Abstract

This collection contains items collected by Edwin H. Carpenter about hand printing presses located primarily in California intended to be used to create a list or census of hand presses. Correspondence, photographs, and press information originate from many of those of the California press and printing community.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of printed books and pamphlets, correspondence, ephemera, and broadsides related to William M. Cheney and his activities as a printer in Los Angeles. It also includes materials related to other Los Angeles area printers, presses, and bibliophiles such as Grant Dahlstrom, H. Richard Archer, The Rounce and Coffin Club, and the Hippogryph Press.Series 4 of this collection contains a substantial amount of Cheney family history material, including...