Colt Press Records, 1920-1973
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200001wk No online items Guide to the Colt Press Records, 1920-1973 Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc © 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Guide to the Colt Press Records, Special Collections M0240 1 1920-1973 Guide to the Colt Press Records, 1920-1973 Collection number: M0240 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Processed by: Special Collections staff Date Completed: 1974 Feb. © 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Colt Press Records, Date (inclusive): 1920-1973 Collection number: Special Collections M0240 Creator: Colt Press. Extent: 3.5 linear ft. Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Language: English. Access Restrictions None. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Provenance Purchased from Brickrow Bookshop, San Francisco, 1973. Preferred Citation: [Identification of item] Colt Press Records, M0240, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Scope and Content The Colt Press Papers is a collection of business records and correspondence of the Colt Press of San Francisco, California. The business records include: 1) duplicate copies of invoices, 2) checks and bank statements, 3) ledgers, 4) income and sales tax returns, 5) legal contracts and agreements and other financially related material. The correspondence includes letters to and from various people some of whom are: 1) Henry Miller, 2) Valenti Angelo, 3) Frederic Goudy, 4) William Saroyan, 5) Edmund Wilson, 6) Elmer Adler, 7) Beatrice Ward, 8) Robinson Jeffers, 9) John Steinbeck and 10) Paul Bennett. Group One : PRINTED EPHEMERA 1. Booklet: From Mumbo Jumbo and her Nephew to Paul Maul - Dools from the Barstools. Jumbo Press. 2. Advertisement for A Guide and Handbook for Amateurs of Printing. Jumbo Press (two). 3. Booklet: Frederic W. Goudy - a Confidential Interview. Jumbo Press. 4. Booklet: Reverting to Type by Jane Grabhorn. Red Tower Press. Guide to the Colt Press Records, Special Collections M0240 2 1920-1973 5. Five loose pages - Reverting to Type. 6. A Typographic Discourse for the Distaff Side of Printing, a Book by Ladies. Jumbo Press, 1937. 12 loose pages 7. Advertisement - Jumbo Press 8. Birth Announcement - Date: 1957 9. Proof with draft of illumination 10. 2×3 printed note re: recital given at Miss Leila's 11. A Typographic Solecism 12. Printed invitation to Harold Seeger's birthday - Date: May 9, 1939 13. Acrolades From the Press 14. An Evening with Fred Goudy. Invitation to a dinner honoring Goudy - Date: June 10, 1940 GROUP TWO 1. Printed birthday greetings printed by Jumbo Press to Frederic Goudy 2. Fragment of a printed story about Goudy 3. A Guide & Handbook for Amateurs of Printing. Jumbo Press - Date: 1937 4. Printed poem with illustration of a cat 5. Coverslip- Keepsake 1938 - Pilgrimage to Deepdene 6. Guest Book - cover - for the marriage of Marie Louise & Jackson Burke - Date: 1937, illuminated. GROUP THREE 1. Fragment by William Saroyan - printed by Jumbo Press for Albert M. Bender 2. An Fragment Unpublished by the Jumbo Press - manuscript of printed material inserted. 3. Individuality by M. Landi. Printed by Jane & Robert Grabhorn, Date: 1971 4. Show bill - Date: 1937, Diana Dane, performing - announcement of date and location of performance 5. Swing Low Sweet Sherwood (two) 6. Block print - series of elephant figures - symbol of Jumbo Press 7. Melissa Wilson's a wearin' the Green Sleeves, Date: March 17, 1945 8. Block print - Jumbo Press Date: 1937 (two) 9. Printed letter - Martha Jane to Mother 10. Printed broadside entitled Oh Dearly Beloved 11. Printed Broadside - And So... 12. Uncut pages of A Typographic Discourse (6 pages) GROUP FOUR 1. Specimen Pages - The Colussus of Maroussi, H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., New York, Date: 1941 (three) 2. Specimen Page - The Pragmatic Test, H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., New York, Date: 1941 Guide to the Colt Press Records, Special Collections M0240 3 1920-1973 3. Specimen Page - Yvor Winters, H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co. New York, Date: 1942 4. Publication announcement - The Letters of Frank Norris, Date: 1956 5. Advertisement - Announcement of new books from Colt Press 6. Booklet - Life & Hard Times or Sherwood Grover's 25 Years with the Grabhorn Press, Date: 1968 7. Chapter fragment - Chapter 1 - Conversation between Nynheer and Horatio (2 pages) 8. Colt Forty-Five, Date: 1956 9. Birthday greetings to Robert Grabhorn, Date: May 7, 1970 10. Invitation to a dinner honoring Albert Sperisen, Date: 1942 11. Announcement of birthday celebration for Robert Grabhorn's 36th birthday - in French 12. Five proofs - with illuminations 13. Printed invitation from Dr. & Mrs. A.W. Ward 14. Invitation to a Christmas Gathering 15. Printed Poem - Lullabye, signed Marie Louise Burke, Date: Sept. 15, 1939 16. Poem - With no Raison d'Etre but Instead of a Lettre Date: March 4, 1952 17. Broadside of a poem - no title - 1st line - Who's that lying in the middle of the floor... 