Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.) Papers, 1874-1984, bulk 1884-1922

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Summary

Title:: T.J. Cobden-Sanderson papers
Dates:: 1874-1984, bulk 1884-1922
Abstract:: Contains correspondence, writings, lectures, photographs, illustrations, etc., of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, including family papers related to his wife Anne Cobden-Sanderson and his children Richard and Stella Cobden-Sanderson. Also includes ephemera relating to the Doves Press and Doves Bindery, an archive of correspondence between Cobden-Sanderson and Harold Peirce, and book collector Norman H. Strouse's research files and correspondence.
Extent:: 13 boxes, 20 volumes, 1 oversize volume, 2 oversize folders, 2 microfilm reels circa 6 linear feet
Language:: Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], T.J. Cobden-Sanderson Papers, BANC MSS 2011/260, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, writings, lectures, photographs, illustrations, etc., of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, including family papers related to his wife Anne Cobden-Sanderson and his children Richard and Stella Cobden-Sanderson. Also includes ephemera relating to the Doves Press and Doves Bindery, an archive of correspondence between Cobden-Sanderson and Harold Peirce, and book collector Norman H. Strouse's research files and correspondence.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson (2 December 1840-7 September 1922) was an English artist, printer, and bookbinder associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He was born Thomas James Sanderson, but when he married Julia Sarah Anne Cobden (1853-1926) in 1882, they both took the surname Cobden-Sanderson. They had two children, Richard (1884-1964) and Stella (1886-1979). In 1884, at the encouragement of William and Jane Morris, Cobden-Sanderson took up bookbinding. In 1900, he went into partnership with Emery Walker and founded the Doves Press in Hammersmith, London. The press produced all of its books, using a single size of type, between 1900 and 1916. The type, known as "The Doves Type," was based on types used by Nicolas Jenson from the 1470s. The type, punches, and matrices were destroyed by Cobden-Sanderson when he took them to Hammersmith Bridge and threw them into the Thames.

Norman H. Strouse (1906-1993) was the head of the J. Walter Thompson Co. advertising agency and a noted book collector. He and his wife Charlotte lived in St. Helena, California, where he amassed an internationally known rare book collection that included illuminated manuscripts from the 12th to 16th centuries.

Harold Peirce (1856-1932) was a noted private press collector from Philadelphia.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Book collectors -- United States.
Bookbinders -- England.
Fine books.
Printers -- England.
Private presses -- England.
Drawings.
Photographs.
Names:: Doves Bindery.
Doves Press -- Pictorial works.
Doves Press.
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1842-1921, correspondent.
Airlie, Henrietta Blanche, Countess of, 1830-1921 -- Correspondence.
Airlie, Henrietta Blanche, Countess of, 1830-1921, correspondent.
Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil), 1851-1935 -- Correspondence.
Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil), 1851-1935, correspondent.
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832-1916 -- Correspondence.
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832-1916, correspondent.
Cobden-Sanderson, Anne, 1853-1926 -- Archives.
Cobden-Sanderson, Anne, 1853-1926 -- Correspondence.
Cobden-Sanderson, Anne, 1853-1926, correspondent.
Cobden-Sanderson, Richard -- Correspondence.
Cobden-Sanderson, Richard, correspondent.
Cobden-Sanderson, Stella, 1886-1979 -- Correspondence.
Cobden-Sanderson, Stella, 1886-1979, correspondent.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922 -- Archives.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922 -- Correspondence.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922 -- Family -- Pictorial works.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922 -- Portraits.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962 -- Correspondence.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, correspondent.
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 -- Correspondence.
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915, correspondent.
Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine), 1852-1936 -- Correspondence.
Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine), 1852-1936, correspondent.
De Coverly, E. L. (Edward Lorenzo)
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901 -- Correspondence.
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, correspondent.
Graham, Rigby, 1931-
Johnston, Edward, 1872-1944 -- Correspondence.
Johnston, Edward, 1872-1944, correspondent.
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1842-1921 -- Correspondence.
Lee, Sidney, Sir, 1859-1926 -- Correspondence.
Lee, Sidney, Sir, 1859-1926, correspondent.
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 -- Correspondence.
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925, correspondent.
Morris, Jane Burden, 1840-1914 -- Correspondence.
Morris, Jane Burden, 1840-1914 -- Portraits.
Morris, Jane Burden, 1840-1914, correspondent.
Morris, May, 1862-1938 -- Correspondence.
Morris, May, 1862-1938 -- Portraits.
Morris, May, 1862-1938, correspondent.
Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Correspondence.
Morris, William, 1834-1896, correspondent.
Peirce, Harold, 1856-1932 -- Correspondence.
Peirce, Harold, 1856-1932, correspondent.
Radford, Ernest -- Correspondence.
Radford, Ernest, correspondent.
Strouse, Norman H. -- Correspondence.
Strouse, Norman H., correspondent.
Strouse, Norman H., former owner.
Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941 -- Correspondence.
Von Arnim, Elizabeth, 1866-1941, correspondent.
Walker, Emery, Sir, 1851-1933.

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Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: January 2013

Access and use

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], T.J. Cobden-Sanderson Papers, BANC MSS 2011/260, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US