Finding Aid to the Adrian Wilson Papers, 1884-1993 (bulk 1941-1988)

Finding Aid written by Teresa Mora
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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Finding Aid to the Adrian Wilson Papers, 1884-1993 (bulk 1941-1988)

Collection number: BANC MSS 81/151 c

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Finding Aid Author(s):
Finding Aid written by Teresa Mora
Date Completed:
May 2007
Finding Aid Encoded By:
GenX
© 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Adrian Wilson papers
Date (inclusive): 1884-1993
Date (bulk): 1941-1988
Collection Number: BANC MSS 81/151 c
Creators: Wilson, Adrian
Extent: Number of containers: 16 boxes, 20 cartons, 15 oversize boxes, 4 oversize folders, 3 volumes Linear feet: 35
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Adrian Wilson Papers, 1884-1993, document Wilson's personal and professional life as a fine art printer. Despite a lack of formal training, Wilson founded a respected fine press, The Press at Tuscany Alley, and his work is well documented in this collection. Included are client files, designs, and mockups. In addition to the Papers, The Bancroft Library holds a significant collection of Wilson's published works and ephemera that have been cataloged separately within the library's general collection. The Papers give great insight into Wilson as an individual, and include personal correspondence and journals. Family papers extend to Wilson's parents, Adrian P. and Christine Wilson and the papers of his wife, Joyce Lancaster.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Adrian Wilson Papers, BANC MSS 81/151 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Alternate Forms Available

There are no alternate forms of this collection.

Related Collections

Printing and book designing: oral history transcript/ Adrian Wilson, BANC MSS C-D 4101
Adrian Wilson printed ephemera, 1944-1987, TYP z239.3.w54
Adrian Wilson photograph collection, BANC PIC 1981.093--PIC

Separated Material

Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Wilson, Adrian
Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
Press in Tuscany Alley
Printers--California--San Francisco
Printing--California--History

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Adrian Wilson Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Adrian Wilson in 1981. Additions were made by Joyce Lancaster Wilson in 1989 and 1993 and by Melissa and Craig Marshall in 2000.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

System of Arrangement

Arranged to the folder level.

Processing Information

Processed by Mary L. Morganti, with assistance from Professor Emeritus Robert Harlan, in 1998; completed by Teresa Mora in 2007.

Biographical Information

Adrian Wilson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on July 1, 1923 to Dutch immigrants, Adrian P., a horticulturist at the University, and Christine Wilson. When Adrian was seven years old, Adrian P. Wilson moved the family to Amherst, Massachusetts, where he worked at Smith College.
Adrian graduated high school in 1941 and went onto study at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. However, his studies were cut short by World War II and he was drafted in 1943. Possibly due to the influence of his mother, a pacifist, Adrian registered as a conscientious objector (CO) and was sent to a Civilian Public Service camp in upstate New York. Throughout the course of the war, he worked at a number of different camps, finally finding himself in Waldport, Oregon. It was in Waldport, at a camp that had been established for artists and craftsmen, that he first began his printing career, printing the camp newsletter, the Compass, on a platen press. Working to plant trees as part of a reforestation project during the day, the COs spent their leisure time pursuing the arts, producing plays and concerts. It was also at Waldport that Adrian met his future wife, actor Joyce Lancaster.
Upon the conclusion of the war he and Joyce married and moved to San Francisco (1946) with other friends from Waldport to found a theater company, The Interplayers, for which Adrian printed programs and posters. In 1948, Adrian began to work with Jack Stauffacher at Greenwood Press. In 1950, he founded his own press and in 1958 Adrian, Joyce, and their daughter Melissa spent a year in Europe studying the history of typography and the book. Upon the family's return in 1959, Adrian set up his design studio and press in what would become its permanent location, One Tuscany Alley.
Joyce's own interests in art extended far beyond the theater. She was an avid writer and artist, writing and designing numerous children's books, often using her own block prints. She coauthored a number of Adrian's books. While conducting research for The Design of Books in Europe in 1965, the couple discovered the earliest known layouts for a printed book, The Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). Adrian and Joyce spent years researching these layouts, an endeavor which culminated in the publication of The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle in 1978.
In 1983, Wilson was named a MacArthur Fellow to facilitate his work as a designer, printer, and scholar. At the time, in addition to his work at One Tuscany Alley, he and Joyce were working closely with researchers at the University of California, Davis to develop a method for analyzing ancient books using the cyclotron at the Crocker Nuclear Laboratory.
Adrian Wilson suffered from heart problems and underwent the first of numerous open heart surgeries in 1964. He died in 1988 at the age of 64 awaiting a heart donor. Joyce continued the Press at Tuscany Alley until her death in 1996.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Adrian Wilson Papers, 1884-1993, document Wilson's personal and professional life as a fine art printer. Despite a lack of formal training, Wilson founded a respected fine press, The Press at Tuscany Alley, and his work is well documented in this collection. Included are client files, designs, and mockups. In addition to the Papers, The Bancroft Library holds a significant collection of Wilson's published works and ephemera that have been cataloged separately within the library's general collection. The Papers give great insight into Wilson as an individual, and include personal correspondence and journals. Family papers extend to Wilson's parents, Adrian P. and Christine Wilson, and the papers of his wife, Joyce Lancaster.
The collection has been divided into seven series: Correspondence; Job Files; Projects; Subject Files; Lectures, Seminars, Speeches, and Events; Atlas Advisory Group; and Family Papers. The bulk of the collection documents Wilson's professional and artistic pursuits.
Both Adrian and Joyce Wilson's early lives are well represented in the collection. Included are numerous pieces of memorabilia from Joyce's high school career. Adrian's two years at Wesleyan University are documented through journals and a constant correspondence with his parents and brother. Of special note is Adrian's correspondence with his parents during his tenures at various Civilian Public Service Camps during World War II (Series 7.3).
The most comprehensive series are those documenting Wilson's work as a printer: Series 2, Job Files and Series 3, Projects. The Job Files series includes files on work for hire while the Projects series includes working files for Adrian and Joyce Wilson's own publications. Additional documentation of the Wilson's professional lives can be found in Series 4, Subject Files and Series 7, Family Papers.
Correspondence has been divided out according to the relationship with the correspondent. General correspondence with clients, colleagues, and friends can be found in Series 1. Correspondence relating directly to various projects can be found in Series 2 and family correspondence is found in Series 7.
Succinct series descriptions provide a basic outline of the records available. The researcher should consult the container list to determine if the records contain a topic of interest as not all subjects are mentioned in these brief descriptions.

 

Series 1. Correspondence. 1948-1988

Physical Description: Boxes 1-11; Carton 16, card file box 6

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Content/Description

Includes correspondence with clients, colleagues, and personal friends. The series does not contain family correspondence (found in Series 7) or any correspondence that refers directly to any of the projects or lecture/exhibition files which can be found in series 2 and 5 respectively. Unidentified correspondence can be found at the end of the series.
box 1, folder 1

