US-RPB-ms2013.001 Guide to the Rollo G. Silver papers1815-1986 (bulk 1923-1986) Karen Eberhart. Brown University Library

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Rollo G. Silver papers Duensing, Paul Hayden Wyatt, Leo Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison) Kennedy, Lawton Blanck, Jacob McCurdy, Michael Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel) MS.2013.001 12 Linear Feet 9 record center boxes, 4 clamshell boxes, 1 double-oversize box, 1 shoe box 1815-1986 (1923-1986) Rollo G. Silver (1909–1989) was an American book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing as created by White people in the European printing tradition. With his wife, Alice, he created a major collection of books and manuscripts relating to Walt Whitman. This collection contains his correspondence, research on publishers and typographers, specimens of type and a miniature toy printing press. English . Silver, (Rollo G.) papers Biographical / Historical

Rollo G. Silver (1909–1989) was an American book collector and historian of American printing, typography, and publishing as created by White people in the European printing tradition. With his wife, Alice (Gindin) Silver, he created a major collection of books and manuscripts relating to the poet Walt Whitman and the history of printing and typography.

Rollo Gabriel Silver was born on June 27, 1909 in New York. He graduated from Brown University in 1931 and received a Master's degree in English from Boston University in 1941 and a Bachelor's degree in Library Science from Simmons College in 1948. During the Depression, Mr. Silver was an assistant buyer at the B. Altman Company on Fifth Avenue in New York City. He left New York for Boston in 1934 where he managed the Better Service Garage in Brockton, MA. He entered the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1943 where he was assigned to the Climatic Research Laboratory in Lawrence, MA. He participated in tests designed to simulate all climatic conditions to which soldiers and their clothing and equipment would be exposed. After the war, he continued to work with the Laboratory as the assistant director until 1947. Rollo Silver settled into his career as an educator and historian of printing history by 1950 when he became a professor of Library Science at Simmons College in Boston. He worked there until 1965 when he retired to pursue research on printing history.

His research interests in literature and printing began with Walt Whitman. He owned an extensive collection of Walt Whitman's poetry and began publishing essays about Whitman as early as 1930. His book collection and research interests also focused on the history of printing and typography. He was the author of numerous historical works on American printing and publishing including: Mathew Carey, 1760-1839 (1960); Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 (1965); The American Printer, 1787-1825 (1967).

He was a member of the Grolier Club, the Society of Printers, a founding member of the American Printing Historical Association (APHA), a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an honorary member of the Bibliographical Society of America among other affiliations. He served as a trustee of Boston University and was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree by Brown in 1986.

He died on September 20, 1989.

 Biographical Series 1 American Friends of the Gutenberg Museum, World Museum of Printing - Certificate of Honor undated 1 1 Boston University - Alumni Award for Special Distinction 1979 10 11 Boston University - Appointment of Rollo Silver as Fellow of Boston University Libraries 1972 1 2 Brown University Honorary Degree 1986 1 3 Christmas greeting cards from Rollo and Alice Silver 1928-1985 1 4 Climatic Research Laboratory - World War II service 1944-1946 1 5 Climatic Research Laboratory - Photographs 1944 1 6 Diplomas and Passports 1929-1984 1 7 Employment letters 1948-1959, undated 1 8 Neptune Proclamation, Southern Cross, Munson Steamship Line 1923 15XX 1 Personal miscellaneous 1943-1974 1 9 Photograph of Rollo Silver undated 1 10 Portrait in pencil of Rollo Silver by Brenda 1979 1 11 Press d'Argent 1959, 1961 1 12 Scope and Contents note

Registration in International Register of Private Press Names

 Rollo G. Silver Collection of American Printing and Publishing History - Exhibit Labels and biographical sketch undated 1 13 Personal Subject Files Series 2 Amusements 1923-1949 1 14 Burlesque 1941-1979 1 15 Burlesque - Lee, Gypsy Rose 1941-1943 1 16 Burlesque - Royce, Rosita 1942-1943 1 17 Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs of Royce performing and a letter from Royce.

 Calligraphy / Penmanship 1830, 1948-1963 1 18 Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association 1940-1941 1 19 Grand Illusion Brassiere Co. undated 1 20 Photographic slides 1964, 1970, undated 1 21 Scope and Contents note

William Morris' grave, Gutenberg museum, London

 Rollo books and ephemera 1858-1979 1 22 Winthrop Chemical Company 1941-1942 1 23 Publications and Lectures Series 3 Belcher & Armstrong Set Up Shop 1951 1 24 Scope and Contents note

Includes research correspondence

 Book Collecting undated 1 25 The Book in America 1950-1957 1 26 Book Reviews by Rollo Silver 1943-1980 1 27 Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James - The Ideal Book 1901-1957 1 28 A Preliminary Checklist of Information about Nineteenth-Century Oklahoma Book Publishers - drafts and correspondence 1943-1944 1 29 Publications by Rollo Silver 1935-1973 1 30 Rare Book Librarianship 1964 1 31 Report from the USA - speech by Rollo Silver to British audience on trends in printing industry 1964 1 32 Rollo on Rollo 1938-1939, undated 1 33 Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence

 Sign Lecture circa 1967 1 34 Scope and Contents note

Includes photographic slides

 Tileston & Hollingsworth Calendar Critique featuring Rollo G. Silver 1968 15XX 1 Scope and Contents note

Poster

 Trans-Atlantic Crossing: The Beginning of Electrotyping in America. By Rollo G. Silver undated 1 35 Typefounding in America by Rollo G. Silver 1965 15XX 4 Walt Whitman publications by Rollo Silver 1929-1948 1 36 William A. Dwiggins: Six Points of an American Nonpareil 1970 1 37 Writing the history of American printing 1977 1 38 Research Series 4 Books and Booksellers in New Orleans, 1730-1830 1937 1 39 Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry - Specimen of Modern Printing Types and Stereotype Cuts 1826 35mm Microfilm 11 Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry - Specimen of Printing Types 1827 35mm Microfilm 11 Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry - Specimen of Printing Types 1832 35mm Microfilm 11 Boston Type Foundry - Specimen Sheets 1856 35mm Microfilm 11 Carey, Mathew 1815, 1817, 1961-1985 1 40 Carey, Mathew - Equipment Costs 1957 1 41 Charles Scribner's Sons - New York, NY 1946 1 42 Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James 1973, undated 1 43 Gordon, George P. undated 1 44 Ide, Simeon 1939 1 45 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence from descendents of Simeon Ide gathered as part of research on this pioneer printer.

