Edwin H. Carpenter collection on hand presses, 1940-1988.

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Edwin H. Carpenter collection on hand presses, 1940-1988.

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This collection contains items collected by Edwin H. Carpenter about hand printing presses located primarily in California. The items were intended to be used to create a list or census of hand presses including information about the origins of the press and technical specifications. The materials include papers, photographs, and articles of various types. Correspondence and press information originate from many of those of the California press and printing community, such as Ernest Lindner, Lew Allen, Jeff Craemer, Richard Hoffman, Paul Landacre, Muir Dawson, Saul Marks, Ward Ritchie, and Roger Levenson. Items range in date from 1895 to 1988, but most of the items originate from the 1940s to 1970s.

1.4 linear feet (2 boxes)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7519891

University of California, Los Angeles

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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-...

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...