Guide to the Grant Dahlstrom Ephemera
Mark Knudsen
The Book Club of California
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Guide to the Grant Dahlstrom Ephemera
Collection number: Consult repository
The Book Club of California
San Francisco, California
- Processed by:
- Mark Knudsen
- Date Completed:
- July 2018
- Encoded by:
- Mark Knudsen
© 2018 The Book Club of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Grant Dahlstrom ephemera
Dates: 1943-1980
Collection number: Dahlstrom
Creator:
Dahlstrom, Grant
Repository:
The Book Club of California
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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
Grant Dahlstrom ephemera, Dahlstrom, The Book Club of California, San Francisco, CA.
Biography
Grant Edward Dahlstrom, 1902-1980, was born in Idaho and learned lettering and printing from Porter Garnett at the Carnegie
Institute of Technology. He settled in Los Angeles and took a job with Young & McCallister, where he did book design work
and binding. In 1943, he bought the Castle Press in Pasadena, and for the next thirty-seven years produced many handsome books
for the Book Club of California, the Huntington Library, The Sacramento Book Collectors Club, Dawson's Book Shop, Jake Zeitlin,
and many others. In 1931, he helped to found the Rounce & Coffin Club and was also active in the Zamorano Club, printing the
Club's newsletter, Hoja Volante, beginning in 1934. He was still active in his business at the time of his death in 1980.
Scope and Content of Collection
Seven file folders containing: Book Fragments, Castle Press Promotional, Calendars, Club Printing, Greeting Cards, Prospectuses,
and Trade Printing.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Dahlstrom, Grand E.
Castle Press
Private Presses--California
Printed ephemera
Letterpress printing
Greeting cards
prospectuses
Folder 2
Castle Press promotional materials
Box 1
Letter to 'Al' and invitation to Dahlstrom's memorial