 Kansas Correspondence 1943 1 46 Minnesota Notes 1943-1944 1 47 New York - Reminiscences of Printers, Authors and Booksellers in New York by John W. Francis in International Monthly Magazine 1852 Feb 1 1 48 New York - The Book Trade: Publishers and Publishing in New York from New York Daily Tribune 1854 Mar 17 1 49 Oklahoma Publishers Research 1942-1943, undated 1 50 Pelham, William 1950 2 1 Pioneer Press in Kentucky - 1841 1956 2 2 Preservation brochures 1952-1964 2 3 Research on Engravers 2 4 Research notes on publishers (1 of 8) 2 5 Research notes on publishers (2 of 8) 2 6 Research notes on publishers (3 of 8) 2 7 Research notes on publishers (4 of 8) 2 8 Research notes on publishers (5 of 8) 2 9 Research notes on publishers (6 of 8) 2 10 Research notes on publishers (7 of 8) 2 11 Research notes on publishers (8 of 8) 2 12 Thayer and Eldridge, Boston MA - research correspondence 1865-1947, undated 2 13 Thomas, Isaiah 1952 2 14 Ticknor and Fields 1941-1946, 1964 2 15 Tucker, Steven - History of R. Hoe Company 1833-1972, undated 2 16 Updike, Daniel Berkeley 1896-1970, undated 2 17 Objects Series 5 Adoration of the Shepherds engraved by Lucas Vorsterman after painting by Peter Paul Rubens undated Engraving 15XX 3 Scope and Contents note

Original printed in 1620. Inscription along bottom: "Petro Venio LCto CLmo Hagiensis Opidi Syndico, Elegantarum Omnium Erudito Amicissimo Q. Petrus Paulus Rubens Benivolentis Animi Tesseram Hanc Ex Animo Lubens Merito Dedit Dedicavitque. Cum privilegiss,

 Mercer's Hall, Cheapside circa 1829 Engraving 2 18 Rollo G. Silver, President, Society of Printers 1954-1955 Gavel 12 Scope and Contents note

Wooden gavel with brass name plate

 John Barley-Corn, My Foe Linocut printing plate 2 19 A Trapper's Story Linocut printing plate 2 20 Illuminated manuscript page from uknown book in Latin late 15th century Manuscript 2 21 "RS" and "TiTC" undated Medallion 11 Scope and Contents note

Gold medallion with "RS" inscribed on one side and "TiTC" inscribed on the other

 Miniature toy printing press Model 6.5 inches x 9 inches 12 Scope and Contents note

Plastic and metal model of a printing press.

 Annual Award of the American Printing History Association presented to Rollo G. Silver 1977 Plaque 11 Printer's London after 1965 Poster 15XX 2 Coronation of Queen Victoria. Official Programme undated Poster 15XX 2 Scope and Contents note

Reproduction of original printed in 1838

 Chinese and Japanese woodcut printing blocks undated Printing blocks 14 Scope and Contents note

Four (4) printing blocks containing portions of texts in Japanese and Chinese. Three are black and one red.

 T-shirt with the name William Caxton and his printing trademark undated Shirt 14 Scope and Contents note

Grey t-shirt with black lettering

 Gutenberg undated Statue 13 Scope and Contents note

Gold colored plastic bust of Johannes Gutenberg. 6.25 inches tall

 S.M. Spencer's Stencil Works, Boston undated Stencil 13 Scope and Contents note

Metal (brass?) stencil for letters H, I, J, K (5 inches x 14 inches) and O, P Q (5 inches x 11.5 inches)

 Plantin type Type 13 Letter A carved from wood undated Type 8 inches x 9 inches 13 Letter A carved from wood undated Type 5 inches x 3.5 inches 13 Letter R carved from wood undated Type 5 inches x 10 inches 13 Earlist California printing specimen circa 1856, 1966 Type specimen sheet 10 12 Scope and Contents note

Includes The Kemble Occasional, No. 2, January 1966 with history of this item.

 Showing effect of a single character in various combinations undated Type specimen sheet 15XX 4 Lucius, Iacobus 1592 Type specimen sheet 10 5 Scope and Contents note

Title at top of page: Eidyllion Encomiasticum. Amplissimis ac Prudentissimis Viris Dn. Consulibus, Syndico, Camerariis, Caeterisque Celeberimæ Goslariensis Reipulicæ senatoribus, Mœcenatibus suis unice colendis scriptum a Ioachimo Gericio Goslariensi

 Caslon, William 1734 Type specimen sheet 15XX 9 Alexander Wilson and Sons 1783 Type specimen sheet 15XX 9 Oxford University Press 1959 Type specimen sheet 15XX 6 Scope and Contents note

A Specimen of Types Attributable to Peter de Walpergen cut for the University of Oxford, 1676-1702

 Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Programme of the Gala Performance by Command of His Majesty the King in Honour of the Visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark 1907 June 11 Printing on silk 15XX 8 Scope and Contents note

Program printed in color on white silk with fringed border

 Complimentary Dinner given to Thomas Hunt, Esq., and Capt. John P. Gannett 1852 December 22 Printing on silk 15XX 8 Scope and Contents note

Program and menu printed on white silk by Commercial Printing Office, 272 Montgomery Street, San Franciso, CA

 Caracteres de L'Imprimerie, Nouvellement Gravés par S. P. Fournier le jeune, Graveur & Fondeur de Caracteres (1742) undated Printing on silk 15XX 8 Scope and Contents note

Printing on red silk of 10 pages of the text.

 New Hampshire Printing Centennial Celebration, Portsmouth 1856 October 6 Printing on silk 15XX 8 Scope and Contents note

Printing on white silk with image of a Tuft's Press

 Correspondence and Subject Files Series 6 2,000 years of calligraphy: a three part exhibition organized by the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Peabody Institute Library, the Walters Art Gallery 1965 3 1 3-D Pictures - Printed 1964, undated 3 2 Abbe, Dorothy 1951-1965 3 3 Abbe, Dorothy 1952 10 1 Scope and Contents note

W.A. Dwiggins woodcut

 Abbott, Jacob 1850 3 4 Acanthus Press 1979 3 5 The Adagio Press [Folder 1 of 2] (See also: Bahr, Leonard) 1964-1980 3 6 The Adagio Press [Folder 2 of 2] 1979 3 7 Adams, Randolph Greenfield 1928 3 8 Adler, Elmer 1955-1959 3 9 Advertising Agencies' Service Company - See: Schiller, Albert Advertising Typographers - See: Schiller, Albert Agner, Dwight: The Press of the Nightowl 1967-1982 3 10 Aitken, Robert 1961 3 11 Alden, John - See: Boston Public Library Alden Press - See: Williamson, Hugh Alfred, A Knopf, Inc. Borzoi Books 1972 15XX 1 Scope and Contents note

Poster of Knopf trademark image of dog from Nina Bourne

 Allen, Lewis and Dorothy - See: Allen Press Allen, Press 1954, 1975-1986 3 12 Allen, Press undated 15XX 4 American Antiquarian Society (See also: Microcard Foundation) 1946-1975, 1982 3 13 American Baptist Publication Society - Colporter Missionary Department 1940, 1945 3 14 American Bible Society 1966 3 15 American Catholic Historical Society 1960 3 16 American Heritage Publishing Co. 1974 3 17 American Institute of Graphic Arts 1923-1928 3 18 American Printing Historical Association 1974, 1986 3 19 American Type Founders 1953 3 20 Anderson, Alexander 1969 9 90 Scope and Contents

