Margaret Johnson Collection.
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American Bookbinders Museum
2017
355 Clementina St.
San Francisco, California 94103
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Title: Margaret Johnson Collection.
Dates: circa 1983-2009.
Collection Number: ARCH0020
Creator/Collector:
Margaret Johnson.
Extent: 3 manuscript storage boxes, 2 nonstandard boxes, 1 binder, 1 sample book.
Repository:
American Bookbinders Museum
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The collection comprises information on the printing and paper industries, as compiled by Margaret Johnson between about 1983
and 2009.
Language of Material: English
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
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.
Margaret Johnson Collection.. American Bookbinders Museum
Gift of Margaret Johnson.
Biography/Administrative History
The materials in this collection come from the files of Margaret Johnson’s own bindery, which shut down in the early 21st
century. Over the course of her career she worked with notable binders like Stella Patri, and served on the executive committee
of the Hand Bookbinders of California.
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the collection focuses on paper samples, price lists, and catalogs. It includes assorted conservation and bookbinding
supply catalogs, publications of the Book Club of California, and facsimiles of Dickens novel parts as produced by Stanford
University Continuing Studies.
Paper.
Book Club of California.
Hand Bookbinders of California.
San Francisco, California.
Sample books.
Bookbinding.