Swan Press Records, 1924-1930

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Summary

Title:
Swan Press Records,
Dates:
1924-1930
Creators:
Swan Press
Abstract:
Swan Press was organized by the firm Sign of the Swan, and operated as a private press in London and Leeds, England. The collection consists of correspondence, proofs, papers, booklets, pamphlets, and the Swan edition of Cleopatra.
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Swan Press Records (Collection 750). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, proofs, papers, booklets, and pamphlets. Includes letters to and from printer Sydney Matthewman, editor J.A. Symington, and from Herbert Read, as well as correspondence relating to the copyright to Cleopatra by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Also includes the Swan edition of Cleopatra, and 55 booklets and pamphlets published or printed by this private press.

Biographical / historical:

Swan Press was organized by the firm Sign of the Swan, and operated as a private press in London and Leeds, England.

Acquisition information:
G.F. Sims, purchase, 1961.
Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, January 1962 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Myra Villamor and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Swan Press Records (Collection 750). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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