Collection Summary
Janus Press Archive 1955-present
1955-present
Z232.J36J36 1955
Van Vliet, Claire
164 containers
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 75
Approximate number of items: 57,400
English
Collection material in English
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Burke, Clifford.
Fine, Ruth, 1941-
Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933-
Kaufman, Margaret.
Seluzicki, Charles.
Siegl, Helen.
Van Vliet, Claire
Organizations
Janus Press Archive (Library of Congress) DLC
Janus Press.
Janus Press.
Limited Editions Club.
Stinehour Press.
W. Thomas Taylor (Firm).
Subjects
Book design--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
Bookbinding--Specimens.
Paper--Specimens.
Form/Genre
Book designers' mock-ups (Publishing)
Broadsides.
Engravings.
Ephemera.
Etchings.
Linocuts.
Page proofs (Printing)
Printing blocks.
Printing plates.
Trial proofs.
Woodcuts.
Occupations
Book designers--Vermont.
Provenance
The Janus Press Archive was purchased from Claire Van Vliet, proprietor of Janus Press,
in September, 1991. The Janus Press Collection, consisting of the artist's books produced by the Janus Press, are purchased as they are published. The archive remains open, and additional materials are added as they are received.
Processing Information
As far as possible, the material retains the arrangement provided by Claire Van Vliet,
who has supplied distinctive boxes for housing. Often Van Vliet has arranged and labelled
folders (these have been retained); when she has not, folders have been added for
organizational and listing purposes, and materials grouped according to type, for
example, correspondence followed by typescripts and paste-ups, production materials, etc.
In order to connect the material in the Janus Press Archive to the resulting publication
housed in the Janus Press Collection, also housed in the Rare Book and Special
Collections Division, the LCCN for each work is noted in parentheses in this finding aid.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Claire Van Vliet and others represented in this collection is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.)
Access and Restrictions
The records of the Janus Press Archive are open to research.
Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Book and Special Collections Division reading room prior to
visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Janus Press, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters
and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other
projects carried out with the participation of its founder Claire Van Vliet, coverng the period from 1955 to the present. Includes correspondence, annotated typescripts, proofs, paste-ups and layouts, book designers' mockups, woodblocks, linocut blocks, etched and engraved plates, binding structures, paper and fabric samples, audio material, notes, drawings and receipts.
Correspondents include Clifford Burke, Bob Ewert, Ruth Fine, W.R. Johnson, Margaret
Kaufman, Charles Seluzicki, Helen Siegl, the Limited Editions Club, Stinehour Press, and
W.Thomas Taylor.
Organization of the Papers
Organized into two series: I. Books. II. Posters and Broadsides. Arranged chronologically by publication date of work to which materials relate.
Related Material
A related collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of
Congress is the [King Lear Archive,] which contains preparatory
materials for an edition of Shakespeare's play published by Theodore Press in 1986, with
illustrations printed at the Janus Press.
Catalog Record: [http://lccn.loc.gov/94179407]
Container List
Container
Contents
1 through 142
Book Materials, 1955-present
Contains material relating to the production of books.
Arranged chronologically by publication date of work to which materials relate.
1
Janus Miscellaneous I
Folder 1: Theobald, John. An Oxford Odyssey, 1955. (84-243207)
Proof loose in paper wrappers, 4 proofs of woodcuts inserted.
Folder 2: Van Vliet, Claire. Some Trees and Bushes, 1959.
Proofs
Folder 3: Kafka, Franz. Parables and Paradoxes, 1963. (63-51230)
Kafka. Parables and Paradoxes, New York: Schocken Books, 1961.
Folder 3a: Correspondence from CVV to Jerome Kaplan mainly concerning Kafka’s Der Kübelreiter (77-373967), 6 items; Notes by CVV concerning Kafka, A Country Doctor
Folder 4: Kinnell, Galway. Fergus Falling, 1979. (79-315159) Letterpress proofs
Folder 5: Print, drawings for line-cuts
Folder 6: Two binding structures
Folder 7: Johnson, W.R. Snow, 1980. (82-462227) Paper samples, binding structures, typescript
Folder 8: Hammer, Victor. Manifesto: Type Design in Relation to Language and to the Art of the Punch Cutter. Maple Shade, New Jersey: Pickering Press, 1987 (201465757). Correspondence: John Anderson, 1987-88, 6 items
Folder 9: Proofs and binding materials
Folder 10: Metal plate
Folder 11: Binding in slipcase, letterpress text
2
Janus Miscellaneous II
Folder 1: Franklin, Benjamin. The Old Mistresses' Apologue, 1975. (77-364745) Proofs, binding structures, paper sample
Folder 2: Johnson, W.R. The Town at Dusk, 1980. (81-484325) Proof, sketch of layout, binding structures
Folder 3: Unidentified book (Lazarus?) Proofs, text and illustration
Folder 4: "Satellite" correspondence: Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 1972
3
Janus Press Miscellaneous III
Folder 1: Garcia Lorca, Federico. Romance de la Guardia Civil Espanola, 1974. (78-358575) Book stitched in wrappers. Correspondence: Jeanne H. Dufour (Dufour Editions), 1976, 2 items; Jerome Kaplan, 1974, 3 items
Folder 2: Carruth, Hayden. Loneliness, 1976. (82-462229) Correspondence: Hayden Carruth, 1975-76; 9 items
Folder 3: Typescript
Folder 4: Notes for layout, paste-up
Folder 5: Schuyler, James. The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court: English Songs and Dances, 1976. (76-371716) Correspondence: Frances Waldman, 1974-77; 6 items
Folder 6: Correspondence: James Schuyler, 1974-76; 4 items (incl. typescript)
Folder 7: Paste-up, proof
Folder 8: Two binding structures
Folder 9: Johnson, W.R. From Actium, 1977. (78-300690) Typescript
Folder 10: Theobald, John. A Second Light, 1977. (78-300691) Correspondence: John Theobald, 1977; 7 items
Folder 11: Typescript; various other poems
Folder 12: Proof
Folder 13: Paper samples
4
Miscellaneous IV
Folder 1: Fine, Ruth. Claire Van Vliet -- Paperwork, 1978. (81-481869) Letter from Ruth Fine (1977) and typescript
Folder 2: Fine, Ruth. Claire Van Vliet-- Landscape Paperworks, 1984. (85-206891) Correspondence: Ruth Fine, 1984, 1 item; Susan Mower (Studley Press), 1984, 1 item
Folder 3: Typescript of introduction
Folder 4: Paste-up of catalog; notes for illustrations and colophon; drafts of invitation and poster
Folder 5: Two binding structures
Folder 6: Lohf, Kenneth. Seasons, 1981. (82-461084) Letter from Kenneth Lohf (1978), with typescript
Folder 7: Letter from Kenneth Lohf (1978), with annotated galleys
Folder 8: Paste-ups
Folder 9: Proofs, hand-written colophon
Folder 10: Proof of illustration
Folder 11: Paper samples
Folder 12: Binding structure
Folder 13: Kinnell, Galway. Remarks on Accepting the American Book Award for Poetry, April 28, 1983, 1984. (85225160) Correspondence: Bill Ewert, 1984; 3 items
Folder 14: Typescript
Folder 15: Letterpress proofs
Folder 16: Notes on layout, paste-up, proof, binding structure
5, oversize
Miscellaneous V
Folder 1: Miscellaneous. Limited Edition Books Available from The Janus Press.
