Papers, 1872-1983, bulk 1949-1983.

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Papers, 1872-1983, bulk 1949-1983.

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Collection consists of printed miniature books, correspondence, ephemera, broadsides, and woodblocks related to William Murray Cheney and his activities as a printer in Los Angeles. Includes materials related to other Los Angeles area printers, presses, and bibliophiles such as Grant Dahlstrom, H. Richard Archer, the Auk Press, and the Hippogryph Press.

18 boxes (9 linear ft.)2 oversize boxes.1 flat box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7415052

University of California, Los Angeles

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Auk Press.

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Cheney, William Murray, 1907-

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Cheney was born in 1907; shipping clerk, Dawson's Book Shop; learned to print under the instruction of Thomas Perry Stricker; his first printed book was A voyage to Trolland (1933); worked at Grant Dahlstrom's Castle Press and Saul and Lillian Marks's Plantin Press before buying his own press in 1950; printed materials for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and for Lawrence Clark Powell while working in the coach house at the Clark Library, 1962-74; devoted the remainder of his printing ...

Hippogryph Press.

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Archer, H. Richard (Horace Richard), 1911-1978

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Epithet: Supervising Bibliographer William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x00010c Archer was the supervising bibliographer at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA; established the Hippogryph Press, ca. 1953; later became Rare Books Librarian and Custodian of the Chapin Library at Williams College, Williamstown, MA; died in 1978. ...

Dahlstrom, Grant Edward

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