Guide to the Glen Cameron Adams Papers
1960-1966

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
Administrative Information
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Adams, Glen Cameron
Title: Glen Cameron Adams Papers
Dates: 1960-1966 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 1 container. (.5 linear feet of shelf space.) (295 items.)
Collection Number: Cage 126
Summary: Correspondence, research notes, drafts, and other papers re: the reprinting of Pacific Northwest Americana by Ye Galleon Press.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

New Holland Library
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
(509) 335-6691
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm

Languages: Collection materials are in English 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Glen Adams is a printer and proprietor of Ye Galleon Press, Fairfield, Washington. Ye Galleon's publications are generally reprints of rare Pacific Northwest Americana although some job printing is also done.

Content Description

This collection of papers from the Press, a gift of Glen Adams from 1961-1967, is a sample of the printing processes and, in particular, the work of this Press.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation :  

[Item Description]. Cage 126, Glen Cameron Adams Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information :  

This collection was a gift of Glen Adams from 1961-1967.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Box/Folder
1/1 Proof sheets of Ye Galleon Press, 1960
130 items.
1/2 End sheet proofs, 1965
9 items.
1/3 Title page proofs, 1965
19 items.
1/4 Page proofs: Japanese Wrecks, 1964
17 items.
1/5 Page proofs: Introduction, Patterson Narrative, 1966
7 items.
1/6 Page proofs: Introduction, Swan Northwest Coast, 1966
36 items.
1/7 Correspondence, research notes, drafts of introductions and biographical sketches, 1965-1966
53 items.
1/8 Casler's Journal, undated
24 items. : Photographic negatives

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Adams, Glen Cameron--Archives  ( creator)
  • Corporate Names :
  • Ye Galleon Press. --Archives  ( creator)
  • Subject Terms :
  • Northwest, Pacific--History--Bibliography
  • Private presses --Washington (State)--Fairfield--Records and correspondence

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    Finding aid prepared by Terry Abrahams
    © 1973