Brighton Press Archive, 1985 - 2001 (MSS 486)

Extent: 32.3 Linear feet (10 archives boxes, 2 records cartons, 1 card file box, 181 oversize folders, and 26 art bin items)

Production materials (1985-2001) for books and broadsides published by Brighton Press, a San Diego (Calif.) fine press directed by Bill Kelly and Michele Burgess. Materials include correspondence with artists, production notes, woodcut blocks, etching plates, plate proofs, letterpress proofs, mock-ups, and trial housings. The archive is arranged chronologically by title of publication and includes the following books and broadsides: A) A COLORED POEM (1985), B) THE HOUSE THE POET BUILT (1985), C) MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL (1988), D) THE MOUSE AND THE WOMAN (1988), E) HARD TRAVELING (1989), F) JANET AND DELOSS: POEMS AND PICTURES (1990), G) PAPER OF LIVE FLESH (1990), H) SHE SAID: I TELL YOU IT DOESN'T HURT ME (1991), I) STERNBERG: A LIFE IN WOODCUTS (1991), J) ARTIFICIO PARA SOBREVIVIR = DEVICE FOR SURVIVAL (1992), K) DROUGHT (1992), L) FLAME (1992), M) PILGRIMS (1992), N) POEM MADE OF WATER (1992), O) SKIN OF GRACE (1992), P) TERRITORY (1993), Q) MAHLER:POEMS AND ETCHINGS (1994), R) PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER (1995), S) SEVEN PASSAGES TO A FLIGHT (1997), T) FORCE=EQUAL (1997), U) SLEEPING INSIDE THE GLACIER (1997), V) SWIMMING LESSONS (1999) and W) WHEN THERE WERE TREES (1999). Also includes administrative materials documentating the collaboration between Brighton Press and the artists it worked with.

Brighton Press, located in San Diego (Calif.), was founded in 1985 by Bill Kelly, a self-taught printer and artist. Kelly initially focused on the production of fine prints, but the publication of "livres d'artistes" and limited edition books soon became the dominant activity. In 1985, Michele Burgess and James Renner joined Brighton Press as apprentice printers. Currently Burgess, who studied painting and printmaking at the University of San Diego and received a master's degree in printmaking from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, co-directs the press. Renner serves as editorial director.

The Brighton Press staff of artists, poets and craftspeople specializes in intaglio, relief and letterpress printing. They work with sculptors, poets, painters, and playwrights at their studio facility and often facilitate collaborative works between artists and authors.

Notable poets and authors published by Brighton Press include Sandra Alcosser, Juvenal Acosta, Mary Julia Klimenko, Janet Lewis, C.G. Hanzlicek, Stephen Metcalfe, W.D. Snodgrass, John Steinbeck, Dylan Thomas, Emilio Adolpho Westphalen, and Nancy Willard. Artists whose work appears in Brighton Press books include Michele Burgess, Robert Cremean, Bill Kelly, Deloss McGraw, Manuel Neri, Oldrich Prochazka, James Renner, Faith Ringgold, Derli Romero, Harry Sternberg, Fernando de Szyszlo, and Julia Talcott.

The Brighton Press Archive documents the collaborations and production processes for most books and broadsides published between 1985 and 2001. Materials include correspondence with writers and artists, production notes, woodcut blocks, etching plates, plate proofs, letterpress proofs, mock-ups, and trial housings.

The archive is arranged in two series: 1) BOOKS AND BROADSIDES, and 2) ADMINISTRATIVE FILES.

Container List

BOOKS AND BROADSIDES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BOOKS AND BROADSIDES

A) A COLORED POEM (1985) -- Etchings by DeLoss McGraw and poem by W. D. Snodgrass. Six handcolored etchings. Six-stanza poem printed letterpress on Rives paper. Clamshell box covered with an etching printed on cotton. Edition of 50.

B) THE HOUSE THE POET BUILT (1985) -- Etchings by DeLoss McGraw and poem by W. D. Snodgrass. Ten handcolored etchings. Ten-stanza poem printed on Rives paper. Clamshell box covered with an etching printed on cotton. Edition of 30.

C) MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL (1988) -- Etchings by DeLoss McGraw and poems by W. D. Snodgrass. Ten handpainted etchings on Arches paper. Ten poems printed letterpress in ten colors on Rives paper. Clamshell box covered with a handpainted etching. Edition of 50.

D) THE MOUSE AND THE WOMAN (1988) -- Woodcuts by James Renner and text by Dylan Thomas. Seventeen woodcuts. Short story printed letterpress on Rives paper. Handbound in cotton with handpainted woodcut. Edition of 180.

E) HARD TRAVELING (1989) -- Etchings by DeLoss McGraw, text by John Steinbeck, Gary Soto, Woody Guthrie, and others. Ten handpainted etchings and four handpainted woodcuts on Arches paper. Handpainted clamshell box with inset photo and rubber stamp titles. Edition of 46.

F) JANET AND DELOSS: POEMS AND PICTURES (1990) -- Etchings by DeLoss McGraw and poems by Janet Lewis. Nine handpainted woodcuts on Arches paper. Five poems and four translations printed letterpress on Rives paper. Clamshell box covered with handpainted cotton. Edition of 50.

G) PAPER OF LIVE FLESH (1990) -- Etchings by Derli Romero and poems by Juvenal Acosta. Five chine colle etchings. Three poems printed letterpress in four colors on Arches paper. Concertina binding. Edition of 55.

H) SHE SAID: I TELL YOU IT DOESN'T HURT ME (1991) -- Etchings by Manuel Neri and poems by Mary Julia Klimenko. Eight handpainted etchings on Waterford paper. Eight poems printed letterpress on Nideggen paper. Clamshell box covered with hand dyed silk and printed with an etching. Additional handpainted artist's proof. Edition of 25.

I) STERNBERG: A LIFE IN WOODCUTS (1991) -- Woodcuts by Harry Sternberg. Forty autobiographical woodcuts printed on Sekishu paper. Letterpress printed on Guttenberg Laid paper. Bound in Richard de Bas paper and Japanese silk. Edition of 40. Deluxe edition of 40 includes complete suite of prints spoon-printed on Okawara paper.

J) ARTIFICIO PARA SOBREVIVIR = DEVICE FOR SURVIVAL (1992) -- Etchings by Fernando de Szyszlo and poems by Emilio Adolfo Westphalen. Six etchings in five colors. Four poems printed letterpress on Alcantara paper. Handbound in leather and Rives paper printed with an etching. Edition of 45.

K) DROUGHT (1992) -- Drypoint etching by Michele Burgess and poem by Sandra Alcosser. Broadside. Edition of 50.

L) FLAME (1992) -- Etchings by Michele Burgess and poem by Sandra Alcosser. Broadside. Edition of 50.

M) PILGRIMS: A ONE ACT PLAY (1992) -- Woodcuts by Julia Talcott and text by Stephen Metcalfe. Nine woodcuts in four colors. One-act play printed on Rives paper. Handbound with Fabriano paper printed with a two-colored woodcut. Edition of 30.

N) POEM MADE OF WATER (1992) -- Engravings by Michele Burgess and poem by Nancy Willard. Five chine colle drypoints. Five-stanza poem printed letterpress in six colors on seven handpainted folios. Clamshell box covered with a drypoint printed on Moriki paper. Edition of 35.

O) SKIN OF GRACE (1992) -- Eleven collage sculptures by Michele Burgess. Half bound in goatskin leather and vellum. One-of-a-kind.

P) TERRITORY (1993) -- Etchings by Manuel Neri and poems by Mary Julia Klimenko. One original mixed media drawing and five lithographs printed on Kozo paper. Twenty-one poems printed on Arches and Sudare Lace papers. Bound in full hand tooled leather. Clamshell box. Edition of 55.

Q) MAHLER: POEMS AND ETCHINGS (1994) -- Etchings by Oldrich Prochazka and poems by C. G. Hanzlicek. Eight etchings. Nine poems printed letterpress in two colors on Rives paper. Handbound in leather and paste paper. Edition of 55.

R) PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER (1995) -- Engravings by Robert Cremean. Nine pages printed with drypoint engravings, sculptural embossing and multi-color holographic text on Arches paper. Clamshell box covered with linen. Edition of 21. Deluxe edition of 7 includes wooden box with mounted sculptural relief and copper plate.

