Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- The Roy Vernon Sowers and Margaret Cosgrave Sowers papers,
- Dates:
- 1629-1994
- Creators:
- Sowers, Margaret Cosgrave.
- Abstract:
- The collection contains items generated or received by either Margaret or both Roy and Margaret together. Includes many fine press examples, some personal correspondence, and library exhibit materials.
- Extent:
- 3.5 linear ft.
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
The Roy Vernon Sowers and Margaret Cosgrave Sowers papers. M0888. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Items generated or received by either Margaret or both Roy and Margaret together. Includes many fine press examples, some personal correspondence, and library exhibit materials.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the estate of Margaret Cosgrave Sowers, 1995.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Book collecting--California.
Booksellers and bookselling--California.
Libraries--California.
Printing. - Names:
- Alfred A. Knopf.
Allen Press.
Angel Alley Press.
Anvil Press.
Arizona Pioneers Historical Society.
Arthur Lites Press.
Bird and Bull Press.
Black Vine Press.
Blackwood Press.
Book Club of California.
Brick Row Book Shop.
Carl Herzog Press.
Castle Press.
Centaur Press.
Colt Press.
Cooper Square Publishers.
Crompton T. Johnson.
Dawson's Bookshop.
Grabhorn Press.
Innominate Press.
Laboratory Press.
Lime Kiln Press.
Pynson Printers.
Ward Ritchie Press.
Windsor Press.
Zeitlin and Ver Brugge.
Archer, Richard.
Lewis, Blaine.
Powell, Lawrence Clark.
Rushmore, Arthur.
Rushmore, Edna.
Sowers, Margaret Cosgrave.
Sowers, Roy Vernon.
Stauffacher, Jack.
Straus, Norman.
Wilson, Adrian.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word via FileMaker Pro database. Date of source: 1996.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
None.
- Terms of access:
-
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
- Preferred citation:
-
The Roy Vernon Sowers and Margaret Cosgrave Sowers papers. M0888. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022