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Kenneth J. Carpenter correspondence with Lewis M. Allen and Roger Levenson, 1964-1987.
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Title:

Kenneth J. Carpenter correspondence with Lewis M. Allen and Roger Levenson, 1964-1987

Creator/Contributor:

Carpenter, Kenneth, creator, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Allen, Lewis M., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Levenson, Roger, 1914-1994, correspondent.

Abstract:

Letters relating primarily to Carpenter's, Allen's, and Levenson's mutual interests and activities as operators of printing presses.

Date:

1964 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us-nv
Carpenter, Kenneth -- Correspondence
Allen, Lewis M -- Correspondence
Levenson, Roger -- 1914-1994 -- Correspondence
Allen, Lewis M
Carpenter, Kenneth J
Levenson, Roger -- 1914-1994
Black Rock Press.
Tamalpais Press.
Allen Press.
Allen Press.
Black Rock Press.
Tamalpais Press.
Small presses -- California
Small presses -- Nevada
Printers -- California
Printers -- Nevada
Printers
Small presses
California
Nevada

Note:

Kenneth J. Carpenter correspondence with Lewis M. Allen and Roger Levenson, BANC MSS 87/181 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Kenneth John Carpenter (1916-2000) worked on handpresses at University of California, Berkeley, where he worked in the Rare Book Department until 1962. He then moved to the University of Nevada, Reno. While an associate library director at UNR, in 1965 he purchased a Columbian press from Nottingham, England and established the Black Rock Press at the university. The first book issued by the press was William Everson's Springing of the Blade. Carpenter retired in 1980.
In English.
Related collection: Kenneth Carpenter papers (BANC MSS 81/152 c).
Related collection: Roger Levenson papers (BANC MSS 98/82 c).

Type:

Records and correspondence.

Physical Description:

print
0.5 (1

Language:

English

Origin:

California