S) SEVEN PASSAGES TO A FLIGHT (1997) -- Etchings by Faith Ringgold. Nine handpainted and hand stenciled etchings. Autobiographical text printed on linen. Clamshell box covered with handpainted linen and fabric inlays. Edition of 30. Deluxe edition of 10 includes hand stenciled and hand sewn quilt.

T) FORCE = EQUAL (1997) -- Engravings by Bill Kelly. Six drypoints with pochoir. Five poems printed letterpress in two colors on Rives paper. Concertina binding in paste paper and vellum. Edition of 30.

U) SLEEPING INSIDE THE GLACIER (1997) -- Etchings by Michele Burgess and poems by Sandra Alcosser. Ten etchings and six collagraphs. Two poems printed letterpress on Roma, Lana, and Japanese handmade papers. Handbound in vellum and housed in a slipcase covered with paste paper and bearing a cast bronze sculpture. Edition of 35.

V) SWIMMING LESSONS (1999) -- Etching by Michele Burgess and poem by Nancy Willard. Hand colored drypoint. Edition of 12.

W) WHEN THERE WERE TREES (1999) -- Poem by Nancy Willard, prints by Michele Burgess and color by Merilyn Britt. Edition of 25.

A COLORED POEM (1985)

Box 1 Folder 1
Production notes
Box 1 Folder 2
Five drawings on tissue by McGraw
Oversize AB-27-A01 Folder 1
Five etching plates

Missing "W. D. under arrest."

Box 1 Folder 4
Five hand-painted plate proofs
Oversize AB-27-A01 Folder 2
Handset type plate - Page form for table of contents
Box 1 Folder 6
Letterpress proofs of table of contents, annotated
Box 1 Folder 7
Letterpress proofs of poem stanzas, in actual size of book
Box 1 Folder 8
Colophon - Edited typescript of text and signed letterpress proof
Box 1 Folder 9 Oversize FB28301
First trial clamshell box - Plate proofs on cloth and paper, includes sketch on tissue
Box 1 Folder 10 Oversize FB28302
First trial clamshell box - Hand-painted plate proof 27/40 signed by McGraw
Box 1 Folder 11
Two first trial clamshell boxes for housing prints
Oversize AB-27-A01 Folder 3
Final clamshell box - Etching plate for cover
Box 1 Folder 13 Oversize FB28303
Final clamshell box - Plate proofs on cloth and paper
Box 1 Folder 14
Promotional material - Sketch of layout [for broadside ?]

THE HOUSE THE POET BUILT (1985)

Box 1 Folder 15
Preface - Edited typescripts
Box 1 Folder 16 Oversize FB28304
Preface - Paste-ups
Box 1 Folder 17 Oversize FB28305
Six plate proofs
Box 1 Folder 18 Oversize FB28306
Plate proofs with text, signed by McGraw
Box 1 Folder 19 Oversize FB28307
Three hand-painted plate proofs
Box 1 Folder 20 Oversize FB28308
Letterpress proofs
Box 1 Folder 21
Biography page - Edited typescripts
Box 1 Folder 22 Oversize FB28309
Biography page - Letterpress proofs, includes photograph
Oversize AB-27-A02 Folder 1
Biography page - Plate, not used
Box 1 Folder 24
Colophon - Annotated typescript
Oversize AB-21-F01
Clamshell box cover - Etching plate
Box 1 Folder 26 Oversize FB29401
Clamshell box - Plate proof
Box 1 Folder 27 Oversize FB29402
Clamshell box - Hand-painted plate proof
Box 1 Folder 28 Oversize FB33601
Plate case, decorated wooden box

[Plates owned Cal State Long Beach, plate case used to carry plates to Snodgrass].

Box 1 Folder 29
Promotional material - Drawing on tissue by McGraw
Oversize AB-27-A02 Folder 2
Promotional material - Etching plate for invitation
Box 1 Folder 31
Promotional material - Two plate proofs, one hand-painted
Box 1 Folder 32
Promotional material - Letterpress proof

MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL (1988)

Box 1 Folder 33
Production notes and correspondence
Box 1 Folder 34 Oversize FB28310
Foreword - Edited typescripts and letterpress proofs
Box 1 Folder 35 Oversize FB33602
Table of contents - Nine cut blocks

Missing "The Capture of Mr. Sun."

