The Finding Aid of The Earl F. Nation Fine Press Collection 0137
Katharine Bright McDowell
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu 90263-4786
kelsey.knox@pepperdine.edu
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: The Earl F. Nation Fine Press Collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0137
Physical Description:
10 Linear Feet
Date: 1957-2007
Language of Material:
English
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Arrangement
This collection is organized into the following three series: 1. Zamorano Club Keepsakes; 2. Book Club of California; 3. Personal
Effects. Each series is arranged in chronological order, with oversized items removed from the folders and relocated to a
separate container.
Biographical / Historical
The Zamorano Club is an organization of fine press, rare book, and manuscript collectors, founded in Los Angeles in 1928 by
Charles K. Adams, Garner A. Beckett, William W. Clary, Arthur M. Ellis, A. Bruce McCallister, Robert O. Schad, and John C.
Treanor. The club was named in honor of Agustín V. Zamorano, a provisional governor of Alta California and the state's first
printer. The Zamorano Club meets monthly during the year, excluding a summer break in the months of June, July, and August,
and has done so since its inception.
The Book Club of California is a San Francisco-based organization founded in 1912 with the purpose of promoting fine press
printing "related to the history and literature of California and the western states of America through research, publishing,
public programs, and exhibitions" (BCC website, mission statement). Dr. Edward Robeson Taylor, W. R. K. Young, John Henry
Nash, and James D. Blake were the founding members of the organization, which now numbers at nearly one thousand.
Series 1:
Zamorano Club Keepsakes
Language of Material: English.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in chronological order, with oversized items removed from the folders and relocated to a separate
container.
Scope and Contents
The Zamorano Club Keepsakes series contains fine press items that Dr. Earl F Nation saved during the time he was a member
of the Zamorano Club in Los Angeles, with materials ranging in publication from 1957 to 2007. The majority of the fine press
keepsakes are from the bi-annual joint meetings of the Zamorano Club and the San Francisco-based Roxburghe Club. Pamphlets
are the primary form of the fine press in this collection, although illustrations, maps, and books are present as well.
box 1, folder 1
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1957 September
box 1, folder 2
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1958 October 28
box 1, folder 3
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1960 September 17-18
box 1, folder 4
Roxburghe Club Announcement
1961 March 14
box 1, folder 5
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Grolier Clubs
1961 April 28
box 1, folder 6
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1964 September
box 1, folder 7
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1966 September 24-25
box 1, folder 8
40th Anniversary of Roxburghe Club
1968 May 21
box 1, folder 9
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1969
box 1, folder 10
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1970 September 26-27
box 1, folder 11
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1972 September 9-10
box 1, folder 12
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1974 September 28-29
box 1, folder 13
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1976 September 18-19
box 1, folder 14
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1978 September 23-24
box 1, folder 15
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1980 September 13-14
box 1, folder 16
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1982 October 9-10
box 1, folder 17
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1984 October 27-28
box 1, folder 18
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1986 October 25-26
box 1, folder 19
Doheny Collection of Californiana
1987
box 1, folder 20
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, Folder 1 of 2
1988 October 1-2
box 1, folder 21
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, Folder 2 of 2
1988 October 1-2
box 1, folder 22
California Catholic Misc. -Leo Politi
1989
box 1, folder 23
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1990 October 26-27
box 1, folder 24
Southern California Catholic Misc.