A miscellany. 1960-1987

box 1, folder 2

Abbe, Dorothy. Feb. 1975

box 1, folder 3-4

Adams, Ansel, 1902-. 1956-1984

box 1, folder 5

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1959-1964

box 1, folder 6

Allen, Greer and Sue. 1974-1981

box 1, folder 7

Allen, Lewis M. 1952-1988

box 1, folder 8

American Institute of Graphic Arts. 1951-1975

box 1, folder 9

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-. 1959-1982

box 1, folder 10

Archer, H. Richard (Horace Richard), 1911-. 1951-1960

box 1, folder 11

Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975. 1957-1960

box 1, folder 12

Arnow, Joanna. 1962-1970

box 1, folder 13

B miscellany. 1961-1986

box 1, folder 14

Balsan, France Aimee. 1978-1983

box 1, folder 15

Barlow Family. 1967-1977

box 1, folder 16

Baudin, Fernand. 1972-1986

box 1, folder 17

Bechtel, Elizabeth Hay. 1972-1986

box 2, folder 1

Beck, Bruce and Margaret. 1985-1987

box 2, folder 2

Beecher, John, 1904-. 1979-1980

box 2, folder 3

Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962 and Edna. 1961-1981

box 2, folder 4

Bender, Vernon. 1975-1976

box 2, folder 5

Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966. 1958-1966

box 2, folder 6

Benson, Bernard. 1966

box 2, folder 7

Bentley, Wilder, 1900-. June-July 1975

box 2, folder 8

Beres, M. Pierre. 1965-1973

box 2, folder 9

Berle, Reider and Turid and Johann. 1964-85

box 2, folder 10

Berliner, Harold. 1973-1975

box 2, folder 11

Betz, Pierre. 1959-1961

box 2, folder 12

Black Cat Hill Co. 1959-1961

box 2, folder 13

Black, Mrs. Robert Bruce. 1977

box 2, folder 14

Black, Roger. 1982

box 2, folder 15

Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-. 1964-1987

box 2, folder 16

Border, Desne. 1985-1987

box 2, folder 17

Burgess, Francesca. 1976

box 2, folder 18

Burstein, Sandor [Dr.]. 1985-1986

box 2, folder 19

Bransten, Joseph M., 1900-1980. 1960-1975

box 2, folder 20

Breger, Helen. 1975-1977

box 2, folder 21

Bundy, Carol. 1977-80

box 2, folder 22

Bunnell, Peter. 1974-1978

box 2, folder 23

Burke, Clifford, 1942-. 1968-1986

box 2, folder 24

C miscellany. 1964-85

box 2, folder 25

Carter, Sebastianand Penny. 1973-1985

box 2, folder 26

Carter, Will, 1912-. 1973-1985

box 3, folder 1

Chappell, Warren, 1904-. 1956-1988

box 3, folder 2

Coney, Donald, 1901-1973. 1956-1964

box 3, folder 3

Crook, Arthur. 1961-1970

box 3, folder 4

Crutchley, Brooke. 1959-1975

box 3, folder 5

D miscellany. 1959-85

box 3, folder 6

Dahlstrom, Grant Edward. 1955-1976

box 3, folder 7

Daiches, David, 1912-. 1959-1965

box 3, folder 8

Dair, Carl. 1962-1966

box 2, folder 9

Darr, William and Vera. 1964-1975

box 2, folder 10

Dawson, Muir. 1954-1979

box 2, folder 11

Dean, Mallette, 1907-. 1968-1975

box 2, folder 12

Deresiewicz, Bogdan. 1973-1979

box 2, folder 13

De Roos, S. H. 1959

box 2, folder 14

Dillon, Richard H. 1964

box 2, folder 15

Dines, Lucy. 1973-1976

box 2, folder 16

Dolmen Press. 1976-1979

box 3, folder 17-18

Dreyfus, John. 1958-1986

box 4, folder 1

Duncan, Harry. 1960-1987

box 4, folder 2

Dunlap, Joseph R. (Joseph Riggs), 1913-. 1975

box 4, folder 3

Dupre, Vladimir A. Jan. 12, 1967

box 4, folder 4

E miscellany. 1964-1987

box 4, folder 5

Echaniz, Julieta. 1946-1970

box 4, folder 6

Eddington, Keith. 1980-1987

box 4, folder 7

Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-. 1964-1986

box 4, folder 8

Eisenman, Alvin. 1958-1975

box 4, folder 9

Else, Robert. 1951-1964

box 4, folder 10

Emblen, Don. 1975-1976

box 4, folder 11

Engdahl, Lee. 1986-1987

box 4, folder 12

Englund, Anne. 1975-1983

box 4, folder 13

Epes, Maria Poythress. 1975-1986

box 4, folder 14

Epstein, Glen. 1984-1985

box 4, folder 15

Eshelman, William R. 1960-1987

box 4, folder 16

Evans, Henry Herman, 1918-. Dec. 23, 1959

box 4, folder 17-19

Everson, William, 1912-. 1951-1987

box 4, folder 20

F miscellany. 1961-1976

box 4, folder 21

Fern, Alan Maxwell, 1930-. 1977-1982

box 4, folder 22

Fine, Ruth, 1941-. 1978-1987

box 4, folder 23

Ford Foundation. 1961-1964

box 4, folder 24

Fowler, Mel. 1962-1979

box 4, folder 25

Frankenstein, Alfred Victor, 1906-. Jan. 12, 1966

box 4, folder 26

Franklin, Colin. 1970-1978

box 4, folder 27

Fruge, August, 1928-. 1976

box 4, folder 28

Frutiger, Adrian, 1928-. 1962-1965

box 5, folder 1

G miscellany. 1955-1986

box 5, folder 2

Gardner, William. 1963-1984

box 5, folder 3

Gelfand, Morris. 1985-1986

box 5, folder 4

Gentry, Linnea, 1948-. 1981-1982

box 5, folder 5

Gerbode, Frank. 1964-1966

box 5, folder 6

Godine, David R. 1974-1980

box 5, folder 7

Grabhorn Press. 1960-1973

box 5, folder 8

Graves, Morris, 1910-. 1956-1969

box 5, folder 9

Green, Simon. 1976-1986

box 5, folder 10

Grolier Club. 1972-1973

box 5, folder 11

H miscellany. 1950-1984

box 5, folder 12-13

Halbey, Hans Adolf. 1959-1986

box 5, folder 14

Haley, Alex. March 5, 1969

box 5, folder 15

Hall, Renee Renouf. 1984

box 5, folder 16

Halle, Konrad. 1967-1972

box 5, folder 17

Hamilton, Bruce. 1979-1983

box 5, folder 18

Harmsen, Tyrus G. 1979-1988

box 5, folder 19

Hart, James David, 1911-. 1956-1978

box 5, folder 20

Hartz, Sem, 1912-. 1968-1980

box 5, folder 21

Hawley, Robert. 1975-1984

box 5, folder 22

Hellinga, Lotteand Wytzel. 1974-1985

box 5, folder 23

Hidy, Lance. 1976-1984

box 5, folder 24

Hofer, Philip, 1898-. 1960-1970

box 5, folder 25

Holman, William R. 1960-1973

box 5, folder 26

Holt, Patricia. June 13, 1985

box 5, folder 27

Hoyem, Andrew. 1973-1974

box 6, folder 1

Hugo, Harold. 1954-1985

box 6, folder 2

Inland Printer. 1964-1965

box 6, folder 3

International Register of Private Press Names. undated

box 6, folder 4-5

Israel, Nico. 1976-1985

box 6, folder 6

J miscellany. 1964-1977

box 6, folder 7

Jackson, Joseph Henry, 1894-1955. 1951-1955

box 6, folder 8

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1958

box 6, folder 9

Jung, Theodor. 1956-1970

box 6, folder 10

Junker, Howard. undated

box 6, folder 11

K miscellany. 1959-1980

box 6, folder 12

Kees, Weldon, 1914-1955. 1983-1987

Content/Description

Letters from various correspondents concerning Kees's book of poems published by Adrian Wilson
box 6, folder 13