Box 1 Folder 36 Oversize FB28311
Table of contents - Eight plate proofs with specifications
Box 1 Folder 37 Oversize FB28312
Seven drawings on tissue by McGraw
Oversize AB-27-A02 Folder 3
Nine etching plates

Missing "A Strolling Minstrel's Ballad of Skulls and Flowers," plate 8.

Box 1 Folder 39 Oversize FB28313
Twelve plate proofs
Box 1 Folder 40 Oversize FB28314
McGraw's color chart
Box 1 Folder 41 Oversize FB28315
Four hand-painted plate proofs
Box 1 Folder 42 Oversize FB28316
Galley proofs, edited
Box 1 Folder 43 Oversize FB28317
Paste-ups
Box 1 Folder 44
Photograph print and negative of author and artist for book
Box 1 Folder 45 Oversize FB29403
Clamshell box - Drawing on tissue by McGraw, color specifications and two plate proofs
Oversize AB-21-F02
Clamshell box - Etching plate
Box 1 Folder 47 Oversize FB29404
Complete mock-up with template for paper tearing and clamshell box
Box 1 Folder 48
Production notes

THE MOUSE AND THE WOMAN (1988)

Box 1 Folder 49
Title page - Tissues and layouts
Box 1 Folder 50
Copyright page, edited, used for "display type" and photocopies of text
Box 1 Folder 51 Oversize FB28401
Layout specifications
Box 1 Folder 52
Thirteen drawings on tissue by Renner
Box 1 Folder 53 Oversize FB33801
Seventeen woodcut blocks, includes "Schultz - birds" by Renner
Box 1 Folder 54 Oversize FB28402
Fifty-four woodcut trial proofs signed by Renner

Includes a black-and-white photo-negative for an inverse version of woodcut.

Box 1 Folder 55 Oversize FB28403
Woodcut proof, not used
Box 1 Folder 56 Oversize FB28404
Galley proofs, corrected
Box 1 Folder 57 Oversize FB28405
Paste-ups
Box 1 Folder 58 Oversize FB28406
Letterpress proofs
Box 1 Folder 59 Oversize FB28407
Letterpress proofs, includes sample prints of handset Coslon (copy #135, signed by Renner), annotated
Box 1 Folder 60 Oversize FB33802
Chapter numerals - Twenty-four woodcut blocks, missing #23
Box 1 Folder 61 Oversize FB28408
Chapter numerals - Drawings on tissue, paste-ups, edited layout proofs, and color samples
Box 1 Folder 62 Oversize FB28409
Colophon - Edited typescripts and letterpress proof overlayed with sketch on tissue, signed by Renner
Box 1 Folder 63 Oversize FB28410
Bookcover - Drawing on tissue by Renner and finished cover
Box 1 Folder 64
Four mock-ups, includes signed woodcut proofs by Renner
Box 1 Folder 65 Oversize FB28411
Promotional materials - Sketch, edited typescripts, paste-ups, edited letterpress proofs, and final proof

Includes signed announcements and correspondence.

HARD TRAVELING (1989)

Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence regarding production, 1989 - 1990
Box 2 Folder 2 Oversize FB28501
Production notes
Box 2 Folder 3 Oversize FB33702
Title page - Woodcut block of shoe, not used
Box 2 Folder 4 Oversize FB28502
Title page - Two hand-painted proofs, not used
Box 2 Folder 5 Oversize FB28503
Introduction - Typescript of drafts, paste-ups and letterpress proof
Box 2 Folder 6 Oversize FB28504
Twelve drawings on tissue by McGraw, missing tissue for plate #8

Includes title page and two sketches never used.

Oversize AB-27-A03 Folder 1
Eleven etching plates, includes plate for title page, not used
Box 2 Folder 8 Oversize FB28505
Ten plate proofs
Box 2 Folder 9 Oversize FB28506
Eleven hand-painted plate proofs
Box 2 Folder 10
Rubber stamps - Numeral specifications
Box 2 Folder 11 Oversize FB33703
Rubber stamps (27 letters, 18 numerals and 7 misc.)

Stamps for plate proofs used to title artwork; numerals are used to identify the plate number on verso.

