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Wesleyan University Library collection of fine press ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-073

Scope and Contents

The collection, which is arranged by press name or printer’s name, comprises ephemeral items produced by each press. The bulk are letterpress book prospectuses, but also include press catalogs and other advertising. "Secondary material" here refers to subject or clipping files taken from local and national publications about the press or printer, and are housed in a separate folder from the press ephemera itself.

Dates

  • Creation: 1910s-

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright unknown - Copyright not evaluated

Biographical / Historical

This collection of printed ephemera and subject files about fine presses has been accumulated by Olin Library throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Extent

12.5 Linear Feet (21 hollinger boxes and 2 oversize flat hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection of printed ephemera and subject files about fine presses has been accumulated by Olin Library throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The collection, which is arranged by press name or printer’s name, comprises ephemeral items produced by each press.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged alphabetically by press or printer's name.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accumulated by Olin Library.

Title
Wesleyan University Library collection of fine press ephemera, 1910s-
Author
Processed by Anne Thompson (Wesleyan class of 2002), Cristin Quealy (class of 2004), Martha Fleming-Ives (class of 2005), Melanie McCrea (class of 2006), and Jeffrey Makala in 2004 Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, April 2008 Migrated to ArchivesSpace by Jenny Miglus, August 2020
Date
August 7, 2020
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
Olin Library
252 Church Street
Middletown CT 06459 USA
860-685-3864