Kidd, John. 1983-1984

box 6, folder 14

Killion, Tom. 1984-1985

box 6, folder 15

Kindersley, David. 1961-1986

box 6, folder 16

Koch, Peter Rutledge. 1979-1982

box 6, folder 17

Krebs, Albert V. 1985

box 6, folder 18

Krimpen, Huib van. 1982-1985

box 6, folder 19

L miscellany. 1966-1988

box 6, folder 20-21

Leake, Chauncey Jr. 1975-1985

box 6, folder 22

Lebowitz, Mo. 1977

box 6, folder 23

Lee, Marshall, 1921-. 1963-1965

box 6, folder 24

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, 1903-. 1970-1978

box 7, folder 1

Lerner, Abe. 1977-1979

box 7, folder 2

Leslie, Robert L. 1972-1985

box 7, folder 3

Levenson, Roger, 1914-1994. 1964-1976

box 7, folder 4

Library of Congress. 1977-1988

box 7, folder 5-6

Lieberman, Frank and Ellison. 1962-1984

box 7, folder 7

Liepman, Ruth. 1970

box 7, folder 8

Lilienthal, Philip E. 1958-1978

box 7, folder 9

Limbach, Russell T. 1957-1967

box 7, folder 10

Lindegren, Eric. 1960-1964

box 7, folder 11

Low, Joseph. 1960-1982

box 7, folder 12

M miscellany. 1971-1983

box 7, folder 13

McDonald, Thomas W. 1960-1962

box 7, folder 14

McLean, Ruari. 1959-1982

box 7, folder 15

Mardersteig, Martino. 1972-1973

box 7, folder 16

Marks, Saul, 1905-1974 and Lillian. 1959-1980

box 7, folder 17

Marrow, James. 1981-1982

box 7, folder 18

Massin. 1966-1975

box 7, folder 19

Merker, Kimber K. 1960-1986

box 7, folder 20

Metzger, Philip L. 1973-1977

box 7, folder 21

Meynell, Francis, Sir, 1891-. undated

box 7, folder 22

Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-. 1958-1974

box 7, folder 23

Miller, Tom Polk. 1982-1985

box 7, folder 24

Mitchell, Margaretta. 1973

box 7, folder 25

Moran, James. 1959-1976

box 7, folder 26

Moretus Press, Inc. 1979 undated

box 7, folder 27

Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967. 1959-1967

box 7, folder 28

Mortimer, Ruth. 1979-1980

box 8, folder 1

Nash, Ray, 1905-. 1961-1965

box 8, folder 2

Neubrunn, E. 1969-1972

box 8, folder 3

New York Public Library. 1955

box 8, folder 4

Newhall, Nancy Wynneand Beaumont. 1967-1975

box 8, folder 5

Nicholson, Douglas. 1970-1972

box 8, folder 6

Nobles, Orre. 1961-1962

box 8, folder 7

Noordzij, Gerrit. 1984

box 8, folder 8

Orengo, Charles. 1961

box 8, folder 9

Osborne, Lewis. 1967-1978

box 8, folder 10-11

Ovink, Willem and Yola. 1955-1986

box 8, folder 12

Oxford University Press. 1959-1960

box 8, folder 13

P miscellany. 1955-1975

box 8, folder 14

Packard, Emmy Lou. July 7, 1976

box 8, folder 15

Pantalic Press. 1980

box 8, folder 16

Peckham, John Ford, 1918-. 1962-1975

box 8, folder 17

Peters, John. 1959-1986

box 8, folder 18

Philpott, Arlen. March 3, 1969

box 8, folder 19

Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-. 1959-1988

box 8, folder 20

R miscellany. 1952-1988

box 8, folder 21

Ransom, Will, 1878-1955. 1948-1952

box 8, folder 22

Rather, Clifton, 1893-1987 and Lois, 1905-. 1972-1988

box 8, folder 23

Reiner, Imre, 1900-. 1959-1987

box 9, folder 1

Renault, Dennis. 1984-1985

box 9, folder 2

Rice, Felicia. 1982-1984

box 9, folder 3

Richard A. Gleeson Library (University of San Francisco). 1975

box 9, folder 4

Ritchie, Ward. 1959-1986

box 9, folder 5

Rodman, Selden, 1909-. 1960-1962

box 9, folder 6

Rollins, Sonny. 1964

box 9, folder 7

Rosenthal, Bernard M. 1970-1984

box 9, folder 8

Rosenthal, Erwin, 1889-. 1968-1971

box 9, folder 9

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-. Jan 8, 1978

box 9, folder 10

Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel. 1977-1984

box 9, folder 11

Runser, Robert K. 1967-1973

box 9, folder 12

Ryder, John, 1917-. 1959-1973

box 9, folder 13

S miscellany. 1956-1985

box 9, folder 14

San Francisco Public Library Friends. 1969-1972

box 9, folder 15

Schmoller, Hans. 1959-1985

box 9, folder 16

Schnier, Jacques. April 9, 1962

box 9, folder 17

Schulz, Juergen. 1978-1979

box 9, folder 18

Scott, Mel, 1906-. Sept. 8, 1964

box 9, folder 19

Sequoia Press. 1964-1965

box 9, folder 20

Shaffer, Ellen, 1904-. 1969-1983

box 9, folder 21

Shelton, Stanhope. 1960-1974

box 9, folder 22

Sibbald, John A. 1995-1971

box 9, folder 23

Simon, Timothy. 1959-1966

box 9, folder 24

Spalding, Graydon. 1967-1970

box 9, folder 25

Sperisen, Albert, 1908-. 1971

box 9, folder 26

Stafford, William, 1914-. 1985

box 9, folder 27

Standard, Paul, 1900-. 1956

box 9, folder 28

Stauffacher, Jack Werner. 1956-1988

box 10, folder 1

Steiner, Paul. April 24, 1963

box 10, folder 2

Stinehour, Roderick. 1955-1979

box 10, folder 3

Stoll, Mark. April 5, 1982

box 10, folder 4

Stone, Solveig. 1969-1984

box 10, folder 5

Strouse, Norman H. 1970-1975

box 10, folder 6

T miscellany. 1964-1984

box 10, folder 7

Taylor, Kim. 1959-1962

box 10, folder 8

Taylor, W. Thomas. 1975-1986

box 10, folder 9

Thiess, Anne and Walter. 1958-1959

box 10, folder 10

Thomajan, Puzant Kevork. 1953-1985

box 10, folder 11

Thomas, Alan G. 1970-1978

box 10, folder 12

Tonomura, Iris. 1957

box 10, folder 13

Trissel, James. 1984-1985

box 10, folder 14

Turner, Decherd W. 1973-1987

box 10, folder 15

U miscellany. 1976-83

box 10, folder 16

University of California, Berkeley School of Librarianship. 1963-1964

box 10, folder 17

University of California Press. 1973-1985

box 10, folder 18

Updike, John. 1985

box 10, folder 19

V miscellany. 1976-1982

box 10, folder 20

W miscellany. 1960-1978

box 10, folder 21

Waters, George. 1971-1984

box 10, folder 22

Watts, Steve (Steven Lewis), 1895-1966. 1960

box 10, folder 23

Wells, James M. 1959-1976

box 10, folder 24

Wentz, Roby. 1961

box 10, folder 25

Weygand, James Lamar. 1956-1962

box 10, folder 26

Whitridge, Thomas. 1974-1977

box 11, folder 1

Williams, Mark. June 15, 1983

box 11, folder 2

Willison, I. R. (Ian R.). 1960-1979

box 11, folder 3

Yale University Library. 1967-1974

box 11, folder 4

Young, Noel. 1962-1964

box 11, folder 5

Z miscellany. 1986-1987

box 11, folder 6

Zachrisson, Bror. 1961-1976

box 11, folder 7-9

Zahn, Peter and Evelin. 1971-1986

box 11, folder 10-12

Zapf, Hermann. 1957-1987

box 11, folder 13

Zinn, John. March 14, 1979

box 11, folder 14

Unidentified. undated

carton 16, card-file 6

Postcards. circa 1964-1984

 

Series 2. Job Files. 1947-1987

Physical Description: Cartons 1-6; Carton 16, card file box 1; Oversize boxes 1-3; Oversize box 9, folder 3; Oversize box 11; Oversize folders 1-2; Volumes 1-2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Content/Description

These files document Wilson's work for hire. Included are correspondence, layouts, and product samples for jobs ranging from posters and book design to cards and brochures. Files are generally arranged alphabetically by client but occasionally are filed by project name, for example, " Star Wars: Defense or Death Star? " In the case of certain clients, namely publishers, files are then further sub-divided by individual project. For example all job files regarding work done for the University of California Press are filed under California rather than the individual publication titles. This series can prove especially useful to researchers trying to determine Wilson's relationship to various individuals. He had both professional and personal relationships with numerous individuals and looking at both his professional and personal correspondence together helps to clarify many of these relationships.
carton 1, folder 1

AIDS Poster - "Raw Onions". May 1987

carton 1, folder 2

Ansel Adams: Biography, Vol.II : Enduring Moment by Nancy Newhall. 1968-1973

carton 1, folder 3

Ansel Adams by Nancy Newhall. 1969-1972

 

Ansel Adams.

carton 1, folder 4

Card. 1971

carton 1, folder 5

Gerry Sharpe Bookplate. 1971

carton 1, folder 6

Logotype, labels and letterhead. 1971-1979

carton 1, folder 7

Classic Images . 1971-1976

 

Classic Images, 1923-1974. 1971-1976

oversize-box 1, folder 1-18

Cover samples, photos and page layouts.

oversize-box 2, folder 1-54

Photo samples.

carton 1, folder 8

"Portfolio I". 1973-1974

carton 1, folder 9

"Portfolio II". 1974

carton 1, folder 10

"Portfolio III". 1975

carton 1, folder 11

"Portfolio IV". 1974

carton 1, folder 12

"Portfolio V". 1972

carton 1, folder 13

"Portfolio VII". 1975-1976

carton 1, folder 14

Rubber Stamps. 1976-1980

carton 1, folder 15

Autobiography . 1983-1984

carton 1, folder 16

Classic Images . 1984-1985

carton 1, folder 17

National Gallery Catalogue: The Museum Set. 1985

 

American West Publishing.

carton 7, folder 18

Pfeiffer, G., Project X. 1961

 

Aperture .

carton 1, folder 19

Bret Weston. 1952-1975 undated

oversize-box 3, folder 1

Bret Weston. 1952-1975 undated

carton 1, folder 20

Mike Hoffman. 1967-1973

Content/Description

Stieglitz Book Jacket
carton 1, folder 21

Artists in Print- Graphiti. 1976 undated

carton 1, folder 22

Associates of the Stanford University Library. 1978

Content/Description

Delmer Daves Collection Bookplate
carton 1, folder 23

AAUP Book Show Jury. 1974-1979

 

Bank of America.

oversize-box 3, folder 2

Yeats, Fred, The Gentle Giant. 1954

 

Chronicle Books.

carton 1, folder 24

Baer, Morley, Adobes in the Sun. 1972

carton 1, folder 25

Baer, Morley and Mary Austin, Room and Time Enough . 1973-1979

carton 1, folder 26

Baer, Morley, Portfolios. 1976

carton 1, folder 27

Baird's Cellar Book. undated

carton 1, folder 28

The Bancroft Library. 1970-1973

carton 1, folder 29

Bancroft-Whitney, California Codes. 1963-1966

carton 1, folder 30

Barre Publishers Imprint Society. 1972-1974

carton 1, folder 31

Baskerville Slate. 1948-1975

carton 1, folder 32

John Bauer. 1978-1980 undated

carton 1, folder 33

Bay Area Graphic Arts Council Letterhead. 1970

carton 1, folder 34

Blue Mountain Meditation Center. 1972 undated

 

Book Club of California.

carton 1, folder 35

Stevenson, Robert Louis, San Francisco: A Modern Cosmopolis . 1962-1963

carton 1, folder 36

Keepsakes. 1967

carton 1, folder 37

Holinshed's Chronicles . 1968

carton 1, folder 38

Teiser, P., Printing As A Performing Art. 1969

carton 1, folder 39

Keepsakes. 1970

carton 1, folder 40

Cillion, Richard, Images of Chinatown. 1976-1977

carton 1, folder 41

Polk, Willis, A Matter of Taste: Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in "The Wave" . 1979

carton 1, folder 42

Postcards. 1980

carton 1, folder 43

Valenti Angelo Memorial. 1982

carton 1, folder 44

75th Anniversary Announcements. 1987

carton 2, folder 1

Book Jackets. 1951 undated

 

Joseph Bransten.

carton 2, folder 2

Nuremberg Chronicle Designs . 1968-1969

carton 2, folder 3

Hart Family Chronicle . April 18, 1971

carton 2, folder 4

Resolution . 1978

carton 2, folder 5

Joseph Bransten Memorial. 1980

carton 2, folder 6

Bromer Booksellers - Valenti Angelo. 1981-1985

carton 2, folder 7

Buena Vista Cafe. undated

carton 2, folder 8

Burger & Evans San Francisco Lithographs. undated

carton 2, folder 9

Byzantine Mosaics. undated

 

California Historical Society.

carton 2, folder 10

Quarterly Index, 1922-61. 1965

carton 2, folder 11

Mathes, W. Michael, Sebastiona Vizcaino and Spanish Expansion in the Pacific Ocean: 1580-1630 . 1966-1971

carton 2, folder 12

van Nostrand , Jeanne, A Pictorial and Narrative History of Monterey, Adobe Capital of California, 1770-1847 . 1967-1969

carton 2, folder 13

Bicentennial Mailers. 1968

carton 2, folder 14

Treutlein, Theadore E., The San Francisco Bay: Discovery and colonization 1769-1777 . 1968-1969

carton 2, folder 15

Clarke, Dwight L., William Tecumseh Sherman: Gold Rush Banker . 1969

carton 2, folder 16

"Notes" Redesign. 1970

carton 2, folder 17

California Librarian Inserts. 1964-1965

carton 2, folder 18

California Library Association. 1964

Content/Description

"Books in Their Sea Chests"
 

California Palace of the Legion of Honor.

carton 2, folder 19

Handbook. 1966-1969

carton 2, folder 20

History. 1969

carton 2, folder 21

Mark Adams Catalogue. 1969-1970

carton 2, folder 22

M.H.de Young Hanley Catalogue. 1970

carton 2, folder 23

California School of Fine Arts. 1953

carton 2, folder 24

Class letterheads. 1954

carton 2, folder 25

California State Parks Foundation. 1979

 

California, University Press.

carton 3, folder 3

King, Jere Clemens, Generals and Politicians. 1950

carton 3, folder 4

Puryear, Vernon J., Napoleon and the Dardanelles . 1950

carton 3, folder 5

Post, L.A., From Homer to Menander. 1951

carton 3, folder 6

Heizer, Robert F. and J. Mills, The Four Ages of Tsurai . 1952

carton 3, folder 7

Loftis, John, Steele at Drury Lane. 1952

carton 3, folder 8

Altman, G. R. Freus, K. MacGowan and W. Melnitz, Theater Pictorial: A History of Theater as Recorded in Drawings, Paintings, Engravings, and Photographs . 1953

carton 2, folder 26

Graphic Design Department proposal. 1957

carton 2, folder 27

Kudos. 1958-1974

carton 2, folder 28

Jacket Designs. 1961 undated

carton 2, folder 29

Adams, Ansel and Nancy Newhall, Fiat Lux: The University of California . 1964

carton 2, folder 30

Pettitt, George, Twenty-eight Years in the Life of a University President . 1965

carton 2, folder 31

Dynastic Art of the Kushan . 1966-1968

carton 2, folder 32

Schulz, Juergen, Venetian Painted Ceilings of the Renaissance . 1966-1968

carton 2, folder 33

Mark Twain's Letters to his Publishers, 1867-1894; Satires and Burlesques; Which Was the Dream? . 1968

carton 2, folder 34

Victorian Book Design Critique . 1971

carton 2, folder 35

Marks. undated

oversize-box 3, folder 9

Heizer, Robert F. And M. A. Whipple, The California Indians: A Sourcebook . undated

oversize-box 3, folder 10

Fishel, Wesley R., The End of Extraterritoriality in China . undated

 

California, University Press of Santa Cruz.

