Battledore Press Collection, 1961-1983

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Summary

Creators:
Horn, Mary Baier, Battledore Press, and Horn, Andrew Harlis, 1914-1983
Abstract:
The collection includes printed ephemera created primarily by the Battledore Press, run by Mary and Andrew Horn. Items are mainly paper examples of printing, with a few pieces on wood. Many of the pieces of ephemera relate to the UCLA libraries.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Battledore Press Collection, Press Coll. Archives Battledore, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains material created by and for the Battledore Press which was run by Mary and Andrew (Andy) Horn. Items are mostly printed ephemera including invitations, announcements, cards, bookplates, and certificates for various events. They include UCLA library-related gatherings, advertisements for businesses, Christmas and other holiday cards, prints of quotations and other short pieces of literature.

Biographical / historical:

The Battledore Press was the personal press of Mary and Andrew (Andy) Horn. Mary and Andrew printed their first piece on September 8, 1961 (see box 6, folder 3 for the handwritten note about this item). Andrew oversaw the creation of the library school at UCLA in 1959/1960 in addition to being a professor and dean of the school; he also supervised the Horn Press to allow library students the opportunity to print. He was a friend and colleague of Lawrence Clark Powell, the well known University Librarian of UCLA. Further biographical information may be found in the 1986 "University of California: In Memoriam" publication.

Processing information:

This collection was processed and described by Jamie Henricks in July, 2009.

Arrangement:

The boxes of material are divided by general subject area as follows:

  • Box 1 -- General Ephemera printed by the Horn Press
  • Box 2 -- Items printed for individuals and non-UCLA institutions
  • Box 3 -- Items printed for the UCLA School of Library Service (after 1974 the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and later the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies)
  • Box 4 -- UCLA related material, other than the library school, including Friends of UCLA Libraries, Clark Library, Campbell Book Collection Competition, etc.
  • Box 5 -- Miscellaneous and Oversized (type specimens)
  • Box 6 -- Items printed for printing and bibliophilic associations (including the Benign Order of Adana Pressmen, Companions of the Moxon Chappell, the Rounce and Coffin Club, and the M-W-F Society)
  • Box 7 -- Greeting cards and ephemera printed for Andrew Horn and his family's use

A portion of the collection was originally arranged in folders and inventoried by Richard Buchen from the "original 29 folders" on June 1, 1984. The order from this period was maintained by leaving the materials divided into the seven categories (one for each box). Various acronyms are used for the library school at UCLA depending on the time period: SLS (School of Library Service) or GSLIS (Graduate School of Library and Information Science). However, the name of the school is currently the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Some folders have suggested dates written on them, but it is unclear how the processor decided on the dates for any given undated piece of ephemera.

Physical location:
Housed off-site at SRLF. Please notify Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks in advance to request items from this collection.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Battledore Press Collection, Press Coll. Archives Battledore, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA 90018, US
Contact:
(310) 794-5155
clark@humnet.ucla.edu
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