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Martha L. Carothers student artists' books collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0868
Abstract

Martha L. Carothers is a book artist and professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware specializing in graphic design and book arts. The Martha L. Carothers student artists’ books collection comprises over 500 artists’ books created by students of Martha Carothers’ ART 309 course at the University of Delaware from 1983 to 2016. The collection documents thirty-four years of student projects in the application of book-arts concepts and techniques.

Dates: 1983-2016

John F. Grabau Selected formulas for book-binding

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0095-Item 0036
Abstract

Selected Formulas for Book-binding is a manuscript volume of bookbinding instructions created by bookbinder John F. Grabau of Buffalo, New York, in 1906.

Dates: 1906

J. Franklin Mowery experimental case construction specimen

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0179
Abstract

This single volume is a specimen of a case construction binding created by John Franklin ("Frank") Mowery, a bookbinder and former head conservator at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

Dates: approximately 1970-2010

Louis Herman Kinder and fine bookbinding in America : a chapter in the history of the Roycroft Shop : galley proofs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0839
Abstract

This item comprises the original galley proofs for Richard J. Wolfe’s and Paul McKenna’s book, Louis Herman Kinder and fine bookbinding in America : a chapter in the history of the Roycroft Shop, as published by Bird & Bull Press in 1985.

Dates: 1985