Meynell, Katharine. Eat Book, 1990. (92-106470) Notes, proofs.
Wilde, Oscar. The Selfish Giant, 1967. (68-1536) Proof (1 leaf).
Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1967-71; 2 items.
Correspondence, The Stinehour Press: C. Freeman Keith, 1976; Laurence M. Stinehour,1976; 2 items, with samples.
Two broadsides: "What did I dream..." and "The venyme of the aspes is under their tongues" (possibly illustrated by Leonard Baskin)
Folder 2: Schuyler, James. The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court: English Songs and Dances, 1976. (76-371716) Aluminum cuts
Folder 3: Wilson, Adrian. The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. (84-239618) Prospectuses and cloth sample (cloth possibly for Dr. Lao)
Folder 4: Wedding invitations
Folder 5: New Paperworks -- Claire Van Vliet, May 5 -- June 23, 1980. Proof, paste-up
Folder 6: Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1975-80, 1982. (82-622836) Binding materials
Folder 7-9: Johnson, W.R. Narcissus, 1990. (90-221477) Illustration material
Folder 10: Foam piece in shape of triangle
6
Folder 1: Leontief, Estelle. Razerol, 1973. (73-173336) "Original -- Metzker"
Folder 2-4: "Metzker original"
Folder 5: "Xeroxes"
Folder 6: Correspondence: Estelle Leontief, 1973 (mostly dated without years); 7 items
Folder 7: Correspondence: Ray Metzker, 1973; 2 items
Folder 8: Annotated typescript
Folder 9: Photocopies of photographs
Folder 10: Proof
Folder 11: Leontief, Estelle. Whatever Happens, 1975. (76-371681) Correspondence: Estelle Leontief, 1972-75 (mostly dated without years); 24 items
Folder 12: Letter from Estelle Leontief (1974), with typescript
Folder 13: Letter from Estelle Leontief (1974 or 1975?), with annotated typescript
Folder 14: Paste-up and xerox receipt
Folder 15: Cloth-covered boards
7
Folder 1: Van Vliet, Claire. Sun, Sky and Earth, 1964; Van Vliet, Claire. Sky and Earth: Variable Landscape, 1973. (77-370181) Box (marked "Sky, sea and earth") containing plastic and paper cuts, loose pieces of paper
Folder 2: Copy (proof?) of book, with spiral binding
Folder 3: Notes on production, incl. annotated title page (Sun, Sky and Earth)
8
Folder 1: A Fable of Bidpai, 1974. (75-324002) Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1974, 5 items; Ruthie Lehrer, 1974, 1 item
Folder 2: Annotated typescript
Folder 3: Three unbound, stitched proof copies, plus 1 extra signature
Folder 4: Bound proof in cloth boards, handwritten colophon, "special edition of the blocks in two colors"
9
Folder 1: The Tower of Babel: an Anthology, 1975. (77-374669); Correspondence: Sabina Thorne, 1974, 3 items; J.E. Curtis (The British Museum), 1974, 1 item; Pat Eystein, 1975, 1 item
Folder 2: Quotations and reference material
Folder 3: Book layout with handwritten and letterpress text, original drawings, proofs of illustrations, etc.
10
Kronfeld, Susan. Spaghettiana, 1976. (82-462226) Illustration material. Correspondence: 1975-76, Susan Kronfeld; 6 items
11
Siegl Projects. (1976, 1977)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1976-78; 4 items
Folder 2: The Guest, 1976. (83-461550) Two paste-ups, one paper sample
Folder 3: Mass of Thanksgiving, 1977. Correspondence: Constance Boylan, 1977; 7 items
Folder 4: Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1977; 2 items
Folder 5: Material related to invitation to mass
Folder 6: Letter from Constance Boylan (1977) with layout
Folder 7: Layout, paste-ups, proof
Folder 8: Typescript, 2 copies with annotations
Folder 9: Paper samples and notes related to production.
12
Gruffyground Press Projects. (1975-1980)
Folder 1: Thom Gunn. The Missed Beat; James Reeves. The Closed Door; Elizabeth Jennings. Winter Wind; Correspondence: Anthony Baker, 1975-80, 46 items (incl. copies of letters to others)
Folder 2: Gunn, Thom. The Missed Beat, 1976. (76-374742) Correspondence: Thom Gunn, 1976; 6 items
Folder 3: Typescript
Folder 4: "Block for The Missed Beat decorative paper"
Folder 5: Binding structure, decorative paper, proofs of text and prints loose inside
Folder 6: Reeves, James. The Closed Door. Sidcot: Gruffyground Press, 1977. (78-315463) (See also 78-104178) Typescript, paste-up, proofs
Folder 7: Jennings, Elizabeth. Winter Wind, 1979. (81-478302) Typescript, proofs
Folder 8: Paste-up, proofs, production notes
Folder 9: Marbled paper (12 sheets) and paper sample
12a
Two binder's dummies (possibly for Winter Wind)
13, oversize
Folder 1: Carruth, Hayden. Aura, 1977. (77-369192) Correspondence: Kathryn and Howard Clark (Twinrocker Handmade Paper), 1975, 1 item; Hayden Carruth, 1977, 1 item; Rose Marie Carruth, 1977, 1 item
Folder 2: Letterpress proofs, paper samples
Folder 3: Photograph: "Kathryn Clark and Claire Van Vliet laying a post of Aura sheets at Twinrocker"
Folder 4: Two signatures (folded sheets of handmade paper)
14
Seluzicki Projects
Folder 1: Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1975; 2 items
Folder 2: Hughes, Ted. Chiasmadon, 1977. (86-191529) Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1976-77, 10 items; Olwyn Hughes, literary agent,1977, 2 items
Folder 3: Typescript
Folder 4: Proof, letterpress
Folder 5: Etched plate, with drawing
Folder 6: Paper samples
Folder 7: Le Carré, John. The Clandestine Muse, 1986. (87-213395) Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1987; 7 items
Folder 8: Correspondence: Rainer Heumann (literary agent), 1987, 1 item; Pam, 1987, 2 items; marbled paper samples
Folder 9: Photocopy of article concerning Le Carré
Folder 10: Notes on typeface
Folder 11: Proof
Folder 12: Snodgrass, William De Witt. Traditional Hungarian Songs,1978. (79-770313) Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1977-78; 23 items
Folder 13: Correspondence: W.D. Snodgrass, 1978; 2 items
Folder 14: Paste-up of music
Folder 14a: Dorian McGowan’s masonite cuts for Traditional Hungarian Songs; 9 blocks
Folder 15: Typescript and music overlays
Folder 16: Typescript
