University of Idaho Library letterpress printing block plates
Scope and Contents
University of Idaho Library letterpress printing block plates used for marketing, advertisements, and publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-1980
Creator
- University of Idaho. Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Letterpress printing block plates have been around for centuries. This is a technique of relief printing for producing many copies by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against individual sheets of paper or a continuous roll of paper. They were used to transfer images and text onto whatever surface was chosen. The University of Idaho Library used this technqiue to transfer images or text into various publications including their quartley report, The Bookmark. U of I Library also used this type of printing for other marketing materials and signage.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letterpress printing block plates used by the University of Idaho Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were found in the Digitial Initiatves department in about 2016, and then transfered to Special Collections and Archives.
- Title
- Guide to University of Idaho Library letterpress printing block plates
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sara Szobody.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository