| Abstract: |
American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882-1963) immigrated with his family to the United States from Eastern
Europe in the late nineteenth century. Colish founded by press in 1907, specializing in advertising typography and bythe late
1920s, it was producing fine printing jobs as well as advertising. The Press of A. Colish Archive consists of five linear
feet of material, as well as five oversize boxes. The archive includes correspondence, galley and page proofs, drafts, notes,
photographs, negatives, illustrations, advertisements, clippings, broadsides, books, chapbooks, printing journals, typography
specimens, financial documents, and ephemera. The collection is divided into six series: I. History and Information, II. Print
Jobs from the Press of A. Colish, III. Collaborations, IV. Printing and Publishing Materials, V. Personal Documents, and IV.
Photographs.
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