Scripps College

Administrative History of Scripps College Press

The Scripps College Press, originally named the Hartley Burr Alexander Press in honor of the Scripps philosophy professor (1927-1939), was established in 1941. The Class of 1941 instigated its establishment by donating the press as part of their class gift. They also managed to convince Frederick W. Goudy, renowned type designer, to create a unique type for exclusive use by the Press. Catherine Coffin Phillips, author, printer, and grandmother of one of the graduating seniors, Pat Morrison, agreed to underwrite the cost ($500.00) of Goudy designing a typeface for the colleges use. This was an excellent coup by the graduating class considering Goudy had previously designed a type for the University of California for which he had charged $10,000. Now the Class of 1941 needed to locate a press. In response, Los Angeles printer Ward Ritchie generously donated his Washington hand press upon which to print, and room was made in the basement of the art building. In September of 1941, Goudy returned to the campus to dedicate the first use of the type.

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