]> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/eadrbc.rb998001 The Janus Press Archive Finding Aid Prepared By Erin K. Davis Updated by Meredith Shedd-Driskel with the assistance of David Kennaly Rare Book and Special Collections Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
1998

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 Finding aid encoded by Special Materials Cataloging Division, Library of Congress 1998 Finding aid written in English. 2005-05-11 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 July 1999 Revised and expanded March 1999 Revised to EAD version 1.0 Collection Summary The Janus Press Archive 1955- Z232.J36J36 1955 Van Vliet, Claire ca. 4923 pieces Collection material in English Rare Book and Special Collections Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

 People Burke, Clifford. Fine, Ruth, 1941- Johnson, W. R. (Walter Ralph), 1933- Kaufman, Margaret. Seluzicki, Charles. Siegl, Helen. Van Vliet, Claire, collector. Organizations Janus Press Archive (Library of Congress) DLC Janus Press. Janus Press. Limited Editions Club. Stinehour Press. W. Thomas Taylor (Firm). Subjects Book design--United States--History--20th century--Sources. Bookbinding--Specimens. Paper--Specimens. Form/Genre Book designers' mock-ups (Publishing) Broadsides. Engravings. Ephemera. Etchings. Linocuts. Page proofs (Printing) Printing blocks. Printing plates. Trial proofs. Woodcuts. Occupations Book designers--Vermont. Administrative Information Provenance

The Janus Press Archive was purchased from Claire Van Vliet, proprietor of Janus Press, in September, 1991. As an open collection, additional materials are added as they are received.

 Processing Information

As far as possible, the material retains the arrangement provided by Claire Van Vliet, who has supplied distinctive boxes for housing. Often Van Vliet has arranged and labelled folders (these have been retained); when she has not, folders have been added for organizational and listing purposes, and materials grouped according to type, for example, correspondence followed by typescripts and paste-ups, production materials, etc. In order to connect the material in the Janus Press Archive to the resulting publication housed in the Janus Press Collection, also housed in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, the LCCN for each work is noted in parentheses in this finding aid.

 Access and Restrictions

The records of the Janus Press Archive are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Book and Special Collections Division reading room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

 Scope and Content Note

The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present.

Includes correspondence, annotated typescripts, proofs, paste-ups and layouts, book designers' mockups, woodblocks, linocut blocks, etched and engraved plates, binding structures, paper and fabric samples, a record and compact disc, notes, drawings, and receipts.

Correspondents include Clifford Burke, Bob Ewert, Ruth Fine, W.R. Johnson, Margaret Kaufman, Charles Seluzicki, Helen Siegl, the Limited Editions Club, Stinehour Press, and W.Thomas Taylor.

 Organization of the Papers

Organized into two series: I. Books. II. Posters and Broadsides. Arranged chronologically by publication date of work to which materials relate.

 Related Material

A related collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress is the King Lear Archive, which contains preparatory materials for an edition of Shakespeare's play published by Theodore Press in 1986, with illustrations printed at the Janus Press.

