http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82b958n No online items Regis and Donna Graden Printing Ephemera Collection MS-0552 Special Collections & University Archives 5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050 San Diego, CA 92182-8050 [email protected] URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua Regis and Donna Graden Printing MS-0552 1 Ephemera Collection MS-0552 Contributing Institution: Special Collections & University Archives Title: Regis and Donna Graden Printing Ephemera Collection Identifier/Call Number: MS-0552 Physical Description: 0.00 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): c. 1450-2004 Language of Material: English . Scope and Contents The collection is divided into fifteen series: Keepsakes, Broadsides, Chapbooks and Pamphlets, Illustrations, Prints, and Photographs, Brochures and Leaflets, Correspondence, Cards and Invitations, Menus and Programs, Bookmarks, Periodicals and Newsletters, Catalogs, Printing Artifacts, Framed Items, and Miniatures. Materials come from not only Regis Graden's Nut Quad Press, but also the Grabhorn Press, Grabhorn-Hoyem, Arion Press, Clinker Press, John Henry Nash, Blackwood Press, Black Vine Press, Año Nuevo Press, Lone Goose Press, Quail Hill Press, Sagebrush Press, Pequeño Press, Hill and Dale Press, Anchor & Acorn Press, and many others. The Keepsakes series consists of various formats including leaflets, chapbooks, and broadsides printed to commemorate events such as joint meetings of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, and other special occasions. The Broadsides series consists of posters printed to advertise events, as well as for artistic purposes, many printed letterpress. The series of Chapbooks and Pamphlets includes chapbooks and shorter pamphlets printed by various presses. Subjects include poetry, speeches reprinted as booklets, and various other topics that have been printed and bound in a paper cover. Illustrations, Prints, and Photographs is a small series of mainly engraving prints done by fine presses, including four original John De Pol wood engravings, a highlight of the collection. Brochures and Leaflets includes leaflets printed at fine presses to announce upcoming publications, leaflets printed by paper and type companies to advertise their wares, as as well as brochures and guides from museums. Correspondence includes letters from May Morris and the Luther Burbank Society. Cards and Invitations includes invitations to private sales, holiday greetings from different presses, invitations to presentations, and postcards. The subseries for The Book Club of California and the Zamorano Club are arranged chronologically. Menus and Programs contains the the beautifully printed programs and menus created for the meetings of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, American Printing History Association meetings, and other celebrations. Bookmarks is a small series, of letterpress bookmarks, primarily produced by Andre Chaves at the Clinker Press. Periodicals and Newsletters is divided into three subseries. The first containing periodicals, the second newsletters from presses and associations, and the third consisting of clippings from newspapers and signatures from bound periodicals, as well as incunabula… for some reason. Catalogs are arranged into three subseries, each with catalogs of different types. The first consists of catalogs from sales, presses, and exhibitions. The second consists of directories, listing fine presses and contact information for members of the American Printing History Association, and the third subseries includes catalogs of type specimens in the form of both books and single sheets. Printing Artifacts is broken down into two subseries, the first consisting of printed industry materials such as instructional manuals, and the second subseries consisting of items used in the physical process of printing such as moveable type. Miscellaneous consists of only two items, the diary of Benjamin Franklin Kopf from 1912, an affidavit from 1879, and a digital recording of the oral history of printer Richard J. Hoffman. Framed Items consists of incunabula from the mid 15th century, a leaf from the Kelmscott Chaucer, a collection highlight, mounted and framed, other interesting printed items, as well as