Autobiography of an Early American Wood Engraver, Trader Press, 1968

 Anderson, Frank J. - See: Kitemaug Press Anthoensen, Fred 1939 3 21 Scope and Contents note

John Bell Type: Its Loss and Rediscovery

 Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America 1979 3 22 Archer, H. Richard 1953-1968, 1981 3 23 Archway Press 1946-1947 3 24 Argosy Book Stores, Inc. 1962 3 25 Armage printing press - See: Franklin Institute of Boston The Art Press 1966 15XX 4 Armstrong, Rodney 1983 3 26 Aroeste, Jean 1968 3 27 Associated Printing Salesmen 1963 3 28 Association Typographic International (A.TYP.I) [Folder 1 of 2] (See also: Baudin, Fernand) 1967-1985 3 29 Association Typographic International (A.TYP.I) [Folder 2 of 2] 1968-1969 3 30 Attic Press 1968-1971 3 31 The Auburncrest Library undated 3 32 Auerhahn Press 1964 3 33 Aylesford Review circa 1978 3 34 Bache, Benjamin Franklin 1965 15XX 4 Bahr, Leonard (See also: Adagio Press) 1960-1988 3 35 Bancroft, Hubert Howe 1976 3 36 The Bancroft Library 1976-1977 3 37 Bank, Arnold 1955-1981 3 38 Barley-born, John undated Barn Dream Press undated 3 39 Barnes, James J. 1966 3 40 Barrett, C. Waller and Cornelia 1959-1968 3 41 Barrett, C. Waller and Cornelia 1958 15XX 2 Scope and Contents note

Walt Whitman poem "To Him That Was Crucified" and engraved portrait

 Baskerville, John 1972 3 42 Baskin, Leonard (See also: Gehenna Press) 1962-1985 3 43 The Battalion Press 1966-1978 3 44 Baudin, Fernand (See also: Association Typographic International (A.TYP.I)) 1966-1982 3 45 Bauer Alphabets, Inc. 1951 3 46 Bear Lake Congress 1959 3 47 Bearse, Carl 1941 Beaudry, Jim & Mary 1983 3 48 Beilenson, Edna - See: Pendulum Press Belanger, Terry B. 1973-1989 3 49 Belknap, George N. 1970-1979 3 50 Bell, John - See: Anthoensen, Fred Bellefroid, Micheline de 1967 3 51 Scope and Contents note

Includes slides of bindings

 Bennett, Paul A. 1953-1966 3 52 Benson, Ben Albert - See: McMurtrie, Douglas C. Benson, John Howard 1954 3 53 Bernard, Lucian 1962 3 54 Besnia, Howard 1971 15XX 1 Between-Hours Press - See: Grauer, Ben Bianchi, Daniel B. 1954-1976 3 55 Bianchi, John - See: Merrymount Press Bibliography Newsletter (BiN) - See: Belanger, Terry 1989 Biblioteque Royale de Belgique 1966-1969 3 56 Bidwell, John 1986 3 57 Bird and Bull press 1964-1983 3 58 Birss, John Howard 1931-1947 3 59 Bitstream, Inc. 1986 3 60 Bjorkman, Allen and Penny (See also: Wayzgoose Press) 1973 3 61 Blanck, Jacob 1856-1967 3 62 Blanck, Jacob 19th century 3 63 Scope and Contents note

Contents: 19th century manuscript on the history of printing

 Bookseller and Dealer Labels undated 3 64 Blumenthal, Joe 1977-1989 4 1 Blunt, Edmund March 1943 4 2 Book Arts Press 1978-1982 4 3 Book Arts Press 1980-1982, 1987 15XX 1 Scope and Contents note

Valentine's Day posters

 Book Arts Program 1989 4 4 The Book Club of California 1958-1975 4 5 Book jackets 4 6 Scope and Contents note

Examples of book jackets

 Book of Kells - Trinity College 1957 4 7 Scope and Contents note

six (6) 35mm color slides

 Book Plates undated 4 8 Scope and Contents note

Examples of book plates from personal, private, and academic libraries

 Bookseller's Tokens 1850-1968 4 9 The Bootstrap Press 1961 4 10 Boston Public Library 1971, 1976 4 11 Boston University Mugar Memorial Library 1975 4 12 Scope and Contents note

Dedication of the Richards-Frost Room

 Bourne, Nina 1958, 1972 4 13 Scope and Contents note

Worked for Alfred A. Knopf. See also: Alfred, A Knopf, Inc. Borzoi Books oversize item

 Bradley, His Book - Wayside Press 1896 4 14 Bradley, Will 1930, 1968 4 15 Brennan, Joseph Payne - See: Pendulum Press Bridges, Robert undated 4 16 Brooks, Van Wyck 1940 4 17 Brookstone Press - See: Beaudry, Jim and Mary Bruccoli, Matthew J. 1965, 1972 4 18 Brussel-Smith, Bernard undated 4 19 Bryan, Kirke 1961-1978 4 20 Burke, Clifford 1971-1973 4 21 Burke, Jackson 1975 4 22 Business Paper Publishing 1961 4 23 Cade, Phil - See: Juniper Press California State Polytechnic College - Shakespeare Press 1966 4 24 The Carl Dair Memorial Scholarship Fund 1968 4 25 The Carl Purington Rollins Centenary undated 4 26 Carter, Harry 1965-1977 4 27 Carter, John undated 4 28 Scope and Contents note

A.E. Housman collection at Lilly Library

 Carter, Sebastian and Penny (See also: Rampant Lion Press) 1970-1989 4 29 Carter, Will (See also: Rampant Lion Press) 1962-1980 10 2 The Castle Press - See: Dahlstrom, Helen and Grant Catich, Edward M. 1967 4 30 Scope and Contents note

Includes: "A Development and Lineage Theory for the Roman Alphabet" and "The Origin on the Serif"

 The Caxton Commemoration Committee 1976 4 31 Caxton Congress undated 4 32 Caxton, William undated 4 33 Century Club 1960 4 34 Chalk W.S. Cowell Ltd. 1969-1971 4 35 Chambers, David 1983 4 36 Channing, William Ellery to Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1853 4 37 Scope and Contents note

3 letters from Channing to Emerson

 Chappell, Warren - The Composing Room Inc. 1952-1970 4 38 Cheney, Will 1956-1960 4 39 Chilmark Press, Inc. 1964 4 40 Chiswick Book Shop, Inc. (See also: Cohen, Aveve and Herman) 1955-1982 4 41 Chukovsky, Kornei - My Whitman 1967 4 42 Scope and Contents note