18. Jan the Dutch Barge Dog by Victoria Bissell, Date: 1960 19. Happy New Year Greetings - Date: 1953 20. Printed poem by Johathan Swift - greeting card from Jane & Robert Grabhorn 21. Easter greeting card 22. Negroes of America by Tommy Bransten GROUP FIVE 1. Revolt of a Tired Typesetter, Grabhorn Press, Date: 1958 2. The Brothers the Mothers by Jane Grabhorn, Grace Hoper Press, Date: 1966 3. Booklet: description of books printed in Date: 1940 and the possibilities for Date: 1941 4. The Colt Springs High for Date: 1940, description of books in print and for sale. 5. A Checklist of Colt Press Books, list of books printed during Date: 1938-1942 6. Colt Press First Anniversary Date: 1939, description of books in print and out of print 7. Printed note to customers re: progress of the Press Guide to the Colt Press Records, Special Collections M0240 4 1920-1973 8. Book Order Forms - Colt Press (6) 9. Address mailing slips (4) 10. List of Colt Press books for sale 11. The Terry-Broderick Duel by Carroll Douglas Hall Advertisement introducing the above book to Colt Press patrons 12. Announcement of publication of California- Spanish Proverbs collected and translated by Mildred Yorba Macarthur. 13. Proofs for the Colt Press Epicure Series 14. Announcement of an exhibition of typographical work of Jane Grabhorn 15. Announcement of exhibition of Colt Press Books 16. Advertisement for Maurizius Forever by Henry Miller 17. Colt Press newsletter - August 1941, two inserts - loose 18. Advertisements for The Colussus of Maroussi by Henry Miller (two) 19. Colt Press Newsletter Date: Dec. 1941 20. Advertisement for Lala Montez by Oscar Lewis 21. Invitation to an exhibit re: Jane Grabhorn & the Colt Press presented by American Institute of Graphic Arts GROUP SIX 1. Broadside: announcement of exhibit of Jumbo & Colt Press books - Date: April 7, 1956 2. Broadside: Christmas Gifts for Lovers - list of various Colt Press books for sale - Date: 1943 3. Book covers: 1. The Colussus of Maroussi, 2. Omai, 3. The Wife of Martin Guerre, 4. The Boys in the Back Room, 5. Note Books of Night 4. Legal agreement between Colt Press and George Ezra Dave re: subscription to all books issued by the Press 5. Announcement of an exhibit & sale of drawings by Otis Oldfield for Colt Press publication of McTeague 6. Title page for the book McTeague by Frank Norris 7. List of books in print and to be printed by the Colt Press 8. Books for Spring from the Colt Press (two) 9. Proof for the pamphlet entitled Colt Press First Anniversary Date: 1939 10. Broadside: Agreement between Colt Press and George Eckhardt entitling Eckhardt to one volume of every book printed by Colt Press, signed Jane Grabhorn, Date: Sept. 22, 1967 GROUP SEVEN 1. Proof for cover of The Gold Rush Song Book 2. Concerning a Cat - Letters from my Nephew Date: 1961 3. Broadside: Songs of the Grabhorn Press - The Ballad of Robert O'Grabhorn 4. Broadside: Travel Tips: from Highly - Seasoned Old Traveler Jane Grabhorn to Ruth Woods, Date: June 20, 1955 5. Broadside: Go Go Go! 6. Broadside: story about Harold Seeger in celebration of his 43rd birthday, Date: 1942 7. Birthday greeting to Robert Grabhorn from Jane Grabhorn for his 68th birthday entitled Once Again into the Breeches 8. Broadside: printed by Jane Grabhorn for Albert M. Bender, Date: 1939, Guide to the Colt Press Records, Special Collections M0240 5 1920-1973 poetry re: St. Patrick 9. Proof sheet for the title page of Wedding Book, Date: 1938 10. Broadside: Individuality by M. Landi printed by Jane & Robert Grabhorn, Date: 1971 11. Broadside: invitation to a party at the Grabhorn Press 12. Broadside: invitation to celebration of R. Grabhorn's 46th birthday, Date: 1946 13. Broadside: A Valentine for Jane 14. Broadside: Ode to a Returning Voyager, Florence Walter, Date: Nov. 2, 1957 15. Broadside: 1st line - Paul, oh Paul, why do you sell hides? 16. Broadside: birthday greeting to Bill on his 56th birthday 17. Broadside: The Whorscope of Sherwood Bissell Grover 18. Broadside: Mama to Papa 19. Broadside: Superwoman Lil 20. Broadside: O Bill dear Bill 21. Broadside: Printed for Margie Pratt by Jane Grabhorn 22.