Inventory of the Dolmen Press Collection, Design and Printing Series, 1955 - 1987
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. The printing division was opened in the late 1950s as an additional revenue source, and was eventually shut down in 1979. This series consists of correspondence, typescripts, proofs, art, galleys, reviews, paste-ups, dust jackets, samples and other information relating to the printing division of the Dolmen Press and the free-lance design work of Liam Miller. The documents range in date from 1955 to 1987, with the bulk of the documents dating from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. All materials in this series dated after the 1979 closing of the printing division are solely the design work of Liam Miller.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Dolmen Press Collection, Design and Printing Series
- Date
- 1945-1987 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 14.3 Linear Feet / 11 record cartons
- ID
- MS1002
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 printing division was opened in the late 1950s as an additional revenue source, and was eventually shut down in 1979. The division took printing jobs from publishers as well as theaters, art galleries, businesses and individuals. In addition to publishing, Liam Miller was also a book designer. Liam Miller's major design projects stemmed from the post-Vatican II changes to the Catholic Church missals, mass books, etc. Occasionally, jobs for the printing division were also works that Liam designed.
Collection Overview
This series consists of correspondence, typescripts, proofs, art, galleys, reviews, paste-ups, dust jackets, samples and other information relating to the printing division of the Dolmen Press and the free-lance design work of Liam Miller. The documents range in date from 1955 to 1987, with the bulk of the documents dating from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. All materials in this series dated after the 1979 closing of the printing division are solely the design work of Liam Miller. Major publishers and businesses featured in this series include Abbey Theatre, Columba Press, Brian Coyle, Dawson Gallery, T.P. Donnelly, Douglas Hyde Gallery, W.A. Dwiggins, Thomas Flanagan, Four Masters Press, Seamus Heaney, Irish Georgian Society, Irish Times Ltd., Kingdom Books, Lilliput Press, Liturgical Books, Wolf Mankowitz, Merrill Moore, National Gallery of Ireland, Brendan O'Reilly, Pilgrim Press, Anthony Porter, Talbot Press, Thoor Ballylee, Veritas Press, Ward River Press, William Morris Society, Wolfhound Press, and The Yeats Association.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by: Jennifer O'Brien Roper; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jennifer O'Brien Roper
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett and Finley Turner, 2019 September
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], MS 1002, Dolmen Press Collection, Design and Printing Series, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.