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SC/05. Book Arts Collections: Paper and Fine Printing

 Record Group Term
Identifier: SC/05

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Comics Collections

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_comics
Abstract

Primarily DC and Marvel Comics from the mid 1980s-late 2000s, but also includes  a small collection of Dutch-language Donald Duck comics. Prominently featured among the DC and Marvel comics are Avengers, Batman, Captain America, Catwoman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Incredible Hulk, Justice League of America, Superman and X-Men.

Dates: Publication: 1986-2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1992-2010; Other: Date acquired: 2011

Crimilda Pontes Graphic Arts Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_pontes
Abstract Archive of the work of graphic designer Crimilda Pontes, concentrated mostly on the period during which she worked for University of Yale Press and Smithsonian Institute. Contains correspondences, obituaries, prayer cards, business cards, photographs, newspapers, newspaper clippings, cards, booklets, enrollment cards, diplomas, travel journals, invitations, calligraphy samples, postcards, event notices, travel budgets, magazines, letterheads, bookplates, sheet music, maps, dust jackets,...
Dates: 1951-1991; Other: Date acquired: 2000-12-14

Fine Press Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_fpephemera
Abstract

Ephemera and documents from numerous American fine presses of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Samples of presswork from Arion, Bergamot, Black Sparrow, Bloodroot, Janus, Kat Ran, Ninja, Sutton Hoo and many more presses.

Dates: 1973-2005; Majority of material found within 1990-2005

Frank Allen Bookplate Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_bookplate
Abstract

Bookplates from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries collected by Frank Allen, a Western Michigan University Librarian, and his former student, Jasper Green Pennington.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1800-2000; Other: Date acquired: 1965 and 2006

Hugh J. Moser Graphic Design Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_moser
Abstract

Pamphlets, guides, serials, samples, packets, and catalogs collected by Upjohn Company graphic designer Hugh J. Moser (1925-2009) relating to the field of graphic design / commercial art from the mid to late twentieth century. Materials on budgeting, estimating, creative process, layout, design, illustration, photography, typography, platemaking, paper, ink, printing processes, die cutting, embossing, binding, finishing and specialty printing.

Dates: 1929-1990; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1950-1990; Other: Date acquired: 2010-04-29

Ives Street Press Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_ivesstpress
Abstract

Collected papers, samples and other materials of Barbara Cash (1930-1997) printer and designer at Ives St. Press (Connecticut and Maine). The collection contains correspondence with authors and colleagues, designs for broadsides and books, business records of the Ives Street and Cellador Presses, professional association meeting and contest materials, and materials for Cash's MFA thesis on fine presses in New England.

Dates: 1979-2001; Majority of material found within Bulk 1981-1992; Other: Date acquired: 2002-04-10

J. Whirler Pop-up and Children's Literature Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_whirler
Abstract A collection of materials from a Portland, Oregon, bookstore, J. Whirler Books specializing in children's books and pop-up books. Collection includes articles and newsletters, book fair programs, publisher advertisement bookmarks, catalogs, directories, postcard advertisements, assorted issues of children's literature serials, and misc. correspondence to booksellerThis collection also has a large number of books associated with it (the books are cataloged individually and searchable through...
Dates: 1971-1999; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1996-1999; Other: Date acquired: 1999

Ladislav R. Hanka Book Arts Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_hanka
Abstract

Bound and loose prints and artist's archive, which includes sketches, proofs, exhibition booklets, reviews of shows and correspondence between Hanka and other artists, writers, galleries, publishers, etc. Some of the books associated with this archive have been cataloged separately and are searchable via Western Michigan University Libraries online catalog otherwise they appear in this finding aid.

Dates: 1975-2007; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1981-1999; Other: Date acquired: 2005-01

March Street Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_marchstreet
Abstract

Editorial office archive of March Street Press including correspondence, typescripts, proofs, copyright documents, photographs, cover art and ephemera. Also contains issues of Parting Gifts magazine and copies of books published by the press.

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

Pages from the Past: original leaves from rare books and manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: 05-exws_pages
Abstract

Primarily individual leaves from European or Near Eastern manuscripts or printed books, but also contains leaves from newspapers, pamphlets, as well as several ancient Near and Middle Eastern artifacts, including a Babylonian cuneiform tablet and cylinder seal.

Dates: 2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE