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Guide to the Stanford University, Libraries, History of the Book Class Records
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • Overview

    Call Number: SC0840
    Creator: Lenkey, Susan V., collector.
    Title: Stanford University, Libraries, history of the book class
    Dates: 1963-1977
    Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet
    Summary: Examples of the sheets printed by students in Susan V. Lenky's classes using an antique hand press in the Rare Book Division of the Stanford University Libraries. The text is often a quote on books or printing. The class from Spring Quarter 1969 chose to print remarks made by fifth and sixth graders after their visit to the rare book room.
    Language(s): The materials are in English.
    Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
    Green Library
    557 Escondido Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-6064
    Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
    Phone: (650) 725-1022
    URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

    Administrative Information

    Information about Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Ownership & Copyright

    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections 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. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
    Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

    Cite As

    Stanford University, Libraries, History of the Book Class Records (SC0840). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

    Description of the Collection

    Examples of the sheets printed by students in Susan V. Lenky's classes using an antique hand press in the Rare Book Division of the Stanford University Libraries. The text is often a quote on books or printing. The class from Spring Quarter 1969 chose to print remarks made by fifth and sixth graders after their visit to the rare book room.

    Access Terms

    Lenkey, Susan V., collector.
    Hand presses.
    Printing.