco samples

Box 8, folder 11

Maison J. Farge (Paris), sample booklets

Box 8, folder 12

Nickerson Brothers (London), specimens of plain calf finished skivers and Niger

Box 8, folder 13

Harmatan (England), goat specimens 1982

folder 9, folder 1

Relma (Paris), color mark specimens

folder 9, folder 2

Edvard Schneider (Stockholm), booklet of Oasis specimens

folder 9, folder 3

George & Co., hard grain specimens

folder 9, folder 4

H. Bank & Co. (England), vellum samples and brochures 1960s

folder 9, folder 5

G.W. Russell & Son (Hitchin, England), Oasis Niger Goatskin Anilinre Finish 1950s

folder 9, folder 6

Henry Gibbs & Son (London), colored skiver patterns

folder 9, folder 7

Edvard Schneidler (Stockholm), irregular swatches

folder 9, folder 8

John S. Deed & Sons (London), real pigskin samples

folder 9, folder 9

Ocean Leather Corp. (Newark, NJ), Eastern Shark samples

Box 10, folder 1

Post & Floto (New York), hard grain specimens

Box 10, folder 2

Kohnstamm (London), Randak goat sampler

Box 10, folder 3

Conneaut (Ohio - via MacPherson Bros in San Francisco), folder of snuffed top grain specimens

Box 10, folder 4

Stevens-Nelson Paper Corp. (New York), booklet of Oasis goat samples

Box 11, folder 3

J. Hewit & Sons (Edinburgh & London), British Bookbinding Leathers binder 1963

Box 11, folder 4

Post & Floto, German Hard Grain leather samples

Box 11, folder 2

Letters about Leathers: Moorecraft Leathers, British Museum Treatments of Leather, Elswick Leatherworks, Zellerbach

Box 10, folder 5

Miscellaneous specimens, unlabelled

Box 11, folder 1

Various Unlabeled Leather Specimens

Series 4. Bookbinding Materials

Box 3, folder 12, Box 7, folder 3

House of Gane (United States), bookbinders' supplies catalogs nos. 92,103 & 107 1938-1953

Box 3, folder 13

The Linen Thread Co. (San Francisco), thread samples

Box 3, folder 14

Hayes' (Bainbridge, Northern Ireland), linen thread pattern card

Box 4, folder 6

Dr. P. H. Martin's Water Colors (Flushing, NY), radiant and transparent water color samples

Box 4, folder 6

Pelikan-Werke (Hannover, Germany), waterproof drawing ink samples

Box 4, folder 7

Winsor & Newton, Ltd. (London), water colours samples

Box 4, folder 8

The Reliable Textile Co. (Chicago), velourette fabric samples

Box 4, folder 9

Albert D. Smith & Co. (New York), Bancroft book cloth samples of Oxford and Arrestox B 1958

Box 4, folder 10

Interlaken Mills (Providence, Rhode Island), unfinished book cloths - Hyco, Meco, Naco 1932

Box 4, folder 11

Flax's (San Francisco), Crescent Colored Drawing and Mat Board's

Box 4, folder 12

Crescent Cardboard Co. (Chicago), MatBoard samples

Box 4, folder 13

Process Materials Corp. (Carlstadt, NJ), Efalin book cloth sampler

Box 4, folder 14

Russell Bookcrafts (Hitchin, England), book cloth specimens

Box 4, folder 15

Holliston Mills (Norwood, MA), Library Buckram book cloth samples 1956-1961

Box 4, folder 16

Kendall Mills, supers (fabric) booklet

Box 4, folder 17

McCutcheon's (New York), Irish linen

Box 4, folder 18

Standard Felt Corp. (Alhambra, CA), U11 wool upholstery felt specimens

Box 4, folder 19

Flax's (San Francisco), transparent matte surface colored tape samples

Box 5, folder 1

C&V / Macy's (Glendale, CA), Coronet Book Cloth, scotchgarded

Box 5, folder 2

Gold Seal Fabrics (Philadelphia, PA), Moygashel Irish Linen samples 1949

Box 5, folder 3

American Artists Color Works (Brooklyn, NY), show card colors

Series 5. Addenda (2023-151)

Scope and Contents

This series consists of two repair log binders from 1968-1989. The logs record publishing information about the work being repaired, reasons for repair, samples of the repair materials, date of repair, photographs, and other information.

Box 16, folder 1

Repair log 1968-1977

Box 16, folder 2

Repair log 1977-1989