Walt Whitman's greetings to the Russian people

 Clarke, Bert 1980 4 43 Cleverdon, Douglas 1983 4 44 Cohen, Aveve and Herman (See also: Chiswick Book Shop) 1970, 1981 4 45 Coleman, Caroll - See: Prairie Press Colish, Abraham undated 10 3 The Composing Room, Inc. (See also: Bache, Benjamin Franklin) 1952-1968 4 46 Conkwright, P.J. 1961-1965 4 47 Cooper Square Publishers, Inc. - Gutenberg Bible fascimile undated 4 48 The Coverdale Press - 500th Anniversary Pictorial Census of the Gutenberg Bible 1960 4 49 Crabgrass Press 1970-1980 4 50 Craemer, Jeff 1986-1987 4 51 Scope and Contents note

Mt. Tam Press and Union Press

 The Crafts Centre of Great Britain undated 4 52 Crocker, Uriel Crowell, Thomas Y. 1934 4 53 Crutchley, Brooke 1952, 1954 4 54 Scope and Contents note

Cambridge University Printer

 The Cuneo Press, Inc. 1964-1966 4 55 The Curwen Press undated 4 56 DaBoll, Raymond 1960 4 57 Dahlstrom, Helen and Grant (1 of 2) 1961-1979 4 58 Dahlstrom, Helen and Grant (2 of 2) 1961-1979 4 59 Dale Guild Press - See: Dunlap, Joe Dard Hunter Paper Museum 1948, 1953 4 60 David, Ismar and Dorothy 1963-1987 4 61 Dawson, Muir 1961 4 62 Daye, Stephen - See: Kimber, Sidney A. De Vinne and the De Vinne Press 1970 4 63 Dean, Mallette 1959 4 64 The Decorated Page - Victoria and Albert Museum 1971 4 65 The Design for the Great Seal of the United States of America 1952 4 66 Dexter, Gregory 1949 4 67 Dexter, Ralph W. (See also: Morse, Edward S.) 4 68 Dibner, Bern 1970 Scope and Contents note

Photographs and slides of Rollo Silver in Germany

 Dickman, O. Alfred 1962 4 69 Dictionary of American Book Publishing 1980 4 70 Dietch, Alan - See: Xerox Offset Masterpiece Printing Dieu Donne Press and Paper 1977 4 71 Double Crown Club (folder 1 of 5) 1931-1988 4 72 Double Crown Club (folder 2 of 5) 1958-1987 4 73 Double Crown Club (folder 3 of 5) 1934-1983 5 1 Double Crown Club (folder 4 of 5) 1967-1983 5 2 Double Crown Club (folder 5 of 5) 1967-1980 5 3 Doves Press 1907-1916 5 4 Dreis, Hazel 1964 5 5 Dreyfus, John (folder 1 of 2) 1954-1986 5 6 Dreyfus, John (folder 2 of 2) 1907-1979 5 7 Duensing, Paul Hayden (folder 1 of 3) 1961-1983 5 8 Duensing, Paul Hayden (folder 2 of 3) 1967-1982 5 9 Duensing, Paul Hayden (folder 3 of 3) 1965-1978 5 10 Dunlap, Joe 1979 5 11 Duschnes, Philip - See: Rogers, Bruce Duvoisin, Roger 1958 5 12 Dwiggins, William Addison (See also: Puterschein - Hingham; Cohen, Aveve and Herman; Hofer, Philip; Ruzicka, Rudolph) 1949-1986 5 13 Dyer, Leo F. undated 5 14 Eakins Press 1971-1974 5 15 Editions Claude Givaudan 1967 5 16 Eugrammia Press 1963 5 17 Example of Chinese Typography 1951 5 18 Examples of Korean Typography 1951 5 19 Examples of Typography 1955-1970 5 20 Scope and Contents note

Primarily christmas cards

 Exman, Eugene 1967, 1975 5 21 Fass, John - See: Hammer Creek Press Faunce, William Herbert Perry 1928 5 22 Feliciano, Felice circa 1966 5 23 Scope and Contents note

Lettering

 Fennelly, Catherine 1969 5 24 Scope and Contents note

Printing office of Isaiah Thomas at Sturbridge Village

 Fern, Alan and Lois 1968-1982 5 25 Filby, P. William and Vera - See: Stanbrook Abbey Press Fine Book Circle 1941 5 26 Fine Print 1979 5 27 Firefly Press 1984-1988 5 28 First National Bank of Boston 1936 15XX 2 Scope and Contents note

Advertisement including history of printing in Boston

 First Type Specimen 1972 5 28a Fischer, Earl K. 1947 5 29 Scope and Contents note

Printing ink

 Ford, James 1966 5 30 Scope and Contents note

The Printed Book in Ireland

 The Four Winds Press 1961-1976 5 31 Founier, Pierre Simon 1927, 1965 5 32 Franklin, Benjamin 5 33 Scope and Contents note

Cato Major

 Franklin, Colin - See: Modern fine printing Franklin Institute of Boston 1981-1982 5 34 Scope and Contents note

Photographs of the Armage printing press

 Franklin Typographical Society 1971-1972 5 35 French, Hannah Dustin 1944 5 36 Fray, Ellen 1944 5 37 Freiberg, Malcolm 1962, 1982 5 38 Friends of Calligraphy San Francisco Library 1979 5 39 Friends of the Book Arts Press 1983-1986 5 40 Friends of the Libraries of Boston University 1973-1975 5 41 Friends of the Museum of Printing 1980-1982 5 42 Garretson, William - See: Newman, Julia Sweet Gaskell, Philip 1967-1969 5 43 Scope and Contents note

The Lay of the Case

 G. & C. Merriam Company 1941-1947 5 44 Scope and Contents note

Merriam - Webster dictionary

 The Gehenna Press (See also: Baskin, Leonard) 1965-1971 5 45 The Gehenna Press undated 15XX 1 George M. Whiley Limited undated 5 46 George McKibbin & Son undated 5 47 Giele, David L. 1964 5 48 Gill, Eric (See also: Cleverdon, Douglas and Prairie Press) 1971, undated 5 49 Scope and Contents note

Includes postcards depicting The Stations of the Cross publishe by Medici Society Limited.