Folder 17: Notes on layout, colophon
Folder 18: Proofs of text and illustrations
Folder 19: Heaney, Seamus. Hedge School: Sonnets from Glanmore, 1979. (81-471208) Binding structure
15, oversize
Leconte de Lisle. Midi = Noon, 1977. (78-382525) Folder 1: Correspondence: K and J, 1977, 1 item; Ines Kinnell, 1977, 1 item; Bill Hodson, 1977, 1 item; production notes
Folder 2: Typescript
Folder 3: Two bags of paper samples
Folder 4: Folded leaves (9 items)
Folder 5: Cloth and paper samples
16, oversize
Schumann, Peter. White Horse Butcher, 1977. (78-325897) Folder 1: Correspondence: 1975, Elka Schumann; 2 items
Folder 2: Paste-up
Folder 3: Binding structure
Folder 4: Schumann, Peter. St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, 1978. (80-463071) Proofs of prints
Folder 5: Paste-up, loose in cloth boards
17
Nyholm, Janet. From a Housewife's Diary, 1978. (79-315158)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Jerome Kaplan, 1976-78, 8 items; The Carter's Ink Co., 1977-78, 2 items
Folder 1a: CVV’s side of correspondence with Jerome Kaplan, 9 items
Folder 2: Correspondence: Janet Nyholm, 1977; 3 items
Folder 3: Correspondence: Jim Houle (Winter Harbor Press), 1977; 2 items
Folder 4: Typescript, 2 sets
Folder 5: Proofs (2 leaves), paste-up
Folder 6: Cloth sample, postscript, layout samples
Folder 7: Proofs of rubber stamps
17a
Eraser stamps (23) cut by Jerome Kaplan for From a Housewife’s Diary
17b
Proofs of illustrations, pulled by Jerome Kaplan
18
Herball: the Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, 1979. (80-455319)
Folder 1: Proofs
Folder 2: "Correspondence": Helen Siegl, 1976-77, 3 items; William Matheson, 1977, 4 items; Vera Freeman (Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead), 1978, 1 item
Folder 3: "Edited manuscript, Sabina Thorne, W.R. Johnson," with one letter from Sabina Thorne and W.R. Johnson, undated
Folder 4: "Janus proofs"
Folder 5: "Manuscript from Library of Congress"
Folder 6: "Helen's proofs"
Folder 7: "Final manuscript"
Folder 8: Paste-up loose in cloth boards
19, oversize
Cortese, James. What the Owl Said, 1979. (79-318076)
Folder 1: Typescript, 16 leaves
Folder 2: Typescript, 24 leaves
Folder 3: Drawing for line-cut, proof, type materials from MacKenzie and Harris, Inc.
Folder 4: Paste-up (with original drawings)
Folder 5: Paste-up (mostly printed illustrations)
Folder 6: Binding materials: printed cloth, paper sample, trial binding structure
Folder 7: "Proofs on various papers"
Folder 8: "Miscellaneous pages"
Folder 9: "Manuscript author's corrections" (incl. 11 letters from Jim Cortese, 1976-79)
Folder 10: "Miscellaneous proofs"
Folder 11: "Corrected proofs"
Folder 12: "Proofs of new type"
Folder 13: "Miscellaneous drawings"
Folder 14: "Discarded first blocks' proofs"
20
Lockwood, Margo. Bare Elegy, 1980. (81-483186)
Folder 1: Cloth boards containing 1 printed signature and colored xerox
Folder 2: Paste-up
Folder 3: "Metzker's experiments" (photographs and prints)
Folder 4: "Author's corrected proofs"
Folder 5: "Proofs"
Folder 6: "Submitted manuscript"
21
Schumann, Peter. This Is, 1980. (82-182837)
Folder 1: Material relating to paper, binding. Correspondence: C. Freeman Keith (Stinehour Press), 1980, 2 items; letter from Mary Ryan (W.W. Norton), 1980, 1 item; colophon information
Folder 2: Paper cover
Folder 3: Proofs: One folded leaf from signature 4
Folder 4: Proofs: "Signature 1, pages 1-8"
Folder 5: Proofs: "Signature 2, pages 9-16"
Folder 6: Proofs: "Signature 3, pages 17-24"
Folder 7: Proofs: "Signature 4, pages 25-32"
Folder 8: Proofs: "Signature 5, pages 33-40"
22
The Dream of the Dirty Woman, based on a dream of Elka Schumann, 1980. (81-481344)
Folder 1: 48 small photographs (incl. 2 polaroids), 2 negatives
Folder 2: 17 large photographs
23
Folder 1: "Drawings"
Folder 2: "Manuscript"
Folder 3: "Music and recording". Correspondence, 1979-80: incl. Philo Records, Inc., C. Freeman Keith (Stinehour Press), Steven Light; 19 items
Folder 4: Correspondence, dated without year: Steven, 1 item, Margo, 1 item. Proof transmittal memo from The Meriden Gravure Company, 1980.
Folder 5: Letterpress proofs, paper samples, sample of book structure
Folder 6: Proofs, letterpress and illustration
Folder 7: Photographic illustrations for record jacket, incl. record jackets and record
24, oversize
Folder 1: "Box cover linen"
Folder 2: "Margo Lee Sherman photograph Claire Van Vliet"
Folder 3: "Margo Lee Sherman photograph Michael Boylen"
Folder 4: "Record cover photograph untrimmed"
Folder 5: "Record jacket front cover photograph Michael Boylen"
Folder 6: "Record jacket front cover paste-up"
Folder 7: "Record jacket back cover paste-up"
25, oversize
6 masonite relief cuts; linen for box cover; 3 copper plates
26, oversize
Folder 1: Block
Folder 2: Block
Folder 3: Drawings, proofs of letterpress and illustrations
Folder 4: Folded sheets of handmade paper, many with letterpress printing
27
Folder 1: Hayford, James. Four Women, 1981. (82-461610) Correspondence: James Hayford, 1979-81; 3 items
Folder 2: Copy of poem by James Hayford; article about Hayford (Amherst, 1980)
Folder 3: Typescript, 6 leaves
Folder 4: Corrected galleys, 4 leaves
Folder 5: Paste-up
Folder 6: 3 printers blocks, pressed board
Folder 7: Three proofs: loose in paper wrappers, loose in cloth boards, bound in cloth boards
28, oversize
Edward Hoagland
Folder 1: Hoagland, Edward. Notes from the Century Before: a Journal from British Columbia, San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. (82-81500) Correspondence: David Bullen (North Point Press), 1982; 5 items
Folder 2: Book jacket, notes, proofs
Folder 3: Photocopies of maps, drawings
Folder 4: Hoagland, Edward. Walking the Dead Diamond River: Nineteen Essays. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. (85-60857) Correspondence: Edward Hoagland, 1985, 1 item; David Bullen (North Point Press), 1985, 5 items. Drawings, book cover.