carton 2, folder 36

Correspondence. 1966

carton 2, folder 37

PROJECT FIND . 1969

carton 2, folder 38

Images and Words: Yosemite . 1971-1972

carton 2, folder 39

Campion Society. 1952

carton 2, folder 40

Eighth Annual Festival of Unfamiliar Music. undated

carton 2, folder 41

Cardinal Company Consultancy. 1967-1968

carton 2, folder 42

McGuire. 1968

carton 2, folder 43

Chapman College. 1974

carton 2, folder 44-45

Chicago, University Press. 1954-1966

carton 2, folder 46

Choris, Louis, A Painter's Voyage Around the World . undated

carton 2, folder 47

Cock 'n Bull Cook Book. 1960-1961

carton 2, folder 48

Cowell Press Council. 1977

carton 2, folder 49

Dominican College of San Rafael. 1970-1971

Content/Description

Logo and Letterhead Design
carton 2, folder 50

Dragonfly Press. 1976

Content/Description

Margot Doss and Judith Clancy
carton 3, folder 1-3

Editions San Francisco : Prospectus Drafts. 1960-19656 undated

carton 3, folder 4

San Francisco Examiner Special Projects. 1978-1982

carton 3, folder 5

Field Enterprises Classics. 1964

 

Fine Arts Museums.

carton 3, folder 6

American Paintings Note Cards. 1970

carton 3, folder 7

M. H. de Young/Legion of Honor Letterhead. 1970

carton 3, folder 8

M. H. de Young Museum Society, Porcelain Tureens Lecture. 1970

carton 3, folder 9

M. H. de Young Museum Society, Van Gogh cards and announcements. 1970

carton 3, folder 10

Graham, F. Lanier, Three Centuries of American Paintings . 1970-1971

carton 3, folder 11

M. H. de Young/Legion of Honor calendar copy and pictures. 1971

carton 3, folder 12-13

Quarterly Calendar, April-Sept. 1971

carton 3, folder 14

American Paintings invitations. 1971

carton 3, folder 15

Armand Hammer announcement cards. 1971

carton 3, folder 16

Two Museums, One Building. 1971

carton 3, folder 17

Corn, Wanda M., The Art of Andrew Wyeth. 1972

carton 3, folder 18

Wyeth Addenda. 1973

carton 3, folder 19

Monet Catalogue. 1973

oversize-box 3, folder 11

Monet Catalogue. 1973

carton 3, folder 20

Prints of the Italian Renaissance Catalogue. 1973

carton 3, folder 21

Graha, F. Lanier, Three Centuries of French Art . 1973-1975

carton 3, folder 22-23

deCaso, Jacques and Patricia B. Sanders, Rodin Sculture . 1973-1978

carton 3, folder 24

Legion of Honor 50th Anniversary Poster. 1974-1976

carton 3, folder 25

Flemish, Fragonard and Tapestries [cancelled]. 1974-1976

carton 3, folder 26

Richardson, E. P., American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller . 1974-1976

carton 3, folder 27

Stan Picher Memorial. 1982

carton 3, folder 28

Impressionism . 1985 undated

carton 3, folder 29

Fine Print.

carton 3, folder 30

5th Anniversary. 1979

carton 3, folder 31

10th Anniversary. 1984

carton 3, folder 32-33

Friends of Photography. 1967-1970 undated

carton 3, folder 34

Fromm & Sichel. 1972

carton 3, folder 35

Galen Howard Hilgard. 1985

carton 3, folder 36-37

George Macy Companies. 1958-1968

carton 3, folder 38

"Ah, Wilderness!". 1970-1972

oversize-box 3, folder 16

"Ah, Wilderness!". 1970-1972

carton 3, folder 39

"Bel Ami". 1966-1968

carton 3, folder 40

"Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra". 1962-1964

carton 3, folder 41

"Our Town". 1972-1975

carton 3, folder 42

"Russian Folk Tales". 1969-1970

carton 3, folder 43

Sara Gerstle. 1950-1958

 

Ghirardelli Square.

carton 4, folder 1

Brochures. 1963-1970

carton 4, folder 2

Press Idea. 1969

volume 1

Layout and Finished Product. 1970

 

Golt, Rick.

carton 4, folder 3

Saudi Arabia. 1979-1982

 

Mock-up. circa 1980

carton 4, folder 4

Grace Cathedral. 1970-1971

oversize-box 3, folder 12

"Celebration of Twelve Windows on the Theme Human Endeavor". undated

carton 4, folder 5

Green Library Dedication. 1979-1980

carton 4, folder 6

Dick Grossman- Grossman Publishers. 1962

 

Lawrence Halprin.

carton 4, folder 7

The Landscape of the City. 1962-1972

carton 4, folder 8

Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Presentation Panels. 1975

oversize-box 3, folder 13

Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Presentation Panels. 1975

carton 4, folder 9

Peter Harald- Hallmark. 1968-1970

carton 4, folder 10

James D. Hart 60th Birthday Book. 1971

carton 4, folder 11

University of Hawaii Press. 1972

carton 4, folder 12

Hawken. 1968

carton 4, folder 13-14

The Headlands Club. 1967-1968 1981

carton 4, folder 15

Headstart- Libby Byers. 1968-1970

carton 4, folder 16

Helms, Anne & Ken. 1973

carton 4, folder 17

Gale Herrick- Cicero. 1980

carton 4, folder 18

Imogen Cunningham. 1980-1982

carton 4, folder 19

USIA Catalogue. 1982-1987

carton 4, folder 20-21

1975 Trust #1 and #2. 1974-1976

carton 4, folder 22

Inland Printer. Designer of the Month. 1964

carton 4, folder 23

International Association of Bibliophiles. 1985

carton 4, folder 24

Nico Israel, van den Keere map. 1978

carton 4, folder 25

William James Foundation. 1975-1976

carton 4, folder 26

William James Society, A Little Rebellion Now and Then . 1976

carton 4, folder 27

Robinson Jeffers. 1972-1977

carton 4, folder 28-29

Job Samples. 1947-59

oversize-box 3, folder 14

Job Samples. 1947-59

volume 2

Job Samples and Portfolio for soliciting business for the Greenwood Press. 1948-1953

Content/Description

Adrian Wilson, 1st half; Jack Stauffacher, 2nd half
 

Proctor Jones.

carton 4, folder 30

France . 1980-1983

 

Mock-up. circa 1982

carton 4, folder 31

Classical Idylls of Russia . 1984 undated

carton 4, folder 32

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company. 1964

carton 4, folder 33

Weldon Kees. 1954-1978

carton 4, folder 34

Clarence Kennedy Book. 1971

carton 4, folder 35

Freda Koblick. undated

carton 4, folder 36

Josiah Lancaster Brochure. 1965

carton 4, folder 37

Lane Book Company. 1960-1970

carton 4, folder 38

Adventures in Food . 1963-1970

carton 4, folder 39

The California Missions . 1964

oversize-box 3, folder 15

The California Missions . 1964

oversize-drawer B, folder 2

Lahaina . 1964

carton 4, folder 40

Western National Parks . 1964-1965

carton 4, folder 41

Western Gardens . 1965

carton 4, folder 42

The Patterson Touch . 1966

carton 4, folder 43

The Spice Islands Cook Book . 1968

carton 4, folder 44

Letraset Type Design. undated

carton 4, folder 45

R. E. Lewis. undated

 

Limited Editions Club.

carton 4, folder 46

Thornton Wilder, "Our Town". 1974

carton 4, folder 47

"Roxana". 1975-1976

carton 4, folder 48

James Linden, More Prints for the Theater. undated

carton 4, folder 49

L A C A. Irving Stone Slate. 1970

carton 4, folder 50

Louisiana State University Press. Orozco. 1964-1965

carton 4, folder 51

Lee McRae. 1984-1986

carton 5, folder 1

Mara Books. 1970-1977

carton 5, folder 2

Market Street Redevelopment. 1974

carton 5, folder 3

Paul Masson, Music at the Vineyards. 1968

carton 5, folder 4

Rosario Mazzeo. 1969

 

Ved Parkash Mehta.

carton 5, folder 5

Wedding Announcements. 1983

carton 5, folder 6

Manuscripts and Correspondence. 1983-1987

carton 5, folder 7

Three Stories of Raj . 1986

carton 5, folder 8

Mills College. 1948

carton 5, folder 9

Dembour and Gangel. 1974

Content/Description

Mines d'Or de la Californie
carton 5, folder 10

Miscellaneous Jobs. 1970

 

University of Nevada Press.

carton 5, folder 11

Doten, Alfred, The Journals of Alfred Doten, 1849-1905 . 1971

carton 5, folder 12

University of New Mexico Press. 1968

carton 5, folder 13

Nicasio Wine Labels. 1981-1982

 

Norton Simon.

carton 5, folder 14

Catalogue. 1972-1973

carton 5, folder 15

Posters and Postcards. 1973

carton 5, folder 16

Oakland Museum. 1968-1969

carton 5, folder 17

Duncan Olmsted, How to Stay Young. 1985

carton 5, folder 18

Bill Owens Portfolio. 1977

 

Peregrine Smith.

carton 5, folder 19

Bernard Maybeck . 1975-1977

carton 5, folder 20

Greene and Greene . 1976-1978

 

Greene and Greene . 1976-1978

carton 5, folder 21

Programs. undated

carton 5, folder 22

PROMEX- Promociones Editoriales Mexicanas. 1976-1980

carton 5, folder 23

Random House. 1959-1960

carton 5, folder 24

RETZ Book Design Article. 1975-1976

carton 5, folder 25

Bernard M. Rosenthal Inc. 1970

carton 5, folder 26

Albi Rosenthal. 1979-1980

carton 5, folder 27

I A B. 1984-85

 

Roxburghe Club.

carton 5, folder 28

Menu. 1964

carton 5, folder 29

Announcement. 1969

carton 5, folder 30

February 16, 1971. 1971

carton 5, folder 31

John Dreyfus. 1972

carton 5, folder 32

Sebastian Carter. 1973

carton 5, folder 33

Zamorano Keepsake: Ansel Adams and his Roxburghe Friends. 1984

carton 5, folder 34

Book Sheet Portfolio. 1985

carton 5, folder 35

Gerry Rubin Co-Op. undated

carton 5, folder 36

Sacramento Bee Cartoon Book. 1982-1983

carton 5, folder 37

Sacramento Union. 1971

Content/Description

Sacramento Symphony Roll of Honor Book #1 and #2
 

Helen Salz.

carton 5, folder 38

Poems & Portraits. 1970-1974

carton 5, folder 39

Manuscript. 1970

carton 5, folder 40

San Francisco Examiner . 1978

Content/Description

Special Project "In Celebration of Ourselves"
carton 5, folder 41

San Francisco Museum of Art. 1977-1978

Content/Description

Margery Mann
carton 5, folder 42

Schnier Catalogue. 1963

carton 5, folder 43

Sierra Club. 1968

 

