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Private Press Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1054

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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

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

Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)