Letterpress

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Letterpress

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.158

Scope and Content

A single, double-sided page from "The Compulsive Printer" Printed for the 14th Edition TREASURE GEMS 1984.

Context

The author tells of Elmore H. Mundell (The Compulsive Printer) from Portage, In. They corresponded by mail and phone. He received a package from him in 1981 of a half dozen bound and printed booklets titled, "Charlie's Charges" telling the story of the author getting the "St. Joseph Gazette" to change the Old English 'I' to 'J' in their nameplate. The last time the arthur sent Elmore a bundle of amateur journals, it came back deceased.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Letterpress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Replication Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Printing T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Primary Language

English