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Charles Alexander letter to Tom Clark

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0954
Abstract

American poet, publisher, and book artist Charles Alexander (1954-) wrote to American poet Tom Clark (1941-) discussing what he had learned from American book designer and papermaker Walter Hamady (1940-).

Dates: 1984 April 9

Archive of the Angelica and Amity Presses

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Identifier: MSS 0447
Abstract

The archive of the Angelica and Amity Presses documents the products, operations, and distribution projects of the presses, as well as aspects of the personal relationship between founders Dennis and Marilyn Grastorf.

Dates: 1967-1983; Majority of material found within 1974-1979

Samuel Antupit papers related to printing

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Identifier: MSS 1068
Abstract Samuel N. Antupit (1932-2003) was an American graphic designer, printer, publisher, and magazine art director. In 1960, he founded Cycling Frog Press, a private letterpress print shop in Pound Ridge, New York, that produced illustrated books, chapbooks, and ephemera. He also founded Subsistence Press and CommonPlace Publishing. The Samuel N. Antupit papers related to printing consist of samples of his work, production materials for printing projects, photographs, and correspondence related...
Dates: 1938-2003

Alan Brilliant correspondence with Ted Wilentz

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Identifier: MSS 0590
Abstract

This collection contains .7 linear feet of personal letters and postcards from Alan Brilliant of Unicorn Press to his former employer and longtime friend, proprietor of Corinth Books Ted Wilentz. Other materials include press catalogs, newsletters, financial records, clippings, periodicals, poems, and other printed ephemera related to the Unicorn Press.

Dates: 1960-1996; Majority of material found within 1986-1988

Brian Coffey papers

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Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

John Digby papers

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Identifier: MSS 0569
Abstract British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. Digby's papers document nearly five decades (1963-2004) of a prolific artistic and literary career, with significant representation of Digby's collaborations with international colleagues exhibiting, publishing, and creating Surrealist works in the 1960s-1970s. The collection includes all...
Dates: 1963-2004; Majority of material found within 1974-2002

John Digby papers supplement

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Identifier: MSS 0569s
Abstract British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. The John Digby papers supplement reflects Digby's prolific artistic and literary career, Joan Digby's creative and professional work, and their collaboration as editors and contributors to their imprint, The Feral Press, between 2002-2016. The Digbys published nearly 100 authors and...
Dates: circa 1860-2016

J. Ben Lieberman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0516
Abstract

Educator, editor, author, amateur printer, and proponent of the private press, J. Ben Lieberman is widely regarded as the father of the twentieth-century chappel movement in the United States. The J. Ben Lieberman Papers reflect some of the accomplishments of J. Ben Lieberman and his wife Elizabeth Koller Lieberman.

Dates: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1945-1984

Raven Arts Press archive

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Identifier: MSS 0467
Abstract

The Archive of the Raven Arts Press forms a comprehensive record of the history and activities of the Dublin-based press, founded by Irish writer and publisher Dermot Bolger. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, galleys, publicity material, and financial records.

Dates: 1971-1993

Sombre Reptiles Press records

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Identifier: MSS 0560
Abstract

The Berkeley, California-based Sombre Reptiles Press was founded in 1978 by poet Jerry Ratch and artist Mary Ann Hayden. This small collection consists of approximately one linear foot of material related to the operation of the press and the publication of its works, spanning the dates 1977 and 1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1977 to 1982.

Dates: 1977-1994; Majority of material found within 1978-1982

University of Delaware Library collection of websites related to printing and book arts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0763
Abstract

This collection broadly documents online sources related to book arts and printing which complement and enrich existing special collections, including websites and social media sites of and for individuals and organizations involved in all aspects of the book arts and printing. This collection focuses on collecting web resources related to designers, presses, and printers.

Dates: 2016-2017

University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0799
Abstract

This collection documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. This collection includes sites related to University of Delaware Library holdings in American literature; Irish literature; and theatre.

Dates: 2016-2017

Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection

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Identifier: MSS 0554
Abstract

The Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection consists of the records of the Plough Press and the works and research materials of the Plough Press's founder, English printer and author Geoffrey Wakeman. The Plough Press's publications, reprints, and original works by Wakeman and others pertain to print culture, particularly printers and printing, illustration processes, binding, and paper.

Dates: 1655-1996; Majority of material found within 1970-1993

Zephyrus Image records

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Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Ragged Edge Press (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) 2
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Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.) 2
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Windham, Donald 2
Wolak, Bill 2
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Alexander, Charles, 1954- 1
Alexander, Charles, 1954- --Correspondence 1
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Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Barkan, Stanley H. 1
Beck, Heather McCloskey 1
Benveniste, Asa 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Black Mesa Press 1
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Bonheur, Gaston 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
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Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
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Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Curtis, Tony, 1946- 1
Cushman, Don 1
Dalachinsky, Steven 1
Decossaux, Mary Lou 1
Delaware Theatre Company 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Docker, Frances 1
Dolis, John, 1945- 1
Donath, Thérèse 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Eshleman, Clayton 1
Estrin, Jerry 1
Fidler, Martin 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Finglas Writer's Workshop 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Gerber, Nancy, 1956- 1
Giannini, David 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010 1
Gordon, Joan, 1947- 1
Grastorf, Dennis J. 1
Grastorf, Marilyn 1
Gray, Darrell, 1945- 1
Guyton, Daniel 1
Hamady, Walter 1
Harter, Jim 1
Hayden, Mary Ann 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
Helman, Cecil, 1944-2009 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Hitchcock, George 1
Instagram (Firm) 1
Jhaverī, Dilīpa, 1943- 1
Joans, Ted 1
Johnston, Alastair, 1950- 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kayak Press 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
Leale, B. C. 1
Lehtpere, Ilmar 1
Levin, Dan, 1914-2015 1
Lieberman, Elizabeth K. 1
Lieberman, J. Ben 1
London, Rick 1
Magowan, Robin 1
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 1
Masih, Tara L. 1
McAlpine, Margaret Mary 1
McClure, Michael 1
Melog Press (Paris, France) 1
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