 Gleeson Library Associates 1972-1980 5 50 Glick, Tony and Evelyn 1964-1984 5 51 Scope and Contents note

A Benjamin Franklin keepsake

 Godine, David R. 1970-1971 5 52 Goff, Frederick R. 1950, 1972 5 53 Gohdes, Clarence 1937-1960 5 54 Scope and Contents note

Managing Editor of American Literature published by Duke University Press

 Goldsmith, Alfred F. 1923 5 55 Goldsmith, R. undated 5 56 Scope and Contents note

Etching of Thoreau portrait by Goldsmith

 Goncourt, Edmund and Jules - See: Rasmussen, Arne Bruun Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor 1961-1989 5 57 Gooding, John undated 5 58 Goodrich, Samuel Griswold - See: Mussey, Barrows Goudy, Frederic W. 1947-1981 5 59 Goudy, Bertha S. 1958 5 60 The Goudy Society 1965-1979 5 61 Grabhorn, Edwin undated 15XX 2 Grabhorn Press and Grabhorn - Hoyem 1965-1971 5 62 The Grace Hoper Press 1969 5 63 Grastorf, Dennis J. 1974 5 64 Grauer, Ben 1968-1977 5 65 Gravesend Press 1967 5 66 Green, Ralph 1942-1959 6 1 The Greenwood Press 1977-1979 6 2 Grolier Club (folder 1 of 3) 1952-1987 6 3 Grolier Club (folder 2 of 3) 1963-1988 6 4 Grolier Club (folder 3 of 3) 1967 6 5 Grunhard, S. 1978-1984 6 6 Gulliver Press 1962 6 7 Gutenberg Bible undated 6 8 Gutenberg-Gesellschaft 1940-1966 6 9 Gutenberg Museum undated 6 10 Guthrie, James 1952 6 11 Hammer Creek Press 1962-1980 6 12 Hardin, Garrett 1946-1947 6 13 Harlow, Thomas R. 1949 6 14 Harmsen, Tyrus G. 1963-1985 6 15 Harper and Row, Publishers Inc. 1957-1962 6 16 Hart, Horace - See: The John Roberts Press Hart, Jim and Ruth 1960-1975 6 17 Harvard Printing Course 1979 6 18 Scope and Contents note

A West Point for Printers

 Havilah Press 1976 6 19 Hays, George A. 1955-1966 6 20 Hazzard, Edwina Tucker 1973 6 21 Helmbold, F. Wilbur - See: Bootstrap Press Hendrickson, James - See: Leslie, Robert Lincoln The Herity Press (See also: Lieberman, Elizabeth and Ben) 1962 6 22 Hewitt, Graily undated 6 23 Heyl, Edgar (See also: Bookseller's Tokens) 1970 6 24 Hill, Hamlin 1962 6 25 Hofer, Philip 1960-1963 6 26 Scope and Contents note

See also "Book Plates" for examples made for Hofer

 Hoffman Paper Mills 1946 6 27 Hopkins, Mary Alden 1939-1940 6 28 Houghton Mifflin Company 1941, 1963, 1988 6 29 Hoyem, Andrew 1974 6 30 Hugo, Harold - See: Meriden Gravure Company Huntington Library 1954-1983 6 31 Hutt, Allen 1973, 1980 6 32 Hyder, Darrell 1972 6 33 Interlaken Mills 1953-1956 6 34 International Center for the Typographic Arts, Inc. undated 6 35 International Typographic Composition Association 1970 6 36 Scope and Contents note

33 1/3 phonograph record conceived and recorded by Tony Schwartz for the International Typographic Composition Association. Side A: The Sound of Type; Side B: The Sound of Lettering

 Institute of Contemporary Art 1964-1977 6 37 J.B. Lippincott Co. 1940 6 38 Jewett, John P. circa 1860 15XX 7 Scope and Contents note

Advertisement for bookstore in Boston, MA

 Joh. Enschedé 1978 6 39 John Carter Brown Library 1978-1982 6 40 The John Roberts Press (See also: Wombat Press) 1970-1973 6 41 Johnson, Fridolf 1959-1982 6 42 Jovanovich, William 1972 6 43 Scope and Contents note

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

 The Juniper Press (See also: Thompson Typecaster) 1974-1987 6 44 Kennedy, Lawton (1 of 3) (See also: Gleeson Library Associates and Strouse, Norman and Charlotte) 1967, 1973 6 45 Kennedy, Lawton (2 of 3) undated 10 4 Kennedy, Lawton (3 of 3) 1972 15XX 2 Kennerley Press undated 6 46 Scope and Contents note

Contains a type book

 Kiessel, William C. 1950 6 47 Kimber, Sidney A. 1936 6 48 Scope and Contents note

Model of first printing press in America - Stephen Daye hand press

 Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Schweitzer division circa 1965 6 49 Kindersley, David 1977-1983 6 50 King, B.A. 1985 6 51 King, William 1971 6 52 Kitemaug Press 1976 6 53 Kleist, Herbert 1970 6 54 Scope and Contents note

Book jacket collection at the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

 Klinefelter, Walter - See: Sumac Press Klingspor Museum 1961-1972 6 55 Kramer, Kay, Michael, and Daisy 1974-1984 6 56 Kredel, Fritz 1953-1976 6 57 Krimpen, Jan van undated 6 58 Kristensen, John - See: Firefly Press Kubilius, Walter 1972 6 59 Laing, Alexander and Veronica 1967-1973 6 60 The Lakeside Press 1947-1958 6 61 The Lakeside Press undated 15XX 9 Scope and Contents note

"A unique fifteenth century hand colored woodcut"

 Lancaster, John - See: Wayzgoose Press Lanston Monotype Corporation 1951-1964 6 62 Lawson, Alexander S. (See also: Rogers, Bruce) 1968-1983 7 1 L-D Allen Press - See: Allen Press Legros, Lucien Alphonse undated 7 2 Lehmann - Haupt, Hellmut (See also: Oxford University Press) 1940-1949 7 3 Leighton, Clare 1976-1977 7 4 Leon & Brother - See: Bryan, Kirke Leslie, Frank 1947-1948 7 5 Leslie, Robert Lincoln 1965, 1987 7 6 Liber Librorum 1955 7 7 Lieberman, Elizabeth and Ben (See also: Herity Press) 1964-1978 7 8 Lilien, E.M. 1969 7 9 Limited Editions Club 1935-1978 7 10 Lindberg, Sten G. 1971 7 11 Scope and Contents note

Biblioteket på Drottningholm

 Linenthal, Mark 1966 7 12 Lion and Unicorn Press (See also: Wolpe, Berthold) 1969 7 13 Lowens, Irving 1983 7 14 Mabbott, Maureen 1986 7 15 Mabbott, Thomas Ollive 1940-1968 7 16 Macy, Helen - See: Limited Editions Club Mann, Hermann - See: Wolfe, Richard J. The Marble Hill Press - See: Sas, George Marks, Lawrence D. 1937, undated 7 17 Marschalk, Andrew 1957 7 18 Marsh, Philip M. 1955-1956 7 19 Matsubara, Naoko 1969 7 20 McKay, George L. 1959, undated 7 21 McCurdy, Michael (folder 1 of 2) 1969-1979 7 22 McCurdy, Michael (folder 2 of 2) 1973-1988 7 23 McDonald, T.W. 1962 7 24 McGraw Hill Publishing Company 1963, undated 7 25 McLean, Ruari 1967-1986 7 26 McMurtrie, Douglas C. 1932-1944, 1953 7 27 Scope and Contents note

