Collection of catalogs, brochures and samples of paper, 1900s

Catalogs, brochures, posters, printed ephemera, and samples of paper.

A collection of catalogs, brochures, posters, printed ephemera and individual sheets of paper which sample paper made by various commercial paper companies. In addition to these samples, the series includes two folders of information explaining and illustrating the process of papermaking.

Of particular note are the sample books from the Strathmore Paper Company that originally belonged to Edna Beilenson when she worked at the Peter Pauper Press. According to a note by Lieberman, he saved them from being discarded when Beilenson was clearing out the premises of her press in 1978. As Lieberman noted these booklets (as well as others in this series) "are quite important in terms of style, art work, lettering, and sales pitch, to say nothing of the history of the manufacturers and distributors themselves."