Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsmen Collection
Scope and Contents
The Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsmen Collection constitutes an extensive documentation of the organization, as assembled by former president Ray Czapkowski. The collection contains meeting minutes dating back to the 1920s, and then from 1986-2008, as well as various iterations of club publications dating primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, and newsletters from other regional clubs. Also of note is documentation of the Carl F. Talkenberg Memorial scholarship which was awarded to printing students, and International Association of Printing House Craftsmen publications from the 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1920-2008
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1982 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
From the collection, 1989:
"Twelve charter members organized our club on November 26, 1920. We are an affiliate club of the International Assocation of Printing House Craftsmen, Inc. The first president of the Rochester club was Frank Eichorn. The motto of our organization is 'Share Your Knowledge.'"
Extent
9 Box(es) (Eight document boxes and one pamphlet box)
Language
English
Overview
Materials relating to the Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsman.
Arrangement
Materials were recieved organized by document type or topic, then chronologically. This arrangement has been preserved.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Cary Graphic Arts collection by Ray Czapkowski in 2019.
Processing Information
This collection was processed and finding aid created by Ella von Holtum in March 2019.
Subject
- Taenzer, George (Person)
- Talkenberg, Carl F. (Person)
- Title
- Rochester Club of Printing House Craftsmen Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ella von Holtum
- Date
- 19 February 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection Repository