 Container List Container Contents Books 1 Janus Miscellaneous I 1 Theobald, John. An Oxford Odyssey, 1955. (84-243207) Proof loose in paper wrappers, 4 proofs of woodcuts inserted 2 Van Vliet, Claire. Some Trees and Bushes, 1959. Proofs 3 Kafka, Franz. Parables and Paradoxes, 1963. (63-51230); Kafka. Parables and Paradoxes. New York: Schocken Books, 1961. 4 Kinnell, Galway. Fergus Falling, 1979. (79-315159) Letterpress proofs 5 Print, drawings for line-cuts 6 Two binding structures 7 Johnson, W.R. Snow, 1980. (82-462227) Paper samples, binding structures, typescript 8 Hammer, Victor. Manifesto: Type Design in Relation to Language and to the Art of the Punch Cutter. Maple Shade, New Jersey: Pickering Press, 1987. Correspondence: John Anderson, 1987-88, 6 items 9 Proofs and binding materials 10 Metal plate 11 Binding in slipcase, letterpress text 2 Janus Miscellaneous II 1 Franklin, Benjamin. The Old Mistresses' Apologue, 1975. (77-364745) Proofs, binding structures, paper sample 2 Johnson, W.R. The Town at Dusk, 1980. (81-484325) Proof, sketch of layout, binding structures 3 Unidentified book (Lazarus?) Proofs, text and illustration 4 "Satellite" correspondence: Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 1972. 3 Janus Miscellaneous III 1 Garcia Lorca, Federico. Romance de la Guardia Civil Espanola,1974. (78-358575) Book stitched in wrappers. Correspondence: Jeanne H. Dufour (Dufour Editions), 1976, 2 items; Jerome Kaplan, 1974, 2 items 2 Carruth, Hayden. Loneliness,1976. (82-462229) Correspondence: Hayden Carruth, 1975-76; 9 items 3 Typescript 4 Notes for layout, paste-up 5 Schuyler, James. The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court: English Songs and Dances, 1976. (76-371716) Correspondence: Frances Waldman, 1974-77; 6 items 6 Correspondence: James Schuyler, 1974-76; 4 items (incl. typescript) 7 Paste-up, proof 8 Two binding structures 9 Johnson, W.R. From Actium, 1977. (78-300690)Typescript 10 Theobald, John. A Second Light, 1977. (78-300691) Correspondence: John Theobald, 1977; 7 items 11 Typescript; various other poems 12 Proof 13 Paper samples 4 Janus Miscellaneous IV 1 Fine, Ruth. Claire Van Vliet -- Paperwork, 1978. (81-481869) Letter from Ruth Fine (1977) and typescript 2 Fine, Ruth. Claire Van Vliet--Landscape Paperworks, 1984. (85-206891) Correspondence: Ruth Fine, 1984, 1 item; Susan Mower (Studley Press), 1984, 1 item 3 Typescript of introduction 4 Paste-up of catalog; notes for illustrations and colophon; drafts of invitation and poster 5 Two binding structures 6 Lohf, Kenneth. Seasons, 1981. (82-461084) Letter from Kenneth Lohf (1978), with typescript 7 Letter from Kenneth Lohf (1978), with annotated galleys 8 Paste-ups 9 Proofs, hand-written colophon 10 Proof of illustration 11 Paper samples 12 Binding structure 13 Kinnell, Galway. Remarks on Accepting the American Book Award for Poetry, April 28, 1983, 1984. Correspondence: Bill Ewert, 1984; 3 items 14 Typescript 15 Letterpress proofs 16 Notes on layout, paste-up, proof, binding structure 5 Janus Miscellaneous V 1 Miscellaneous Limited Edition Books Available from The Janus Press. Meynell, Katharine. Eat Book, 1990. (92-106470) Notes, proofs Wilde, Oscar. The Selfish Giant, 1967. (68-1536) Proof (1 leaf). Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1967-71; 2 items Correspondence, The Stinehour Press: C. Freeman Keith, 1976; Laurence M. Stinehour, 1976; 2 items, with samples Two broadsides: "What did I dream..." and "The venyme of the aspes is under their tongues" (possibly illustrated by Leonard Baskin) 2 Schuyler, James. The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court: English Songs and Dances, 1976. (76-371716) Aluminum cuts 3 Wilson, Adrian. The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. (84-239618) Prospectuses and cloth sample (cloth possibly for Dr. Lao) 4 Wedding invitations 5 New Paperworks -- Claire Van Vliet, May 5 -- June 23, 1980. Proof, paste-up 6 Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1975-80, 1982. (82-622836) Binding materials 7-9 Johnson, W.R. Narcissus, 1990. (90-221477) Illustration material 10 Foam piece in shape of triangle 6 1 Leontief, Estelle. Razerol, 1973. (73-173336) "Original -- Metzker" 2-4 "Metzker original" 5 "Xeroxes" 6 Correspondence: Estelle Leontief, 1973 (mostly dated without years); 7 items 7 Correspondence: Ray Metzker, 1973; 2 items 8 Annotated typescript 9 Photocopies of photographs 10 Proof 11 Leontief, Estelle. Whatever Happens, 1975. (76-371681) Correspondence: Estelle Leontief, 1972-75 (mostly dated without years); 24 items 12 Letter from Estelle Leontief (1974), with typescript 13 Letter from Estelle Leontief (1974 or 1975?), with annotated typescript 14 Paste-up and xerox receipt 15 Cloth-covered boards 7 1 Van Vliet, Claire. Sun, Sky and Earth, 1964; Van Vliet, Claire. Sky and Earth: Variable Landscape, 1973. (77-370181) Box (marked "Sky, sea and earth") containing plastic and paper cuts, loose pieces of paper 2 Copy (proof?) of book, with spiral binding 3 Notes on production, incl. annotated title page (Sun, Sky and Earth) 7a Plastic color samples, sample layout 8 1 A Fable of Bidpai, 1974. (75-324002) Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1974, 5 items; Ruthie Lehrer, 1974, 1 item 2 Annotated typescript 3 Three unbound, stitched proof copies, plus 1 extra signature 4 Bound proof in cloth boards, handwritten colophon, "special edition of the blocks in two colors" 9 1 The Tower of Babel: an Anthology, 1975. (77-374669) Correspondence: Sabina Thorne, 1974, 3 items; J.E. Curtis (The British Museum), 1974, 1 item; Pat Eystein, 1975, 1 item 2 Quotations and reference material 3 Book layout with handwritten and letterpress text, original drawings, proofs of illustrations, etc. 10 Kronfeld, Susan. Spaghettiana, 1976. (82-462226) Illustration material. Correspondence: 1975-76, Susan Kronfeld; 6 items 11 Siegl Projects. (1976, 1977) 1 Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1976-78; 4 items 2 The Guest, 1976. (83-461550) Two paste-ups, one paper sample 3 Mass of Thanksgiving, 1977. Correspondence: Constance Boylan, 1977; 7 items 4 Correspondence: Helen Siegl, 1977; 2 items 5 Material related to invitation to mass 6 Letter from Constance Boylan (1977) with layout 7 Layout, paste-ups, proof 8 Typescript, 2 copies with annotations 9 Paper samples and notes related to production 10 Mother Goose. Correspondence: 1975; 1 item 12 Gruffyground Press Projects. (1975-1980) 1 Thomas Gunn. The Missed Beat; James Reeves. The Closed Door; Elizabeth Jennings. Winter Wind; Correspondence: Anthony Baker, 1975-80, 46 items (incl. copies of letters to others) 2 Gunn, Thomas. The Missed Beat, 1976. (76-374742) Correspondence: Thomas Gunn, 1976; 6 items 3 Typescript 4 "Block for The Missed Beat decorative paper" 5 Binding structure, decorative paper, proofs of text and prints loose inside 6 Reeves, James. The Closed Door. Sidcot: Gruffyhound Press, 1977. (78-315463) (See also 78-104178) Typescript, paste-up, proofs 7 Jennings, Elizabeth. Winter Wind, 1979. (81-478302) Typescript, proofs 8 Paste-up, proofs, production notes 9 Marbled paper (12 sheets) and paper sample 12a Two binder's dummies (possibly for Winter Wind) 13 1 Carruth, Hayden. Aura, 1977. (77-369192) Correspondence: Kathryn and Howard Clark (Twinrocker Handmade Paper), 1975, 1 item; Hayden Carruth, 1977, 1 item; Rose Marie Carruth, 1977, 1 item 2 Letterpress proofs, paper samples 3 Photograph: "Kathryn Clark and Claire Van Vliet laying a post of Aura sheets at Twinrocker" 4 Two signatures (folded sheets of handmade paper) 14 Seluzicki Projects 1 Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1975; 2 items 2 Hughes, Ted. Chiasmadon, 1977. (86-191529) Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1976-77, 10 items; Olwyn Hughes, literary agent, 1977, 2 items 3 Typescript 4 Proof, letterpress 5 Etched plate, with drawing 6 Paper samples 7 Le Carré, John. The Clandestine Muse, 1986. (87-213395) Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1987; 7 items 8 Correspondence: Rainer Heumann (literary agent), 1987, 1 item; Pam, 1987, 2 items; marbled paper samples 9 Photocopy of article concerning Le Carré 10 Notes on typeface 11 Proof 12 Snodgrass, William De Witt. Traditional Hungarian Songs,1978. (79-770313) Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1977-78; 23 items 13 Correspondence: W.D. Snodgrass, 1978; 2 items 14 Paste-up of music 15 Typescript and music overlays 16 Typescript 17 Notes on layout, colophon 18 Proofs of text and illustrations 19 Heaney, Seamus. Hedge School: Sonnets from Glanmore, 1979. (81-471208) Binding structure 15 1 Leconte de Lisle. Midi = Noon, 1977. (78-382525) Correspondence: K & J, 1977, 1 item; Ines Kinnell, 1977, 1 item; Bill Hodson, 1977, 1 item; production notes 2 Typescript 3 Two bags of paper samples 4 Folded leaves (9 items) 5 Cloth and paper samples 16 1 Schumann, Peter. White Horse Butcher, 1977. (78-325897) Correspondence: 1975, Elka Schumann; 2 items 2 Paste-up 3 Binding structure 4 Schumann, Peter. St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, 1978. (80-463071) Proofs of prints 5 Paste-up, loose in cloth boards 17 Nyholm, Janet. From a Housewife's Diary, 1978. (79-315158) 1 Correspondence: Jerome Kaplan, 1976-78, 8 items; The Carter's Ink Co., 1977-78, 2 items 