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Title: Peter Rutledge Koch papers
Identifier/Call Number: M1584
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
157.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1975-2006
Physical Location: Special Collections materials are stored offsite and must be paged in advance. For more information on paging collections,
see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html.
Abstract: Papers of find press printer, Peter Koch, include press proofs, correspondence, teaching files, sales and financial material,
student work, job files and media.
creator:
Koch, Peter Rutledge
Listed by Drew Padley, 2008; Series x. processed by Glynn Edwards, 2009.
[Identification of item], Peter Koch Papers, M1584, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
California.
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: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Collection is open for research to boxes listed in Container listing; Project files are in process and not yet available.
Related Archival Materials note
Peter Koch's hard drive has been processed separately; please see M.1584.Media.
Peter Rutledge Koch has been designing and printing books and ephemera since 1974, beginning his career in Missoula, Montana
with one platen press. He since settled in the San Francisco Bay area and following the San Francisco literary tradition of
fine press printing, has acquired an international reputation and several more presses. His clients and collectors range from
major international research libraries to bibliophilic organizations and private collectors and publishers. Between commissions,
he designs, prints and publishes limited editions of ancient Greek philosophers, the musings of maverick poets, and the images
of world-renowned wood engravers and photographers. Editions Koch specializes in publishing limited edition livres d'artiste,
broadsides, portfolios, and text transmission objects.
His works have previously carried the imprints: Black Stone Press, Peter Koch, Printer, and Hormone Derange Editions.
When not working in his studio, he teaches the history of typographic design and printing on the Albion hand press at the
University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library Press.
[From the website: http://www.peterkochprinters.com/index.php]
Scope and Content of Collection
The Peter Koch Papers contain correspondence, project files (proofs, plans, templates, etc.), manuscripts, sales records,
student projects, etc.
- General files
- Teaching files
- Financial
- Job files
- Correspondence, alphabetical
- Correspondence, miscellaneous
- Media
- Datebooks, planners, etc.
- Reviews, awards, Roxburgh Club
- Book sales
- Poems & Essays About Koch
- Dirk Lee Archive
- Student Projects
- Book archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bancroft Library. Friends
Black Stone Press.
Book Club of California.
Gleeson Library Associates.
Koch, Peter Rutledge
Phillips, Matt, 1927-
Press in Tuscany Alley.
Roxburghe Club of San Francisco.
San Francisco Public Library
Fine press
Fine printing--20th century
Fine printing--California
Fine printing--San Francisco, Calif.
Printing--U.S.