Includes publications on pioneer printing in California

 Melcher, Frederic G. 1945, 1956 7 28 Menhart, Oldrich (See also: Klingspor Museum and Standard, Paul) 1969 7 29 Mergenthaler Linotype Company - Linotype and Machinery Limited undated 7 30 The Meriden Gravure Company 1967-1968, undated 7 31 Merriam-Webster and Riverside Press 1963, undated 7 32 Merrion Press - See: Steingruber, Johann David The Merrymount Press 1915, 1940-1949; undated 7 33 Metzger, Louise and Phil (See also: Crabgrass Press) 1974-1980 7 34 Meynell, Francis 1972-1987 7 35 Microcard Foundation 7 36 Microcard technology 1940-1959, undated 7 37 Microfilm technology 1950-1952 7 38 Middleton, Katharine and R. Hunter 1965-1984 7 39 Midwestern Books Competition 1970-1972 7 40 Mission Press Hawaii 1966 7 41 Modern fine printing 1970 7 42 Monotype Corporation Limited undated 7 43 Monotype Corporation Limited undated 15XX 6 Scope and Contents note

2 posters of type specimens

 Moran, James 1963-1973 7 44 Morison, Stanley 1953-1979 10 6 Morris, Duncan 1970 7 45 Morris, Henry - See: Bird and Bull Press Morris, William (See also: William Morris Society) 1968, 1974, undated 7 46 Morse, Edward S. 1967 7 47 The Morton Arboretum 1965 7 48 Mt. Tam Press - See: Craemer, Jeff Mourning cards undated 7 49 Museé Historique du Papier undated 7 50 Scope and Contents note

Includes sample of hand made paper.

 Mussey, Barrows 1971-1973 7 51 Scope and Contents note

Article about Samuel Griswold Goodrich and his work "Peter Parley's Tales"

 Myers, Albert Cook 1929 7 52 Nash, Ray - Printing as an Art (See also: Rogers, Bruce) 1955-1956 7 53 Nast, Thomas - See: Weiler, Joseph Francis Neiburg, Jack 1948 7 54 Nelson, Harold L. - Press Restraint in a Society Under Stress 1960, 1965 7 55 Nesbitt, Alexander 1966-1986 7 56 Neufeld, B. 1986 7 57 New York Typographical Union 7 58 Newman, Julia Sweet 1874, 1964 7 59 Scope and Contents note

Enclosing a pamphlet titled: "Leaves from My Experience as a Book Agent" by William Garretson, Philadelphia, 1874

 Newton, A. Edward 1923-1965 7 60 Nicholes, Eleanor L. 1969-1970 7 61 Nichols, Rose Standish - See: Taloumis, George Nimrod Press undated 15XX 4 Nonesuch Press undated 7 62 The Norwegian Explorers 1953 7 63 Ogham Press 1962 7 64 Old Corner Bookstore - Model by Louise Stimson undated 7 65 Osborne, Lewis 1967 10 7 Otis Clapp & Son 1961 7 66 Out of Sorts Letter Foundery undated 7 67 Overbrook Press 1935 7 68 Ovink, William 1971, 1979 7 69 Oxford University Press 1946-1958 10 8 Oxford University Press 1959 15XX 6 Scope and Contents note

A Specimen of Types Attributable to Peter de Walpergen cut for the University of Oxford, 1676-1702

 The Pastime Printer - See: Watts, Steve L. The Pease Press 1961-1964 7 70 The Pendulum Press 1973-1975, undated 7 71 Penmaen Press - See: McCurdy, Michael Pepys Library circa 1959 7 72 Periwinkle Press 1940 7 73 Peterson, Ann 1976 7 74 Scope and Contents note

Regarding death of Norton Peterson

 Philadelphia Book Clinic 1961 7 75 The Photo-Composing Room undated 7 76 Pilkington, James P. 1972 7 77 Pittsburgh Bibliophiles 1965 7 78 Plantin Press 1960-1973 7 79 Plantin-Moretus Museum 1966-1968 7 80 Powers, Frank and Edith 1956 7 81 Prairie Press 1961 7 82 Prang, Louis undated 7 83 The Pre-Columbian Press 1967-1983 7 84 Press of the Crippled Turtle 1955 8 1 The Press of the Nightowl - See: Agner, Dwight Price, Marian 1922 8 2 Princeton University Press 1965 8 3 Printing Historical Society 1964-1976 8 4 The Printery - See: Kramer, Kay, Michael, and Daisy; Starret, Vincent The Privateer Press - See: Watts, Steve L. Private Libraries Association 1972-1984 8 5 Private Press of the Indiana Kid - See: Weygand, James Lamar Process Materials Corporation 1971, undated 8 6 Proper, David R. 1966 8 7 Scope and Contents note

Essay on "A New Hampshire Book Agent"

 Providence Club of Printing House Craftmen 1968 8 8 Puterschein-Hingham (See also: Abbe, Dorothy) 1950-1952, undated 8 9 R.R. Bowker Company - See: School of Library Service, Columbia University R.R. Donnelly and Sons Company - See: Lakeside Press Rampant Lions Press (See also: Carter, Will and Carter, Sebastian) 1968-1984, undated 8 10 Rand McNally - See: Winterich, John T. Rapa, Ernest and Aida 1957-1966 8 11 Rare Book and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) - Preconference registrants 1980 8 12 Rasmussen, Arne Bruun undated 8 13 Ratdolt, Erhard 1972 8 14 Scope and Contents note

First known type specimen by Ratdolt reproduced on Christmas card from McCorison family

 Rau, Jack - See: The Pre-Columbian Press Readex Microprint Corporation - See: Microcard technology Reed, Philip 1954 8 15 Reynolds, Horace 1960 8 16 Rheault, Charles A. Jr. 1987 8 17 Rice, Stanley 1952-1955 8 18 Richards, Paul C. undated 8 19 Scope and Contents note

Catalogue No. 45

 Ringwalt, John Luther 1966 15XX 1 Scope and Contents note

Broadside history of American Encyclopedia of Printing by Robert E. Runser, printed by Walter Hamady of Perishable Press

 Rink, Evald 1969 8 20 Ritchie, Ward 1955-1980 8 21 Rittenhouse, Jack D. - See: Stagecoach Press Riverside Press - See: Rogers, Bruce Rob Run Press 1971 8 22 Roberts, Bernard - See: The John Roberts Press Robertson, Charles 1967-1968 8 23 Rogers, Bruce 1929, 1951-1972, undated 8 24 Rollins, Carl Purington 1949-1960 8 25 Rolph, S. Wyman - See: Godine, David R. Roover, Raymond de 1956-1957 8 26 The Rosemary Press 1969 8 27 Ross, W.E. Dan 1979 8 28 Rounce and Coffin Club - See: Archer, H. Richard Ruggles Printing Press 1852 15XX 7 Ruzicka, Rudolph and Tatiana 1931-1977, 1983 8 29 Sachsenspiegel - Facsimile 1970 8 30 Sandburg, Carl 1925 8 31 Scope and Contents note

Photograph with inscription and signature by Carl Sanburg

 Sas, George undated 8 32 Scope and Contents note

Bound volume title Color Photography with inscription on front flyleaf "For Rollo G. Silver with best wishes from George Sas at The Marble Hill Press" and inscription on back flyleaf "A very 'limited edition' - the one and only copy."

