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Silver Buckle Press Collection

Silver Buckle Press is a working museum of letterpress printing dedicated to preserving the craft of fine printing through educational programming, publications, exhibitions and tours. The Silver Buckle Press holdings of books, wood and metal type, hand presses, and printing equipment are part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. In 2016 Silver Buckle Press moved to Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers Wisconsin under a long-term loan agreement with the museum.

Books in the Silver Buckle Press Collection database represent printing history materials from their reference shelf. This core sample was chosen to make hard-to-find items available to students and researchers. The database consists primarily of type specimen books. Type specimens were issued by type and printing equipment manufacturers as sales catalogs. Another category of type specimen books in this collection were in-house specimens made by commercial printers to show prospective customers what types the business had available for job printing.

Type specimen books are becoming increasingly scarce. Though many of them were lavishly produced and substantial in size, type specimens were essentially sales catalogs and therefore ephemeral. Many simply did not survive intact—either because of heavy use, or because the books were discarded when new issues appeared. Additionally, few libraries collected or retained these now highly valued printing history items. Many of these books are in the category of library materials said to be "medium rare," that is, they were once readily available but are now becoming difficult to locate. These materials are essential for research in type, design and printing history. We are pleased to make them more readily available for students and researchers. We will continue to add to this collection.

Silver Buckle Press Collection

Silver Buckle Press is a working museum of letterpress printing dedicated to preserving the craft of fine printing through educational programming, publications, exhibitions and tours. The Silver Buckle Press holdings of books, wood and metal type, hand presses, and printing equipment are part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. In …
Image Source: Typecuts from Type faces, border designs, typecast ornaments, brass rule, superior specialties, machines and materials, cabinet equipment. Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, Incorporated, [1925]]

Silver Buckle Press Collection Sample items in the collection

  • Catalogue of electrotypes
  • ATF Spartan : medium and italic
  • Preferred type faces
  • Specimen book of American line type faces : American point line, point body and point set
  • Add "punch" to your printing with Hamilton wood type
  • Wood 2
  • Linotype news 1963/1
  • The printing arts : selected from a detailed description of all guilds
  • Miscellaneous printing plant equipment : time and labor-saving devices for the composing room, pressroom and bindery
  • La lettre d'imprimerie : origine, développement, classification & 12 notices illustrées sur les arts du livre
  • American specimen book of type styles : complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies
  • Hamilton printing plant equipment manufactured by Hamilton Manufacturing Company
  • Book of type specimens : comprising a large variety of superior copper- mixed types, rules, borders, galleys, printing presses, electric-welded chases paper, and card cutters, wood goods, bookbinding machinery etc., together with vaulable information to the craft. Specimen book no. 9
  • La lettre d'imprimerie : origine, développement, classification & 12 notices illustrées sur les arts du livre
  • Nickel-alloy type
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  • This compilation (including design, introductory text, organization, and descriptive material) is copyrighted by University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

    This copyright is independent of any copyright on specific items within the collection. Because the University of Wisconsin Libraries generally do not own the rights to materials in these collections, please consult copyright or ownership information provided with individual items.

    Images, text, or other content downloaded from the collection may be freely used for non-profit educational and research purposes, or any other use falling within the purview of "Fair Use".

    In all other cases, please consult the terms provided with the item, or contact the Libraries.

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