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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Peter Rutledge Koch papers
Creator:
Koch, Peter Rutledge
source:
Koch, Peter Rutledge
Identifier/Call Number: M1584
Identifier/Call Number: 3389
Physical Description:
52.8 Linear Feet
(34 cartons, 3 flat boxes, 2 map folders, 7 boxes)
Physical Description:
92.66 gigabyte(s)
Date (inclusive): 1975-2010
Physical Location: Special Collections materials are stored offsite and must be paged in advance. For more information on paging collections,
see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
Abstract: Papers of fine press printer, Peter Koch, include press proofs, correspondence, teaching files, sales and financial material,
student work, job files and media.
Listed by Drew Padley, 2008; Series X processed by Glynn Edwards, 2009.
[Identification of item], Peter Koch Papers, M1584, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
California.
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.
Collection is open for research except that some Project files are not yet processed and therefore unavailable. Born-digital
material is in process and not yet available. Audio-visual materials must be reformatted before use.
Peter Koch's hard drive has been processed separately; please see M.1584.Media.
Peter Rutledge Koch has been designing and printing books and ephemera since 1974, beginning his career in Missoula, Montana
with one platen press. He since settled in the San Francisco Bay area and following the San Francisco literary tradition of
fine press printing, has acquired an international reputation and several more presses. His clients and collectors range from
major international research libraries to bibliophilic organizations and private collectors and publishers. Between commissions,
he designs, prints and publishes limited editions of ancient Greek philosophers, the musings of maverick poets, and the images
of world-renowned wood engravers and photographers. Editions Koch specializes in publishing limited edition livres d'artiste,
broadsides, portfolios, and text transmission objects.
His works have previously carried the imprints: Black Stone Press, Peter Koch, Printer, and Hormone Derange Editions.
When not working in his studio, he teaches the history of typographic design and printing on the Albion hand press at the
University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library Press.
[From the website: http://www.peterkochprinters.com/index.php]
Scope and Content of Collection
The Peter Koch Papers contain correspondence, project files (proofs, plans, templates, etc.), manuscripts, sales records,
student projects, etc.
The Peter Koch Papers contain correspondence, project files (proofs, plans, templates, etc.), manuscripts, sales records,
student projects, etc.
- General files
- Teaching files
- Financial
- Job files
- Correspondence, alphabetical
- Correspondence, miscellaneous
- Media
- Datebooks, planners, etc.
- Reviews, awards, Roxburgh Club
- Book sales
- Poems & Essays About Koch
- Dirk Lee Archive
- Student Projects
- Book archives
This collection was purchased by Stanford University, Special Collections in September 2007.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Fine press
Fine printing -- Calif.
Fine printing -- San Francisco, Calif.
Printing -- United States
Fine printing -- 20th century
Phillips, Matt, 1927-
Black Stone Press
Koch, Peter Rutledge
Roxburghe Club of San Francisco
Gleeson Library Associates
Bancroft Library. Friends
Book Club of California
Press in Tuscany Alley
San Francisco Public Library