Gibbs Smith.

carton 5, folder 44

Steinlen . 1983

carton 5, folder 45

Toulouse Lautrec Album. 1983

carton 5, folder 46

Society of Graphic Arts. 1951-1952

carton 5, folder 47

Standard Oil Company of California Recruiting Book. 1963

carton 5, folder 48-49

Stanford Library Associates. 1970-1984 1982

 

Ansel Adams & Wallace Stegner Conversation. 1982

carton 5, folder 50

Stanford University Libraries. 1966-1967

carton 6, folder 1

Stanford University Press. Robinson Jeffers. 1985-1988

carton 6, folder 2

Star Wars: Defense or Death Star? (Wilderness Press). 1985

carton 6, folder 3

Stewart & Ristonpart Card. undated

carton 6, folder 4

Stevenson: "The Old Pacific Capital". 1970

Content/Description

  • UC Santa Cruz -- "Making of a Photographic Book"
  • Workshop with Ansel Adams
carton 6, folder 5

Stock Exchange Club. 1977

carton 6, folder 6

SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 1963-1965

Content/Description

Freedom School Poetry
carton 6, folder 7

Taylor & Taylor. 1949

carton 6, folder 8

Tennessee, University of Memphis Press. 1975

carton 6, folder 9

Triad Management Services. 1980

Content/Description

King Abdul Aziz Al Saud
carton 6, folder 10

Troupe Royale. 1970-1971

carton 6, folder 11

University of San Francisco Schola Cantorum. 1952

carton 6, folder 12

Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1984

carton 6, folder 13

Vedanta Society. 1969

Content/Description

Clive Johnson
 

University of Washington Press.

carton 6, folder 14

Correspondence. 1959-1970

carton 6, folder 15

Imogen! [Cunningham]. 1973-1975

oversize-box 3, folder 17-18

Imogen! [Cunningham].

carton 6, folder 16

After Ninety [Imogen Cunningham]. 1976-1978

carton 6, folder 17

Imogen! [tape transcription for captions]. 1974-1976

carton 6, folder 18

George Waters Photolithography. 1970

carton 6, folder 19

Echeveria Keepsake. 1971

carton 6, folder 20

Letterhead. 1971

carton 6, folder 21

Olaus Murie. 1980

carton 6, folder 22

Mona Lisa. undated

carton 6, folder 23

Ray Watts, Broadside. 1973

carton 6, folder 24-25

Marie de L. Welch / Dr.Mariquita West, The Otherwise . 1978

Content/Description

estimates, layouts and paste-ups
carton 6, folder 26

Western Books Catalogue. 1971

oversize-box 3, folder 19

Western Books Catalogue.

carton 6, folder 27

Dorothy Whitnah, Broadside. 1980

carton 6, folder 28

Zepplin W. Wong, Letterhead. 1968

carton 6, folder 29-30

World Book Encyclopedia and Yearbook Critiques. 1974

carton 6, folder 31

William P. Wreden Catalogue Covers. 1972-1975

carton 6, folder 32

Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons. 1972

oversize-box 3, folder 20

Unidentified layouts. undated

carton 6, folder 33

Requests for Information and Samples. undated

carton 6, folder 34

Job Possibilities. 1962

carton 6, folder 35-37

Invoices. 1970-1972

carton 6, folder 38

343 Front Street. 1958

Content/Description

Inventories and Sale Contract to Roy Kibbee
carton 6, folder 39

Glue - It - Yourself. 1961

carton 6, folder 40

Microcards. undated

carton 6, folder 41

Photolettering Inc. - Rondthaler. undated

carton 16, card-file 1

Adrian Wilson Time/Work Cards - Index Cards with daily work schedule and appointments. 1959-1986

oversize-box 9, folder 3

Adrian Wilson Shop Sign- design for. undated

 

Series 3. Projects. 1954-1989

Physical Description: Cartons 7-11; Carton 12, folders 1-18; Carton 16, card file boxes 2-4; Cartons 19-20; Oversize boxes 4-8, 12-14

Arrangement

Divided into twelve subseries arranged chronologically by project.

Content/Description

This series documents both Adrian and Joyce Wilson's work on their own publications, from Adrian Wilson's Printing for Theater (1957) to Joyce Wilson's collection of Adrian's World War II correspondence, Two Against the Tide (1990). Included are drafts, congratulatory letters, deleted sections, layouts, illustrations, and notes. Many of the letters used as the basis for Two Against the Tide can be found in this series. Also included here are Joyce Wilson's unpublished memoirs of Adrian Wilson's life entitled, "A Printer's Progress."
 

Subseries 3.1. Printing for Theater. 1954-1959

carton 7, folder 1

Final draft. 1954-1958

carton 7, folder 2

Congratulations. 1954-1958

carton 7, folder 3

Beatrice Warde- Stanley Morison Article. 1959

 

Subseries 3.2. The Design of Books. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 4

Draft #1. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 5

Draft #2. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 6

Drafts, Fragments and Quotations. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 7

Outlines and Notes. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 8

Introduction. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 9

Chapter 1 "The Art of the Lay-Out". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 10

Chapter 2 "Typography". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 11

Chapter 2 [3] "Toward the Modern Book". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 12

Chapter 4 "Tools of the Book Designers". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 13

Chapter 5 "The Parts of a Book". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 14

Chapter 6 "Systems". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 15

Chapter 7 "Typography". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 16

Chapter 8 "Designing a Prose Book". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 17

Chapter 9 "Designing a Book of Poetry". 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 18

List of Illustrations to be Photographed. 1967-1968

oversize-box 4, folder 1-19

Annotated Page Layouts with Illustrations. 1967-1968

oversize-box 5, folder 1-2

Illustration Samples. 1967-1968

oversize-box 5, folder 3-8

Photo Proofs. 1967-1968

carton 5, folder 9-20

Annotated Page Layouts with Illustrations. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 19

Index with Annotations. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 20

Deleted Sections. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 21

Bibliography. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 22

Reinhold Publishing Company- Correspondence and Contact. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 23

Correspondence. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 24

Publicity and Book Reviews. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 25

Questionnaire to Book Manufacturers. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 26

Critique. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 27

Orders. 1967-1968

carton 7, folder 28

Reprint Information. 1973-1988

carton 7, folder 29

Notes and Layouts. undated

carton 7, folder 30

Typed manuscript of the Introduction with annotation and Revised Jacket Copy. undated

carton 7, folder 31

Jacket Design Layout. undated

carton 7, folder 32

Colophon. undated

 

Subseries 3.3. The Four Kings of the Forest. 1973-1975

carton 7, folder 33

Correspondence. 1973-1975

carton 7, folder 34

Orders. 1973-1975

carton 7, folder 35

Bills. 1973-1975

 

Subseries 3.4. The Ark of Noah. 1975-1981

carton 7, folder 36

Printing in Progress/Art Proofs. 1975

carton 7, folder 37

Correspondence. 1975-1981

carton 7, folder 38

Orders. 1975-1979

carton 7, folder 39

Keepsake. 1975

 

Subseries 3.5. A Child's Garden of Verses. 1975-1982

carton 7, folder 40

Correspondence. 1975-1980

carton 7, folder 41

Printing. 1976-1978

carton 7, folder 42

Trade Edition. 1978-1979

carton 7, folder 43

Library Orders. 1978-1980

carton 7, folder 44

Distribution. 1978-1982

 

Subseries 3.6. The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle. 1969-1981

carton 8, folder 1

Congratulations, Kudos, Correspondence, Reviews and Awards. 1969-1972

carton 20, folder 9

Congratulatory Letters. 1976

carton 8, folder 2

Front Matter. 1975

carton 8, folder 3

Contents and Illustrations. 1975

carton 8, folder 4

Preface. 1975

carton 8, folder 5

Introduction by Peter Zahn. Nov. 1974

carton 8, folder 6

Nico Israel. 1973-1977

carton 8, folder 7

Chapter 1: "Early Book Design". 1975

carton 8, folder 8

Chapter 2: "The Contracts". 1975

carton 8, folder 9

Chapter 3: "The Layout Volumes". 1975

carton 8, folder 10

Chapter 4: "The Latin Exemplar". 1975

carton 8, folder 11

Chapter 4: "The Preliminary Layouts". 1975

carton 8, folder 12

Chapter 5: "Georg Alt and Scribes". 1975

carton 8, folder 13

Chapter 5: "The German Exemplar". 1975

carton 8, folder 14

Chapter 6: "Koberger". 1975

carton 8, folder 15

Chapter 7: "Printing and Watermarks". 1975

carton 8, folder 16

Chapter 8: "The Artists: Wolgemut, Pleidenwurff and Durer". 1975

carton 8, folder 17

Chapter 9: "The Advertisement". 1975

carton 8, folder 18

Chapter 9: "Distribution, Final Accounting". 1975

carton 8, folder 19

Chapter 10: "Schedel's Copy in Munich". 1975

carton 8, folder 20

Bibliography and Index. 1975

carton 8, folder 21

Index for the Illustrations. 1975

oversize-box 6, folder 1-7

Layout pages. circa 1975

oversize-box 6, folder 8

Illustrations, Annotated Layouts and Negatives. 1975

oversize-box 6, folder 9

Research Notes. circa 1975

carton 8, folder 22

Appendix. 1975

carton 8, folder 23

References. 1975

carton 8, folder 24

Final Typesetter's manuscript. 1975

carton 8, folder 25-28

Indexing manuscript. 1975

carton 8, folder 29

Galley Notes. 1975

carton 8, folder 30

Preface for Draft #2. March 1977

carton 8, folder 31

Master Drawings for the Chronicle Illustrations. 1973-1975

oversize-box 7

Galley Proofs with annotations. 1975

carton 20, folder 10-19

Photo Negatives and Proofs. circa 1975

carton 8, folder 32

Second Printing Orders. 1978-1981

carton 8, folder 33

Notes and Correspondence in reference to photographs. 1968-1975

carton 8, folder 34-35

Correspondence. 1968-1984

carton 8, folder 36

Correspondence and Notes regarding the English Edition. 1974-1978

carton 8, folder 37

Publications Correspondence. 1967-1972

carton 9, folder 1

Urs Graf Verlag Publications Correspondence. 1970-1971

carton 9, folder 2

Kudo Letters and Reviews. 1976-1978

carton 9, folder 3

Proof Sheets. 1975

carton 9, folder 4

Layout Pages. 1975

carton 9, folder 5

Annotated Photocopies. undated

carton 9, folder 6-7

Second Edition. 1981

carton 9, folder 8

Notes, Layouts and Annotated Photocopies. 1973

carton 9, folder 9

First Photocopy Dummy. undated

carton 9, folder 10

Typed manuscript with annotations. undated

carton 8, folder 11

Correspondence. 1967-1974

carton 16, card-file 2

Index Card Sets: Bibliography, Illustrations and Text. 1975

 

