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Printers Mss 106
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Title: Felicia Rice/Moving Parts Press archive
Identifier/Call Number: Printers Mss 106
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Physical Description:
94.92 linear feet
(66 cartons, 8 flat boxes)
Creator:
Rice, Felicia
Source:
Moving Parts Press
Date (inclusive): 1974-2017
Abstract: Fine press artist collection of the Moving Parts Press of Santa Cruz, California, dating from 1974 to 2017.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
Language of Material: This collection contains material in Spanish and English.
The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Portions of this collection are unprocessed
and may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Research Collections in advance to request
access.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Felicia Rice, Moving Parts Press, 2018.
Felicia Rice (born 1954) is an American book artist, typographer, letterpress printer, fine art publisher, and educator. She
lectures and exhibits internationally, and her books can be found in collections from Special Collections, Cecil H. Green
Library (Stanford University) to the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) to the Bodleian Library (University of Oxford).
Work from the Press is included in exhibitions and collections both nationally and internationally, and has been the recipient
of numerous awards and grants.
Rice arrived in Santa Cruz in 1974 to study with San Francisco printer Jack Stauffacher and poet/printer William Everson at
the University of California, Santa Cruz. Motivated to undertake nontraditional women's work and gain access to the power
of the press, Rice learned to handset type, run a hot lead typecasting machine, operate old style letterpresses, and began
to publish books of contemporary art and literature. Since establishing Moving Parts Press in Santa Cruz, CA in 1977, Rice
has collaborated with and published notable writers and artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. A student of the
history of the book and typography, she utilizes digital technology to produce letterpress artists books and prints. The Moving
Parts Press archives are held in Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara. Wikipedia, 2019. "Felicia Rice."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Rice. Accessed on 22 August 2019.
[Identification of Item], Felicia Rice/Moving Parts Press archive, Printers Mss 106. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Fine press artist collection of the Moving Parts Press of Santa Cruz, California, consisting of prototypes, contracts with
authors, correspondence between artists, plexi and metal print plates, designs (including both commercial jobs and limited
edition fine press projects) teaching files for courses taught at UC Santa Cruz, broadsides, publications, as well as materials
from Sherwood Grover's typography and printing collection. Materials in the collection date from 1974 to 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Printers -- California -- Santa Cruz
Small presses -- California -- Santa Cruz
Broadsheet (format)
Contracts
Correspondence
Designs (artistic concepts)
Notes (documents)
Printing plates
Prototypes
Publications (documents)
Moving Parts Press
Rice, Felicia -- Archives
Moving Parts Press -- Archives
Grover, Sherwood -- Archives