Battledore Press Collection, 1961-1983

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Battledore Press Collection, 1961-1983

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The collection includes printed ephemeracreated primarily by the Battledore Press, run by Mary and Andrew Horn.Items are mainly paper examples of printing, with a few pieces on wood.Many of the pieces of ephemera relate to the UCLA libraries.

7 boxes; (2.5 linear feet)

eng,

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650668

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Horn, Andrew H. (Andrew Harlis), 1914-1983

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Horn, Mary Baier

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Battledore Press

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The Battledore Press was the personal press of Mary and Andrew (Andy) Horn. Mary and Andrew printed their first piece on September 8, 1961 (see box 6, folder 3 for the handwritten note about this item). Andrew oversaw the creation of the library school at UCLA in 1959/1960 in addition to being a professor and dean of the school; he also supervised the Horn Press to allow library students the opportunity to print. He was a friend and colleague of Lawrence Clark Powell, the well known University L...