1991 July
box 1, folder 25
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1992 September 19-20
box 1, folder 26
Zamorano Club Outing to San Diego
1995 June 26
box 2, folder 1
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1994 October 8-9
box 2, folder 2
Zamorano Club Meeting and 17th Gaudeamas
1995 November 1
1995 December 14
box 2, folder 3
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
1996 October
box 2, folder 4
Miniature Book Society Newsletter
1997
box 2, folder 5
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, Folder 1 of 2
1998 October 24-25
box 2, folder 6
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, Folder 2 of 2
1998 October 24-25
box 2, folder 7
Printed Letterpress and California's Catholic Historiobiography
1999
box 2, folder 8
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, Folder 1 of 2
2000 October 15
box 2, folder 9
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, Artifact, Folder 2 of 2
2000
box 2, folder 10
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
2002 October 25-27
box 2, folder 11
Zamorano Club Meeting and Roxburghe Club Roster
2003 March and April
box 2, folder 12
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
2004 October 22-24
box 2, folder 13
Zamorano Club Meeting
2005 August
box 2, folder 14
Joint Meeting of Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs
2006 September
box 2, folder 15
Zamorano Club Meeting
2007 June
Series 2:
Book Club of California
Arrangement
This series is arranged in chronological order, with oversized items removed from the folders and relocated to a separate
container.
Scope and Contents
The Book Club of California series contains the annual keepsakes that were mailed directly to Dr. Earl F. Nation by the San
Francisco-based Book Club of California. The fine press found in this series is limited edition printing and leterpress exclusively
published for the BCC, on the subject of California's history, flora, and fauna. In addition to the annual illustrated booklets,
this series also houses various publication announcements, or prospectuses, from the BCC that Nation elected to keep in his
personal fine press collection. These prospectuses are organized chronologically as well.
box 3, folder 1
Publication Announcement
1967
box 3, folder 2
Publication Announcements
1968
box 3, folder 3
Publication Announcements
1970
box 3, folder 4
Publication Announcements
1971
box 3, folder 5
Publication Announcement
1972 Fall
box 3, folder 6
Memorial Service Pamphlet
1980 June
box 3, folder 7
70th Anniversary Keepsake and Memorial Service Pamphlet
1982 December
box 3, folder 8
Breadbasket of the World
1984
box 3, folder 9
Lithographic Views of California Towns
1985
box 3, folder 10
Sports in California
1986
box 3, folder 11
Publication Announcements
1987
box 3, folder 12
A Portfolio of Book Club Printers
1987
box 3, folder 13
California's Wayside Inns
1988
box 3, folder 14
Chinese Book Arts and California
1989
box 3, folder 16
Early California Trade Catalogues
1991
box 3, folder 17
California and the Civil War
1992
box 3, folder 18
William F. Lewis, A San Francisco House Builder
1993
box 3, folder 19
Hand Bookbinding in California
1994
box 3, folder 21
California Book Illustrators
1996
box 3, folder 22
Twelve Treasures from the Library
1997
box 3, folder 23
California Gold Rush Camps
1998
box 3, folder 24
Treasures of the Book Club Library
2000
box 3, folder 25
Fine Hand Bookbindings
2001
box 3, folder 27
Historic Trees of California
2003
box 3, folder 28
Treasures of the Book Club Library
2004
box 3, folder 29
Publication Announcement
2004 February
box 3, folder 30
California Bookplates
2005
box 3, folder 31
Southern California Travel Posters
2006
box 3, folder 32
Northern California Travel Posters
2007
Series 3:
Personal Effects
Scope and Contents
The Personal Effects series is a six-folder series that houses aspects of Dr. Earl F. Nation's personal life. Items include
fine press pamphlets with handwritten notes by the authors to Nation, various items documenting Nation's friendhsip with Ward
Richie, fellow fine press enthusiast, an event keepsake from a Catholic feast day that lists Dr. Nation as a guest, and various
invitations, newsletters, and prospectuses that came from organizations other than the Book Club of California.
Arrangement
Because this series is on the smaller side, and many items lack dates, materials are grouped by subject, and folders are labeled
as such instead of chronologically or alphabetically.
box 3, folder 33
Publication Announcements
1961-1972
box 3, folder 34
Invitations, Cards, and Newsletters
1967-1975
box 3, folder 35
Ward Ritchie Letter, Obituary, and Works
1965-1997
box 3, folder 36
Paulyne Downing Tompkins Booklets
box 3, folder 37
James Thorpe Proverbs
1996-1997
box 3, folder 38
Feast of the Holy Cross Event Keepsake
1993 May 3
