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Preferred Citation

Twinrocker Handmade Paper Samples, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, eBay, Accession 2017.055

Scope and Contents

Four 10" x 14" sheets of handmade rag paper, made by Twinrocker Handmade paper founders, Kathryn and Howard Clark, while they worked at Collectors Press in San Francisco in 1972. Twinrocker is considered the first modern handmade papers production company in the United States. These sheets are among the first papers handmade by Twinrocker.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Papermaking--United States