Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Terms
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Descriptive Summary
Title: Teaching materials for history of printing and the book,
Date (inclusive): 1480-1990
Collection number: M0931
Creator:
Special Collections, Stanford Univerisity Libraries
Extent:
3.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: An artificial collection assembled through time by the Department of Special Collections of objects, manuscripts, and printing
samples relating to the development of printing and book making.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
The Media materials require at least two weeks advance notice to use in order to allow staff time to have use copies made
from the original items.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Teaching materials for history of printing and the book. M0931. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information varies, but most printing samples (boxes 2 & 3) are from Margaret Sowers, 1996.
Provenance
Provenance various, but most printing samples (boxes 2 & 3) are from Margaret Sowers, 1996.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Printing
Books-History.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Materials in this collection are uncatalogued. These materials demonstrate the art and development of printing and book making.
The list includes items in four boxes. There is also a list of relevant items from other collections that can be paged from
Special Collections stacks.