Dard Hunter papers for Papermaking : the history and technique of an ancient craft
Overview
Typescript printer's copy of book by American author Dard Hunter.
Dates
- Creation: 1942
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine retrieval policies and times.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 box)Collection includes typescript printer's copy for 1943 Knopf edition, typescript (carbon), and note cards for the index to the book.
Biographical / Historical
Hunter was part of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, and a member of Elbert Hubbard's Roycrofters in East Aurora, NY in 1904. He devoted his life to research, collecting, writing, and publishing the history of hand papermaking and printing. He published books at his Mountain House Press and established Lime Rock Mill, a paper mill in Connecticut. In 1939 he established the Dard Hunter Paper Museum at MIT, which later moved to the American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, Ga.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
49M-216. Gift of Dard Hunter, Esq.,MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts; received: 1950.
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
- Title
- Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966. Dard Hunter papers for Papermaking : the history and technique of an ancient craft, 1942: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01104
Repository Details
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