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Arion Press - Andrew Hoyem Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0032
Scope and Contents
In the Pomona CollegeArchives is a nearly complete collection of the publications of printer-designer Andrew Hoyem, Pomona College graduate and founder of the San Francisco fine printing firm, the Arion Press.
Dates:
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Maps and ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0501
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 5 boxes of maps and travel brochures assembled by Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections from local history files and the G. William MacPherson collection. The collection is primarily made up of California state, regional, and street maps; as well as guides and brochures to California events and travel destinations, including museums, fairs, resorts, and areas of natural beauty. Also included in the collection are maps of the United States as well as other...
Dates:
1892-2007; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1955
Marion Parks papers
Collection
Identifier: H1985.7
Abstract
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Vivian Ridler Double Crown Club Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1080
Abstract
The Double Crown Club, a dinner club and society of printers, publishers, book designers, and artists, was founded in 1924 to promote the appreciation of good printing and the arts of the book. The club’s name refers to a size of paper. The collection comprises Club invitations and menus printed between 1927 and 1999; the menus and invitation cards are specimens of the work of some of the most distinguished British designers and presses. Also included in the collection are volumes that list...
Dates:
1927-2006