Overview
Correspondence of and manuscripts printed by the Lowell-Adams House Printers, Harvard College students who hand printed limited edition broadsides of poems and essays.
Dates
- Creation: 1964-1972
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1964-1966
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Correspondence with authors, together with manuscripts and proofs of pieces printed by the Lowell-Adams House Printers. Authors represented include Conrad Aiken, W. H. Auden, James Vincent Cunningham, Richard Eberhart, James Ingram Merrill, William Saroyan, John Updike, and Edmund Wilson.
Biographical / Historical
The Lowell-Adams House Printers were a group of Harvard College students interested in hand printing limited edition broadsides of poems and essays.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Materials associated with the Lowell-Adams House Printers
- II. Letters to Lowell-Adams House Printers
- III. Compositions
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*72M-7. Gift of Lowell-Adams House Printers; received: 1972.
- Title
- Lowell-Adams House Printers. Lowell-Adams House Printers papers: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00765
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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