Lewis Osborne small press collection and papers

Lewis Osborne collaborated with recognized experts in the book trade and with numerous established historians and Western Americana writers to produce his books. Among those who contributed introductions to this editions include David Lavender, Richard Dillon, Shirley Sargent, Kenneth Johnson, Roger Swearingen, William Hutchinson, Oscar Lewis, Ansel Adams, George Stewart, and Ferol Egan. Osborne was knowledgeable of all aspects of book production, and on a few of his later books, he hand set the type, printed, edited and authored (under pseudonyms) the introductions.

The bibliography is arranged in the chronological order according to the date of issue. The information is taken from books themselves and from interviews conducted with numerous friends and collaborators of Lewis Osborne. Special mention must be made of the assistance provided by Michael Harrison of Fair Oaks, California, George Pfeiffer III of Los Altos Hills, California, and Sherwood Grover of Aptos, California. Above all, Mrs. Lewis Osborne’s help in so many ways was instrumental in making this record as complete and as accurate as it now stands.

Talk on Book Publishing, 2 items.

As You Like It illustrations and correspondence with Valenti Angelo Sherwood, 15 items.

Adrian Wilson, letters of condolence.

Otness Talks to Friends October 1989.

Worksheets for Last Book on Hudson’s Bay Company, 9 Items.

Publications about Lewis Osborne, 2 items. The Sunday Oregonian Magazine Northwest, March 12,1972. Pilot Book Christmas 1975 Special, Announcing Pride Of Printers.

Adrian Wilson, Jack Stauffacher, Andrew Hoyem, 12 items concerning University of Davis meeting and interview notes.

Clippings background, concerning subscribing to The American West Collector’s Edition.

George Kane, concerning interview.

Oregon Book Society, 27 items.

Contributors’ Prefaces and Introductions, 7 items.

Lewis Osborne, 27 items concerning record of awards for publishing; hiring letter from SOU; miscellaneous articles, interviews, letters. California Librarian October 1968.

Antiquarian Catalogs, 22 items including correspondence from Harold Otness, with bookstores about locating and purchasing books by Lewis Osborne that are missing from the collection at SOU. Western Americana, Xmas 1978, Catalog, 158; Western Americana California, Catalog 199; Western Americana California, Catalog 201; Western Americana Book Hunters Catalogue, No. 102, Summer 1978; A Catalogue of Rare and Choice Books, Americana, Number 681; Fine Printing, List 9478, A Selection of Items for the Lover of Fine Presswork.

Osborne, Richard, 1 item. A letter from Harold Otness.

Lewis Osborne bibliography, 50 items.

Miscellaneous, 36 items. Including correspondence, Lewis Osborne Survey of Student Opinion of Teaching.

Typesetters and printers, 7 items.

Robin Osborne interviews, 5 items

David Clark, correspondence and articles, 22 items

Richard Abel, Champoeg press, 9 items. Champoeg press bibliography.

March interviewing project, 10 items.

Oregon Book Society, 3 items of correspondence and legal contracts.

Charlie Hinde, 4 items of correspondence.

Miscellaneous interviews, 2 items.

Jane Osborne, 2 items.

Carmelita Bridgman

J. Wilson McKenney

Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 10 items of keepsakes and invitations.

Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 11 items of keepsakes and invitations.

Book Club of California, 7 items of invitations and newsletters.

Osborne Hobby Printing, 12 items of holiday cards and miscellaneous printings.

Obituaries, 15 items containing letters of condolences and articles about lawsuit.

Oscar Lewis, note on interview.

Moxon Chappel, 8 items on the founding of Moxon Chappel and meetings involving Osborne.

Rather press, 6 items of miscellaneous prints.

Waygoose press, 4 items of miscellaneous prints.

History of the Press, 10 items.

Historic Men in printing, 7 items including portraits in line drawing with names and contributions in printing.

Various prints about world history, 17 items.

Richard Dillion, grouped interview notes and correspondence.

Ellen Shaffer, Silverado Museum, 4 items of interview notes and letter from the Curator of Silverado Museum.

Lewis Osborne Press, 15 items of legal paperwork and correspondence for the transfer of the Kelley Press and establishment of the Lewis Osborne Press room.

Ferol Egan, 6 items of interview notes and correspondence.

49 newspaper articles and book reviews featuring Lewis Osborne.

George Pfeiffer III, 23 items of interview notes and correspondence.

Sherwood Grover, 13 items of interview notes and correspondence.

Michael Harrison, 8 items of interview notes and correspondence.

William Hutchinson, 6 items of interview notes and correspondence.

Osborne Press history, background and inventory, 14 items.

Second draft of Lewis Osborne, Book Artist; a representative checklist of the ephemeral printing of Lewis Osborne.

Osborne Friends Talk

Scanned files disk; second draft of Lewis Osborne, Book Artist; Friends of the Library Tribute to Lewis Osborne with a representative checklist of the ephemeral printing of Lewis Osborne; a bibliography of Lewis Osborne’s Books, SOSCL Bibliographies V.8 No. 6, May 1979.

Osborne class and a copy of “A Pride of Printers." 14 items of receipts, correspondence and newspaper clippings about the book.

Term Paper by Tamara Carroll for Lewis Osborne Class, Fall 1975; Imprint : Oregon Fall / Spring 1978-1979 Vol. 5, No. 2, including note; copy for “A Pride of Printers” Docket 5021; Building Value with Textbook Papers by S.D. Warren.

Papers and correspondence, 13 items.

5 items of interview notes and correspondence.

Sherwood Grover prints, cards and correspondence, 11 items.

Tributes to various historic figures, 5 items.