The Juan Pascoe Collection, 1971-2014, contains almost all of the imprints and published monographs created by Juan Pascoe. It begins with his first efforts in West Branch, Iowa (1971-1972), traces his developments through his initial press, Imprenta Rascuache, in Mexico (1973-1975), and concludes with his press, Taller Martín Pescador (1975-present). The majority of the collection, which spans Pascoe's printing career, comes from Taller Martín Pescador.

Juan Pascoe was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 21, 1946. His father was a Mexican diplomat for the United Nations, and his mother was a citizen of the United States. Juan Pascoe received most of his education in the United States, spending vacations at the family home in Mexico. He studied English at Whitman College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969. From 1971-1972, he served as a printing apprentice to Harry Duncan at the Cummington Press in West Branch, Iowa.We propose neither the search for the book beautiful, nor the creation of deluxe or bibliophile's editions, but rather the union of an original imaginative text and the format of the book itself: The creation of an aesthetic organism. We work by hand because only in this way can the printer control every phase of production. Only when there is an intimate relation between the work process, the tools and materials used, can there be coherence in the finished object. It is a matter of trying to recover the old traditions, from Tycho Brahe and William Morris down to Vargas Rea, and of undertaking the creation of the form a new language requires.

17 linear feet Ephemera: 7 boxes, 5 oversize folders, 1 oversize volume (circa 3 linear feet) Books: 103 v. ; 13-44 cm.

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Collection is open for research.