Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hoffman, Richard J.
- Abstract:
- This collection contains material created and printed by Richard J. Hoffman for various individuals, institutions, and clubs. Items are mostly printed ephemera including Christmas cards, invitations, announcements, memorials, and certificates for various events.
- Extent:
- 1.7 Linear Feet 5 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Richard J. Hoffman Collection, Press coll. Archives Hoffman, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains material created and printed by Richard J. Hoffman, a printer in Southern California who printed many items for various individuals, institutions, and clubs (including Los Angeles Junior College, California State University at Los Angeles, the Rounce and Coffin Club, and the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs). Items consist largely of printed ephemera including Christmas cards, invitations, announcements, memorials, and certificates for various events.
Boxes 2 and 3 below originated in Clark accession MS.1988.001.
- Biographical / historical:
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Richard J. Hoffman was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1912. He graduated from Garfield High School in 1928, and from Los Angeles Junior College in 1932. Hoffman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Los Angeles State College in 1947, and went on to receive a Master of Science in advanced education from USC.
Hoffman worked as a printer from high school on. He taught starting in 1943 at Los Angeles City College and had his own printing office for many years in which he wrote, designed, and printed many of his own books. He married Ruth Janet Lofthouse on March 24, 1934 and went on to have three children and seven grandchildren. After teaching for many years, he retired from his job as a professor at California State University, Los Angeles. He died in Los Angeles on September 26, 1989.
He was a member of various associations and clubs, including the Columbian 415 Chappel (as a founding father), the Comma Club, Los Angeles (as a founding member), the International Typographical Union, Phi Delta Kappa, the Rounce & Coffin Club Los Angeles, the Typophiles of New York, and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles.
He received many awards including the John Paul II Medal in a papal visit, state assembly recognitions, the International Graphic Arts Education Association President's medal (1958), Phi Delta Kappan of the year (1977), a scholarship for perpetuating printing technology education, and many others.
- Acquisition information:
- Part of this collection originated in accession MS.1988.001. These items were purchased by the Clark in 1988.
- Processing information:
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This collection was processed and described by Jamie Henricks in July, 2009. The finding aid adheres to Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS).
- Arrangement:
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The collection was arranged previously by another individual. The order was preserved except in the case of box 5, where booklets were put into chronological order.
- Physical location:
- This collection is stored at the Southern Regional Library Facility. Please contact Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks in advance if you would like to view the materials in this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Richard J. Hoffman Collection, Press coll. Archives Hoffman, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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2520 Cimarron StreetLos Angeles, CA 90018, US
- Contact:
- (310) 794-5155