Records, 1940-1983 (bulk 1965-1982).
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Vanishing Press
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Eugene S. Richardson, proprietor of the Vanishing Press, joined the Department of Geology at the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) in 1946 as curator of fossil invetebrates. He was responsible for the design of the Hall of Invertebrate Paleontology at the museum. Richardson's other interest was letterpress printing, and he maintained his Vanishing Press at his country home near Gurnee, Illinois. Richardson established the press in 1939, but after issuing a few publications, his work was ...
Amalgamated Printers' Association.
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Biography/Administrative History The Amalgamated Printers' Association was founded as a hobby printers' group in 1958 and has always focused on the exchange of letterpress samples and work. It now includes both amateur and professional printers as members and membership is capped at 150 members. From the guide to the Amalgamated Printers' Association Ephemera Collection, 1962-1977, (Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library) ...
Richardson, Eugene Stanley, 1916-....
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Eugene S. Richardson (1916-1983), a paleontologist, had a lifelong interest in letterpress printing. He was proprietor of the Vanishing Press, which he established in 1939, and used the press to publish material about the history of his family, to print Christmas cards, and to prepare material for the "bundles" issued to members by the Amalgamated Printers Association of which he was a prime mover. He retired in 1982 and died the next year. From the description of Eugene Richardson p...