Folder 5: Hoagland, Edward. Seven Rivers West. New York: Summit Books, 1986. (86-0005815) Correspondence: Edward Hoagland, 1985, 1 item; photocopies of drawings, notes, examples of typefaces.
Folder 6: Drawings of maps
29
Edward Hoagland
Folder 1: The Janus Press Silver Anniversary Miscellany, 1982. (83-461854) Correspondence: Jerry Kaplan, 1975, 1 item; Ray Metzker, 1981?, 1 item
Folder 2: Notes on production
Folder 3: Plastic overlay for Chokecherry wine illustration
Folder 4: Proofs
Folder 5: Cloth samples
Folder 6: "Chokecherry wine plate from Janus silver miscellany"
Folder 7: 13 proofs of “West Burke Interior”
30
Folder 1: Thorne, Sabina. Of Gravity and Grace, 1982. (83-186224) Correspondence: C. Freeman Keith (Stinehour Press), 1981, 4 items; Louise Hafen (David Smith Ink Co.), 1981, 1 item; Sabina Thorne, 1982, 4 items
Folder 2: Miscellaneous book preparatory materials, incl. cloth samples and type specimen sheets
Folder 3: Typescript, 2 sets
Folder 4-6: Galleys
Folder 7, oversize: Plate mounted on beaverboard
30a
Fabric samples and four binding structures: paste-up loose in paper boards; dummy binding with blank sheets and paper boards; blank sheets stitched together; and printed boards
31
Folder 1: Johnson, W.R. Lilac Wind, 1983. (83-461856) Typescript, notes on production, letterpress proofs, mylar template
Folder 2: Correspondence: Amy Baker (Toppan Printing Co.), 1982, 3 items. Cloth samples and related notes
Folder 3: Aluminum plate and plastic template
Folder 4: Layout for book structure (white paper)
Folder 5: Layout for book structure (brown paper)
32
Three folded sheets (handmade paper, two with letterpress text), spine with paper label (Gravity and Grace), paper label (Lilac Wind)
33
Five sheets (four folded) of handmade paper
34
Folder 1: Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao, 1984. (84-252144) "Copy marked up for key boarding, Freeman Keith"
Folder 2: "Proofread galleys"
35
"Galleys marked up by CVV -- initial planning of layout of pages and placement of illustrations"
36
Paste-up, with original drawings
37
Folder 1: "Proofs of small plates" "Two views of Abalone"
Folder 2: "Kate"
Folder 3: "Mexicans"
Folder 4: "Virgins"
Folder 5: "Sea serpents"
Folder 6: "Circus tent"
Folder 7: "Loading Kate"
Folder 8: "Sea serpent rocks"
Folder 9: "Shoat"
38
Paste-up, with prints
39
"Press room working dummy at Stinehour, xerox of CVV paste-up"
40
"Janus Press spacing corrections"
41
Folder 1: "Dummy binding from Stinehour"
Folder 2: "Cloth samples"
42, oversize
Folder 1: American circus posters and photographic illustration
Folder 2-3: Materials used in illustration process
Folder 4-13: Proof
43
Folder 1-12: Proofs of plates (Unlabelled)
Folder 13: "Woldercan"
Folder 14: "Doctor Lao"
Folder 15: "Serpent"
Folder 16: "Dancers at the peep show"
44
Eight blocks (lettering) and one "Lao test plate"
45, oversize
Folder 1: Proofs, needlepoint specimen
Folder 2-3: Proofs
46
Folder 1: Photocopies of text and illustrations
Folder 2-6: Proofs
Folder 7: Stitched signatures
47
The Circus of Dr. Lao. Limited Editions Club, 1982 (86-130946)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Charles Finney, 1981-82; 15 items
Folder 2: Miscellaneous correspondence: Ted Brenneman, 1981-82, 3 items; Neil Barron, 1982, 1 item; Emma, 1984, 1 item; Richer, undated, 1 item
Folder 3: Notes and photocopy: Apollonius of Tyana
Folder 4: Order information: Requests for copies, notices for standing order patrons
Folder 5: Specimen page; prospectus; three copies of The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (1982); notes on publication
Folder 6: Miscellaneous receipts and notes relating to binding, paper, boxes, illustration, etc., incl. paper and fabric samples
Folder 7: Corrected galleys
48
"Drawings and pasted up proofs on the printed text sheets in an experimental box"
49
Folder 1: Proofs of plate, "Medusa"
Folder 2: "The satyr"
Folder 3: "Two headed turtle"
Folder 4: "Monument Valley"
Folder 5: "Mermaid dawn" (incl. a metal plate)
Folder 6: "Mermaid"
Folder 7: "The hound of the hedges"
Folder 8: "Witches"
50
Binding structure with blank pages, cloth boards
51
Folder 1: Miscellaneous: drawing, proof, cutouts, mylar overlay
Folder 2: Letterpress proofs
Folder 3: "Borders"
Folder 4: Proofs
51a
Woodblock and note cards from The Limited Editions Club
52
Folder 1-2: Corrected typescript
53
Editions of The Circus of Dr. Lao.
Folder 1: Annotated proof copy (bound) of The Circus of Dr. Lao. (Janus Press ed.)
Folder 2: Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Vintage Books, 1983 (83-3486) Prospectus and letter from Edward Hoagland, 1983, laid in
Folder 3: Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Vintage Books, 1983 (83-3486) Prospectus and letter from Edward Hoagland, 1983, laid in
Folder 4: Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Bantam, 1956 (56-0486)
Folder 5: Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. London: Grey Walls Press, 1948. Letter from W. Thomas Taylor, undated, laid in
54
"Prototype of the binding and the box"
55
Folder 1: Correspondence: William Beilin (Durawall, Inc.), 1981-82; 2 items. Cloth samples
Folder 2: Binding materials
55a-55c
Linoleum blocks; 33 items in 3 boxes
55d-55l
Metal plates; 53 items in 9 boxes
56
McPherson, Sandra. Floralia, 1985. (86-149112)
Folder 1: Cloth samples
Folder 2: Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1984-86; 20 items
Folder 3: Correspondence: Sandra McPherson, 1985-86, 2 items; Judi Conant, 1986, 1 item
Folder 4: Letter from Martin White (1985), with text
Folder 5: Typescript
Folder 6: Misc. receipts, notes relating to production
Folder 7: Paste-up
Folder 8: Paste-up: 2/23, page format, 22/3, 24/1, 16/9, 4/21, 12/13, 6/19, 10/15, 8/17, 18/7, 20/5, 14/11
57
Kinnell, Galway. The Seekonk Woods, 1985. (86-115149)
Folder 1: Binding structure with blank pages, 3 photographic prints
Folder 2: Binding structure with text pasted in, 3 different photographic prints
Folder 3: Three photographic prints
Folder 4: Three photographic prints and part of letterpress text loose in paper wrappers; "Galway's manuscript, correspondence, Ewert correspondence"
Folder 5: Correspondence: Galway Kinnell, 1985-86; 2 items
Folder 6: Correspondence: Bill Ewert, 1985; 9 items
Folder 7: Text of The Past, Galway Kinnell, marked Oct. 23, 1984
Folder 8: "Tentative colophon," 2 photographic prints, proofs
58
Burke, Clifford. A Landscape with Cows in It, 1987. (87-214427)
Folder 1: Two proofs, bound
Folder 2: "Original chyrograph for Claire"
Folder 3: Correspondence: Ruth Fine and Clifford Burke, most undated (original order preserved); 21 items
Folder 4: Miscellaneous announcements by Burke, incl. Heron Light; letter from Burke, 1983
Folder 5: Annotated galleys, proofs, examples of book structure
Folder 6: Proofs of linocuts and letterpress text
59
Kaufman, Margaret. Aunt Sallie's Lament, 1988. (91-221685)
Folder 1: Two examples of book structure
59a
Folder 1: Examples of book structure, colored paper cut-outs
Folder 2: Templates, cloth samples, notes relating to book structure
60-60a
"Two of Hedi's proposals" (3 items)
61
"Early dummy before colored papers"
62
"Early dummy"
63
"Dummy," plus paper samples
64
"Dummy using wet glue"
65
Beasley, Edna Gertrude. My First Thirty Years. Austin, Tex.: Book Club of Texas, 1989.
Folder 1: Correspondence: W.Thomas Taylor, 1988-1990, 10 items; Bradley Hutchinson, 1990, 3 items; Deborah Brothers (The Book Club of California), 1988, 1 item
Folder 2: Production notes, paste-ups, proofs, photocopy of article
Folder 3: 19 photographs
Folder 4: "Background material"
Folder 5: "Drawings"
Folder 6: "Proofs"
Folder 7: Proof, stitched signatures
65a
Two proofs, bound in paper wrappers
66
McPherson, Sandra. Designating Duet, 1989. (90-131168)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Sandra McPherson, 1989, 1 item; Judi Conant, 1989, 2 items
Folder 2: Typescript, 2 sets
Folder 3: Corrected proof, handwritten text of colophon
Folder 4: Metal plate
Folder 5: Model of book structure, plain white paper, 2 sets
Folder 6: Proof, loose in cloth boards, and extra piece of paper, folded accordion-style, used in book structure
67
Purcell, Henry. Dido and Aeneas, 1989. (89-194380)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Judi Conant, 1988-89, 5 items; Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, 1989, 4 items; John Hanley (Toppan Printing Co.), 1988, 3 items
Folder 2: Correspondence: Michael Alpert (Theodore Press), 1988, 2 items; Libretto and essay by John Buttrey
Folder 3: Libretto (photocopy)
Folder 4: Letterpress text
Folder 5: Proof
68
Metal and cardboard plates, pattern for disk pocket, notes on paper and sewing
69
Compact disk, examples of book structure
70
Paste-up and two folded sheets of handmade paper
71
Johnson, W.R. Narcissus, 1990. (90-221477)
Folder 1: Binding structure, blank pages
Folder 2a: Book preparatory materials: Typescript
Folder 2b: Book preparatory materials. Correspondence: Judi Conant, 1990; 3 items
Folder 2c: Book preparatory materials, paper and printing samples
Folder 3: Folding box containing book structure and small print
72
Burke, Clifford. Bone Songs, 1992. (93-228375)
Folder 1: "First manuscript and correspondence": Ruth Fine, undated, 2 items; Clifford Burke, 1992, 6 items; notes and typescript
Folder 2: "Materials correspondence," Stinehour Press: Stephen Stinehour, 1992, 3 items; Anne Leverette, 1992, 7 items; Michael Alpert, 1992, 1 item; proof transmittal memo, list of Gill Sans faces; Katie MacGregor, 1992, 3 items; Simon Barcham Green, 1991, 2 items; William Cowley, undated, 1 item; receipt, Patrick Reagh Printers; receipts, Owosso Graphic Arts, 2 items.
Folder 3: "Drawings"
Folder 4: "Burke manuscripts"
Folder 5: "Stinehour type proofs," incl. one letter from CVV to Stephen Stinehour, 1992
Folder 6: Notes on binding structure, example of binding structure
Folder 7: "Extra sheets for display"
73
Folder 1: Proof of etching
Folder 2: One stereotype and two etched plates
Folder 3: Paste-up
Folder 4: Paste-up
74
Binding structure
75
Binding structure
76
Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1981-90: Catalogue Raisonné, 1992. (93-218184)
Folder 1: Copy of The Janus Press, 1981-90: Catalogue Raisonné, 1992. Varint (non-adhesive) binding
Folder 2: "First Dummy"
Folder 3: "Typesetting and proof" 10 items
Folder 4: "Piggyback proofs" 5 items
Folder 5: "Final Pastings"
Folder 6: "Business" 12 items
Folder 7: "Manuscripts" 15 items
77
Luck, Barbara. Night Street,1993. (94-145740)
Folder 1: Small example of slipcase structure
Folder 2: "Some of the image sheets before silkscreening"; 4 items
Folder 3: "Some of the final unlaminated pages"; 10 items
Folder 4: "Set of first sheets"
Folder 5: "Early dummy materials, Lois Johnson"; 29 items
Folder 6: "First Dummy"
Folder 7: "Second Dummy"
78
Folder 1: Aluminum sheet
Folder 2: "Correspondence"; 28 items
Folder 4: "Artist photographs in xerox"; 11 items
Folder 5: "Manuscripts and proofs"; 7 items
Folder 6-8: Dummies
79
Day, Larry. Tempi Del Giorno, 1994. (95-128136)
Folder 1: Correspondence and bills; 13 items
Folder 2: Paper samples; 2 items
Folder 3: Proofs and correspondence; 19 items
Folder 4-5: Dummies
80
Fine, Ruth. Summer Day/Winter Night, 1994. (95-128136)
Folder 1: Copy of Summer Day/Winter Night
Folder 2: Paper samples; 11 items.