2 Correspondence: Janet Nyholm, 1977; 3 items 3 Correspondence: Jim Houle (Winter Harbor Press), 1977; 2 items 4 Typescript, 2 sets 5 Proofs (2 leaves), paste-up 6 Cloth sample, postscript, layout samples 7 Proofs of rubber stamps 18 Herball: the Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, 1979. (80-455319) 1 Proofs 2 "Correspondence": Helen Siegl, 1976-77, 3 items; William Matheson, 1977, 4 items; Vera Freeman (Andrews, Nelson, Whitehead), 1978, 1 item 3 "Edited manuscript, Sabina Thorne, W.R. Johnson," with one letter from Sabina Thorne and W.R. Johnson, undated 4 "Janus proofs" 5 "Manuscript from Library of Congress" 6 "Helen's proofs" 7 "Final manuscript" 8 Paste-up loose in cloth boards. 19 Cortese, James. What the Owl Said, 1979. (79-318076) 1 Typescript, 16 leaves 2 Typescript, 24 leaves 3 Drawing for line-cut, proof, type materials from MacKenzie and Harris, Inc. 4 Paste-up (with original drawings) 5 Paste-up (mostly printed illustrations) 6 Binding materials: printed cloth, paper sample, trial binding structure 7 "Proofs on various papers" 8 "Miscellaneous pages" 9 "Manuscript author's corrections" (incl. 11 letters from Jim Cortese, 1976-79) 10 "Miscellaneous proofs" 11 "Corrected proofs" 12 "Proofs of new type" 13 "Miscellaneous drawings" 14 "Discarded first blocks' proofs" 20 Lockwood, Margo. Bare Elegy, 1980. (81-483186) 1 Cloth boards containing 1 printed signature and colored xerox 2 Paste-up 3 "Metzker's experiments" (photographs and prints) 4 "Author's corrected proofs" 5 "Proofs" 6 "Submitted manuscript" 21 Schumann, Peter. This Is, 1980. (82-182837) 1 Material relating to paper, binding. Correspondence: C. Freeman Keith (Stinehour Press), 1980, 2 items; letter from Mary Ryan (W.W. Norton), 1980, 1 item; colophon information 2 Paper cover 3 Proofs: One folded leaf from signature 4 4 Proofs: "Signature 1, pages 1-8" 5 Proofs: "Signature 2, pages 9-16" 6 Proofs: "Signature 3, pages 17-24" 7 Proofs: "Signature 4, pages 25-32" 8 Proofs: "Signature 5, pages 33-40" 22 The Dream of the Dirty Woman, based on a dream of Elka Schumann, 1980. (81-481344) 1 48 small photographs (incl. 2 polaroids), 2 negatives 2 17 large photographs 23 1 "Drawings" 2 "Manuscript" 3 "Music and recording". Correspondence, 1979-80: incl. Philo Records, Inc., C. Freeman Keith (Stinehour Press), Steven Light; 19 items 4 Correspondence, dated without year: Steven, 1 item, Margo, 1 item. Proof transmittal memo from The Meridian Gravure Company, 1980. 5 Letterpress proofs, paper samples, sample of book structure 6 Proofs, letterpress and illustration 7 Photographic illustrations for record jacket, incl. record jackets and record 24 1 "Box cover linen" 2 "Margo Lee Sherman photograph Claire Van Vliet" 3 "Margo Lee Sherman photograph Michael Boylen" 4 "Record cover photograph untrimmed" 5 "Record jacket front cover photograph Michael Boylen" 6 "Record jacket front cover paste-up" 7 "Record jacket back cover paste-up" 25 6 masonite relief cuts; linen for box cover; 3 copper plates 26 1 Block 2 Block 3 Drawings, proofs of letterpress and illustrations 4 Folded sheets of handmade paper, many with letterpress printing 27 1 Hayford, James. Four Women, 1981. (82-461610) Correspondence: James Hayford, 1979-81; 3 items 2 Copy of poem by James Hayford; article about Hayford (Amherst, 1980) 3 Typescript, 6 leaves 4 Corrected galleys, 4 leaves 5 Paste-up 6 3 printers blocks, pressed board 7 Three proofs: loose in paper wrappers, loose in cloth boards, bound in cloth boards 28 Edward Hoagland 1 Hoagland, Edward. Notes from the Century Before: a Journal from British Columbia, San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. (82-81500) Correspondence: David Bullen (North Point Press), 1982; 5 items 2 Book jacket, notes, proofs 3 Photocopies of maps, drawings 4 Hoagland, Edward. Walking the Dead Diamond River: Nineteen Essays. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. (85-60857) Correspondence: Edward Hoagland, 1985, 1 item; David Bullen (North Point Press), 1985, 5 items. Drawings, book cover. 5 Hoagland, Edward. Seven Rivers West. New York: Summit Books, 1986. (86-5815) Correspondence: Edward Hoagland, 1985, 1 item; photocopies of drawings, notes, examples of typefaces. 6 Drawings of maps 29 1 The Janus Press Silver Anniversary Miscellany, 1982. (83-461854) Correspondence: Jerry Kaplan, 1975, 1 item; Ray Metzker, 1981?, 1 item 2 Notes on production 3 Plastic overlay for Chokecherry wine illustration 4 Proofs 5 Cloth samples 6 "Chokecherry wine plate from Janus silver miscellany" 30 1 Thorne, Sabina. Of Gravity and Grace, 1982. (83-186224) Correspondence: C. Freeman Keith (Stinehour Press), 1981, 4 items; Louise Hafen (David Smith Ink Co.), 1981, 1 item; Sabina Thorne, 1982, 4 items 2 Miscellaneous book preparatory materials, incl. cloth samples and type specimen sheets 3 Typescript, 2 sets 4-6 Galleys 30a Fabric samples and four binding structures: paste-up loose in paper boards; dummy binding with blank sheets and paper boards; blank sheets stitched together; and printed boards 31 1 Johnson, W.R. Lilac Wind, 1983. (83-461856) Typescript, notes on production, letterpress proofs, mylar template 2 Correspondence: Amy Baker (Toppan Printing Co.), 1982, 3 items. Cloth samples and related notes 3 Aluminum plate and plastic template 4 Layout for book structure (white paper) 5 Layout for book structure (brown paper) 32 Three folded sheets (handmade paper, two with letterpress text), spine with paper label (Gravity and Grace), paper label (Lilac Wind) 33 Five sheets (four folded) of handmade paper 34 1 Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao,1984. (84-252144) "Copy marked up for key boarding, Freeman Keith" 2 "Proofread galleys" 35 "Galleys marked up by CVV -- initial planning of layout of pages and placement of illustrations" 36 Paste-up, with original drawings 37 1 "Proofs of small plates" "Two views of Abalone" 2 "Kate" 3 "Mexicans" 4 "Virgins" 5 "Sea serpents" 6 "Circus tent" 7 "Loading Kate" 8 "Sea serpent rocks" 9 "Shoat" 38 Paste-up, with prints 39 "Press room working dummy at Stinehour, xerox of CVV paste-up" 40 "Janus Press spacing corrections" 41 1 "Dummy binding from Stinehour" 2 "Cloth samples" 42 1 American circus posters and photographic illustration 2-3 Materials used in illustration process 4-13 Proof 43 1-12 Proofs of plates (Unlabelled) 13 "Woldercan" 14 "Doctor Lao" 15 "Serpent" 16 "Dancers at the peep show" 44 Eight blocks (lettering) and one "Lao test plate" 45 1 Proofs, needlepoint specimen 2-3 Proofs 46 1 Photocopies of text and illustrations 2-6 Proofs 47 1 Correspondence: Karen Garthe (Barthold Fles, literary agent), 1981, 1 item; Neil Barron (Science Fiction Research Association), 1982, 1 item; Marc Jaffe (Random House), 1983,1 item; William McClung (University of California Press), 1983,1 item; Sandra (Fine Print), 1983, 1 item; Arnold Tovell (M.E. Sharp, publisher), 1984, 1 item; Gerry Howard (Viking Press), 1984, 1 item (incl. a note from Marie D. Finney); Jack Shoemaker (North Point Press), 1984, 1 item; David Godine (publisher), 1984-86, 3 items 2 Correspondence: W.Thomas Taylor, 1983-85, 5 items; Elaine (W.Thomas Taylor, Bookseller), 1984-85, 4 items. Memorandum of Agreement, draft of prospectus, production notes for "W.Thomas Taylor's copies" 3 Correspondence: The Limited Editions Club, 1981: Kathleen Riley, 1 item; Lia Hunt, 1 item; David Glixon, 1 item; Ben (Benjamin Shiff) and Sid (Sidney Shiff), undated, 1 item. Annotated draft of colophon, material relating to The Limited Editions Club 4 Correspondence, The Stinehour Press, 1981-82: C. Freeman Keith,10 items; Paul Hoffmann, undated, 1 item 5 Correspondence: Charles Finney, 1981-82; 15 items 6 Miscellaneous correspondence: Ted Brenneman, 1981-82, 3 items; Neil Barron, 1982, 1 item; Emma, 1984, 1 item; Richer, undated, 1 item 7 Notes and photocopy: Apollonius of Tyana 8 Order information: Requests for copies, notices for standing order patrons 9 Specimen page; prospectus; three copies of The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (1982); notes on publication 10 Miscellaneous receipts and notes relating to binding, paper, boxes, illustration, etc., incl. paper and fabric samples 11 Corrected galleys 48 "Drawings and pasted up proofs on the printed text sheets in an experimental box" 49 1 Proofs of plates "Medusa" 2 "The satyr" 3 "Two headed turtle" 4 "Monument Valley" 5 "Mermaid dawn" (incl. a metal plate) 6 "Mermaid" 7 "The hound of the hedges" 8 "Witches" 50 Binding structure with blank pages, cloth boards 51 1 Miscellaneous: drawing, proof, cutouts, mylar overlay 2 Letterpress proofs 3 "Borders" 4 Proofs 51a Woodblock and note cards from The Limited Editions Club 52 1-2 Corrected typescript 53 1 Editions of The Circus of Dr. Lao Annotated proof copy (bound) of The Circus of Dr. Lao (Janus Press ed.) 2 Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Bantam, 1964. 3 Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Vintage Books, 1983 (83-3486) Prospectus and letter from Edward Hoagland, 1983, laid in 4 Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. New York: Bantam, 1956 (56-10486) 5 Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Dr. Lao. London: Grey Walls Press, 1948. Letter from W. Thomas Taylor, undated, laid in 54 "Prototype of the binding and the box" 55 1 Correspondence: William Beilin (Durawall, Inc.), 1981-82; 2 items. Cloth samples 2 Binding materials 55a-55c Linoleum blocks; 33 items in 3 boxes 55d-55l Metal plates; 53 items in 9 boxes 56 1 McPherson, Sandra. Floralia, 1985. (86-149112) Cloth samples 2 Correspondence: Charles Seluzicki, 1984-86; 20 items 3 Correspondence: Sandra McPherson, 1985-86, 2 items; Judi Conant, 1986, 1 item 4 Letter from Martin White (1985), with text 5 Typescript 6 Misc. receipts, notes relating to production 7 Paste-up 8 Paste-up: 2/23, page format, 22/3, 24/1, 16/9, 4/21, 12/13, 6/19, 10/15, 8/17, 18/7, 20/5, 14/11 57 1 Kinnell, Galway. The Seekonk Woods, 1985. (86-115149) Binding structure with blank pages, 3 photographic prints 2 Binding structure with text pasted in, 3 different photographic prints 3 Three photographic prints 4 Three photographic prints and part of letterpress text loose in paper wrappers; "Galway's manuscript, correspondence, Ewert correspondence" 5 Correspondence: Galway Kinnell, 1985-86; 2 items 6 Correspondence: Bill Ewert, 1985; 9 items 7 Text of The Past, Galway Kinnell, marked Oct. 23, 1984 8 "Tentative colophon," 2 photographic prints, proofs 57a 1 Shakespeare, William. The Tragedie of King Lear . . . with woodcuts by Claire Van Vliet. Bangor: Theodore Press, 1986. (87-107378; for archive material relating to this publication see 92-162930) Folder of Miscellaneous receipts 2 Kozintsev, G.M. King Lear, The Space of tragedy: The Diary of a Film Director,1977. (76-50248) (note to Claire Van Vliet inside.) 58 1 Burke, Clifford. A Landscape with Cows in It, 1987. (87-214427) Two proofs, bound 2 "Original chyrograph for Claire" 3 Correspondence: Ruth Fine and Clifford Burke, most undated (original order preserved); 21 items 4 Miscellaneous announcements by Burke, incl. Heron Light; letter from Burke, 1983 5 Annotated galleys, proofs, examples of book structure 6 Proofs of linocuts and letterpress text 59 1 Kaufman, Margaret. Aunt Sallie's Lament, 1988. (91-221685) "Preparatory material" Correspondence: Sandra McPherson, 1987, 2 items; Margaret Kaufman, 1987-88, 16 items (incl. annotated typescript); Kate MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, 1988, 2 items; Mary Richardson (box maker), undated, 1 item; Judi Conant (box maker), 1988, 1 item 2 Two examples of book structure 59a 1 Examples of book structure, colored paper cut-outs 2 Templates, cloth samples, notes relating to book structure 60-60a "Two of Hedi's proposals" (3 items) 61 "Early dummy before colored papers" 62 "Early dummy" 63 "Dummy," plus paper samples 64 "Dummy using wet glue" 65 1 Beasley, Edna Gertrude. My First Thirty Years. Austin, Tex.: Book Club of Texas, 1989. Correspondence: W.Thomas Taylor, 1988-1990, 10 items; Bradley Hutchinson, 1990, 3 items; Deborah Brothers (The Book Club of California), 1988, 1 item 2 Production notes, paste-ups, proofs, photocopy of article 3 19 photographs 4 "Background material" 5 "Drawings" 6 "Proofs" 7 Proof, stitched signatures 65a Two proofs, bound in paper wrappers 66 1 McPherson, Sandra. Designating Duet, 1989. (90-131168) Correspondence: Sandra McPherson, 1989, 1 item; Judi Conant, 1989, 2 items 2 Typescript, 2 sets 3 Corrected proof, handwritten text of colophon 4 Metal plate 5 Model of book structure, plain white paper, 2 sets 6 Proof, loose in cloth boards, and extra piece of paper, folded accordion-style, used in book structure 67 1 Purcell, Henry. Dido and Aeneas, 1989. (89-194380) Correspondence: Judi Conant, 1988-89, 5 items; Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, 1989, 4 items; John Hanley (Toppan Printing Co.), 1988, 3 items 2 Correspondence: Michael Alpert (Theodore Press), 1988, 2 items; Libretto and essay by John Buttrey 3 Libretto (photocopy) 4 Letterpress text 5 Proof 68 Metal and cardboard plates, pattern for disk pocket, notes on paper and sewing 69 Compact disk, examples of book structure 70 Paste-up and two folded sheets of handmade paper 71 1 Johnson, W.R. Narcissus, 1990. (90-221477) Binding structure, blank pages 2a Book preparatory materials: Typescript 2b Book preparatory materials. Correspondence: Judi Conant, 1990; 3 items 2c Book preparatory materials, paper and printing samples 3 Folding box containing book structure and small print 72 1 Burke, Clifford. Bone Songs, 1992. (93-228375) "First manuscript and correspondence": Ruth Fine, undated, 2 items; Clifford Burke, 1992, 6 items; notes and typescript 2 "Materials correspondence," Stinehour Press: Stephen Stinehour, 1992, 3 items; Anne Leverette, 1992, 7 items; Michael Alpert, 1992, 1 item; proof transmittal memo, list of Gill Sans faces; Katie MacGregor, 1992, 3 items; Simon Barcham Green, 1991, 2 items; William Cowley, undated, 1 item; receipt, Patrick Reagh Printers; receipts, Owosso Graphic Arts, 2 items. 3 "Drawings" 4 "Burke manuscripts" 5 "Stinehour type proofs," incl. one letter from CVV to Stephen Stinehour, 1992 6 Notes on binding structure, example of binding structure 7 "Extra sheets for display" 73 1 Proof of etching 2 One stereotype and two etched plates 3 Paste-up 4 Paste-up 74 Binding structure 75 Binding structure 76 1 Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1981-90: Catalogue Raisonne, 1992. (93-218184) Copy of The Janus Press, 1981-90: Catalogue Raisonne, 1992. 2 "First Dummy" 3 "Typesetting and proof" 10 items 4 "Piggyback proofs" 5 items 5 "Final Pastings" 6 "Business" 12 items 7 "Manuscripts" 15 items 77 1 Luck, Barbara. Night Street, 1993. (94-145740) Small example of slipcase structure 2 "Some of the image sheets before silkscreening"; 4 items 3 "Some of the final unlaminated pages"; 10 items 4 "Set of first sheets" 5 "Early dummy materials, Lois Johnson"; 29 items 6 "First Dummy" 7 "Second Dummy" 78 1 Aluminum sheet 2 "Correspondence"; 28 items 3 "Paper and plastic pieces"; 10 items 4 "Artist photographs in xerox"; 11 items 5 "Manuscripts and proofs"; 7 items 6-8 Dummies 79 1 Day, Larry. Tempi Del Giorno, 1994. (95-128136) Correspondence and bills; 13 items 2 Paper samples; 2 items 3 Proofs and correspondence; 19 items 4-5 Dummies 80 1 Fine, Ruth. Summer Day/Winter Night, 1994. (95-128136) Copy of Summer Day/Winter Night 2 Paper samples; 11 items. 3 "Cover" 4 "Slipcase" 5 "Gold Proofs" 8 items 6 "Mylar Proofs" 8 items 7 "Okawara Test Proofs" 8 Note to Claire from Ruth with paper sample 9 Xerox letter to Rufus from Claire 10 Misc. notes; 2 items 80a-80g 11 Printing Blocks; 39 Blocks in 7 Boxes 81 1 Dove, Rita. Lady Freedom Among Us, 1994. Mockup 2 Correspondence with Rita Dove 3 "Dove manuscript" 4 "General correspondence" 5 5 Blocks 6 Videotape of U.S. Capitol speech 7 Metal plate in envelope 8 Miscellaneous items 82 1 "Bronze underprinting" 2 "Discarded idea" 83 "Embossment plate" 84 1 Kaufman, Margaret. Praise Basted In: a Friendship Quilt for Aunt Sallie, 1995. (97-214132) "Proofs" 2 "Proofreading manuscript" 3 "Miscellaneous" 4 "Correspondence": Judi Conant, 5 items and cloth sample; Lisa McMasters, 1995, 1 item; Langdell Paperworks, 1994, 1 item; Bread & Puppet Theater, 1994, 1 item; Margaret Kaufman to Claire Van Vliet, 1993-1994, 9 items; Claire Van Vliet to Margaret Kaufman, 1993-1994, 5 items; Claire Van Vliet to "Joe and Alisha," undated, 1 item. 5 "Card texts" 85 1 "Pattern proofs" 2 "Card ideas" 3 "Fannie Lee's card" 4 "Celia's card" 5 "Opaline's card" 6 "Maude's card" 7 "Eva Lucille's card" 8 "Skipry's card" 9 "Lucy's card" 10 "Proof of polymer plate on handmade paper-dry" 11 "Write the names by hand . . ." 12 Cloth samples 86 "Early Trial" 87 Dummy, mockup, and "display materials" 88 Slipcase 89 1 Levertov, Denise. Batterers, 1996. (97-214133) Samples of wood, paper, and fabric, and miscellaneous notes 2 Mockup 3 Correspondence: Claire Van Vliet to Denise Levertov, 1992-1996, 6 items; Denise Levertov to Claire Van Vliet, 1992-1996, 7 items; Judi Conant, 1995, 2 items; Bernie Vinzani, undated, 1 item; Kathryn Lipke, 1991, 1 item 90 "First model" 91 1 Van Vliet, Claire. Tumbling Blocks for Pris and Bruce, 1996. (97-214131) "General rules" 2 "First letters" 3 "Final patterns for making jigs" 4 Diagrams 5 Colored paper samples and cut-outs 6 Three paper boxes 92 1 McPherson, Sandra. Beauty in Use, 1997. "Early manuscripts" 2 "Correspondence": cards, faxes, letters, notes, poems, and photographs exchanged between Claire Van Vliet and Sandra McPherson, 1988-1997; 25 items 3 "Colophon" 4 "Quilt top discovered . . ." 5 "Affirmation against critics" 6 "Black quilt from the 60's" 7 "Wake up colloquy" 8 "Finding the quilter in her quilt" 9 "Like a tellurion" 10 "Waterfall with baskets" 11 "Center: strip and medallion quilt" 12 "The Context of a necktie quilt" 13 "Quilt of rights" 14 "Mrs. Longmire builds a picket fence quilt" 15 "Tents-of-Armageddon quilt" 16 "Esther Mack's utility quilt" 17 "Trial proofs" 18 "Paper samples" 19 "African cloth" 20 "Fabric samples" 93 "First model" 94 "Front cover"; "Sections 2-9"; "Back cover" 95 "Second last model" 96 Mockup 97 1 Dickinson, Emily. Compound Frame, 1998. Correspondence and text of poems, Susan Johanknecht; 4 items 2 "First dummy Susan Johanknecht" 3 "Second dummy - CVV & SJ" 4 "Elizabeth Steiner's instructions" 5 3 mockups 6 Page patterns 7 Paper samples Posters and Broadsides A(1) Barnes, Kate. Wise Children, 1960. Correspondence and typescripts of 5 poems. ( Wise Children; The Pinto Horse; Swimming Horses; The Horse; Horse Trees) 8 items A(2) Claire Van Vliet: Prints at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, 1982. 