 Scarab Press 1971 15XX 1 Schiller, Albert 1954-1963, undated 8 33 Schiller, Albert 1951-1962, undated 15XX 4 Schlosser, Leonard B. (See also: Lindenmeyr Paper Corporation) 1968/1971 8 34 Schniewind, Henry and Helen - See: Four Winds Press School of Library Service, Columbia University 1979-1980 8 35 The Scotsman International Book Jacket Exhibition 1966 8 36 Serette, David 1964-1969 8 37 Shady Tree Press - See: Rapa, Ernest and Aida Shakespeare Press - See: California State Polytechnic College - Shakespeare Press Shell, Eleanor and Willis - See: Attic Press Shettleworth, Earle G. 1971 8 38 Scope and Contents note

Portland, Maine, Engravers of the 1820's

 Silber, John R. 1975 8 39 Simmons College Printshop 1952 8 40 Simon, Timothy 1970 8 41 Simmons, J. S. G. 1968 8 42 Society for Italic Handwriting - See: Walters Art Gallery Society of Bibliosophers undated 8 43 The Society of Printers (folder 1 of 5) (See also: Rogers, Bruce) 1954-1989, undated 8 44 The Society of Printers (folder 2 of 5) 1957-1989, undated 8 45 The Society of Printers (folder 3 of 5) 1957-1989 8 46 The Society of Printers (folder 4 of 5) 1977-1989 8 47 The Society of Printers (folder 5 of 5) 1952-1983 8 48 The Society of Scribes and Illuminators 1971 8 49 Spawn, Willman - See: Mission Press Hawaii Spiral, Joe 1983 8 50 Stagecoach Press 1965 8 51 Stanbrook Abbey Press 1963-1986 8 52 Standard, Paul 1947, 1970, undated 8 53 Starrett, Vincent 1975 8 54 Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry 1969 8 55 Steiner-Prag, Eleanor F. 1955 8 56 Steingruber, Johann David 1972 8 57 Scope and Contents note

Architectural Alphabet - publication prospectus from Merrion Press

 The Stephen Greene Press - See: Stone, Reynolds undated Stern, Madeleine B. (See also: Leslie, Frank) 1948 8 58 The Stinehour Press 1973-1982, undated 9 1 Stockam, Peter and Ann undated 9 2 Stoddard, Roger E. 1964, 1982, 1988 9 3 Scope and Contents note

Includes the text of his lecture: 'Put a Resolute Hart to a Steep Hill': William Gowans, Antiquary and Bookseller - 1988 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture at Rare Book School

 Stone & Kimball 1978 9 4 Stone, Reynolds 1950, 1968, undated 9 5 Streeter, Thomas Winthrop 1966-1969 9 6 Scope and Contents note

Collection of Americana - prices realized at auction

 Strouse, Norman and Charlotte 1969, 1972 9 7 Sumac Press 1973 9 8 Swan, Bradford - See: Dexter, Gregory Syracuse Club of Printing House Craftsmen 1968 9 9 The Syracuse University Press undated 9 10 Taloumis, George 1986 9 11 Tanselle, Thomas 1965-1984 9 12 Scope and Contents note

The Identification of Type Faces in Bibliographical Description

 Texas Printing 1976 9 13 The Tennyson Society undated 9 14 Third and Elm Press - See: Nesbitt, Alexander Thomas Todd Company, Printers 1969-1971, undated 9 15 Thompson, E.A. - See: Tribolet, Harold Thompson, Susan Otis 1978-1980 9 16 Thompson, Lawrence S. 1947, 1953 9 17 Scope and Contents note

The Customs of the Chapel

 Thompson Typecaster 1978 9 18 Tileston & Hollingsworth Co. 1951 9 19 Scope and Contents note

Papermaking on the Neponset

 Times Newspapers Limited 1971 9 20 The Times Publishing Co. 1963 9 21 Scope and Contents note

The Endless Fabric of Life

 T. J. Lyons Press 1961, 1980 9 22 Todd, Thomas 1975 9 23 Token and Medal Society Inc. undated 9 24 Scope and Contents note

Magicians' Mirror Cards

 Tower, Walter 1966-1968 9 25 Tracy, Walter 1972 9 26 Trade Composition, Inc. 1970-1972, undated 9 27 Tribolet, Harold 1951 9 28 Trump, George undated 9 29 Twelve by Eight Private Press circa 1961 9 30 Typefoundry Amsterdam 1953-1954 9 31 Typographic House, Inc. 1967-1968, undated 9 32 The Typophiles 1958-1986 9 33 Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs

 Umbrella Press - See: Giele, David L. Unicorn Studios - See: Wayzgoose Press Union Press - See: Craemer, Jeff Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure 1750 June 9 34 Scope and Contents note

The Art of Cutting, Casting, and Preparing of Letter for Printing

 Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg undated 9 35 University Microfilms - See: Microfilm technology Updike, Daniel Berkeley - See: Series 4. Research V & J. Figgins undated 9 36 Scope and Contents note

Minikin Arabic type specimens

 Varityper Corporation 1967 9 37 Scope and Contents note

The Development of Printing Types

 Veatch, Robert and Lynne undated 9 38 Scope and Contents note

American Bookmaking

 Verhaeren, Emile 1966 9 39 Victoria and Albert Museum London undated 9 40 Virginia Historical Society 1964 9 41 Scope and Contents note

Permanent durable book paper

 The Vine Press 1963 9 42 Voet, Jenny and Leon 1967-2000, undated 9 43 W___?, Mabel C. 1946 9 44 W. A. Wilde Co. - Boston, MA 1944-1947 9 45 Wagner, Henry R. 1970 9 46 Scope and Contents note

Drake on the Pacific Coast

 Wagner-Schriften 1975-1976 9 47 Waldsmith Paper Mill 1948 9 48 Wallingford, Howard - See: Tileston & Hollingsworth The Walters Art Gallery 1957 9 49 Warde, Beatrice 1953-1970, 1985 9 50 Warrington, David 1981 9 51 Watts, Steve L. 1954-1983 9 52 Wayzgoose Press 1969-1973 9 53 Weiler, Joseph Francis 1964-1969, undated 9 54 Weiss, Harry B. 1943 9 55 Scope and Contents note

A Brief History of American Jest Books

 Welded books 1977 9 56 Wentz, Roby 1977-1980 9 57 West, Herbert F. 1955 9 58 West Virginia Pulp and Paper 1965 9 59 Scope and Contents note

A Typographic Quest - type to be read

 Weygand, James Lamar 1958 9 60 White, Hayden V. 9 61 Scope and Contents note

The Printing Industry from Renaissance to Reformation and from Guild to Capitalism