Subseries 3.7. A Medieval Mirror. 1978-1987

carton 9, folder 12-13

Illustrations. 1978

carton 9, folder 14

University of California Press. 1978

carton 9, folder 15

Typesetting Mark-Up of the Table of Contents. undated

carton 9, folder 16-17

Speculum Humanae Salvationis Study. undated

carton 9, folder 18

Typeset Changes. undated

carton 9, folder 19

Draft. undated

carton 9, folder 20

Page Layout. undated

carton 9, folder 21

Draft with Annotations. undated

carton 9, folder 22

Photocopies of Illustration Layouts with annotations. undated

carton 9, folder 23-24

Illustration Layouts and Photos. undated

carton 9, folder 25

List of Illustrations. undated

carton 10, folder 1

Draft Preface, Chapters 2, 3, and 4. undated

carton 10, folder 2

University of California Press Catalogue. Fall 1983

carton 10, folder 3-5

Original manuscript with annotations. 1981

carton 10, folder 6-8

Original manuscript carbon with annotations. Oct. 1981

carton 16, card-file 3-4

Index Card Sets: Subject File, Bibliography. 1981

carton 10, folder 9-11

Verougstraete, Helene, Le Speculum Humanae Salvationis (plus notes by AW). 1968

carton 10, folder 12

Notes. 1979-1986

carton 10, folder 13

Promotion. 1984-1985

carton 10, folder 14

Review and Promotion. 1984-1987

carton 10, folder 15

Dutch Critiques. 1980-1981

carton 10, folder 16

Correspondence. 1979-1986

 

Subseries 3.8. The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson. 1983-1985

carton 10, folder 17-18

Preface and Draft #1. 1983

carton 10, folder 19-20

Preface and Draft #2. 1983

carton 10, folder 21

Preface and Draft #3 (to page 140 only). 1983

carton 10, folder 22

Checklist for Bibliography. 1983

carton 10, folder 23

Page Layouts. 1983

carton 10, folder 24

Annotated Illustration Layouts. 1984-1985

oversize-box 6, folder 10-11

Annotated Illustration and Page Layouts. 1984-1985

oversize-box 8

Final Proof. 1984-1985

carton 10, folder 25

Revised Prospectus. 1983

carton 10, folder 26

Correspondence/ Comments. 1984-1985

carton 10, folder 27

Leather Importing Papers. 1984-1985

carton 11, folder 1

Production and Distribution. 1984-1958

oversize-box 12-13

Overruns. circa 1985

oversize-box 14, folder 1-7

Overruns. circa 1985

carton 11, folder 2

Illustration Cuts. undated

 

Subseries 3.9. More Printing for the Theater. circa 1987

oversize-box 14, folder 8-16

Overruns. circa 1987

 

Subseries 3.10. Two Against the Tide. 1941-1988

carton 11, folder 6

Waldport, early papers. 1945

carton 11, folder 7

Registration and Pacifist Statement. 1943-1945

carton 11, folder 8

Miscellaneous Letters: Cruise, Pendle Hill, Union, and San Francisco. 1945-1952

carton 11, folder 9-11

Round Robin Theater Letters. 1945-1952

carton 11, folder 12

Miscellaneous Letters (December, 1947). 1947-1948

carton 11, folder 13

World War II, COS Correspondence. 1970s

carton 11, folder 14

Notes and Transcription of Tape Session. May 7, 1977

carton 11, folder 15

Manuscript #1 with annotations. 1984

carton 11, folder 16

Manuscript #2 with annotations. 1984

carton 11, folder 17

Manuscript #3 with annotations. 1984

carton 11, folder 18

Doris Ober Critique. 1985

carton 11, folder 19-20

Typed, Annotated manuscript. 1987

carton 11, folder 21

Typed, Annotated manuscript (Chapter 5 -- Conclusion). 1987

carton 11, folder 22-24

Manuscript #4- Desk Copy with revision notes. 1987

carton 11, folder 25-26

Manuscript #5 (with revision notes). 1987

carton 11, folder 27-29

Manuscript #6. 1987

carton 12, folder 1

Revised Master. March 1988

carton 12, folder 2

Revised Pages. Dec. 1988

carton 12, folder 3

Prologue. 1988

carton 12, folder 4-5

Typed manuscript. 1988

carton 12, folder 6-8

Printout from W. Thomas Taylor Publishing Company. 1988

carton 12, folder 9

Notes. undated

carton 12, folder 10

Subject Index Cards which correspond to letters written by Wilson to his parents. 1941-1944

carton 12, folder 11

"Waldport"- Annotated Original manuscript. undated

carton 12, folder 12

Two Against the Tide- extra pages. undated

carton 12, folder 13-14

Two Against the Tide: A Conscientious Objector in World War II, Selected Letters, 1941-47 . 1988

Content/Description

[Parts I and II with outlines]
oversize-box 6, folder 12

Layouts. undated

 

Subseries 3.11. The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers. 1987-1988

carton 12, folder 15

Draft #1-Page Layouts with annotations by Wilson. 1987-1988

carton 12, folder 16

Draft #2-Page Layouts with annotations by Wilson. 1987-1988

carton 12, folder 17

Layouts, Photocopies, and Paper Samples. 1988

carton 12, folder 18

Correspondence, including William Everson. 1987-1988

oversize-box 6, folder 13

Page Layouts with annotations. 1987-1988

 

Subseries 3.12. "A Printer's Progress." circa 1989

carton 19, folder 1-22

Typescripts. circa 1989

carton 20, folder 1-8

Typescripts. circa 1989

 

Series 4. Subject Files. 1884-1993

Physical Description: Carton 12, folders 19-40; Carton 13, folders 1-25; Carton 18; Oversize box 9, folder 2; Volume 3

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Content/Description

The series consists of files on various topics and organizations of interest to Wilson, primarily relating to the art of printing. Included are articles Wilson translated in his research for The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle. Also included in this series are Wilson's files pertaining to his work analyzing manuscripts with the cyclotron at U.C. Davis.
carton 12, folder 19

American Printing History Association (APHA). 1975-1983

carton 18, folder 14

Americans in the Mexican Sugar Industry by Paul Miles. 1946

carton 12, folder 20

Apprentices. 1968-1987

carton 12, folder 21

Association Typographique Internationale. undated

carton 12, folder 22

Bancroft Library Archives. undated

carton 12, folder 23

Bookbinding. undated

carton 12, folder 24

Bookbuilders West. 1970-1971

carton 12, folder 25

Book Club of California. 1980-1988

carton 12, folder 26

Book Design Foundation, Inc. 1972-1976

carton 12, folder 27

Book Fairs and Exhibitions. 1976-1987

carton 12, folder 28

Calligraphy. undated

carton 18, folder 1-5

Cyclotron Testing- U.C. Davis. 1981-1993

carton 18, folder 6

Articles. 1981-1982

carton 18, folder 7

Chapbook. 1983

carton 18, folder 8

Researches Concerning the History of the First Printing [from Richard Schwab]. 1983

carton 18, folder 9

Needham, Paul, "The Paper Supply of the Guttenberg Bible". 1985

carton 18, folder 10

Vinland Map. 1985

carton 18, folder 11

Gutenberg. 1986

carton 12, folder 29

Fine Print: Reactions to Herbet H. Johnson's"Notes on Frederic Warde...". 1986

carton 12, folder 30

Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco. 1976-1983

Content/Description

Included: Lecture, Feb. 1984. "A Loving Collaboration: The Wilsons as Authors and Artists."
carton 12, folder 31

Graphic Roundtable. 1960-1970

oversize-box 9, folder 2

Hay Prints- rubbings and drawings of leaves. undated

carton 12, folder 32

Interplayers. undated

Content/Description

(regarding the Bella Union Theater)
volume 3

Interplayers- scrapbook. 1939-1941

carton 12, folder 33

Robinson Jeffers, Meditation. 1951

carton 12, folder 34

"Journals of a Journeying Printer" Drafts. 1969-1981

 

The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle Research Articles:. 1969-1981

carton 12, folder 35

Bellum, "Wolgemut's Sketchbook in the Berlin Print Cabinet" (translated by Bernard Rosenthal). undated

carton 12, folder 36

Buhler, Curt F., " Fasciculus Temporum and Morgan Manuscript 801". undated

carton 12, folder 37

Bullen, H.L., " Nuremberg Chronicle Monograph". undated

carton 12, folder 38

Geldner, Ferdinand, "The German Incunabula Printers" (translated by Adrian Wilson). 1968

carton 12, folder 38

Grote, Ludwig, "Sebald Schreyer"(translated by Adrian Wilson). 1954

carton 12, folder 39

Haitz, Michael, "Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik"(photocopy, in German only). 1899

carton 12, folder 40

Hopfner, Walter, "Drs. Hermann und Hartman Schedel" (photocopy, in German only). undated

carton 13, folder 1

Random Latin Text Translations. undated

carton 13, folder 2

Rostenberg, Leona, "The Libraries of Three Nuremberg Patricians, 1491-1568". undated

carton 13, folder 3

Schottenloher, Karl, "Hartmann Schedel, 1440-1514," Philobiblon, volume 12, 1940 (translated by Max Knight). 1940

carton 13, folder 4

Stadler, Franz J., "Michael Wolgemut and the Nuremberg Woodcut in the Last Third of the Fifteenth Century " (translated by Adrian Wilson). undated

carton 13, folder 5

Stauber, Richard, "Die Scheldelsche Bibliothek" (Adrian Wilson translation of page 74). 1908

carton 13, folder 6

Stegman, H., "Die Handzeichnungen der Manuskripte Schedelschen eltchronik" (translated by Adrian Wilson). 1895

carton 13, folder 7

Stillwell, Margaret Bingham, "The Fasciculus Temporum : A Genealogical Survey of Editions Before 1480" (annotated by Adrian Wilson). 1924

carton 13, folder 8

Thausing, M., "Michael Wolgemut as Master W," (translated by Adrian Wilson). 1884

carton 13, folder 9

Von Loga, Valerie "Cityviews in Hartmann Schedel's World Chronicles" (translated by Adrian Wilson). undated

carton 13, folder 9

Von Loga, Valerie "Woodcuts of Michael Wolgemut" (translated by Adrian Wilson). undated

carton 13, folder 10

Wattenbach, W., "Hartmann Schedel as Humanist.". undated

carton 13, folder 11

Winzinger, Franz, Durer, Chapter 1: "His Life Story" (translated by Lily Kramer). undated

carton 13, folder 12

Zahn, Peter, "New Discoveries on the Origins of the Schedel World Chronicle" (translated by Adrian Wilson). 1973

carton 13, folder 13

Manuscripts as Models. undated

carton 13, folder 14

Pacific Center for the Book Arts. 1983-1985

carton 13, folder 15

Paper. undated

carton 13, folder 16

Timothy Barrett- Paper Science. 1978-1985

carton 13, folder 17

Print Collector's Newsletter (Adrian Wilson book review). Aug. 1978

carton 13, folder 18

Private Presses. undated

carton 13, folder 19

San Francisco Art Commission. 1985-1986

carton 13, folder 20

San Francisco Museum -- Graphic Design Group. 1960-1963

carton 13, folder 21

San Francisco Review of Books "Selected Books on Book and Printing Design". 1977

 

