Private Press Ephemera
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Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of printer's ephemera sent to Special Collections and Archives by private presses through the years and continuing. It is comprised of, among other things, prospectuses, samples, job work, posters, keepsakes, announcements, correspondence, and greeting cards. The collection is organized alphabetically by press. “See also” notes are utilized in file names to help navigate individuals versus the presses they work with. Press files that include an artist’s personal works, or their other unaffiliated works, include the artist’s name in the title. Prospectuses [prospecti] and announcements of books that are cataloged in Special Collections are noted with call numbers in ‘related materials.’ Presses with other manuscript collections at Iowa have also been noted. Many presses also have cataloged ephemera not listed here in this finding aid, searchable in Infohawk+. Private printing is a small community, so there is additionally a considerable amount of overlap, with book and type artists opening, closing, and moving between countless presses. This collection also includes files of ephemera from social clubs, printed not by those clubs but by miscellaneous local private presses.
Dates
- Creation: 1930-2022
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/.
Extent
25.0 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Spanish; Castilian
Italian
Chinese
Abstract
Ephemera from a variety of international private presses.
Physical Location
These are located in filing cabinets in the closed stacks.
Source
- Alembic Press (Organization)
- Alternative Press (Ann Arbor, Mich.) (Organization)
- Arcadian Press (Organization)
- Arion Press (Organization)
- Basilisk Press (Organization)
- Brighton Press (Organization)
- Cummington Press (Organization)
- Flying Fish Press (Organization)
- Kelmscott Press (Organization)
- Prairie Press (Organization)
- Red Ozier Press (Organization)
- Silver Buckle Press (Organization)
- Stinehour Press (Organization)
- Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Sutton Hoo Press (Organization)
- Toothpaste/Coffee House Press (Organization)
- Torch Press (Organization)
- University of Iowa Press (Organization)
- Yellow Barn Press (Organization)
- Wayzgoose Press (Organization)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Carmela Furio
- Date
- 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu