Amateur press publications, 1890-1932.

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Amateur press publications, 1890-1932.

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The bulk of the collection runs from 1892 to 1904. Most titles are incomplete, with the exception of those created by Radius himself, THE NEWSBOY and THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES. Only two publications (single issues) are later, THE NATIONAL AMATEUR (1930) and AMATEUR AFFAIRS (1932). The miscellaneous ephemera folder (box 2) includes a mailing list, organization list, and clippings about the death of Alva Porter Moore. The organization folders include announcements, press coverage, meeting notes, etc.

.75 linear ft. (1.5 manuscript boxes)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8130705

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Australian Amateur Journalists' Association.

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Pacific Amateur Press Association.

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Radius, Walter,

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Walter Radius (senior) was born in California in 1879. He graduated from the South Cosmopolitan School in 1894, and attended Polytechnic High School in San Francisco. He issued THE NEWSBOY from 1892 to 1896, and from 1895 to 1896, THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES (also under the name of THE ACADEMIC NEWS and THE TIMES). He was active in the amateur press organizations, and collected many of the amateur press publications and ephemera. From the description of Amateur press publications, 1890-193...

British Amateur Press Association

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Moore, Alva Porter.

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National Amateur Press Association

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The National Amateur Press Association is the oldest amateur press group in the world having its first convention in 1876. Each month it mails a bundle of papers to all members containing the work of printers, some who do not write, and writers and poets, and some who also print. Some edit and publish the work of others, leaving the craft of printing to yet others. Methods used have been letterpress, offset, photocopy, mimeograph, and spirit duplicator. Recent bundles often contain journals prod...

Golden States Amateur Press Association.

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