13 sheets, various stages B Merwin, W.S. September Plowing, 1975.Three broadsides and one drawing C Pasquil. Song in Praise of Sack. (97-180736) Proofs D The Janus Press, 1975-80: Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, 1982. (97-181786) Proof and paste-ups E Wright, James. Fresh Wind in Venice, 1982. (97-181865) Typescript, proofs, paper samples, drawings F Johnson, W.R. The Color of Night, 1982. (97-181803) Broadside, mylar template G 1 Updike, John. When I Write... , 1982. (ALA broadside) (95-125463) Correspondence: Terry Belanger, 1985, 2 items; Beverly Lynch, 1976, 1 item; Roger Stoddard, 1986, 1 item 2 Two photographs 3 Woodblock H 1 Gallagher, Tess. Death of the Horses by Fire, 1984. (97-181876) Correspondence: Tess Gallagher, 1982-84, 7 items; Charles Seluzicki, 1983-84, 5 items; annotated typescript 2 Paste-ups, proofs 3 Three printer's blocks and one metal plate I 1 Carver, Ray. For Tess, 1984. (97-181887) Correspondence: Bill Ewert, 1984-85, 9 items 2 Plastic onlays, proofs 3 Proofs J 1 Kinnell, Galway. The Geese, 1985. (97-182035) Correspondence: Angela Hodge (personal assistant to Galway Kinnell), 1985; 1 item. Typescript and proofs of poem, one with annotations by Kinnell. 2 Plastic overlays and notes on geese and sunflowers 3 Two broadside-sized sheets K 1 Heyen, William. Brockport Sunflowers, 1986. Correspondence: Bill Heyen, 1986, 3 items; Katie MacGregor and Bernie Vinzani, 2 items; Bill Ewert, 1985-86, 8 items 2 Proofs 3 Broadside 4 Two blocks L 1 Contemporary Dance of Death for portfolio, between 1987 and 1991 Correspondence: John Risseeuw, 1987-91; 2 items 2 Notes, proofs, plastic onlays 3 Five broadside-sized sheets M "Dance of Death mylar template" N Etched metal plate O 1 Kaufman, Margaret. Old Quilts, 1989. (95-125522) Correspondence: "Jim," undated, 2 items with insert; Margaret Kaufman, dated without year, 1 item; Michael Tarachow (Pentagram Press), 1989, 1 item 2 Correspondence: Amanda Degener; 14 items 3 Paper samples, letterpress proofs (for paste-up) 4 Five broadsides, various stages P Bread and Puppet, Our Domestic Resurrection, 1991. (95-139874) Proofs Q 1 Kaufman, Margaret. Pandora's Box, 1991. (95-139881) Notes for materials, drawings, etc. 2 Letterpress proofs 3 Examples of broadside structure R 1 Sappho. And Night Dropped Black Sleep on their Lids, 1991. (95-125447) Correspondence: Johanna Prins, 1991; 1 item. Proofs and plastic onlays. 2 Proof of image and two broadside-sized sheets 3 Lino block S 1 Lopez, Barry Holstun. Whatever Evaluation we Make... , 1992. (95-139877) Correspondence: Amanda Degener, 1987-92, 4 items; Barry Lopez, 1988-92, 4 items; Mary Lyn Nutting, 1992, 1 item; Michael Tarachow, 1992, 1 item 2 Paper samples, notes, proofs, etc. 3 Handmade paper sheets, one with letterpress text T Lopez, Barry Holstun. Arctic Dreams, 1992. Correspondence, 1988, 4 items U 1 A Printer's Exquisite Corpse. Silver Buckle Press, 1992."Exquisite Corpse Collaboration, Silver Buckle Press." Correspondence: 1992, 3 items 2 Mock up, 1 item 3 Proofs Bibliography Claire Van Vliet, Printmaker and Printer: a Selection of Prints and Illustrated Books from the Janus Press at the Rutgers University Art Gallery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from November 5 to December 17, 1978.New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1978. Fine, Ruth. Claire Van Vliet--Landscape Paperworks, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., November 1984, Mickelson Gallery, Washington, D.C., February-March 1985. Dalton, Mass.: Studley Press, c1984. Fine, Ruth. Claire Van Vliet--Paperwork. Newark, West Burke, Vt.: Janus Press, 1978. Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1955-75: an Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont in Burlington, 1975: Catalogue Raisonne. Burlington, Vt.: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, 1975. Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1975-80: an Exhibition at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont in Burlington, 1982: Catalogue Raisonne. Burlington, Vt: The Museum, 1982. Fine, Ruth. The Janus Press, 1981-1990: Catalogue Raisonne. Burlington, Vt: University of Vermont Libraries, 1992. A Kelmscott Centennial: William Morris and his Heirs, Leonard Baskin, Claire Van Vliet, and Victor Hammer. Minneapolis, Minn.: Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, 1991. McLean, Genetta. Claire Van Vliet: a Celebration of Paper. Lewiston, Maine: Bates College Museum of Art, 1994.