Scope and Contents
The collection contains papers of the company and personal papers of Oliver Simon, Herbert Simon, and Basil Harley. These include correspondence; papers relating to specific printing jobs and to types, paper, printing processes, etc.; business papers; and specimens of printing.
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1998
Creator
- Curwen Press (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
85 archive box(es) (85 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers of Oliver Simon were acquired about 1970. These included, besides his own correspondence and records of the Fleuron and Signature, much printed matter from the Press. The Curwen Press's own archives, not apparently systematically preserved, were acquired in 1984. Papers of Herbert Simon were acquired from his son Robert in 1984. Besides his own papers and a further collection of Press ephemera, these included some original drawings for patterned papers. Papers of Basil Harley were purchased in 1988. Some other items were acquired from unidentified sources and from the clearance of the Curwen Press works.
Bibliography
Subject
- Simon, Oliver Joseph, 1895-1956 (printer) (Person)
- Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989 (painter) (Person)
- Freedman, Barnett, 1901-1958 (illustrator) (Person)
- Curwen, Harold Spedding, 1885-1949 (printer) (Person)
- Marx, Enid Dorothy Crystal, 1902-1998 (artist designer) (Person)
- Ravilious, Eric William, 1903-1942 (artist) (Person)
- Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1890-1954 (artist) (Person)
- Rutherston, Albert Daniel, 1881-1953 (painter illustrator) (Person)
- Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890-1921 (artist author) (Person)
- Tunnicliffe, Charles Frederick, 1901-1979 (wildlife artist) (Person)
- Ardizzone, Edward Jeffery Irving, 1900-1979 (artist and illustrator) (Person)
- Nash, Paul, 1889-1946 (artist) (Person)
- Simon, Herbert, 1898-1974 (printer) (Person)
- Sutherland, Graham Vivian, 1903-1980 (painter and printmaker) (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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