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Letterpress printing

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Printing from raised and inked type, distinguished from lithographic or intaglio printing, particularly in the context of book and other text printing.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Calling card of "Miss Ethel Fitton" of "Fairlea, Malvern", circa 1880-1900

 Item — 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 39002100397232], Folder: 125
Call Number: MSS 19 , Series II
Scope and Contents:

Black ink letterpress printed on green paper. "Eva Whyte" is handwritten on the card in graphite which may have been added at a later date.

Dates: circa 1880-1900

Ken Campbell archive

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 25
Scope and Contents: The collection spans the years 1975-2003 and reveals Ken Campbell's creative process throughout his career as a book artist. The bulk of the collection contains Ken Campbell's artist book materials and separate prints which relate to several of his books. Proofs, extra sheets, letterpress forms, zinc etching plates, photographs, negatives and dummies document Campbell's creative process. The collection also includes materials about Campbell's unpublished book ...
Dates: 1975-2003

Simon Cutts constructed archive

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 206
Scope and Contents:

This collection contains correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, objects, artwork, and other papers by or relating to poet, publisher, editor, and artist Simon Cutts. Cutts and his partner Erica Van Horn run the publishing press Coracle Press. Material in the collection document Cutts' art making process, representing his mediums of concrete and visual poetry, sculpture, glass, neon, and publications.

Dates: 1945-2017

Collection of Nineteenth-Century Graphic Art

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 77
Abstract:

This collection contains examples of graphic art from 1800-1899. Many of these materials are not dated; an educated guess as to the age of the material was based on paper type and subject matter.

Dates: 1800-1899

Honorable Company of College Printers Collection

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 50
Abstract:

This collection gives a snapshot of the activities of the student group the Honorable Company of College Printers from the inception of the printing presses in residential colleges at Yale to the 1990s. The heyday of this group was in the mid 1950s to the early 1980s, when George Vaill was active.

Dates: 1936-1991

Janus Press production material

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 47
Abstract:

This collections consists of examples of production materials assembled by Van Vliet and sent to subscription patrons, as well as the accompanying correspondence.

Dates: 2007-2019

Carl Purington Rollins papers

 Collection
Call Number: AOB 9
Abstract:

The Carl Purington Rollins papers document Rollins’s career as a master printer, graphic designer, author, and educator. The collection consists of personal and business correspondence; writings by Rollins and others; materials designed and/or printed by Rollins and others; and research files and notebooks.

Dates: 1880-1983