Meriden Gravure Company Collection, ca. 1964-1971

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
D. Tambo
Extent:
.8 linear feet (2 document boxes)
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains printed examples from the Meriden Gravure Company of Meriden, Connecticut, ca. 1964-1971. Included are booklets, calendars, exhibition catalogs, guides, journals, and pamphlets commissioned by a number of galleries, museums, organizations, and universities and colleges.

Meriden Gravure Company, led by E. Harold Hugo, was internationally renowned for its illustrated volumes. In 1977 it merged with Stinehour Press. For further information about Meriden and other American presses, see works such as: Joseph Blumenthal, The Printed Book in America (1977).

UCSB Special Collections has a number of additional works printed by Meriden that have been cataloged separately. These can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog.

Acquisition information:
Undetermined.
Physical location:
Del Sur

Access and use

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062