Skip to main content

Correspondence, March 1951 - June 1952

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The collection contains correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, a manuscript of "Types and Book Making," and assorted biographical material. Most of the correspondence is with Kenneth Boyer, Bowdoin College Librarian from 1945-1961, and concerns Anthoensen's 1946 gift to the college of almost every book he had designed and printed since 1923. Also present is a small amount of personal correspondence and letters concerning the Southworth Press printing of The Pearl in 1932-1933. Others represented in the correspondence are: Stanley P. Chase, Professor of English Literature at Bowdoin College; Constant Southworth, president of Southworth Press; and Sheldon Christian of the Pejepscot Press. See also the Anthoensen Press Records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1901 - 1969

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

Contact:
3000 College Station
Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288