Fine Press Ephemera Collection
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of correspondence, brochures, greeting cards, postcards, illustrated folios, etc. produced by or relating to Arion, Bergamot, Black Sparrow, Bloodroot, Janus, Kat Ran, Ninja, Sutton Hoo and many other American fine presses which were operating in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Dates
- Creation: 1973-2005
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1990-2005
Creator
- Arion Press (Printer, Organization)
- Black Sparrow Press (Printer, Organization)
- Bloodroot Press (Printer, Organization)
- Janus Press (Printer, Organization)
- Kat Ran Press (Printer, Organization)
- Ninja Press (Printer, Organization)
- Sutton Hoo Press (Printer, Organization)
Extent
5 boxes
Language of Materials
English
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.
Arrangement Note
Both Series 1 and Series 2 are organized alphabetically by press name or printer.
Physical Access Requirements
WMU Special Collections. Non-circulating. Contact department for access.
Physical Description
The Fine Press Ephemera Collection consists of 5 archival boxes (approx. 2.25 linear feet). It is divided into two series: Series 1 covers the first four boxes and is an archive of American fine presswork. It includes printing samples, correspondence and other documents. Series 2 is contained in the fifth and final box of the Fine Press Ephemera Collection. It is a small sub-collection of ephemera (primarily cards, brochures and letterpress printing samples of various fonts), which was donated to WMU Libraries by the Kalamazoo-based Rarach Press.
- Title
- Fine Press Ephemera Collection Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael Dean, Amber Innis
- 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 Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
lib_rbr@wmich.edu