Grabhorn Press Records, 1917-1973

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Summary

Title:
Grabhorn Press records
Dates:
1917-1973
Creators:
Grabhorn Press
Abstract:
Contains correspondence, job, and project files including manuscripts, illustrations, and galleys, with various incomplete segments and trial pieces. The Grabhorns' correspondence with authors, artists, and other printers relates chiefly to the work of the Press, but also includes two letters written by Edwin in 1918-19, while he was still in Indianapolis. Also includes extensive business and financial records, with a few miscellaneous papers, including awards and clippings the Grabhorn's kept about the press.
Extent:
Number of containers: 8 boxes, 6 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 3 oversize boxes Linear feet: ca. 11
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Grabhorn Press Records, BANC MSS 73/109 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

The records of Grabhorn Press, 1917-1973, consist of correspondence and project files relating mainly to works printed by the press, along with extensive business and financial records, and a few miscellaneous papers.

The Grabhorn Press was founded in 1920 in San Francisco, California, by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Their correspondence with authors, artists, and other printers relates chiefly to the work of the press, but also includes two letters written by Edwin in 1918-19, while he was still in Indianapolis.

Project files kept by the Grabhorn Press include manuscripts, illustrations, galleys, and various incomplete segments and trial pieces of many of the Press' works. These are listed by author and/or title, and include the citation number from the Grabhorn Press Bibliography. Miscellaneous Papers contains awards and clippings the Grabhorns kept about the press.

Business and financial records represent the greatest bulk within the collection, and consist of bank statements, check stubs, accounts for the purchase of papers, ink, and other printing supplies, order and sales statements, with some miscellaneous business, tax, and insurance records.

Acquisition information:
The greater part of this collection of records of the Grabhorn Press was given by Mrs. Edwin Grabhorn, over a period of years from 1969 to 1973, first to the General Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Department, and later to The Bancroft Library. Some additional material was purchased from Mrs. Grabhorn in August 1973 and a few items were also contributed by Oscar Lewis, Roger Levenson, and Sherwood Grover. Further additions were received as part of the Heller Bequest in 1988.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Printers--California--San Francisco
Publishers and publishing--California
Account books
Galley proofs (Printing)
Illustrations
Manuscripts for publication
Names:
Allen Press, correspondent
Almadén Vineyards, correspondent
American Institute of Graphic Arts, correspondent
American Type Founders Company. Typographic Library and Museum, correspondent
American Type Founders Sales Corporation, correspondent
Archetype Press, correspondent
Bancroft Library, correspondent
Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.), correspondent
Book Club of California, correspondent
California Historical Society, correspondent
Committee for the Establishment of Carl Purington Rollins Printing Office, correspondent
E Clampus Vitus (Fraternal order), correspondent
Grolier Club, correspondent
Library of Congress, correspondent
Merrymount Press, correspondent
Peregrine Press, correspondent
Random House (Firm), correspondent
University of California, Berkeley. Library, correspondent
Zamorano Club, correspondent
Adams, Ansel, 1902- correspondent
Allen, Dorothy, 1908- correspondent
Allen, Lewis M., correspondent
Altschul, Frank, 1887-1981, correspondent
Amerine, M. A. (Maynard Andrew), 1911- correspondent
Anderson, Gregg, 1908-1944, correspondent
Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, correspondent
Bechtel, Kenneth K. (Kenneth Karl), 1904- correspondent
Bennett, Melba, d. 1968
Bennett, Melba, d. 1968, correspondent
Benoist, Louis Auguste, 1899- correspondent
Bentley, Wilder, 1900-1989, correspondent
Berman, Eugene, 1899- correspondent
Bianchi, John, 1874- correspondent
Börjeson, Ingeborg, correspondent
Bragin, Charles, correspondent
Brautigan, Richard, correspondent
Bryant, Douglas Wallace, 1913- correspondent
Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, correspondent
Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938, correspondent
Burke, Jackson, 1908-1975, correspondent
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968, correspondent
Cary, Melbert Brinckerhoff, 1892-1941, correspondent
Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971, correspondent
Chappell, Warren, 1904- correspondent
Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972, correspondent
Cosgrave, George, 1870-1945, correspondent
Dane, George Ezra, 1904-1941, correspondent
Dawson, Glen, 1912- correspondent
Dillon, Richard H., correspondent
Douglas, Frederic Huntington, 1897-1956, correspondent
Duschnes, Philip C., correspondent
Eckman, James Russell, 1908- correspondent
Ellis, Arthur M. (Arthur McDonald), 1875-1932, correspondent
Empáran, Madie Brown
Evans, Henry Herman, 1918- correspondent
Everson, William, 1912- correspondent
Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-1974, correspondent
Fawcus, Arnold D., correspondent
Flammer, Charles, 1881- correspondent
Francis, R. W., correspondent
Fuller, William Parmer, 1888- correspondent
Gannon, John Ira, correspondent
Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951, correspondent
Goll, Yvan, 1891-1950, correspondent
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947, correspondent
Grabhorn, Edwin E
Grabhorn, Robert
Graff, Everett D. (Everett Dwight), 1885-1964, correspondent
Granniss, Ruth S. (Ruth Shepard), 1872-1954, correspondent
Greenhood, David, correspondent

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by the Manuscripts Division staff; 1988 additions and finding aid by Professor Robert Harlan and Mary Morganti
Date Prepared:
© 1996
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: July 2010

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Previously restricted access to 2 volumes of Casebooks, 1932-1934, included in Series 4: Business and Financial Records, was lifted in 1995.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Grabhorn Press Records, BANC MSS 73/109 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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