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Katharine Adams correspondence : and other material, approximately 1898-1960.
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Katharine Adams correspondence: and other material, approximately 1898-1960Creator/Contributor:
Adams, Katharine, 1862-1952, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Charrington, John, 1856-1939, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Cockerell, Douglas, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Daniel, C. Henry (Charles Henry), 1836-1919, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Anderson, Mary, 1859-1940, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Geoffroy-Dechaume, Charles, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Gere, Charles M. (Charles March), 1869-1957, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur, 1876-1938, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, 1867-1946, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir, 1863-1952, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Norman, Philip, 1842-1931, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Pissarro, Lucien, 1863-1944, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian), correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Walker, Emery, 1851-1933, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Abbey, J. R. (John Roland), 1896-1969, compiler.Creator/Contributor:
Kelmscott Press, printer.Abstract:
Approximately 150 letters written to Katharine Adams sending congratulations from clients for whom she had bound books, discussing
technical problems (such as the warping of vellum boards), etc. Correspondents include John Charrington, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson,
Douglas Cockerell, Lord Aldenham, C. Henry Daniel, Mary de Navarro, F.S. Ellis, C. Geoffroy-Dechaume, C.M. Gere, F.L. Griggs,
C.H. St. John Hornby, F.G. Kenyon, C. Fairfax Murray, Philip Norman, Lucien Pissarro, Sarah Prideaux, G.B. Shaw, Sir Emery
Walker, and others. Collections also includes: two autograph manuscript addresses given by Adams to the Women's Guild of Art
(on Sarah T. Prideaux, Feb. 26, 1936, and May Morris, Feb. 1940); a record of bindings from 1898 to approximately 1935 comprising
working designs in pencil or stamped in black with tools, including a number of trials for lettering; transfer-drawings used
for decorative bookbindings, including an elaborate design for the Doves Press "Seven poems and two translations" by Alfred
Lord Tennyson; small drawings used for the tooling of spines of the Dyson Perrine copy of the Doves Press Bible; two oversize
scrapbooks containing photographs and original drawings of Adams' bindings and designs, ephemera related to William Morris,
the Kelmscott Press, and the Ashendene Press, etc.; and, miscellaneous photographs and postcards.
Date:
1868 (issued)Subject:
e-uk-enWomen bookbinders -- England -- Correspondence
Bookbinders -- England -- Correspondence
Bookbinding -- England -- History -- 20th century
Fine bindings -- Pictorial works
Relieuses -- Angleterre -- Correspondance
Reliures de luxe -- Ouvrages illustrés
Fine bindings
Bookbinders
Bookbinding
Women bookbinders
England
Doves Press.
Ashendene Press.
Kelmscott Press.
Kelmscott Press
Ashendene Press
Doves Press
Adams, Katharine -- 1862-1952 -- Correspondence
Adams, Katharine -- 1862-1952 -- Archives
Adams, Katharine -- 1862-1952 -- Portraits
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian)
Morris, May -- 1862-1938
Morris, William -- 1834-1896
Morris, William -- 1834-1896 -- Portraits
Morris, Jane -- 1839-1914 -- Portraits
Charrington, John -- 1856-1939 -- Correspondence
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James) -- 1840-1922 -- Correspondence
Cockerell, Douglas -- Correspondence
Daniel, C. Henry (Charles Henry) -- 1836-1919 -- Correspondence
Anderson, Mary -- 1859-1940 -- Correspondence
Ellis, Frederick Startridge -- 1830-1901 -- Correspondence
Geoffroy-Dechaume, Charles -- Correspondence
Gere, Charles M. (Charles March) -- 1869-1957 -- Correspondence
Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur -- 1876-1938 -- Correspondence
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John -- 1867-1946 -- Correspondence
Sir -- Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George) -- 1863-1952 -- Correspondence
Murray, Charles Fairfax -- 1849-1919 -- Correspondence
Norman, Philip -- 1842-1931 -- Correspondence
Pissarro, Lucien -- 1863-1944 -- Correspondence
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian) -- Correspondence
Shaw, Bernard -- 1856-1950 -- Correspondence
Walker, Emery -- 1851-1933 -- Correspondence
Morris, William -- 1834-1896
Morris, Jane -- 1839-1914
Adams, Katharine -- 1862-1952
Anderson, Mary -- 1859-1940
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James) -- 1840-1922
Cockerell, Douglas
Daniel, C. Henry (Charles Henry) -- 1836-1919
Ellis, Frederick Startridge -- 1830-1901
Gere, Charles M. (Charles March) -- 1869-1957
Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur -- 1876-1938
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John -- 1867-1946
Sir -- Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George) -- 1863-1952
Morris, May -- 1862-1938
Murray, Charles Fairfax -- 1849-1919
Norman, Philip -- 1842-1931
Pissarro, Lucien -- 1863-1944
Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian)
Shaw, Bernard -- 1856-1950
Walker, Emery -- 1851-1933
Note:
Gift of Norman H. Strouse; 19 July 1982.
Related item: Corley, P.M.S. Katharine Adams, C.H. StJ. Hornby and the Ashendene Press (BANC MSS 2001/27 z).
Related collection: S.T. Prideaux correspondence (BANC MSS 2011/261).
Katharine Adams Webb (1862-1952) was an English bookbinder. Largely self-trained, Adams enjoyed the patronage of several private
presses, including the Doves Press, the Ashendene Press, and the Kelmscott Press. Her most significant works date from the
first quarter of the 20th century, although she continued to bind books until her death.
Katharine Adams correspondence, BANC MSS 2011/262, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
photographs.scrapbooks.
Portraits
Pictorial works
Photographs
Albums (Books)
Archives
History
Personal correspondence
Photographs.
Albums (Books)
Scrapbooks.
Photographies.
Albums personnalisés.
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Language:
English