 White, Henry B. 1976 9 62 White, William 1853 15XX 7 Scope and Contents note

Advertisement for William White, Printer to the State, Boston, MA

 Whitman, Walt - A Child's Reminiscence 1930 9 63 Scope and Contents note

Publication announcement of new book with material collected by Rollo Silver and Thomas O. Mabbott

 Wilcox and Follett Co. 1949 9 64 William Morris Society (See also: Morris, William) 1957-1985 9 65 Williamson, Hugh 1967, undated 9 66 Wilson and Sons - See: Alexander Wilson and Sons Wilson, Adrian 1960, undated 11 67 Wilson, Rosalind 1973, 1985 11 68 Winans, Leonard G. 1939-1941 11 69 Scope and Contents note

The Book: Its Origin and Evolution

 Winship, George Parker 1946 11 70 Winterich, John T. 1952, 1956 11 71 Wise, Marjorie 1954 11 72 Wise, Thomas James 1962 11 73 Witherspoon, Alexander M. 1925, 1941 11 74 Wolf, Edwin 1956 11 75 Scope and Contents note

Benjamin Franklin, Bookman

 Wolfe, Richard J. 1989 11 76 Scope and Contents note

Elegant Work by a Country Bookbinder: Two Gilt-Extra Bindings of Herman Mann, Dedham, Massachusetts, ca. 1812

 Wolpe, Berthold (See also: Lion and Unicorn Press) 1967-1983 11 77 The Wombat Press 1978 11 78 Wood Type 1965 11 79 Wrightson, Cecil H Inc. undated 11 80 Wronker, Erich and Lili 1977-1984 11 81 Wroth, Lawrence C. 1952 11 82 Wyatt, Leo (folder 1 of 2) (See also: Hofer, Philip and Warrington, David) 1962-1981, undated 10 9 Wyatt, Leo (folder 2 of 2) 1963-1985, undated 10 10 Wyatt, Leo 1969 15XX 2 Scope and Contents note

Pencil rubbing of engraving "Vive La Plume" after work by calligrapher W. Milns

 Wynken de Worde Society (folder 1 of 2) 1963-1989, undated 9 83 Wynken de Worde Society (folder 2 of 2) 1963-1989, undated 9 84 Wynken de Worde Society 1971 15XX 1 Xerox Offset Masterpiece Printing undated 9 85 Yale University Press 1959, undated 9 86 Scope and Contents note

Papers of Benjaming Franklin

 Yellow Kid Press - See: Serette, David Zapf, Hermann and Gudrun (See also: Crabgrass Press) 1962-1989, undated 9 87 Zeitlin, Josephine and Jake 1956 9 88 Zeitlin & Ver Brugge 1975 9 89 Collection information Scope and Contents

The Rollo G. Silver papers contain the correspondence, research files, and objects that he and his wife Alice collected during their careers as bibliophiles and historians of printing and typography as created by White people in the European printing tradition.

Series 1. Biographical. This series documents Rollo's personal and professional life including awards, diplomas, employment letters, photographs, and passports. Of interest are photographs and reports from his service in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps at the Climatic Research Laboratory in Lawrence, MA during 1944-1946. This series also contains the Christmas Greeting cards that Rollo and Alice designed and printed from 1928-1985.

Series 2. Personal Subject Files. This series contains subject files about his areas of interest outside of printing and typography. He collected jokes and limericks and information on the burlesque stars Gypsy Lee Rose and Rosita Royce. He had an interest in the series of children's books about a boy named Rollo written by Jacob Abbott from 1835-1864. Silver was also concerned about the effects of a drug made by the Winthrop Chemical Company.

Series 3. Publications and Lectures. This series contains copies of his publications, reviews, and lectures on Walt Whitman and topics in the history of printing and typography. Series 4. Research. This series contains the notes and documentation he collected while researching the history of printing in America and specific printing houses.

Series 4. Objects. This series contains a smattering of objects related to printing history and typography including a miniature toy printing press, type in metal and wood, stencils, printing plates, Chinese and Japanese woodcut printing blocks, and specimens of type. Of note is an example of the earliest known printing specimen created in California circa 1856.

Series 5. Research. This series contains the notes and documentation he collected while researching the history of printing in America and specific printing houses. Includes handwritten transcriptions, photographs, photostats, and photocopies from published and archival sources.

Series 6. Correspondence and Subject Files. This series represents the bulk of the collection. It contains subject files and correspondence with colleagues, friends and institutions related to the history of printing and typography. Included is correspondence with many small press printers from the around the United States and England sending examples of their work. He had extensive correspondence with the following among many others: Leo Wyatt (1909-1981) an engraver specializing in calligraphy; Paul Hayden Duensing (-1996) printer; Jacob Blanck (1906-1974) bibliographer; Lawton Kennedy (1900-1980) printer; Michael McCurdy (1942-2016) author, illustrator, and printer.

 Use of the materials

All researchers seeking to publish materials from the collections of the John Hay Library are requested to complete a Notice of Intent to Publish, prior to reproducing, quoting, or otherwise publishing any portion or extract from this collection. Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.

 Preferred Citation

Rollo G. Silver papers, Ms.2013.001, Brown University Library.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged in 6 series.

Series 1. Biographical Series 2. Personal Subject Files Series 3. Publications and Lectures Series 4. Research Series 5. Objects Series 6. Correspondence and Subject Files

Access to the collection

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

 Administrative information Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Alice (Gindin) Silver in 1989 and the Estate of Alice (Gindin) Silver in 2003.

 Additional information Related Materials

Brown University. Rollo G. Silver notebooks, circa 1950 - circa 1980. (John Hay Library Brown University, 1-SIZE Z208 .S55) Notebooks containing source materials for Silver's teaching and writing on the history of American printing; include handwritten transcriptions, photographs, photostats, and photocopies from published and archival sources, some whole pamphlets and offprints, and typed drafts of some of Silver's own articles and addresses. Grolier Club. Silver, Rollo G. - Files on American printers and publishers for The Book in America, ca. 1950 (4.2 linear feet) owned by the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.

Separated Materials

The extensive book collection, "Rollo G. Silver Collection of Printing and Publishing History," created by Rollo G. Silver and Alice Silver was donated by Alice Silver to Brown University in 1989. The materials can be located by searching the Brown University Library catalog for the term "Rollo Silver Collection (Brown University)"

Names Whitman, Walt Lee, Gypsy Rose Royce, Rosita Merrymount Press Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.) Society of Printers (Boston, Mass.) Double Crown Club Grolier Club Wynken de Worde Society United States. Army Service Forces. Climatic Research Laboratory Subjects Calligraphers Printing -- United States -- History Penmanship Graphic arts Burlesque (Theater) Publishers and publishing Wood-engraving Type and type-founding Small presses -- United States Calligraphy Occupations Engravers Bibliographers -- United States Types of Materials Wood blocks (printing blocks) type specimens (documents) type (composition equipment) printing presses three-dimensional printing plates Engravings Engravings (Prints) Wood engraving (prints) Photographs