Bookbinders

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Born in Denver, Colorado, Alicia Bailey received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ms. Bailey is a studio and book artist and the owner of Abecedarian Gallery in Denver, CO. This collection contains project models, artist's proofs, plans, prototypes, notes, samples, worksheets, image descriptions, and various other materials related to the production of books published by Bailey.

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Interior of the bookbinding and print shop room of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). A large group of men and women work on various tasks throughout the room. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients founded in 1904 by a group of physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Abstract The Jane McLean Papers contain a selection of photographs, newspaper clippings, programs and other dance related ephemera covering the careers of both Jane McLean (1908-1990) and her elder brother Edward McLean (1905-1982). Both of the McLeans were Colorado natives who traveled to New York City in the mid-1920s to study dance, eventually becoming acquainted with many notable dance figures of the day: Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, Agnes DeMille, etc. Edward suffered a severe...

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One black and white print, one black and white contact sheet, and one black and white negative of Edward McLean, bookbinder at the School of Librarianship at the University of Denver.

Abstract Printing and bookbindery workers stand outside the Neusteter Building on the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus. The workers were patients of the JCRS and participated in the printing and bookbinding rehabilitation program. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside...