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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: November, 2004 Description is in English Inventory of the Dolmen Press Collection, Administrative Series, 1890 - 1986 Wake Forest University Z. Smith Reynolds Library Contact Information: Special Collections Z. Smith Reynolds Library Wake Forest University PO Box 7777 Reynolda Station Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109 Phone: 336.758.5091 Fax: 336.758.5605 Email: mulder@wfu.edu URL: http://zsr.wfu.edu/collections/special/

Descriptive Summary Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Special Collections and Archives Dolmen Press Dolmen Press Collection, Administrative Series, 1890 - 1986 MS 1000 Materials in English 37.5 25 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives. The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. This series consists of general business files, correspondence, publication files, awards, events files, office documents, personnel information, exhibition files, samples and other information relating to the operations and administration of the Dolmen Press. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], MS 1000, Dolmen Press Collection, Administrative Series, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Josephine Miller, September 1987.

Processing Information

Processed by Jennifer O'Brien Roper, September, 2004

Encoded by Jennifer O'Brien Roper, November, 2004

Biographical and Historical Note

The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. The scope of the press grew to include prose literature by Irish authors as well as a broad range of critical works about Irish literature and theater. The life and works of W.B. Yeats is a recurring theme in a variety of works, including the Yeats Centenary Series. One highlight in the Press' history was the publication of The Tain in 1969. Thomas Kinsella's translation of the Irish epic poem took 15 years from concept to publication and represented a milestone in Irish publishing. By the 1980s the Press had created the Brogeen Books division for juvenile works, and many of the later publications were under this imprint.

Collection Overview

This series consists of general business files, correspondence, publication files, awards, events files, office documents, personnel information, exhibition files, samples and other information relating to the operations and administration of the Dolmen Press. Some original administrative documents of the Dun Emer and Cuala Presses are also included. The documents range in date from 1890 to 1987, with the bulk of the documents dating from the 1960s to mid-1980s. All documents predating the establishment of the Dolmen Press in 1951 relate to the above mentioned presses. Extensive correspondence files include communications with Tate Adams, Arts Council of Ireland, Mia Cranwill, Dufour Editions Inc., S.W. Hayter, Humanities Press, Imprint Society, Irish Book Publishers Association, Irish Bookhandling, Sean O'Casey, Oxford University Press, Poetry Book Society, Bernard Shaw, and the William Morris Society. Also included with the correspondence are a number of fine press prospectuses and catalogs, sorted by press.

Series List BusinessCorrespondencePublicationsAwardsEventsOfficePersonnelExhibitionsSamplesMiscellaneous Online Catalog Headings Adams, Tate, 1922- Arts Council of Ireland Authors and publishers -- Ireland -- 20th century Cranwill, Mia Irish Book Publishers Association Miller, Liam O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 Oxford University Press Publishers and publishing -- Ireland -- 20th century Private Press Books -- Ireland -- 20th century Printing -- Ireland -- 20th century Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 William Morris Society Detailed Description of the Collection Business Files, 1890-1986

891 Companies Act (1963) Documents 2 Cuala PressSee also Oversize Materials Series 3 Date book Cuala Press correspondence 3 undated-1969 4 1970-1985 5 Art 6 Clippings, prospectuses, etc. 7 Publication notes 8 Miscellaneous 9 Development Programme proposals Directors' Meetings 10 Agendas 11 Notes book 12 Minutes 13 Directors, stockholder, and employee information 14 Dolmen Press Articles of Association 15 Dolmen Press guest book(1971) Dun Emer Press 16 Miscellaneous documents 17 Meeting minutes 901 Notes book 2 Editorial Meeting agenda and minutes 3 European University and Scholarly Presses Conference (Dublin) 4 Facilities 5 Foir Teo 6 Dolmen Handpress 7 Interoffice memos 8 Miscellaneous meeting minutes 9 Name plate (door) 10 Press releases 11 Printing Industry Pension Fund 12 Printing production reports 13 Publishing Meeting agendas and minutes 14 Re-equipment Grant information 15 Reports on Dolmen Press 16 Representation 17 Shipping licensing Correspondence, 1942-1986