Folder 3: "Cover"
Folder 4: "Slipcase"
Folder 5: "Gold Proofs" 8 items
Folder 6: "Mylar Proofs" 8 items
Folder 7: "Okawara Test Proofs"
Folder 8: Note to Claire from Ruth with paper sample
Folder 9: Xerox letter to Rufus from Claire
Folder 10: Misc. notes; 2 items
80a-80g
Printing Blocks; 39 blocks in 7 boxes
80i
Four sheets of Okawara proofs in a tube
81
Dove, Rita. Lady Freedom Among Us, 1994 (96-129784)
Folder 1: Mockup
Folder 2: Correspondence with Rita Dove
Folder 3: "Dove manuscript"
Folder 4: "General correspondence"
Folder 5: 5 Blocks
Folder 6: Videotape of U.S. Capitol speech
Folder 7: Metal plate in envelope
Folder 8: Miscellaneous items
82
Folder 1: "Bronze underprinting"
Folder 2: "Discarded idea"
83
"Embossment plate"
84
Kaufman, Margaret. Praise Basted In: a Friendship Quilt for Aunt Sallie, 1995. (97- 214132)
Folder 1: "Proofs"
Folder 2: "Proofreading manuscript"
Folder 3: "Miscellaneous"
Folder 4: "Correspondence"; Judi Conant, 5 items and cloth sample; Lisa McMasters, 1995, 1 item; Langdell Paperworks, 1994, 1 item; Bread and Puppet Theater, 1994, 1 item; Claire Van Vliet to Margaret Kaufman, 1993-1994, 5 items; Margaret Kaufman to Claire Van Vliet, 1993-1994, 9 items; Claire Van Vliet to "Joe and Alisha," undated, 1 item;
Folder 5: "Card texts"
84a, oversize
Paste-up of text and illustrations, negatives of the paste-ups; 7 items
85
Folder 1: "Pattern proofs"
Folder 2: "Card ideas"
Folder 3: "Fannie Lee's card"
Folder 4: "Celia's card"
Folder 5: "Opaline's card"
Folder 6: "Maude's card"
Folder 7: "Eva Lucille's card"
Folder 8: "Skipry's card"
Folder 9: "Lucy's card"
Folder 10: "Proof of polymer plate on handmade paper-dry"
Folder 11: "Write the names by hand . . ."
Folder 12: Cloth samples
86
"Early Trial"
87
Dummy, mockup, and "display materials"
88
Slipcase
89
Levertov, Denise. Batterers, 1996. (97-214133)
Folder 1: Samples of wood, paper, and fabric, and miscellaneous notes
Folder 2: Mockup
Folder 3: Correspondence...(additional text is "Final Draft")
90
"First model"
91
Van Vliet, Claire. Tumbling Blocks for Pris and Bruce, 1996. (97-214131)
Folder 1: "General rules"
Folder 2: "First letters"
Folder 3: "Final patterns for making jigs"
Folder 4: Diagrams
Folder 5: Colored paper samples and cut-outs
Folder 6: Three paper boxes
91a
Box for Tumbling Blocks (2 items)
92
McPherson, Sandra. Beauty in Use, 1997
Folder 1: "Early manuscripts"
Folder 2: "Correspondence": cards, faxes, letters, notes, poems, and photographs exchanged between Claire Van Vliet and Sandra McPherson, 1988-1997; 25 items
Folder 3: "Colophon"
Folder 4: "Quilt top discovered . . ."
Folder 5: "Affirmation against critics"
Folder 6: "Black quilt from the 60's"
Folder 7: "Wake up colloquy"
Folder 8: "Finding the quilter in her quilt"
Folder 9: "Like a tellurion"
Folder 10: "Waterfall with baskets"
Folder 11: "Center: strip and medallion quilt"
Folder 12: "The Context of a necktie quilt"
Folder 13: "Quilt of rights"
Folder 14: "Mrs. Longmire builds a picket fence quilt"
Folder 15: "Tents-of-Armageddon quilt
Folder 16: "Esther Mack's utility quilt"
Folder 17: "Trial proofs"
Folder 18: "Paper samples"
Folder 19: "African cloth"
Folder 20: "Fabric samples"
Folder 21: 8 loose text pages, mockup, pattern
93
"First model"
94
"Front cover"; "Sections 2-9"; "Back cover"
95
"Second last model"
96
Mockup
97
Dickinson, Emily. Compound Frame, 1998. (2013660905)
Folder 1: Correspondence and text of poems, Susan Johanknecht; 4 items
Folder 2: "First dummy Susan Johanknecht"
Folder 3: "Second dummy - CVV and SJ"
Folder 4: "Elizabeth Steiner's instructions"
Folder 5: 3 mockups
Folder 6: Page patterns
Folder 7: Paper samples
98
Kaufman, Margaret. Deep in the Territory, 1999. (2002553157) Correspondence between Claire Van Vliet, Sandra McPherson, and Margaret Kaufman, 1987-1997, including the text of poems; 42 items
99
Paper samples and diagrams; 7 sleeves
100
Paper samples, mockups, and slides; 10 items
101
Folder 1: Van Vliet, Claire. Volumes (of Vulnerability) Extinction, 2000. (2002553251) Correspondence between Claire Van Vliet and Susan Johanknecht and Katharine Meynell, proprietors of the Gefn Press, and curators of an exhibition of artists’ books
Folder 2: Proofs and mockups
Folder 3: Research notes
Folders 4 and 5: Uncut proof sheets
102
Circulus Sapientiae/Circle of Wisdom
Folder 1: Correspondence received from W.R. Johnson, translator, and Elizabeth Thompson, director of Anima; 8 items
Folder 2: Typesetting proofs. Program for a recording by Anima of Circle of Wisdom: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen
Folder 3: Hildegard’s “Lingua Ignota”: notes on Hildegard’s secret language
Folder 4: Correspondence from papermaker Katie McGregor, including paper samples
Folder 5: Programs for Anima performances of medieval music 1991-1997, throughout Vermont; Notes on meeting with Elizabeth Thompson, 1996; Correspondence with Elizabeth Thompson and others about the production of a CD
103
Production materials, including paper and cloth samples, transparencies and a printing plate
104, oversize
Patterns and colored paper cut-outs for pop-ups
105
Mock up of book structure, binding, and chemise
106
Wooden model for chemise; First paper dummies
107
Seven linocuts
108, oversize
Cover paste-up and plate. See also Series II, Box V, Folder 2
109
Woven and Interlocking Structures from the Janus, Steiner, and Gefn Presses. Drafts.The “drafts” (so called by CVV) are in fact instructions for making the woven and interlocking book structures
Folder 1: Draft of “Aunt Sallie’s Lament”
Folder 2: Draft of “Designating Duet”
Folder 3: “Moeraki Boulders”
Folder 4: “Night Street”
Folder 5: “Deep in the Territory”
Folder 6: Slipcase
Folder 7: “A Landscape with Coins in It”
Folder 8: “Bone Songs”
Folder 9: “Beauty in Use”
Folder 10: “Well-Heeled”
Folder 11: “Aunt Sallie’s Lament” (without flags)
Folder 12: “Aunt Sallie’s Lament” (non-adhesive)
110
Materials related to editing
Folder 1: Margery Cantor correspondence, 5 items
Folder 2: Various financial matters related to production, 24 leaves
Folder 3: Editing of complete set of page proofs by Linda Lembke; 5 pieces of correspondence
111
Production details
Folder 1: [Elizabeth] Steiner correspondence
Folder 3 Steiner proofreading
Folder 4: Gioia
Folder 5: Gioia II
Folder 6: Moeraki Boulders
Folder 7: Sing Weaving
Folder 8: Compound Frame
112
Presses Page proofs
113
Loney, Alan.