Box 2 Folder 12 Oversize FB28507
Woodcut folio - Woodcut templates on card board (Shovel, Hammer, Shoe, and Hand)
Oversize AB-21-F03
Woodcut folio - Woodcut blocks (for Burning House, Shoe, Tower, Hand, and Hammer)
Box 2 Folder 14 Oversize FB29405
Woodcut folio - Woodcut proof of Shoe
Box 2 Folder 15 Oversize FB28508
Woodcut folio - Hand-painted proof of Hammer, not used
Box 2 Folder 16 Oversize FB28509
Woodcut folio - Enclosure mock-up for folios with specifications
Box 2 Folder 17 Oversize FB28510
Woodcut folio - Enclosures, rejected
Box 2 Folder 18
Woody Guthrie letter - Selected copies of letters, annotated
Box 2 Folder 19 Oversize FB28511
Woody Guthrie letter - Paste-ups
Oversize AB-27-A03 Folder 2
Woody Guthrie letter - Woodcut block
Box 2 Folder 21 Oversize FB28512
Letterpress proofs, annotated
Box 2 Folder 22
Photographs for clamshell box and colophon
Box 2 Folder 23 Oversize FB28513
Colophon - Draft and letterpress proofs, (1/90 signed by McGraw)
Box 2 Folder 24 Oversize FB28514
Clamshell box - Template for lettering
Box 2 Folder 25 Oversize FB33701
Clamshell boxes - Three handpainted mock-ups
Box 2 Folder 26 Oversize FB28515
Template for paper tearing
Box 2 Folder 27 Oversize FB28516
Promotional materials - Edited typescripts, "Rambling Shoe" postcard and catalog

JANET AND DELOSS (1990)

Box 2 Folder 28
Correspondence with Michael T. Ryan regarding production
Box 2 Folder 29
Correspondence, letters between Lewis and McGraw
Box 2 Folder 30
Production notes
Box 2 Folder 31 Oversize FB29406
Twenty-one drawings on tissue by McGraw and nine templates
Box 2 Folder 32 Oversize FB28606
Title page - Sketch and letterpress proofs
Box 2 Folder 33 Oversize FB28602
Introduction - Edited typescript and galley proofs
Box 2 Folder 34 Oversize FB33901
Woodcut blocks for plates #1-9
Box 2 Folder 35 Oversize FB29407
Nine woodcut proofs
Box 2 Folder 36 Oversize FB28601
Ten woodcut proofs hand-painted by McGraw
Box 2 Folder 37
Typescript of selected poems
Box 2 Folder 38 Oversize FB28603
Paste-ups
Box 2 Folder 39 Oversize FB28604
Letterpress proofs, edited
Box 2 Folder 40 Oversize FB28605
Letterpress proofs, includes colophon signed by Lewis and McGraw
Box 2 Folder 41
Biographies, drafts
Box 2 Folder 42
Colophon - Drafts, letterpress proof and photograph of "persimmons"
Box 2 Folder 43
Clamshell box - Mock-up materials and sample of text on fabric
Box 2 Folder 44 Oversize FB28601
Clamshell box - Mock-up, not used
Box 2 Folder 45 Oversize FB28607
Promotional materials - Sketches, layout, letterpress proofs, and hand-painted broadside signed by authors
Box 2 Folder 46
Articles about book
Box 2 Folder 47
Directions to Janet's house

PAPER OF LIVE FLESH (1990)

Box 2 Folder 48
Production notes
Box 2 Folder 49
Title page - Sketch on card board
Box 2 Folder 50 Oversize FB28701
Title page - Letterpress proofs with different colored inks
Box 2 Folder 51 Oversize FB28702
Layout and specifications
Box 2 Folder 52
Chine colle
Box 2 Folder 53 Oversize FB28703
Fifteen plate proofs, includes plate proofs not used
Box 2 Folder 54
Paste-ups
Box 2 Folder 55 Oversize FB28704
Four plate proofs with text, page layouts
Box 2 Folder 56
Manuscripts and edited typescripts
Box 2 Folder 57
Letterpress proofs
Box 2 Folder 58
Colophon - Manuscript and edited typescripts with note
Box 2 Folder 59
Mock-up
Box 2 Folder 60
Mock-up, Romero's proof

