Size: 2.5 linear feet Provenance: Nancy Burnard Access: Open The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections The University of Toledo Finding Aid Nancy Burnard Collection on Rare Books Presses MSS-301 Related Collections: Nancy Burnard Collection on Authors, MSS-300 Collection Summary: Files related to rare books presses; a few relate to rare book libraries and librarianship in general. Materials were collected by Nancy Burnard while employed at the Canaday Center from 1982 to 2003 as the Rare Book Assistant. The collection consists primarily of book catalogs and a few newspaper clippings. The materials date from approximately 1970-1990. Subject(s): Collectors and Collecting; Literature Processing: Copyright: The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the production of the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legal responsibility for the acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary at its own discretion. Completed by: Savannah Xaver, September 21, 2015
Historical Sketch Nancy Burnard served as the Rare Book Assistant in the Canaday Center from 1982 to 2003. These materials were collected by her during these years as part of her role with the Canaday Center.
Scope and Content Note This collection is categorized alphabetically. The names/descriptions of the folders are based on either the material within, the publisher s name, or the collection s name. Folders are subdivided into general alphabetized and small/fine presses collections. The subject-based, general folders are first and the small/fine presses are second. Box 2 contains the distinct collections labeled small/fine presses or collections. Box 1 contains materials A-N, while Box 2 contains materials O-Z plus the distinct collections.
Folder List Box Folder Item 1 1 Africa 1 2 Americana 1 3 American Fiction 1851-1875 1 4 American Revolutionary War 1 5 Appraisals (Tax Benefits) 1 6 Architectural Books 1 7 Art Institute of Chicago 1 8 Association Copies 1 9 Autographs 1 10 Aviation 1 11 The Beatles 1 12 Beat Literature 1 13 The Bible 1 14 The Bible: The Gutenberg Bible 1 15 Bibliomysteries 1 16 Bindings 1 17 Biography and Bibliography 1 18 Black Studies 1 19 Black Studies: Booklets 1 20 The Book of Kells 1 21 Book of the Month Club Editions 1 22 Book Quotes 1 23 Book Thefts Alert 1 24 Books About Women 1 25 Book Selling 1 26 Botanical Books 1 27 BGSU 1 28 Broadsides 1 29 Canaday Center 1 30 The Caribbean 1 31 Children s Books 1 32 Civil War 1 33 Condition of Books 1 34 Dealer s Catalogs 1 35 Dictionaries 1 36 Dust Jackets 1 37 The English Garden 1 38 18 th Century Biography
1 39 Entertainment 1 40 Ephemera 1 41 Ephemera, Medical and Pharmaceutical 1 42 Etiquette and Manners 1 43 Fairs and Expositions 1 44 Fine Press/Book Arts Services 1 45 Fore-edge Painting 1 46 Forgeries 1 47 France 1 48 Generic Rare Books 1 49 Great Lakes 1 50 Handmade Paper 1 51 The History of the Book 1 52 History-States 1 53 Illustrated Books 1 54 Incunabula 1 55 Indian Wars 1 56 Indians 1 57 Italy 1 58 Jenkins, John- Fire 1 59 Jesuits 1 60 Keepsakes 1 61 Kraus, H.P. 1 62 Language 1 63 Law, Government, and Philosophy 1 64 Libraries 1 65 Magazines and Periodicals 1 66 Maps 1 67 Les Maison des Amis des Livres 1 68 Materials Conservation 1 69 Medicine 1 70 Medical Books 1 71 Military Books 1 72 Miniature Books 1 73 Modern First Editions