18 Abbe, Dorothy 19 Adams, TateCorrespondence, samples, ads, reviews 20 Addis, Jeremy 21 A.D. Peters and Co.correspondence, contract 22 Advertising and subscription solicitations 23 Almquist, Bo 24 Alspach, Russell K.Correspondence, photocopy 25 Anvil PressCatalog 26 Aram 27 Ardizzone, Edward, 1900-Correspondence, art exhibition catalog 28 Arion PressCatalog, prospectuses 29 Armstrong, Alison 30 Arnoldo Mondadori editore 31 Arts and Crafts Society of IrelandCorrespondence, exhibit list Arts Council of Ireland Correspondence 32 undated-1969 33 1970-1983 34 Miscellaneous 35 Ashbee, C.R., Mrs. 36 Ashendene PressCatalogs, prospectuses 911 Atkinson, Donald 2 B + I Iropa Transport 3 Bar-David, Jaap 4 Basilisk PressCorrespondence, order forms, title list 5 Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)Correspondence, forms, catalogs 6 Bibliographical Society of UVa 7 Black Pennell PressCorrespondence, prospectuses 8 Blackwells 9 Bodkin, Eileen 10 Bookshop of Margareta WebberCorrespondence, articles, notes 11 Bord Failte Eireann 12 Bord na Leabhar GaeilageCorrespondence, notes 13 Bratt, EyvindCorrespondence, typescript 14 Brewhouse PressCorrespondence, catalog 15 Brindleys 16 Britain's Book CentreCorrespondence, forms 17 British Broadcasting CorporationCorrespondence, contracts 18 British Rail 19 Brittains-Arborfield Ltd. 20 Broe, Patricia Reid 21 Brosnan, Perry 22 Brosnan, Ray 23 Brown, Antonia 24 Bryer, Jackson R. 25 Buckley, Vincent 26 Butler, Hubert 27 Cahill Limited 28 CalderCorrespondence, title lists, catalogs 29 Calder-BoyarsCorrespondence, notes, title lists 30 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 31 Calthrop, Christopher 32 Caravel PressCatalogs, prospectuses 33 Cargo International Ltd.Correspondence, orders 34 Carter, Will and SebastianCorrespondence, prospectuses 35 Cashman, MarieCorrespondence, notes 36 Chessid, Herman 37 Childs, BernardCorrespondence, notes 38 Chiswick Book Shop 39 Christopher Davies Ltd. 40 Chuilleanain, Eilean Ni 41 Clancy, Basil 42 Colin Smythe Ltd. 43 Coras TrachtalaCorrespondence, forms, reports 44 Cowasjee, Saros 45 Cox, Thomas T. 46 Coyle HamiltonCorrespondence, statements, forms 47 Craig, Maurice 48 Craig, Penelope 49 Cranwill, Mia 50 Creighton, Edna 51 Cultural Relations Committee 52 Cumming, Hildelith 53 Daly, Leo 54 Dammers-Ireland-Line Ltd. 55 Daniel C. Maher Allen and Co. 56 David Jones SocietyCorrespondence, newsletters 57 David R. Godine Publisher 58 Denson, Alan 59 Des JoyceCorrespondence, orders 60 Distribution representation 61 Dolan, Josepha Therese 62 Donald, Derek 63 Doubleday and Company, Inc. 64 Douglas Cockerell and Son 65 Doves PressProspectuses 66 Dreyfus, John 67 Dropmore PressCatalogs, prospectuses 68 Dublin Corporation Dufour Editions, Inc. Correspondence 69 1964-1967 70 1968-1969 921 1970-1974 2 Miscellaneous 3 Dunlap, Joseph 4 Eastern Washington University 5 Edition de BeauclairCatalogs, prospectuses 6 Editions les IncunablesCorrespondence, catalog 7 Educational Company of IrelandCorrespondence, clippings 8 Emerald Isle Books 9 Employment applications 10 Engle, PaulCorrespondence, clippings 11 Everson, WilliamFlyers, articles, correspondence 12 Faber and Faber Limited 13 Facsimile Book Shop 14 Falloon, Helen 15 Fetherstonhaugh and Carter 16 Fey, Isabella 17 Fine Print (Firm)Correspondence, orders 18 Finnegan, Menton and Co. 19 Fire insurance 20 Fitzmaurice, Wilfrid H. 21 Fitzsimons, Hannah 22 Florin PressCorrespondence, order forms, prospectuses 23 Foley, Tim 24 Folio SocietyPeriodical, prospectuses 25 Foster, John Wilson 26 Fraser, Simon 27 Furrow 28 Gaberbocchus PressProspectuses, catalogs 29 Gallery Press 30 Galvin, Patrick 31 Gantz, Ida 32 Garrity, Devin A. 33 Gelderman, Carol 34 Gerald, Karl Gustav 35 German Institute 36 G.F. SimsCorrespondence, catalogs 37 Gibbins, Robert 38 Gleadon, R.S. Golden Cockerel Press 39 Catalogs 40 Prospectuses 41 Miscellaneous 42 Golgonooza Press 43 Gowdey, Eve 44 Grabhorn PressProspectuses 45 Graham, David 46 Grasshopper PressCorrespondence, prospectuses 47 Greene, John C. 48 Greene, Jonathan 49 Grossman PublishersCorrespondence, catalogs 50 Grove PressCorrespondence, catalogs, order forms 51 Gwasg GregynogCorrespondence, prospectuses, catalog 52 Hall, Therese 53 Halliwell, Dean N. 54 Hallock, Robert 55 Hamilton, Iain 56 Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 57 Hand and Flower Press 58 Harris, Noreen 931 Hartviksen, Ronn 2 Hayden, Stewart and Co. 3 Hayter, S.W.Correspondence, catalog. See also Oversize Materials Series. 4 Hayward Co. Ltd. 5 Headstone Press 6 Healy, Elizabeth 7 Healy, James A. 8 HeidelbergCorrespondence, pamphlets 9 Heiman Verlag 10 Henn, T.R. 11 Henry EvansCorrespondence, photographs 12 High House PressCorrespondence, catalogs, prospectuses 13 Hinkson, Pamela 14 Hippisley, John 15 Hire Purchase Company of Ireland 16 Holly, James F. 17 Horgan, Gertrude 18 H. Reeve Angel and Co. Humanities Press Correspondence 19 undated-1975 20 1976-1977 21 1978-1979 22 Miscellaneous 23 Hunter, Dardprospectuses 24 IBMCorrespondence, contract 25 Icon Books Imprint Society 26 Correspondence 27 Prospectuses 28 Industrial Credit Company 29 Institute of Creative Advertising and Design 30 International Theatre InstituteCorrespondence, minutes, periodicals Irish Book Publishers Association 31 Correspondence 32 Waybills 33 Meetings and addresses 34 Meetings and