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Call Number: SC0510
Creator:
Borsdamm, John.
Creator:
Borsdamm, John
Title: John Borsdamm papers
Dates: 1930-1972
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Summary: These papers pertain to Borsdamm's career as bookbinder and
consist primarily of letters received, with some biographical materials, clippings,
ephemera, and two photographs of Borsdamm. The bound volume, "Letters of appreciation to
John Borsdamm on the occassion of his retirement from Stanford University Press, June 1,
1950," includes letters from J. E. Wallace Sterling, Herbert Hoover, Jessie Knight
Jordan, Pedro deLemos (Pedro J. Lemos), William F. Durand, Carol Green Wilson, David S.
Jacobson, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and Borsdamm's colleagues at the Press. Of note are letters
from Julius A. Quelle and Jessie Dunten Whittern recounting the history of the Press.
The papers also include the original design of a phoenix by Nathan Van Patten that was
used on the binding Borsdamm did for THE LETTERS OF D. H. LAWRENCE.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Gift of Felicia Hassell Pearce, 1996.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
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John Borsdamm Papers (SC0510). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Borsdamm, bookbinder, joined the Stanford University Press in 1915. He was born in
Germany and served an apprendiceship as bookbinder in Leipzig before coming to the
United States. His work was exhibited at the Golden Gate Exposition in 1939 and
elsewhere. While at the Press, he designed the "Borsdamm Binding," an economical method
of binding papers and magazines for library use. He retired in 1960.
These papers pertain to Borsdamm's career as bookbinder and consist primarily of letters
received, with some biographical materials, clippings, ephemera, and two photographs of
Borsdamm. The bound volume, "Letters of appreciation to John Borsdamm on the occassion
of his retirement from Stanford University Press, June 1, 1950," includes letters from
J. E. Wallace Sterling, Herbert Hoover, Jessie Knight Jordan, Pedro deLemos (Pedro J.
Lemos), William F. Durand, Carol Green Wilson, David S. Jacobson, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and
Borsdamm's colleagues at the Press. Of note are letters from Julius A. Quelle and Jessie
Dunten Whittern recounting the history of the Press. The papers also include the
original design of a phoenix by Nathan Van Patten that was used on the binding Borsdamm
did for THE LETTERS OF D. H. LAWRENCE.
Borsdamm, John.
Durand, William Frederick, 1859-1958
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Jacobson, David S.
Jordan, Jessie Knight, 1867?-1952.
Lemos, Pedro Joseph, 1882-
Quelle, Julius A.
Stanford University Press.
Van Patten, Nathan, 1887-1956.
Whittern, Jessie Dunten.
Wilson, Carol Green, 1892-
Bookbinding.