1 74 Music 1 75 National Geographic s 1 76 Native Americans 1 77 Natural History 1 78 New York City 1 79 Nuremberg Chronicle 2 1 The Occult 2 2 Ohio 2 3 Pennsylvania 2 4 Photography 2 5 Polar Regions 2 6 Presidents 2 7 Press Books 2 8 Primitive Art 2 9 Printing, History of 2 10 Rare Book Librarianship 2 11 Rare Books and Computers 2 12 Recreating a 19 th Century Library 2 13 Scouting 2 14 The sixties 2 15 Southern Writers 2 16 Sporting Books 2 17 Stamp Collecting 2 18 Storytelling 2 19 Theatre and Dance 2 20 Trade Publishing 2 21 Transportation 2 22 Travel Literature 2 23 Twentieth Century American Fiction 2 24 Technology and the Trades 2 25 Vietnam War 2 26 WPA (State) Guides 2 27 Wall Street 2 28 Women 2 29 Women Continued
2 30 World War 1 2 31 World War 2 2 32 Writing, History of 2 33 (Small Fine Presses) Adagio Press 2 34 (Small Fine Presses) Alembic Press 2 35 (Small Fine Presses) The Alternative Press 2 36 (Small Fine Presses) Arion Press 2 37 (Small Fine Presses) Ashendene 2 38 (Small Fine Presses) Bird and Bull 2 39 (Small Fine Presses) Black Sparrow 2 40 (Small Fine Presses) Bloody Twin Press 2 41 (Small Fine Presses) Broadside Press 2 42 (Small Fine Presses) Brooding Heron Press 2 43 (Small Fine Presses) Cambridge University Press 2 44 (Small Fine Presses) Carpenter Press 2 45 (Small Fine Presses) Cherub Press 2 46 (Small Fine Presses) The Clarino Press (Jeanette Olander) 2 47 (Small Fine Presses) The Common Press 2 48 (Small Fine Presses) Daniel Press 2 49 (Small Fine Presses) The Derrydale Press 2 50 (Small Fine Presses) DeVinne, Theodore Low 2 51 (Small Fine Presses) Dorothy Sloan Books 2 52 (Small Fine Presses) Flying Sugar Press 2 53 (Small Fine Presses) Gehenna Press 2 54 (Small Fine Presses) Golden Cokerel Press 2 55 (Small Fine Presses)Grabthorn Press 2 56 (Small Fine Presses) Grenfell Press 2 57 (Small Fine Presses) Gutenberg 2 58 (Small Fine Presses) Gwen Frostic (Presscraft Paper) 2 59 (Small Fine Presses) H.E. Turlington Books 2 60 (Small Fine Presses) Heyek Press (Woodside California) 2 61 (Small Fine Presses) The Hogarth Press 2 62 (Small Fine Presses) Janus Press 2 63 (Small Fine Presses) Jargon Press 2 64 (Small Fine Presses) Juniper Press
2 65 (Small Fine Presses) Labyrinth Editions 2 66 (Small Fine Presses) Limited Editions Club 2 67 (Small Fine Presses) Lotus Press 2 68 (Small Fine Presses) Mad River Press 2 69 (Small Fine Presses) Merrymount Press 2 70 (Small Fine Presses) Manutuis, Aldus 2 71 (Small Fine Presses) Meadow Press 2 72 (Small Fine Presses) The Middle Hill Press 2 73 (Small Fine Presses) Milkweed Editions 2 74 (Small Fine Presses) Modern Finely Printed Books 2 75 (Small Fine Presses) Morrison, Stanlaey 2 76 (Small Fine Presses) Mosher, Thomas Bird 2 77 (Small Fine Presses) Moving Parts Press 2 78 (Small Fine Presses) Nadja 2 79 (Small Fine Presses) Nonesuch Press 2 80 (Small Fine Presses) Origin Press 2 81 (Small Fine Presses) Pennyroyal Press 2 82 (Small Fine Presses) Pickering Press 2 83 (Small Fine Presses) Pilgrim Press 2 84 (Small Fine Presses) Plain Wrapper Press 2 85 (Small Fine Presses) Press of the Woolley Whale 2 86 (Small Fine Presses) Pyracantha Press 2 87 (Small Fine Presses) The Shakespeare Press Museum 2 88 (Small Fine Presses) Small Planets Press 2 89 (Small Fine Presses) The Spirit that Moves Us Press 2 90 (Small Fine Presses) Stamperia Ampersand 2 91 (Small Fine Presses) The Stinehour Press 2 92 (Small Fine Presses) Strawberry Hill Press 2 93 (Small Fine Presses) Sylvestor and Orphanos 2 94 (Small Fine Presses) Symposium Press 2 95 (Small Fine Presses) Talponia Press 2 96 (Small Fine Presses) Tamarack Editions 2 97 (Small Fine Presses) Taylor, W. Thomas 2 98 (Small Fine Presses) The Toothpaste Press 2 99 (Small Fine Presses) Water Row Press
2 100 (Small Fine Presses) The Whittington Press 2 101 (Small Fine Presses) The Whittington Press After 1992 2 102 (Small Fine Presses) Wilson, Adrian 2 103 (Small Fine Presses) Windhover Press 2 104 (Small Fine Presses) Yolla Bolly Press 2 105 (Collections) BGSU Rare Book and Special Collections 2 106 Supply Catalog