addresses 35 Meetings and addresses 941 Miscellaneous 2 Miscellaneous 3 Irish Bookbinders' and Allied Trades' UnionRule book Irish Bookhandling 4 Correspondence 5 Reports 6 Miscellaneous 7 Irish Books and Media 8 Irish Club 9 Irish Export Board 10 Irish Printers Ltd. 11 Irish Printing Federation 12 Irish Society for Design and CraftworkCorrespondence, minutes, programs 13 Irish University PressCorrespondence, catalogs 14 Irish University Review 15 Irwin, Margaret 16 Iveagh, Miranda 17 Jenkins, Patrick 18 J. Hewit and Sons Ltd.Correspondence, samples 19 Johnson, Neville 20 Jordan, John 21 J. Whitaker and Sons 22 Kerrigan Insurances Ltd.Correspondence, policies 23 Kieran, Anne 24 Knapp, Bettina 25 Krochalis, Edward 26 Latin PressCorrespondence, prospectuses 27 Lavery, J. 28 Leslie, RobertCorrespondence, notes 29 Library of AmericaCorrespondence, advertisements 30 Liepman, Ruth 31 Limited Editions ClubCorrespondence, catalogs, prospectuses, newsletters 32 Linotype and Machinery LimitedCorrespondence, newsletter 33 Lissauer, Frank 34 Lorrimer Publishing 35 Lynch, Brian 36 Mac an Aili, Ciaran 37 MacCall, Catherine 38 MacLochlainn, Alf 39 MacMillan Company of Canada 40 Management Consultant Partners and Associates 41 Mannion, Vergil 42 Martin, Gus 43 Maxwell, JackCorrespondence, commission statements 951 Mayhew, George 2 McGarry, JamesCorrespondence, invoices 3 McGauley, Jackie 4 McGauley, Oliver 5 McGill University 6 McGlynn, Robert 7 Moran, James 8 Murphy, Dan 9 Musik, PatCorrespondence, art, samples, catalogs Nonesuch Books 10 Prospectuses 11 Catalogs 12 Nottingham Court PressCatalogs, order form, newsletter, prospectuses 13 O'Brien, Rita 14 O'Casey, Eileen 15 O'Casey, Sean 16 O'Connor, Gemma 17 O Conghaile, Caoimhin 18 O'Donnell, William H. 19 Office machine rentals 20 Officina Bodoni Verona 21 O'Keeffe, Timothy 22 O'Neill, Seamus 23 O'Neill, Ursula 24 Oscar Friedheim Ltd.Correspondence, catalog 25 O'Sullivan, Patrick V. 26 Overlook PressCorrespondence, catalogs Oxford University Press Correspondence 27 1961-1965 28 1966-1969 29 1970-1972 30 1973-1976 31 1977-1981, miscellaneous 32 Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker and Sohne 33 Patton, Eric 34 Paul Maitland 35 Pennyroyal (Firm)Correspondence, prospectuses 36 Pentalic CorporationCorrespondence, catalogs 37 Peppercanister Press 961 Peregrine Press/Porpoise BookshopProspectuses, catalog 2 Persea Books Inc.Correspondence, orders, commission statements, stock list 3 Peter Owen (Firm) 4 Peter Pauper PressCorrespondence, catalog 5 Philcox, L.E. Poetry Book Society 6 1969-1977 7 1978-1980 8 Portela, IvanCorrespondence, typescript 9 Prairie Press 10 Prescott, Joseph 11 Price, Lucie Locke 12 Price-Owen, Anne 13 Private Libraries AssociationCorrespondence, catalog 14 Proscenium Press 15 Pruitt, Virginia 16 Pym-Randall Press 17 Quill and QuireCorrespondence, samples 18 Radio telefis Eireann 19 Raduga (Firm) 20 Rank Xerox (Firm) 20 Red Gull PressCorrespondence, book list, order 21 Reed StenhouseCorrespondence, insurance policy 22 Richmond Storage and Transit 23 Robert Fletcher and Son 24 Robert Jolley and Co. Ltd. 26 Robinson, Nicholas 27 Robson Books 28 Rodale BooksCatalogs, prospectuses 29 Rosenthal, Mack L. 30 Rowe, Tom 31 Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland 32 Royal Trust Company 33 Rupert Hart-Davies Limited 34 Russell, Peter 35 Schaup, Susanne 36 Schirmer, Gregory A. 37 Shaw, Bernard 38 Sheila Waters Limited Edition PrintsCorrespondence, catalog 39 Silverman, Simon 40 Slavicky, Stanislav 41 Slonim, Ruth 42 Society of Designers in IrelandCorrespondence, minutes, programs 43 Sokoloff, Beryl 44 Southern Illinois University Press 45 Stauffacher, Jack 46 St. Sepulchre's Press 47 Stephenson Blake and Co. Ltd. 48 Swallow Press 49 Sweeney, Matthew 50 Swiftbrook Paper Mills 51 Talbot Press 52 Temenos 53 Todd, Ruthven 54 T.P. Robinson and Co. 55 Turner, Barbara 56 Turtle Island Foundation 57 United Cargo Containers Ltd. 58 University of Dublin 971 University of Michigan PressCorrespondence, prospectuses 2 VanGelder Papier 3 Veritas Publications 4 Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 5 Vignoles, TimCorrespondence, notes 6 Walker, Robert L. 7 Watanabe, Nancy 8 Weald Publishing Agency 9 W.G. FieldAdvertising, postcards, prospectuses 10 White, Eric 11 Whittaker, T.K. 12 Whittington PressCorrespondence, catalogs, prospectuses William Morris Society Annual Reports 13 1958-1967 15 1968-1980 15 Binder 16 Catalogs and prospectuses 17 General correspondence 18 Minutes, Annual General meetings Newsletter 19 1958-1974 20 1975-1984 21 1984-1986 22 Publications 981 Publications 2 Miscellaneous 3 Miscellaneous 4 Wolksteine, Diane 5 W.V. Marchant Ltd. 6 Yeats, Anne 7 Yeats Annual 8 Yeats, Michael Miscellaneous 9 A 10 B-Bl 11 Bo-By 12 Ca-Cl 13 Co-Cy 14 D 15 E 16 F 17 G 18 Ha-Hi 991 Ho-Hy 2 I 3 J 4 K 5 L 6 Ma-Mc 7 Me-Mi 8 Mo-My 9 N 10 O 11 P 12 Q 13 R 14 Sa-Sn 15 So-Sy 1001 T 2 U 3 V 4 W 5 Y 6 Z 7 No Surname 8 Unsigned/Illegible Permissions 9 1957 10 1966 11 1967 12 1967 ledger 13 Jan.-June 1968 14 July-Dec. 1968 15 1969 16 1970 17 1971 18 1973 19 1974 20 1975 21 1976 22 1977 23 1978 24 1979 25 1980-1985 26 Undated Miscellaneous catalogs 27 A-D 1011 E-M 2 N-Z 3 Miscellaneous insurance Miscellaneous prospectusesSee also Oversize Materials Series 4 A-M 5 N-Z 6 Miscellaneous shipping documents Publications, 1945-1986

