Rounce & Coffin Club
Variant namesThe Rounce & Coffin Club began in late 1931 at the house of Jake (Jacob) Zeitlin in Echo Park (Los Angeles), California. Grant Dahlstrom was named President and Ward Ritchie was designated secretary. The members met frequently at Zeitlin's house and later at hotels in Pasadena. Beginning in 1938, the members held an annual Western Books Exhibition which displayed and judged fine press books made in and about the Western United States. Early and noted members included Saul Marks, Paul Landacre, Gregg Anderson, Robert Schad, Roland Baughman, and H. Richard Archer.
From the description of Rounce & Coffin Club collection, 1932-1991. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 436466421
Historical note
The Rounce & Coffin Club began in late 1931 at the house of Jake (Jacob) Zeitlin in Echo Park (Los Angeles), California. Grant Dahlstrom was named President and Ward Ritchie was designated secretary. The members met frequently at Zeitlin's house and later at hotels in Pasadena. Beginning in 1938, the members held an annual Western Books Exhibition which displayed and judged fine press books made in and about the Western United States.
Early and noted members included Saul Marks, Paul Landacre, Gregg Anderson, Robert Schad, Roland Baughman, H. Richard Archer, and others. Lawrence Clark Powell features often in club ephemera as well.
From the guide to the Rounce & Coffin Club Collection, 1932-1991, (William Andrews Clark Memorial Library)
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| creatorOf | Freedman, Ted, 1906-. Ted Freedman papers, 1935-1966. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| creatorOf | Rounce & Coffin Club Collection, 1932-1991 | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA | |
| referencedIn | Hoffman, Richard J. Impressions of a printer : oral history transcript / Richard J. Hoffman ; interviewed by Richard F. Docter, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Freedman, Ted, 1906-. Ted Freedman papers, 1926-1974. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Rounce & Coffin Club. Rounce & Coffin Club collection, 1932-1991. | University of California, Los Angeles |
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| associatedWith | Archer, H. Richard (Horace Richard), 1911-1978 | person |
| associatedWith | Cheney, William Murray, 1907- | person |
| associatedWith | Dahlstrom, Grant Edward | person |
| associatedWith | Freedman, Ted, 1906- | person |
| associatedWith | Hoffman, Richard J. | person |
| associatedWith | Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996 | person |
| associatedWith | Zeitlin, Jake, 1902-1987 | person |
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| California |
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| Fine books |
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| Printers |
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Corporate Body
Active 1932
Active 1991
