Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on HandPresses, 1940-1988

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Edwin H. Carpenter Collection on HandPresses, 1940-1988

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This collection contains items collected byEdwin H. Carpenter about hand printing presses located primarily inCalifornia intended to be used to create a list or census of handpresses. Correspondence, photographs, and press information originatefrom many of those of the California press and printingcommunity.

2 boxes; (1.4 linear feet)

eng,

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA

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SNAC Resource ID: 6658950

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Carpenter, Edwin H.

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Clyde Browne was a printer in the Los Angeles area for approximately forty years until his death in 1942. He was born in 1872 in Old Hickory, Ohio and in 1902 or 1903, moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at the Los Angeles Examiner for four years. In 1909, he set up his own print shop, and by 1910 had established the firm of Browne and Cartwright with Alexander Cartwright. Soon after, he helped Occidental College and the University of Southern California start their own school newspapers. Begi...

Levenson, Roger, 1914-1994

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Roger Levenson was born in Bangor, Maine on October 10, 1914. He studied printing while attending the University of Maine. He served in Hawaii during WWII and settled in the San Francisco Bay area where he spent the rest of his life. He founded and operated the Tamalpais Press from circa 1955-1976 when he retired. Levenson also taught a class titled "The History of the Book" at UC Berkeley for 12 years. Levenson died in 1994. From the description of Roger Levenson papers, circa 1960-...