Advance lists 7 1968-1972 8 1973-1975 9 1976-1979 10 1980-1986 11 Advertising 12 Author biographies 13 Binding notes 1021 Blank octavo guide sheets 2 Blank octavo guide sheets 3 Book return lists 4 Bookbinding log 5 Brogeen Books scrapbook Copyright 6 General 7 Receipts 8 Cuala Press binder Cuala Press catalogs 9 undated 10 1969-1979 11 Cuala Press catalog, draft, 1971 12 Cumulative title index Dolmen Press catalogs 13 1951-1958 14 1959-1964 15 1965-1969 16 1970-1975 17 1976-1979 1031 1980-1986 Dolmen Press catalogs, draft 2 1968 3 1969 4 1971-1972 5 1972 6 1976 7 1977 8 1977-1978 9 1981 10 1982 11 1983 12 1983 13 1984 14 1985 15 1986 16 Various 17 Dolmen book list, draft, Sept. 1976-June 1979 18 Chronological list of publications, 1962 19 Publications binder 20 Stock list, draft, 1978 21 Dun Emer Press/Cuala Press book list 22 Dun Emer Press catalogs 1041 Dummies 2 Dummies 3 Dummy 4 Dummy 5 General specifications and style instructions Information sheets 6 Binder 7 1968-1971 8 1972-1973 Internal stock lists 9 Binder 10 Binder 11 Notebook 1041 Notebook 2 Notebooks 3 1951-1969 4 1970-1975, 1985 5 Published stock lists 6 International Books in Print 7 ISBN list Manuscripts lists 8 Binder 9 Binder 10 Binder 11 Binder 12 1965-1968 13 1971-1977 14 1978-1984 15 Orders 1952-1969 1970-1984 1061 Order cancellations 2 Publication and distribution procedures 3 Proposal lists 4 Multi-title prospectuses 5 Publishing date sheet 6 Publishing schedules Review copy requests 7 1968-1970 8 1969-1974 9 1975-1979 10 1980-1983 11 Title list note cards 12 Translations 13 University deposit slips 14 University deposit slips 15 University deposit slips Miscellaneous publications lists 16 undated-1975 17 1976-1985 Miscellaneous publication notes 18 Notebooks 19 Notebooks 20 Notebooks 1071 Notebook 2 Notebooks 3 Notebooks 4 Notebooks 5 Notebooks 6 Notebook 7 Notes 8 Notes 9 Notes Awards, 1970-1986

