Papers of the Cummington Press, 1947-1981.

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Papers of the Cummington Press, 1947-1981.

Print specimens from Cummington Press and a few from Abattoir Press. Copy of "Fine Print" with articles about Harry Duncan.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6811670

University of Iowa Libraries

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Cummington Press

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The Cummington Press was founded as a part of the Cummington School of the Arts, a summer program emphasizing collaborations across the fine arts, directed by musician Katharine Frazier in Cummington, Massachusetts. In 1939, Harry Duncan (1916-1997) joined the school and began printing with other students. In the year of Frazier's passing (1941), Duncan met Paul Wightman Williams, Jr., a poet and illustrator, who began to participate in book production, providing woodcut illustrations for severa...

Duncan, Harry

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Abattoir Editions

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