SHE SAID: I TELL YOU IT DOESN'T HURT ME (1991)

Box 2 Folder 61
Production notes
Box 2 Folder 62
Title font selection
Box 2 Folder 63
Table of contents - Letterpress proofs
Box 2 Folder 64 Oversize FB28608
Two drawings on tissue by Neri
Box 2 Folder 65 Oversize FB34101
Four etching plates
Box 2 Folder 66 Oversize FB34102
Two etching plates, not used
Box 2 Folder 67 Oversize FB28609
Two plate proofs
Box 2 Folder 68 Oversize FB28610
Hand-painted plate proof, annotated
Box 2 Folder 69
Typescripts, edited
Box 2 Folder 70 Oversize FB28611
Galley proofs
Box 2 Folder 71
Mary Julia's suggestion for text
Box 2 Folder 72
Biographies and colophon, edited
Box 2 Folder 73 Oversize FB28612
Bookcover - Layouts and sketches
Box 2 Folder 74 Oversize FB28613
Bookcover - Two plate proofs on fabric, includes note
Box 2 Folder 75
Mock-up
Box 2 Folder 76 Oversize FB28614
Promotional materials - Typescripts and brochure
Box 2 Folder 77 Oversize FB33603
Broom brushes for applying resist to etching plates

STERNBERG: A LIFE IN WOODCUTS (1991)

Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence regarding production, includes letters from Sternberg
Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence with Alfred Kazin regarding his writing of the introduction
Box 3 Folder 3
Production notes
Box 3 Folder 4 Oversize FB28705
Foreword - Edited typescript and galley proofs
Box 3 Folder 5
Twenty-three original drawings by Sternberg
Box 3 Folder 6 Oversize FB34002
Woodcut block, title
Box 3 Folder 7 Oversize FB34001
Woodcut block for #36 [oversize]
Box 4 Folder 1
Woodcut blocks #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10-14, 16.
Box 5 Folder 1
Woodcut blocks 17-19, 21-23, 25, 27-31
Box 6 Folder 1
Woodcut blocks 32-35

Includes a block not used.

Box 7 Folder 1
Woodcut blocks for numerals 1-36
Box 7 Folder 2
Woodcut blocks, four decorative designs [not used]
Box 8 Folder 1 Oversize FB28706
Paste-ups
Box 8 Folder 2 Oversize FB28707
Six woodcut proofs, includes thirty-seven proofs corrected by Sternberg
Box 8 Folder 3 Oversize FB28708
Woodcut proof with text (page layout sample)
Box 8 Folder 4 Oversize FB28709
Two woodcut proofs, not used
Box 8 Folder 5 Oversize FB28710
Biographical chronology - Research materials, edited typescripts and letterpress proofs
Box 8 Folder 6
Colophon - Edited typescripts
Box 8 Folder 7 Oversize FB28711
Bookcover - Proofs of photograph and border design
Box 8 Folder 8 Oversize FB28712
Bookcover - Mock-up with photograph paste-up
Box 8 Folder 9 Oversize FB28713
Bookcover - Rejected cover cloth and binding design
Box 8 Folder 10 Oversize FB28801
Four mock-ups

Includes notes.

Box 8 Folder 11 Oversize FB28802
Promotional materials - Edited typescripts, notes, paste-ups, announcement cards, and articles

ARTIFICIO PARA SOBREVIVIR (1992)

Box 8 Folder 12
Correspondence regarding production, includes letters from de Szyszlo
Box 8 Folder 13 Oversize FB28901
Three drawings on tissue by de Szyszlo
Box 8 Folder 14
Black-and-white gradation strip for color range
Box 8 Folder 15 Oversize FB28902
Etching plate for cover

This plate was also used for an edition of prints published earlier.