Irish Book Design Awards 10 BinderCorrespondence, newsletters, pamphlets, invitations 11 Correspondence, pamphlets, entries 12 Miscellaneous awardsCorrespondence, forms, pamphlets 108 Framed awards, medals, plaques, trophies Events, 1962-1986

1091 Arts and Crafts Society ExhibitionNotes 2 Art exhibition at the Dolmen PressCorrespondence, invoices, notes Book fairs 3 BolognaNotes 4 EdinburghCorrespondence, notes Frankfurter Buchmesse 5 1962-1968 6 1972-1979 7 1980-1983 8 1984 9 1985 10 1986 11 International Book Production ExhibitionCorrespondence 12 Leipziger BuchmesseCorrespondence, notes 13 LondonNotes 14 Moscow International Book FairCorrespondence, notes Canada and the Celtic Consciousness 15 Notes, programs 16 Clippings 17 CLO ExhibitionClippings 18 Dun Emer Press ExhibitionNotes 1101 Forty Shades of GreenInvitation, correspondence, program 2 Hunger in Africa poetry readingCorrespondence, press releases 3 Irish Book WeekCorrespondence, book list 4 Irish Lettering ExhibitionProposal, correspondence 5 John Montague lecture on Austin ClarkeNotes, advertisements 6 Padraic Colum CentenaryCorrespondence, stationery, notes 7 Poetry Ireland poetry readingsNotes 8 Toronto Dolmen Books ExhibitionCorrespondence, notes 9 Wexford Festival OperaCorrespondence, programs, notes 10 Writers Week ListowelCorrespondence, programs 11 Miscellaneous Office, 1954-1986

Addresses 12 File cards, lists 13 Address books Author's addresses 14 Address book 15 Address book 16 Complimentary copies address list 17 Trade address lists and cards 18 Blank forms, internal and external 19 Business machine manuals 20 Invitation and review lists 21 Mailing labels and label forms 22 Stationery 23 Trade representative and agent circulation lists Miscellaneous 24 Labels, lists, inserts 25 Software Personnel, 1972-1980

1111 Individual employee information and forms 2 Redundancy Payment Act 3 Miscellaneous Exhibitions, 1942-1986

4 Cuala Press ExhibitionCorrespondence, articles, notes Dolmen Press retrospectives 5 Correspondence, catalogs, advertisements, exhibition cards 6 Exhibit cards 7 Elizabeth RiversNotes, photographs Miscellaneous 8 Book exhibitionsCorrespondence, notes Exhibition catalogs 9 1942-1948 10 1953-1958 11 1962-1965 12 1966-1969 13 1970-1974 14 1975-1979 15 1982-1986 16 Undated Samples, 1960-1980

17 Binding materials 18 Binding materials 1121 Binding materials 2 Paper 3 Paper 4 Paper Printers cards 5 Binder 6 Binder 7 Printing 8 Typefaces/TypographySee also Oversize Materials Series 9 Typefaces/Typography 10 Typefaces/Typography 11 Typefaces/Typography 1131 Typefaces/Typography Miscellaneous, 1940-1986

Clippings 2 Scrapbook 3 Scrapbook 4 Scrapbook 5 Scrapbook 6 Scrapbooks, loose clippings 7 Miscellaneous 8 Miscellaneous