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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Richard J. Hoffman print collection
Creator:
Hoffman, Richard J.
Identifier/Call Number: 0359
Physical Description:
61.5 Linear Feet
43 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1980s
Abstract: This collection consists of printer Richard J. Hoffman's (1912-1989) personal collection of printed books and printmaking
books. These books cover subjects such as lithography, typography, and printmaking. Hoffman was a printer and professor of
printmaking and graphic arts in Los Angeles.
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection consists of printer Richard J. Hoffman's (1912-1989) personal collection of printed books and printmaking
books. These books cover subjects such as lithography, typography, and printmaking. Hoffman was a printer and professor of
printmaking and graphic arts in Los Angeles.
Richard J. Hoffman (1912-1989) was a printer, printmaking and grpahic design professor, and an active memeber of many printmaking
associations and clubs. He was a Master's student at the University of Southern California. Hoffman taught at Los Angeles
City College and CSU Los Angeles. He had his own printing office where he wrote, designed, and printed many of his own books.
It is estimated that Hoffman printed some 50,000 items over his lifetime.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Richard J. Hoffman print collection, Collection no. 0359, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Printmakers -- United States -- Archival resources
Prints -- Technique -- Archival resources
Letterpress printing -- Archival resources
lithography
typography
Small press books -- California -- Archival resources
Fine books -- Archival resources
Hoffman, Richard J. -- Archives