Oversize AB-27-B01 Folder 1
Fifteen etching plates
Box 8 Folder 17
Twenty plate proofs
Box 8 Folder 18
Eleven hand-painted plate proofs
Box 8 Folder 19 Oversize FB28903
Layout, "1:1 type high mount (not screened - no dot)" [copy of plate proof with cut-outs, mounted]
Box 8 Folder 20 Oversize FB28904
Plate proof, includes sketches on verso
Box 8 Folder 21 Oversize FB28905
Paste-ups
Box 8 Folder 22
Typescripts, with editor's notes
Box 8 Folder 23 Oversize FB28906
Two proofs with text
Box 8 Folder 24 Oversize FB28907
Three hand-painted plate proofs, not used
Box 8 Folder 25
Colophon - Edited typescripts

DROUGHT (1992)

Box 8 Folder 26 Oversize FB28803
Burgess's drawing on tissue, matted
Box 8 Folder 27 Oversize FB28804
Collagraph plate
Oversize AB-27-D02 Folder 1
Dry point plate
Box 8 Folder 29 Oversize FB28805
Two hand-painted proofs, annotated
Box 8 Folder 30
Typescripts, edited

Includes corrections on FLAME.

FLAME (1992)

Box 8 Folder 31
Two drawings on tissue by Burgess
Oversize AB-27-B01 Folder 2
Two etching plates
Box 8 Folder 33
Eight plate proofs, one signed by Burgess

PILGRIMS (1992)

Box 8 Folder 34
Correspondence with Julia Talcott, 1991
Box 8 Folder 35
Production notes
Box 8 Folder 36
Compositional sketches, includes correspondence
Box 8 Folder 37 Oversize FB28806
Ten woodcut proofs, annotated photocopies
Box 8 Folder 38 Oversize FB28807
Two woodcut proofs, colored
Box 8 Folder 39
Typescripts, annotated

Includes correspondence.

Box 8 Folder 40
Text and ink color samples
Box 8 Folder 41 Oversize FB28808
Letterpress proofs
Box 8 Folder 42
Colophon - Typescripts
Box 8 Folder 43
Fabric sample [for cover?]

POEM MADE OF WATER (1992)

Box 9 Folder 1
Production notes
Box 9 Folder 2
Introduction note by Nancy Willard
Box 9 Folder 3
Title page - Sketch on a mock-up folio
Box 9 Folder 4
Chine colle pieces for plate #2
Oversize AB-27-D02 Folder 2
Copper dry point plates for folio 1 and 2
Oversize AB-27-D02 Folder 3
Copper dry point plates for folio 3, 4 and 5
Box 9 Folder 7 Oversize FB28809
Etching plate for box cover
Box 9 Folder 8 Oversize FB28810
Stencil, template and hand-painted paper for plate #5

Rejected proof.

Box 9 Folder 9
Hand-painted plate proof for plate #5 with text
Box 9 Folder 10 Oversize FB28811
Hand-painted folios - Trial laminations, none worked
Box 9 Folder 11 Oversize FB28812
Hand-painted folios - Trial sample for paste paper
Box 9 Folder 12 Oversize FB28813
Acrylic template used to make hand-painted folios
Box 9 Folder 13 Oversize FB28814
Paste-ups
Box 9 Folder 14 Oversize FB28815
Letterpress proofs
Box 9 Folder 15
Colophon - Edited typescripts and letterpress proof, includes correspondence
Box 9 Folder 16
Notes from Jill Jevne regarding cover for clamshell box
Box 9 Folder 17
Clamshell box - Ribbon samples
Box 9 Folder 18
Mock-up
Box 9 Folder 19
Promotional materials - Paste-up, edited typescript and announcement cards

SKIN OF GRACE (1992)

Box 9 Folder 20 Oversize FB29001
Manuscript mock-up with cover
Box 9 Folder 21 Oversize FB29002
Paste-up and mock-up

TERRITORY (1993)

