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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Adagio Press Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift, 1993.
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning the Adagio Press.
General
Other Information:
Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00124.frame
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id171433
Folder 1April 22, 1993 - July 3, 1994Scope and Contents
Correspondence about the Adagio Press, gift given by Christian Vinyard.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id171434
Folder 21968-1993Scope and Contents
Biographical material about Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id171435
Folder 31968-1993Scope and Contents
"A Selected Check-List of works printed at Adagio", 1973. Adagio: A Checklist, 1993. ML A Quarterly: "Adagio: The Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr", 1968.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id171436
Folder 41960-1972Scope and Contents
Two letters: October 31, I960, Leonard Bahr, Detroit, Michigan, to Norman Forgue and July 4, 1964, Leonard [F.] Bahr, Harper Woods, Michigan to [Norman] Forgue, [Chicago, Illinois]. One letter: February] 29,1972, Henry Morris, North Hills, Pennsylvania, to Leonard Bahr, [?], concerning a bill and a personal note to the recipient.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id171437
Folder 5: Type Specimen Book of the Adagio Pressundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id171438
Folder 61957Scope and Contents
Miscellanea Typographica: Notes on Books and Printing, Number Three. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id171439
Folder 71959Scope and Contents
How to Build a Poor Man's Morgan Library. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id171440
Folder 81960Scope and Contents
Printing in Privacy: A Review of Recent Activity Among American Private Presses. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id171441
Folder 91961Scope and Contents
An Intrusion Upon Eternity. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id171442
Folder 101962Scope and Contents
Cordially Yours. The Contemptible Horse. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id171443
Folder 111963Scope and Contents
An Introduction to the Adagio Press. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id171445
Folder 121964Scope and Contents
A Tribute to Anton Bohm and His Work at the Sans Souci Press. The Angel That Didn't Fly. The Spirit of Liberty: An Address by Judge Learned Hand. But the Greatest of These Is Love. ABC Card. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id171447
Folder 131965Scope and Contents
The Spring of the Year. Interpretations and Insinuations. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id171448
Folder 141966Scope and Contents
The Question of Christmas. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id171449
Folder 151967Scope and Contents
Experiments With the Bradley Ornaments (2 copies). The Evolution of Printing Presses From Wood to Metal: An Essay in Tribute to Paul A. Bennett. A Book Collector's Chronicle. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id171451
Folder 161968Scope and Contents
Typographic Embellishers: Some Specimens From the Collection Used at the Adagio Press. The Adagio Press Has Acquired A Different Printing Press. MLA Quarterly. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id171453
Folder 171969Scope and Contents
C-S: The Master Craftsman. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id171454
Folder 181970Scope and Contents
A Few Sentences From the Writings of Robert Lewis Stevenson. A Gathering of Typographic Odds and Ends. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id171456
Folder 191971Scope and Contents
A letter to Stella: An Epilogue to the Publication C-S: The Master Craftsman. Exchanges. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id171457
Folder 201972Scope and Contents
Alphabet in Color. Antique, Decorated and Kindred Types. Typographic Doodling. Man Errs So Long As He Strives. Adagio is a Private Press. The Tragedy of Life. The Artist of Kauroo. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id171459
Folder 211972-1973Scope and Contents
Christmas Card: In Rivers, the Water That You Touch. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id174811
Folder 221973Scope and Contents
A Manner of Printing. (2 copies) Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id174812
Folder 231974Scope and Contents
Christmas Card: And Now Let Us Believe in the Year That is Given Us. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id174813
Folder 241975Scope and Contents
Christmas Card: Matthew David, Ann and Leonard Bahr wish you a very Merry Christmas. If One Advances. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id174814
Folder 251976Scope and Contents
24 Hours (2 copies). Man Truly Lives (2 copies). Typographia 1 (2 copies). Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id174815
Folder 261977Scope and Contents
The Strength of Fields. Adagio. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id174816
Folder 271978Scope and Contents
Christmas Card: When Shall All Men's Good Be Each Man's Rule. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 27 id174817
Folder 281979Scope and Contents
Typographia 2 (2 copies). Printed by Leonard Bahr. (2 items)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 28 id174818
Folder 291981Scope and Contents
To Affect the Quality of the Day (2 copies). Psalm 23. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 29 id174819
Folder 301982Scope and Contents
Proverbs of Hell. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 30 id174820
Folder 311983Scope and Contents
A Paragraph on Paper (2 copies). Taken All in All, The Private Press is Replete With Possibilities (2 copies). Literature Must Struggle With Difficulties. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 31 id174821
Folder 321984Scope and Contents
Various Aspects of Borrowed Books. Bookmark: Borrowers of Books. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 32 id174822
Folder 331987Scope and Contents
We Will Either Find A Way or Make One (2 copies). Practice is Art (2 copies). Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 33 id174823
Folder 341988Scope and Contents
Universal History. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 34 id174824
Folder 351994Scope and Contents
LFB to PHD, re: C and VH . Printed by the Louisville Contre Coup Press.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 35 id174825
Folder 361967-1982 and undatedScope and Contents
Envelopes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 36 id174830
Folder 37undatedScope and Contents
Christmas Cards: The Approach of Christmas and a New Year. Christmas is Goodwill and Compassion. Christmas: Music Family Friends. I Saw the Night Visions. For low, the Days are Hast'ning On. Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth. How Silently, How Silently, the Wonderful Gift is Given. Joy to You on This Day and Throughout the Year. Oh! Merry Piping Time of Christmas. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel. Merry Christmas! Some Say that Ever 'gainst that Season Comes Wherein Our Savior's Birth is Celebrated. From the Preface to Travels with a Donkey. For I dipt into the Future. Rise, Happy Mourn. The Time Draws Near the Birth of Christ. What is Hope, What is Expectation? Somehow not only for Christmas but All the Long Year Through. Bookmarks: I Rejoice That There Are Owls (2 copies). Calling card of Leonard Bahr (2 copies). Four Ideals. Printed by Leonard Bahr.