Sluiter, Engel.

carton 18, folder 12

"New Light on the South Sea Voyage of Richard Hawkings" -- typescript. undated

carton 18, folder 13

"The Voyage of Jaques Mahu and Simon de Cordes"- Masters thesis. 1933

carton 13, folder 22

Typefaces and Types. undated

carton 13, folder 23

Typography -- The Times Literary Supplement. 1973

carton 13, folder 24

Wehmer, Carl, "Early Mainz Printing". 1977

carton 13, folder 25

Wood Engraving -- Barry Moser. 1982

 

Series 5. Lectures, Seminars, Speeches and Exhibitions. 1955-1988

Physical Description: Carton 13, folders 26-68; Carton 14, folders 1-36; Oversize box 10

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Content/Description

The series consists of files on various appearances made by Wilson. Files are organized chronologically and may contain any of the following: copies of speeches presented, correspondence, notes, publicity, contracts, and itineraries.
carton 13, folder 26

"The Miracle of Design in Printing At All," Sacramento State College. July 6, 1955

carton 13, folder 27

Untitled Speech to The Young Printers Group, San Francisco, CA. 1956

carton 13, folder 28

"The Art of Lithography," Editions DeLuxe Lecture Sources. 1960-1962

carton 13, folder 29

"Design for Books and Printing" Seminar, San Francisco Institute of Art. July 1961

carton 13, folder 30

Class Letterheads. July 1961

carton 13, folder 31

Untitled Speech given at the Highlands Book Fair, San Francisco, CA. Nov. 9, 1961

carton 13, folder 32

Lurs-en-Provence Lecture and article for the Book Club of California Quarterly (lecture is in French). Aug. 1962

carton 13, folder 33

"The Book Designer," City College of San Francisco. Oct. 18, 1962

carton 13, folder 34

"Birth of a Book," National Audubon Western Conference. April 7, 1963

carton 13, folder 35

"Librarianship 211," Lecture notes and Class Schedule: Library School, UC Berkeley. 1963-1964

carton 13, folder 36

University of California -- Library School Exhibits. 1963-1964

carton 13, folder 37

Printing Workshop -- UC Berkeley Extension. May 19-21, 1964

carton 13, folder 38

"Diverging Poles of Book Design," staff of the San Francisco Public Library. Aug. 20, 1964

carton 13, folder 39

"Contemporary Typography...And a Look into the Future," California State College at Los Angeles. April 6, 1965

carton 13, folder 40

Untitled Speech for the Western Book Publisher's Association. May 19, 1965

carton 13, folder 41

"Printing Papers," International Council of Industrial Editors Conference. June 22, 1965

carton 13, folder 42

"The Alphabetic Landscape," Panel Descussion, San Francisco Art Institute. July 8, 1965

carton 13, folder 43

"Fine Printers of Northern California Since 1934," University of California Berkeley Extension. Sept. 14, 1965

carton 13, folder 44

"Books Before Printing," Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco. April 7, 1967

carton 13, folder 45

"The Art of Book Design from The Nuremberg Chronicle to The Bald Soprano," Zamaro Club Lecture, San Francisco, CA. Dec. 6, 1967

carton 13, folder 46

Gallery 303 Lectures. 1967-1973

carton 13, folder 46

"The Design of Books". 1967

carton 13, folder 46

"Making of the Nuremberg Chronicles". 1971

carton 13, folder 46

"Heritage of the Graphic Arts". 1973

carton 13, folder 47

"The Art of the Book Design from The Nuremberg Chronicle to The Bald Soprano," Roxburgh Club Lecture, San Francisco, CA. Feb. 20, 1968

carton 13, folder 48

Conference for the Association of Children's Librarians - Panel Discussion. March 14, 1968

carton 13, folder 49

"Images and Words: The Making of a Photographic Book," Seminar UC Santa Cruz Extension; with Ansel Adams, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall. June 30,1968 - July 5, 1968

carton 13, folder 50

"The Role of Private Presses in California in the Publication of Historical Manuscripts," Symposium for the Society of American Archivists. Sept. 12, 1968

carton 13, folder 51

"Fifty Years of the Grabhorn Press: A Tribute to Edwin Grabhorn," San Francisco Public Library. April 16, 1969

carton 13, folder 52

"San Francisco Presses and Their Books," Stanislaus State College. April 18, 1969

carton 13, folder 53

"Images and Works: The Making of a Photographic Book," Seminar, UC Santa Cruz Extension. June 29,1969 - July 12, 1969

carton 13, folder 54

"Designing Scholarly Books," Western University Presses Meeting. Nov. 15, 1969

carton 13, folder 55

"The Art of Book Design from The Nuremberg Chronicle to The Bald Soprano," Western Art Directors Meeting. Jan. 13, 1970

carton 13, folder 56

"Images and Words: The Making of a Photographic Book" Seminar UC Santa Cruz Extension. Aug. 8-21, 1971

carton 13, folder 57

"The State of Bookbuilding West," Bookbuilders West Show, SF Public Library. Feb. 24, 1971

 

"The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs".

carton 13, folder 58

Cambridge Bibliographical Society. Jan. 17, 1972

carton 13, folder 58

Roxburghe Club. May 16, 1972

carton 13, folder 59

"Five Centuries of Book Design" Town and Gown Club, Berkeley, CA. Nov. 13, 1972

carton 13, folder 60

"The Conception and Delivery of a Book" The Hand Bookbinders of Calfornia. Dec. 6, 1972

carton 13, folder 61

Exhibition of the Work of Bruce Rogers Grolier Club of San Francisco. April 30, 1973

carton 13, folder 62

"The Art and Science of Book Design" Mechanic's Institute, San Francisco, CA. April 3, 1973

carton 13, folder 63

Graphic Design Panel Discussion Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. May 26, 1974

carton 13, folder 64

"Designing Early and Modern Printed Books" The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity Claremont College, Claremont, CA. Jan. 12, 1975

carton 13, folder 65

Douglas Nicholson Exhibition and Seminar Lecture, San Francisco Public Library. May 6, 1975

carton 13, folder 66

Untitled Lecture for UC Berkeley Library School. May 21, 1975

carton 13, folder 67

"Women and the Book"- Joyce Lancaster Wilson, Mills College Library. Oct. 26, 1975

carton 13, folder 68

Bancroft Library Show, UC Berkeley. Sept. 26, 1976

carton 14, folder 1

"Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle," UC Santa Barbara. Feb. 24, 1977

carton 14, folder 2

"The Art of the Book" Class Presentation, Mills College, Oakland, CA. March 10, 1977

carton 14, folder 3

"Nuremberg Chronicle Designs," Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. April 25, 1977

carton 14, folder 4

"Private Presses: The Book As Art," Seminar in Graphic Design, University of Kentucky. Oct. 1977

carton 14, folder 5

Lectures. 1977-1978

Content/Description

"The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle" and "Book Design Early and Late"
 

"Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle". April 1978

carton 14, folder 6

Hopkings Center, Dartmouth University.

carton 14, folder 7

University of Pennsylvania.

carton 14, folder 8

Houghton Library, Harvard University.

carton 14, folder 9

Princeton University Library.

carton 14, folder 10

Newberry Library, Chicago, IL.

carton 14, folder 11

Five Fine Printers Exhibition and "Artistic Maturity" Lecture, UC Davis Library Associates. April 1979

oversize-box 10, folder 12

Photo Layouts. April 1979

 

"Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle". April 1979

carton 14, folder 12

UC Santa Cruz Friends of the Library.

carton 14, folder 13

Wesleyan College Library, Middletown, CT. May 9, 1979

carton 14, folder 14

Brown University Library and the Rhode Island School of Design. May 1979

carton 14, folder 15

UC Berkeley School of Librarianship "History of the Book" Lecture Class. 1980

carton 14, folder 16

Wayzgoose - Los Angeles, CA. Sept. 1980

 

"Wayzgoose Feast: A Celebration of the Book Arts Movement, 1980.

 

"Fine Printing: Revival and Survival".

carton 14, folder 17

Lectures. 1980-1981

 

"Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle".

 

"Art of the Book".

carton 14, folder 18

Art of the Printed Book Conference, University of Nebraska. April 1981

 

"Book Design Early and Late" [Adrian Wilson].