portraits of printers with their presses. Miniatures consists of items, mostly books that under five inches, the majority were produced by Monsignor Francis J. Weber at the Junipero Serra Press, Robert E. Massmann at the Art Press, and John Lathourakis at the Tabula Rasa Press. Many were printed as keepsakes for the Miniature Book Society Grand Conclaves. Subjects range from biographies of printers, California history, and religion. Arrangement Note I. Keepsakes II. Broadsides Regis and Donna Graden Printing MS-0552 2 Ephemera Collection MS-0552 III.Chapbooks and Pamphlets IV. Illustrations, Prints, and Photographs V. Brochures and Leaflets VI. Correspondence VII. Cards and Invitations 1.) General Invitations and Cards 2.) Book Club of California Invitations 3.) The Zamorano Club Invitations 4.) Business Cards VIII. Menus and Programs IX. Bookmarks X. Periodicals and Newsletters 1.) periodicals 2.) Newsletters 3.) Clippings XI. Catalogs XII. Printing Artifacts 1.) Printed Items about Printing 2.) Printing Artifacts XIII. Miscellaneous XIV. Framed Items XV. Miniatures Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Preferred Citation Identification of item, folder title, box number, Regis and Donna Graden Printing Ephemera Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library. Keepsakes Series 1 box 1, folder 1 Folder 1 Folder 1 Regis and Donna Graden Printing MS-0552 3 Ephemera Collection MS-0552 Keepsakes Series 1 box 1, folder 1, The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco Medal Item 1 1996 October 26 item 1 Scope and Contents 5x7 card with attached Roxburghe pin. Front: "Inaugurated 26 October 1996 to commemorate the 44th Annual Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles. Presented by the Roxburghe Club Medal Committee. Co-Chairs: George Fox, Bruce Shyer, Malcolm Whyte, Sandor Burstein, Richard Coopersmith, John Lehner, Thomas Goldwasser, Arthur Lyons, Douglas Johns, Jack Stauffacher, printer." Back: "Handset and printed in Kis & Hunt types at The Greenwood Press, San Francisco. Of 150 copies, this is Number 18" box 1, folder 1, Chief Charlot's Battle with Bureaucracy by Michael Harrison Item 2 1992 item 2 Scope and Contents Press of the Golden Key. Chapbook. "125 COPIES have been designed and printed by Donald and Kathryn Fleming for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Club at their joint meeting on September 19 & 20, 1992. This keepsake is presented with the compliments of Jeremy Cole, Donald Fleming, Harry Goff, Michael Harrison, Jennifer Larson, Oscar Lewis, Vincent Lozito, David Myrick, Harold Wollenberg" box 1, folder 1, The Personal Pleasures of a Private Press by John Dreyfus with three engravings item 3 by Gwen Raverat. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the Ashendene Press Collection given to Stanford University by Irving W. Robbins Jr. Item 3 1971 February Scope and Contents Chapbook. Stanford University Libraries "Handset in Jan van Krimpen's 'Romanee'. 1000 copies printed at the StanbrookAbbey Press, Worcester, England on W S H cream wove handmade with mould made covers by Barcham Green Ltd January 1971" box 1, folder 1, The Edwin H. Carpenter Collection of Mexican Colonial Imprints by Norman item 4 Neuerburg Item 4 1996 Scope and Contents Chapbook with inserted page titled "The Edwin H. Carpenter Collection of Mexican Colonial Imprints by Norman Neuerburg" OYAEN PRESS Los Angles 1996 "A keepsake presented to the members of the Zamorano and the Roxbughe Clubs on the occasion of the October 1996beinnial joint meeting by Norman Neuerburg" box 1, folder 1, Recolections of FWG by C. Lauron Hooper Item 5 1938 July 23 item 5 Scope and Contents Chapbook. "These Recolecctions by C. Lauron Hooper, Goudy's first business associate, are here presented in Kennerley types and made into this booklet by A. Colish as a keepsake for visitors to Deepdene on the occasion of the Thrity-fifth Anniversary of The Village Press, July 23, 1938" box 1, folder 1, "Travel with the Prose, Poets: All Bookings Imaginable" Item 6 1992 September item 6 Scope and Contents Printed for the Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, San Francisco. Two pocket folder containing paper from the Roxburghe Hotel, a "passport" of imaginary places, and leaflet listing "destinations" offered by the "Travel Pro(se)" "Malcolm