Repository
| • | |
(16)
| | • | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | [Undo] |
| | 1 | Author: | Armitage, Merle,
1893-1975 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Merle Armitage
papers,
1930-1974 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1930-1974 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains an assortment of correspondence, books,
some published by his Manzanita Press, typescripts of books and short stories,
advertisements, illustrations, clippings, photographs and photographic plates,
articles, speeches, catalogs, and miscellaneous original art work. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Publishers and publishing -- California -- History -- 20th
century | Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th
century | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial
works | Commercial artists -- United States | Small press books -- Specimens | Book design -- United States -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Comic Strips
1918-1937
(bulk 1930-1937) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1918-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Twenty-five artists and their comic strips are presented, including Billy DeBeck's Barney Google, Fontaine Fox's Toonerville
Trolley, Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Vince Hamlin's Alley Oop, Frank King's Gasoline Alley and various Rube Goldberg
cartoons. Collection contains original comic strip drawings, some inscribed to the University of Arizona. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Comic books, strips, etc. -- Specimens. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Notebook of Student Summaries
1743 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1743 | | | | Abstract: | Bound, pen-and-ink copies or summaries, in Latin, of the student's four selections, with caption titles: John Locke, Liber; Samuel
Pufendorf, Epitome; Samuel Clarke, Epitome; and William Wollaston, Compendium. Also a few pages of the student's notes on morality,
religion, and other philosophical topics. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | College students -- Books and reading -- History -- 18th century. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | Benjamin, Curtis G., 1901-1983 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Curtis G. Benjamin papers,
1826-1983
(bulk 1950-1983) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1826-1983 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of the papers of Curtis G. Benjamin.
Included are his writings, materials related to his career with McGraw-Hill and various
committees and associations he served on. Present in the collection are manuscript
drafts, notes, publications of other authors that initiated some of the contrary
responses expressed in his work, speeches, and his published articles and books. A great
portion of his writings are in the areas of photocopying and copyright, the export and
trade of books, and topics relating to the U.S. publishing industry and its national and
international presence. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Publishers and publishing | Public domain (Copyright law) | Educational publishing | Book industries and trade | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Rosenwald, Robert | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Poisoned Pen Press records,
1985-2019 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1985-2019 | | | | Abstract: | Poisoned Pen Press is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and was founded in 1997. The Press is an independent publisher of mystery novels, and founder Robert Rosenwald continues to serve as President. Since the press' inception, Barbara Peters has served as the Editor-in-Chief and she is the owner of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. The Poisoned Pen Press collection consist of manuscripts, advanced reader copies, cover designs, signed published books, and other materials relating to the book development process. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Small press books -- Specimens | Small presses -- Arizona | Publishers and publishing -- Arizona | Authors and Publishers -- 20th century | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 9 | Author: | Pumpuang Monastery (Thailand) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thai religious manuscript
1939 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1939 | | | | Abstract: | Religious manuscript written at the Pumpuang Monastery, Thailand, in 1939. The form is that of a "parabaik;" that is, the heavy paper is
folded like an accordion. The writing is lengthwise on both sides of the rectangular paper. Contains 14 panels of handpainted Buddhist imagery, in
seven pairs that flank the text. Dominant colors are blue, red, green black and white, with some gold illumination. Scenes include Buddha, shrines,
gods in the heavens, demons, a man in a water-lily pond, hellish scenes of people being tortured, black birds at the edge of a pond, and a couple
receiving a gold bracelet from the sky. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Buddhist art -- Thailand. | Buddhist illumination of books and manuscripts -- Thailand -- Specimens. | Buddhist literature -- Illustrations. | Buddhist monasteries -- Thailand. | Manuscripts, Thai. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Bukowski, Charles | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Charles Bukowski,
1944-1977 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1944-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Contains published and unpuplished books, periodicals,
manuscripts, letters, audio recordings, and artwork from 1964-1974, of
the poet, novelist, and screenwriter, Charles Bukowski. ( | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Poets, American--20th century--Sources. | Authors, American|--20th century--Sources. | Small press books--Specimens | Underground press publications--Specimens. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | Author: | Reznikoff, Charles | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Papers of Charles Reznikoff,
1916-1979 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1916-1979 | | | | Abstract: | The Charles Reznikoff papers is comprised of his correspondence, manuscripts, poetry, plays, prose, biographical material, and copies of his works and translations. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Poets, American--20th century--Sources. | American literature--Jewish authors. | Jewish literature--United States. | Small press books--Specimens. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Chax Press records,
1977--ongoing ead | | | | Date(s): | 1977--ongoing | | | | Abstract: | Chax Press is a
small, Tucson based publishing house founded in 1984. Since opening they have published
hundreds of books by creative, and innovative poets. They are known for their unique style
of books that include both soft-bound offset books as well as hand-printed limited editions,
combining both complex visual dynamics and more various book structures throughout all of
their letterpress books. This collection contains business materials, book development
materials, published manuscripts, and illustrative plates and blocks used by the press, as
well as correspondence with authors. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Small press books -- Specimens | Small presses -- United States | Small presses -- Arizona | Small presses -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th
century | Authors, American -- Correspondence | Authors -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 14 | Author: | Holme, John Francis, 1868-1904 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Francis Holme collection,
1886-1938
1889-1903 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1886-1938 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes over 750 of Holme's original drawings
and etchings, 142 reproductions, 134 original drawings by students and associates, and
all nine Bandar Log Press books; as well as correspondence, photographs, news clippings,
and articles relating to the School of Illustration and the Bandar Log Press. In
addition to Holme, authors of the Bandar Log Press books are Charles Dryden, William
Robinson, Kirke La Shelle, and George Ade. Holme's drawings are illustrations for news
stories, including coverage of the 1897 Luetgert trial and the 1893 World Columbian
Exposition; drawings of people, theatrical performances, "life and times" scenes of the
1890s; political events and politicians, including coverage of the 1896 Democratic
presidential convention, and political cartoons. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Small press books -- Specimens | Small presses -- United States | Drawing -- Study and teaching -- United States | Editorial cartoons -- United States -- Specimens | Illustrators -- United States -- History | Drawing, American -- Specimens | Etching, American -- Specimens | Newspaper court reporting -- United States -- History -- 19th
Century | Newspapers -- Illustrations -- Specimens | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 15 | Author: | unknown | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | William N. Damron, Jr.
Scrapbooks 1948-2011 ead | | | | Date(s): | unknown | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains William N. Damron, Jr.'s resumes,
scrapbooks, and performance programs dated 1948 – 2006. His career, spanning more
than forty years, has included work as a costume designer and wardrobe supervisor
for prominent television and theatre productions, including the Academy Awards.
Damron's fifteen scrapbooks begin when he was a kindergarten student and continue
through 2006, spanning his years as a student at the University of Arizona and his
work in Los Angeles. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Theater
Programs--Arizona--Tucson | Performance | Clipplings (Books, newspaper, etc.) | Acting | Theater--Production and
direction | Costume design | University of Arizona | Los Angeles Opera | Academy Awards (Motion
Pictures) | Tucson Unified School District (Pima County,
Ariz.) | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
|
Arizona Archives Online