Paper and Papermaking
Scope and Contents
1. Paper sample taken from a volume of of "The Bordeaux Wine Accounts" AD 1326 kept in H.M. Public Record Office, London accompanied by handwritten certification, likely mid 19th c. "Given to Charles Dudley Warner & by Miss Mary Barton to the Watkinson Library" (Barton was a close friend of the Warner's) 2. "How Hammermill Bond is made" Hammermill Paper Company, Erie, Pa. 13p. miniature. 3. "Papermaking" Special Catalogue No.8, Oak Knoll Books. July, 2008. Color illustrations 4. "Paper and Papermaking: 100 Sources" by John Bidwell from AB Bookman's Weekly, February 13, 1978. p.1043-1062. 5. "Notes Regarding the Activity of Papermaking" by Walter S. Hamady in "Among Friends" Number 41, Winter 1965-66. p.5-9 with sample of waterleaf paper tipped in. 6. "Paper: A Brief Account of How it is Made" by Joseph T. Alling, The Alling & Cory Company. 4th ed. 1929. 52p. w/ illustrated intaglio wraps. 7. "Paper and Printing Digest for the Allied Industries" W.B. Wheelwright,ed. Lathrop Paper Company. Vol.5, No.10, October, 1939. 15p. 8. "Paper: Bearer of Ideas and Images - A Loan Exhibition from the Collection of Leonard B. Schlosser" June and July, Society of Bibliophiles at Brandeis University. Waltham, Ma. 8p. pamphlet + list of 97 items in the exhibit. 9. "The History and Story of Papermaking - An Industrial Romance" Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, Parchment, Michigan. Printed and bound by the Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY. 20p. 3 color wraps. Ex. Jones Library, Amherst, MA. Gift of Charles R. Green 10. Printed email, "New Finding Re-Dates China's Oldest Paper" from Peoples Daily Online. June 19, 2002.
Dates
- Creation: 1896
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106