 

"Creating Books for Children Young and Old" [JLW].

carton 14, folder 19

"The Handcrafted Book in California," Exhibit Palo Alto Cultural Center. 1981-1982

carton 14, folder 20

"Chats on Books," Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University. Jan. 22, 1982

carton 14, folder 21

"Reminiscences," Humanities Resource Center, Austin, TX. Oct. 21, 1983

carton 14, folder 22

"A Loving Collaboration: The Wilsons as Authors and Artists," Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco. Feb. 5, 1984

carton 14, folder 23

"Reminiscences," Associates of the Stanford University Libraries. Feb. 12, 1984

carton 14, folder 24

"Book Design Early and Late," Califia Books, San Francisco, CA. Jan. 28, 1985

carton 14, folder 25

"Children's Book Illustration," Joyce Lancaster Wilson, University Press Books Gallery, Berkeley, CA. May 18,1985 - July 15, 1985

carton 14, folder 26

"Limited Editions," San Francisco Club of Lithography and Printing House Craftsmen. Sept. 19, 1985

carton 14, folder 27

"Adrian, Joyce and the Book," Roxburghe Club San Francisco, CA. Nov. 19, 1985

carton 14, folder 28

"Adrian, Joyce and the Book," Huntington Library San Marino, CA. March 1, 1986

carton 14, folder 29

"A Medieval Mirror" / "Adrian,Joyce and the Book". April 1986

Content/Description

Houghton Library, Harvard University Wilson Library, Yale University Univerrsity of Minneapolis
carton 14, folder 30

"Craft Printing After Rollins," Yale University. April 1986

carton 14, folder 31

"Fine Press Printers from California," Oxford Polytechnic Library. June 4-161986

carton 14, folder 32

"Contemporary Fine Presses of the Bay Area," San Francisco Airport. June- Aug. 1986

carton 14, folder 33

"The Wilsons and Books" / "Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle," Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. Oct. 1986

carton 14, folder 34

"Quest for the Middle Ages: Early Manuscripts and the Beginning of Printing" Berkeley, CA. Oct. 1986

carton 14, folder 35

"Classical Typography in the Computer Age," Seminar, Clark Library, UCLA. Feb. 1988

Additional Note

[This seminar was cancelled because of Adrian Wilson's heart condition.]
carton 14, folder 36

12th Annual Exhibit of Chicago and Midwestern Bookmaking - Chicago Book Clinic. undated

 

Series 6. Atlas Advisory Group, Governor's Commission to Review California Water Rights Law. 1977-1979

Physical Description: Carton 14, folders 37-46

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Content/Description

Wilson's book design expertise caused him to be asked to serve on the Advisory Group for the state's production of an atlas of California water resources. The resulting publication, The California Water Atlas, was published in 1979. The series includes correspondence, staff papers, and a draft report produced by the commission.
carton 14, folder 37-39

Correspondence. 1977-1979

 

Governor's Commission to Review California Water Rights Law.

carton 14, folder 40

Staff Paper #1 by Marybelle D. Archibald : "Appropriate Water Rights in California: Background and Issues". May 1977

carton 14, folder 41

Staff Paper #2 by Anne J. Schneider : "Groundwater rights in California: Background and Issues". July 1977

carton 14, folder 42

Staff Paper #3 by Clifford T. Lee : "Legal Aspects of Water Conservation in California". Aug. 1977

carton 14, folder 43

Staff Paper #4 by David B. Anderson : "Riparian Water Rights in California". Nov. 1977

carton 14, folder 44

Staff Paper #5 by Clifford T. Lee : "The Transfer of Water Rights in California". Dec. 1977

carton 14, folder 45

Draft Report. Aug. 1978

carton 14, folder 46

State of California- Office of Planning and Research Bulletin. July 1979

 

Series 7. Wilson Family Papers and Correspondence. 1927-1993

Physical Description: Boxes 12-16; Cartons 15 and 17; Carton 16, card file box 5; Oversize box 15; Oversize box 9, folders 1 and 4

Arrangement

Divided into three sub-series: General Family Papers; Joyce L. Wilson Papers; and Family Correspondence.

Content/Description

Includes personal papers, primarily of Adrian and Joyce Wilson, but also includes other Wilson family papers, such as the correspondence of Adrian P. and Christine Wilson (Adrian's parents). Also includes materials removed from the Wilson library which are organized alphabetically by the title of the publication from which the materials were removed.
 

Subseries 7.1. General Family Papers. 1928-1993

Physical Description: Carton 15; Carton 16, card file box 5; Carton 17, folders 1-26; Oversize box 9, folders 1 and 4

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Content/Description

Primarily consists of Adrian Wilson's papers, including biographies, articles, writings, journals, awards, and limited correspondence relating to Wilson's 1963 surgery.
carton 15, folder 1-2

Adrian Wilson Biographies. 1953-1986

carton 17, folder 1

Memoirs of Adrian Wilson's childhood by Christine Wilson. 1928

carton 15, folder 3

Adrian Wilson: Articles, Drafts and Random Writings. 1935-1987

carton 15, folder 4-8

Notebooks (journals). 1942-1944

carton 15, folder 9

In the Name of Love - A Play by Adrian Wilson. 1946

carton 17, folder 2

Jennifer Lancaster- Baby Book. 1948

carton 15, folder 10

A Checklist of Books Designed and Printed by Adrian Wilson. 1947-1976

carton 15, folder 11

Fullbright Scholarship Applications. 1955-1958

carton 17, folder 3

European Travels. 1958

carton 15, folder 12-14

Lurs-en-Provence Correspondence. 1960-1977

oversize-box 9, folder 1

Adrian P. Wilson 75th Birthday- card design. 1961

carton 15, folder 15

Irene Lancaster correspondence with Adrian P. and Joyce Wilson. 1971-1972

carton 15, folder 16

Book Reviews by Adrian Wilson. 1963 1977

carton 15, folder 17

The Role of the Book Designer . 1963

carton 15, folder 18

Open Heart Surgery Correspondence. 1963

carton 15, folder 19

University of California Regional Oral History Office. 1965-1981

carton 15, folder 20

Nicasio House. 1966-1969

carton 15, folder 21

Tuscany Alley House Fire and Reconstruction. 1968

carton 15, folder 22

Tree Planting in Memory of Jennie Vivian Lancaster. Aug 26, 1968

Content/Description

[Mother of JLW; Eulogy written by Adrian Wilson]
carton 17, folder 4

Calendar. 1969

carton 15, folder 23

National Endowment for the Arts Grant Applications. 1969-1972

carton 15, folder 24

Miscellaneous Grant Applications. 1972

carton 15, folder 25

Who's Who in Graphic Art. 1974-1980

carton 17, folder 5

Melissa Wilson- Wilson Library Bulletin. 1975

carton 15, folder 26

National Endowment for the Arts. 1976

carton 15, folder 27

Guggenheim Fellowship Application. 1977

carton 15, folder 28

California Arts Council Technical Assistance Grant. 1979-1980

carton 15, folder 29-32

Clippings. 1950-88

carton 15, folder 33

Awards of Merit. 1950-1988

oversize-box 9, folder 4

Awards of Merit. 1952-1985

carton 15, folder 34

Adrian Wilson Keepsake (1923-1988). Nov. 1988

Additional Note

Designed by Jack Stauffacher, Greenwood Press
carton 17, folder 6

Adrian Wilson Memorial Broadside. 1993

Additional Note

Designed by James Wehlage, Joyce Lancaster Wilson, and James Linden
carton 16, card-file 5

Souvenir Postcards. undated

carton 17, folder 7

Arm and Hammer Flipbook. undated

carton 17, folder 8

Melissa Wilson- Handmade Journal. undated

carton 17, folder 9

Seller's permit. undated

 

Materials Removed from the Wilson Library.

carton 17, folder 10

Ah, Wilderness! . 1972

carton 17, folder 11

Blue Hooks in Weather . 1983

carton 17, folder 12

Breaking Over . 1987

carton 17, folder 13

The Coppa Murals . 1952

carton 17, folder 14

Cummy's Diary . 1926

carton 17, folder 15

Hortus Academicus Lugduno- Batavus . 1970

carton 17, folder 16

Jealousy . 1971

carton 17, folder 17

My First Publication . 1961

carton 17, folder 18

Nostromo . 1961

carton 17, folder 19

Our Town . 1974

carton 17, folder 20

Poems, 1947-1954 . 1954

carton 17, folder 21

The Poetry of Alice Meywell . 1971

carton 17, folder 22

Racconto in Forma di Farfalla . 1979

carton 17, folder 23

Thomas Benick . 1979

carton 17, folder 24

Two Essays on the Grabhorn Press . 1969

carton 17, folder 25

Will Carter, Printer . 1968

carton 17, folder 26

Windy Road, Narrow Bridges . 1976

 

Subseries 7.2. Joyce Lancaster Wilson. 1927-1987

Physical Description: Carton 17, folders 27-40; Oversize Box 15

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Content/Description

Consists of papers pertaining to Joyce Lancaster Wilson. Much of the series documents her high school career and includes copies of her high school literary magazine, yearbook, and a scrapbook from the period. Also included are her letters to Adrian from 1945-1946.
 

Scrapbook. 1927-1931

carton 17, folder 27-29

The Fort George Lantern- Literary Magazine of George Washington High School. 1929-1931

carton 17, folder 30

Poetry. 1929-1931

carton 17, folder 31

High School Yearbook. 1930

carton 17, folder 32

High School Newspaper. 1930-1931

carton 17, folder 33

Commencement Program. 1931

carton 17, folder 34

Sketchbook. 1933

carton 17, folder 35-36

Letters to Adrian. 1945-1946

carton 17, folder 37

Completed Manuscripts. circa 1970-1987

carton 17, folder 38

Resume. 1979

carton 17, folder 39

Josiah Lancaster. 1993

carton 17, folder 40

Writings- In Progress. undated

 

Subseries 7.3. Wilson Family Correspondence. 1941-1979

Physical Description: Boxes 12-16

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically by correspondent.

Content/Description

The bulk of the subseries consists of correspondence between Adrian Wilson and his parents, Christine and A.P. (Adrian P.) Wilson. Also includes correspondence between Adrian and his brother Norman. In addition, letters of Christine and A.P. Wilson are included in this series, not only those to and from Adrian but also those to Norman and other relatives and friends.
box 12, folder 1-10

Adrian P. and Christine Wilson [parents]. 1941-1943

box 13, folder 1-11

Adrian P. and Christine Wilson. 1944-1945

box 14, folder 1-10

Adrian P. and Christine Wilson. 1946-1955

box 15, folder 1-12

Adrian P. and Christine Wilson. 1956-1969

box 16, folder 1-4

Adrian P. and Christine Wilson. 1970-1979

box 16, folder 5-7

Norman Wilson [brother]. 1946 1948 undated

box 16, folder 8

Letter from William Everson to Henry Miller re: Waldport; note on reverse by AW. 1946

box 16, folder 9

Norman and Claire Wilson [brother and sister in law]. 1958-1959

box 16, folder 10-15

Norman Wilson and Family. 1960-1969 1971-1972

box 16, folder 16

Inez Wilson [aunt]. 1961-1967

box 16, folder 17

Melissa Wilson [daughter]. 1961 1966 1970

box 16, folder 18

Norman Wilson and Family to Adrian P. and Christine Wilson. 1966 1971-1973 1976

box 16, folder 19

Letters to Wilson's parents regarding Adrian, including Ansel Adams. 1964 1968 1974

box 16, folder 20

Inez Wilson [aunt] to Christine Wilson [mother]. Oct. 10, 1970

box 16, folder 21

Adrian P. and Christine Wilson- correspondence with others. circa 1971