Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1961-1969 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
5 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Shapcott Press was established in 1962 within the University of Queensland Library. A Columbian Press was donated to the library by Mr H.S. Shapcott and Mrs Gillespie whose husband was the partner of Ipswich Printing and Typing Services. The aim of the Press was to provide an opportunity for practical work in hand printing as well as to support a course of lectures in Bibliography and Textual Criticism offered by the English Department. The Shapcott Press ceased after the departure of the then University Librarian, Mr H. Bryan, who initially instigated the project.
Name of creator
Biographical history
University Librarian at the University of Queensland and University of Sydney and later Director-General of the National Library of Australia.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1961-1969
Collection alternatively titled as: Shapcott Press Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence; specimens of work printed by the Shapcott Press; specimens, order forms, greeting cards, etc. from other private presses in Great Britain and the US; catalogues of typefaces.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material from this collection is cited in:
Bryan, Harrison & Donaghey, Brian S. 1962. The Shapcott Press : its provenance and its presentation to the University of Queensland. Brisbane : Shapcott Press.
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
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Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Shapcott Press (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.