RISE
, 2002 (2014431377)
Folder 1: Fletcher Manley, 2 notes, n.d.; Alan Loney,5 items, including the text of his introduction to a catalog for an exhibition of the artist’s books of Bruno Leti curated by Loney; and correspondence from CVV, 2001-2003
Folder 2: First manuscript: draft of poem,
RISE
, with CVV’s suggested revisions; letter from Alan Loney, 2001
Folder 3: Final manuscript
Folder 4: “Set text—first and corrected”
Folder 5: Proofs, and accompanying correspondence, 2001-2002, between CVV and Alan Loney, 4 items
Folder 6: Image: Photograph of Governors’ Bay and 6 color variants
Folder 7-11: Mockups and final product in slipcase
114
Aunt Sallie’s Lament (Altered), Chronicle Books. 1993 (92045270) Fabric samples, 2 published books, 1 marked up for re-publication, 2 mockups
115
Fabric and paper samples
116
Final draft before publication
117
Mock-ups of a 10.7 mm square edition, a 21 mm square edition, and a spare 20.5 mm black slipcase
Folder 1: Page patterns
Folder 2: St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, correspondence
Folder 3: Color chips, diagrams for assembling pages and slipcase, photocopies of quilt patterns, all for Aunt Sallie's Lament Also correspondence with editor at Chronicle Books
Folder 4: Pages. Light card and transparent plastic patterns
Folder 5: Type samples, versions of text and layout for the poem and colophon
118
Eight mock-ups using a variety of color combinations, and white
119, oversize
Paper samples, models of paper weaving for the production of Handmade Definition of Obscurity, by Sandra McPherson. See also Series II, Box W
120
The Gospel of Mary l (2012658399)
Folder 1: Photocopies of two published translations of the gospel of Mary (from the Berlin Codex, a Gnostic manuscript of the early 5th century)
Folder 2: Typesetting manuscript
Folder 3: Early and typesetting manuscripts, correspondence with Rosemary Ruether
Folder 4: Galleys
Folder 5: Second [page] proofs
Folder 6: Second [page] proofs, marked up
Folder 7: Third [page] proofs, marked up, corrected
Folder 8: Last [page] proofs
121
The Gospel of Mary 2
Folder 1: Correspondence between CVV and Karen King, translator, and Rosemary Radford Ruether, author of the commentary, and with Polebridge Press concerning permission to use Karen King’s translation, published in the Complete Gospels, 1992, and with cabinetmakers about the construction of the box. Also early (and tentative) page layout, with text and commentary interwoven.
Folder 2: Colophon
Folder 3: Printing dummy
Folder 4: Page proofs corrected by Rosemary Ruether
Folder 5: Manuscript of commentary integrated with text
Folder 6: Type samples and correspondence with the Golgonooza Letter Foundry and Press
Folder 7: First paste-up of commentary
Folder 8: First paste-up of gospel text and commentary
122
The Gospel of Mary 3 Working materials: plastic template, 2 sleeves of slides
Folder 1: “Dynamic symmetry decorations”: working materials for graphics, 8 plastic sleeves, 1 envelope
Folder 2: First title page
Folder 3: Second title page
Folder 4: Uncial initials
Folder 5: Stripe initials
Folder 6: Initials research
Folder 7: Borders and numbers
Folder 8: Christian symbolism
Folder 9: Pochoir research and experiment
123
The Gospel of Mary 4
Folder 1: Draft
Folder 2: Draft, including photocopy of revised text pasteup with uncial initials and stripes
Folder 3: Illustration dummy (with woven and interlocking book structure)
Folder 4: Final uncial text for Owosso (photoengraver) cuts
Folder 5: Drafts, uncial typesetting
124
The Gospel of Mary 5 Binding structures
Folder 1: Dummy, sewn structure, pulp-dyed paper cover
Folder 2: Dummy, interlocking structure, pulp-dyed paper cover
Folder 3: Dummy, interlocking structure, no cover
125
The Gospel of Mary 6 Paper samples
126
The Gospel of Mary 7 Trial box and binding
127
The Gospel of Mary 8 Wooden slipcase, dummy binding
128
Waste Incant (2013660907). Plastic samples; mock ups, one with plastic interleaving and another with images only; other materials used in production; letters and notes from Susan Johanknecht
129
Papermaking at Hayle Mill l(2013660901)
Folder 1: First manuscript
Folder 2: First submission
Folder 3: Second text
Folder 4: Third text
Folder 5: Nancy Brown edit
130
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 2
Folder 1: Correspondence, mostly with Maureen Green
Folder 2: Loose pages, including correspondence with Maureen and Simon Green, a tearsheet from Icon News announcing the publication of Papermaking at Hayle Mill, documentation of shipping expenses, and sample paper
Folder 3: Paper samples
131
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 2
Folder 1: Proof sheets for combinations of paper and type
Folder 2: Colophon, drafts
Folder 3: Proofreading by Maureen Green (on third page makeup)
Folder 4: First typesetting
Folder 5: Edited printout
Folder 6: Second page makeup
Folder 7: Third page makeup
132
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 4. Drafts of graphics
Folder 1: Drafts of Loose Valley map
Folder 2: Drafts of Loose Valley map
Folder 3: Makeup of Loose Valley map
Folder 4: Drafts of Kent map
Folder 5: Insurance map [i.e., floor plan] of Hayle Mill, with several pages of revisions by Simon Barcham Green
Folder 6-12: (numbered 1-7 by CVV) Drafts of floor plan of Hayle Mill
Folder 13: Proofs of floor plan of Hayle Mill, with correspondence between CVV and Simon Barcham Green, and corrections
Folder 14: Second and third proofs of floor plan of Hayle Mill
Folder 15: Proof of watermark
Folder 16-17: Final proof of watermarks “Sent to Box Car [Press] for platemaking”
Folder 18-21: Early states of watermarks
Folder 22: Set of states for “Linum usitatissimum”
Folder 23: Test papers for portrait of Samuel Green
133
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 5 In plastic sleeves, 22 photographs of Hayle Mill staff, interior and exterior, and 1 sleeve of correspondence concerning the photographs
134
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 6 Final pasteup, 6 sewn gatherings; preliminary pasteup, 3 sewn gatherings; paste up #1, 3 sewn gatherings; Paste up #2, 3 sewn gatherings
135
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 7 Paper samples; extra sheets and cover for display; sample papers for text and cover; first plan for photos; portfolio of sample papers
136
Papermaking at Hayle Mill 8 Binding dummies; 2 sewn dummies and one woven and interlocked
137
Four Months/Four Seasons, 2010 (2011659017) Working materials, paper and ink samples, color printing drafts, plastic overlays for cutting blocks, correspondence with Ruth Fine
138, oversize horizontal storage
Four Months/Four Seasons
139, oversize horizontal storage
Helios Working materials. Binding dummy, proofs, and printouts
140
Gone Working materials. CD of text, dummy, proofs, correspondence with Ellen Lovell
141
Ephemera, 1970-2006, including announcements of exhibitions (both one-person and group), conferences in which CVV participated, and lectures by CVV; Christmas cards, invitations, and pamphlets
142
Nine woodblocks, unfinished, probably intended as illustrations
A through Box Z
Posters and Broadsides, 1960-2006
Posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet.
A
Barnes, Kate. Wise Children, 1960. Correspondence and typescripts of 5 poems. (Wise Children; The Pinto Horse; Swimming Horses; The Horse; Horse Trees) 8 items
Claire Van Vliet: Prints at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, 1982. 13 sheets, various stages
B
Merwin, W.S. September Plowing, 1975.Three proofs of a broadside and one drawing
C
Pasquil. Song in Praise of Sack. (97-180736) Proofs
D
The Janus Press, 1975-80: Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, 1982. (97- 181786) Proof and paste-ups
E
Wright, James. Fresh Wind in Venice, 1982. (97-181865) Typescript, proofs, paper samples, drawings
F
Johnson, W.R. The Color of Night, 1982. (97-181803) Broadside, mylar template
G
Updike, John. When I Write... 1982. (ALA broadside) (95-125463)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Terry Belanger, 1985, 2 items; Beverly Lynch, 1976, 1 item; Roger Stoddard, 1986, 1 item
Folder 2: Two photographs
Folder 3: Woodblock
H
Gallagher, Tess. Death of the Horses by Fire, 1984. (97-181876).
Folder 1: Correspondence: Tess Gallagher, 1982-84, 7 items; Charles Seluzicki, 1983-84, 5 items; annotated typescript
Folder 2: Paste-ups, proofs
Folder 3: Three printer's blocks and one metal plate
I
Carver, Ray.
For Tess
, 1984. (97-181887)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Bill Ewert, 1984-85, 9 items
Folder 2: Plastic onlays, proofs
Folder 3: Proofs
J
Kinnell, Galway. The Geese, 1985. (97-182035)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Angela Hodge (personal assistant to Galway Kinnell), 1985; 1 item.Typescript and proofs of poem, one with annotations by Kinnell.
Folder 2: Plastic overlays and notes on geese and sunflowers
Folder 3: Two broadside-sized sheets
K
Heyen, William. >
Brockport Sunflowers
, 1986. (97-182041)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Bill Heyen, 1986, 3 items; Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, 2 items; Bill Ewert, 1985-86, 8 items
Folder 2: Proofs
Folder 3: Broadside
Folder 4: Two blocks
L
Contemporary Dance of Death for portfolio, between 1987 and 1991.
Folder 1: Correspondence: John Risseeuw, 1987-91; 2 items
Folder 2: Notes, proofs, plastic onlays
Folder 3: Five broadside-sized sheets
M
"Dance of Death mylar template"
N
Etched metal plate
O
Kaufman, Margaret. Old Quilts, 1989. (95-125522)
Folder 1: Correspondence: "Jim," undated, 2 items with insert; Margaret Kaufman, dated without year, 1 item; Michael Tarachow (Pentagram Press), 1989, 1 item
P
Bread and Puppet, Our Domestic Resurrection, 1991. (95-139874) Proofs
Q
Kaufman, Margaret.
Pandora's Box
, 1991. (95-139881) .
Folder 1: Notes for materials, drawings,etc
Folder 2: Letterpress proofs
Folder 3: Examples of broadside structure
R
Sappho. And Night Dropped Black Sleep on their Lids, 1991. (95-125447)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Johanna Prins, 1991; 1 item. Proofs and plastic onlays.
Folder 2: Proof of image and two broadside-sized sheets
Folder 3: Lino block
S
Lopez, Barry Holstun. Whatever Evaluation we Make... , 1992. (95-139877)
Folder 1: Correspondence: Amanda Degener, 1987-92, 4 items; Barry Lopez, 1988-92, 4 items; Mary Lyn Nutting, 1992, 1 item; Michael Tarachow, 1992, 1 item
Folder 2: Paper samples, notes, proofs, etc.
Folder 3: Handmade paper sheets, one with letterpress text
Folder 4: Design archive: 10 pulp-painted sheets, 2 proofs of text of poem, 1986
T
Lopez, Barry Holstun. Arctic Dreams, 1992. Correspondence, 1988, 4 items
U
A Printer's Exquisite Corpse. Silver Buckle Press, 1992."Exquisite Corpse Collaboration, Silver Buckle Press."
Folder 1: Correspondence: 1992, 3 items
Folder 2: Mock up, 1 item
Folder 3: Proofs
V
Folder 1: Single sheet products of the Janus Press, c. 1980-2004, including invitations, announcements, and keepsakes, 32 items
Folder 2: Cover paste-up and plate, Circulus Sapientiae, 2001
W
Folder 1: Haswell, Judith. Design archive for For Finland (2002554265) n.d. 8 items
Folder 2: McPherson, Sandra. Handmade Definition of Obscurity 2005, proofs, 9 pieces Johnson, W.R. A Scribe of Kloster Eibingen, 2005, paste-up
Folder 3: Bush, George W. "Constitution broadside" 2006, proofs, correspondence, 16 items
Folder 4: “The tyrant who impoverishes the citizens....” ("Arostotle quote"), 2006, 18 items
X
Three metal printing plates (broadsides ?)
Y
Broadsides [1982-2005]
Z
Slides for Janus Press talk
Bibliography
Claire Van Vliet, Printmaker and Printer: a Selection of Prints and Illustrated Books from the Janus Press at the Rutgers University Art Gallery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from November 5 to December 17, 1978.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1978.
Fine, Ruth.
Claire Van Vliet--Landscape Paperworks, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., November 1984, Mickelson Gallery, Washington, D.C., February-March 1985.
Dalton, Mass.: Studley Press, c1984.
Fine, Ruth.
Claire Van Vliet--Paperwork.
Newark, West Burke, Vt.: Janus Press, 1978.
Fine, Ruth.
The Janus Press, 1955-75: an Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont in Burlington, 1975: Catalogue Raisonné.
Burlington, Vt.: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, 1975.
Fine, Ruth.
The Janus Press, 1975-80: an Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont in Burlington, 1982: Catalogue Raisonné.
Burlington, Vt: The Museum, 1982.
Fine, Ruth.
The Janus Press, 1981-1990: Catalogue Raisonné.
Burlington, Vt: University of Vermont Libraries, 1992.
A Kelmscott Centennial: William Morris and his Heirs, Leonard Baskin, Claire Van Vliet, and Victor Hammer.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, 1991.
McLean, Genetta.
Claire Van Vliet: a Celebration of Paper.
Lewiston, Maine: Bates College Museum of Art, 1994.