Box 9 Folder 22
Correspondence regarding production
Box 9 Folder 23
Production notes regarding type
Box 9 Folder 24
First manuscript
Box 9 Folder 25
Typescripts, edited
Box 9 Folder 26
Table of contents, edited
Box 9 Folder 27 Oversize FB29003
Title page - Paste-ups, not used
Box 9 Folder 28 Oversize FB29004
A - Title page - Letterpress proof
Box 9 Folder 29
Introduction - Edited typescripts
Oversize AB-21-F04
A - Three etching plates for frontispiece, not used
Oversize AB-21-F05
A - Eight etching plates, not used (Part 1 of 3)
Oversize AB-21-F06
A - Eight etching plates, not used (Part 2 of 3)
Oversize AB-21-F07
A - Eight etching plates, not used (Part 3 of 3)
Box 9 Folder 32 Oversize FB29005
A - Eleven plate proofs, cut-outs and bookcover layout
Box 9 Folder 33 Oversize FB29006
A - Fifteen hand-painted plate proofs, not used
Box 9 Folder 34 Oversize FB29007
A - Paper sample
Box 9 Folder 35
A - Mock-up, old imposition
Box 9 Folder 36 Oversize FB29008
A - Mock-up
Box 9 Folder 37 Oversize FB29009
B - Title page - Paste-ups
Box 9 Folder 38 Oversize FB29010
B - Page mock-ups for lithographs with specifications
Box 9 Folder 39 Oversize FB29011
B - Seven lithogragh proofs signed by Neri
Box 9 Folder 40 Oversize FB29012
B - Two lithograph proofs signed by Neri, not used
Box 9 Folder 41 Oversize FB29013
B - Paste-ups
Box 9 Folder 42 Oversize FB29101
B - Type layout proofs, includes title page
Box 9 Folder 43 Oversize FB29102
B - Letterpress proofs
Box 9 Folder 44
Afterword by Mary Julia Klimenko, edited typescripts
Box 9 Folder 45
Biographies, edited
Box 9 Folder 46
Colophon - Edited typescript, includes correspondence
Box 9 Folder 47 Oversize FB29103
B - Paper samples
Box 9 Folder 48 Oversize FB29104
B - Binding materials, samples and correspondence
Box 9 Folder 49
B - Mock-up, imposition
Box 9 Folder 50 Oversize FB29105
Promotional materials - Paste-ups

MAHLER (1994)

Box 9 Folder 51
Correspondence regarding production
Box 9 Folder 52
Production notes
Oversize AB-27-B02 Folder 1
Eight etching plates
Box 9 Folder 54 Oversize FB34201
Etching plate, not used
Box 9 Folder 55 Oversize FB29106
Fourteen early plate proofs
Box 9 Folder 56 Oversize FB29107
Eighteen plate proofs
Box 9 Folder 57
Plate proof, portrait of Prochazka
Box 9 Folder 58 Oversize FB29108
Two plate proofs, portrait of Hanzlicek and Prochazka
Box 9 Folder 59 Oversize FB29109
Ink color proofs for title page plate background and type
Box 9 Folder 60 Oversize FB29110
Twenty-two state plate proofs, not used

Part 1.

Box 9 Folder 61 Oversize FB29111
Eighteen state plate proofs, not used

Part 2.

Box 9 Folder 62
Typescripts
Box 9 Folder 63 Oversize FB29112
Galley proofs, edited
Box 9 Folder 64 Oversize FB29408
Layout specifications
Box 9 Folder 65 Oversize FB29201
Paste-ups
Box 10 Folder 1 Oversize FB29202
Letterpress proofs
Box 10 Folder 2
Letterpress proofs, edited
Box 10 Folder 3 Oversize FB29203
Proofs for positioning text and plates
Box 10 Folder 4
Template (#D2") for positioning plates [?]
Box 10 Folder 5 Oversize FB29204
Letterpress proofs, final for color
Box 10 Folder 6
Colophon - Typescripts
Box 10 Folder 7 Oversize FB29205
Practice colophon signatures on edited letterpress proof
Box 10 Folder 8
Color samples - Ink, paper and fabric
Box 10 Folder 9
Three mock-ups, impositions
Box 10 Folder 10 Oversize FB29206
Paste-up and mock-up, includes sample binding materials and notes
Box 10 Folder 11 Oversize FB29207
Prototype
Box 10 Folder 12 Oversize FB29208
Two mock-ups, not used
Box 10 Folder 13 Oversize FB29209
Promotional material - Paste-up

PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER (1995)

Box 10 Folder 14
Correspondence regarding production
Box 10 Folder 15
Letters from Cremean
Box 10 Folder 16
Production notes
Box 10 Folder 17
Meeting notes
Box 10 Folder 18
Note from phone call between Cremean and Burgess
Box 10 Folder 19 Oversize FB28908
Title page layout and nine proofs
Box 10 Folder 20
Title for type [?], not used
Box 10 Folder 21 Oversize FB29409
Two handwritten manuscripts and eight proofs of monologue

Includes monologue proofs with different colored ink (4).

Box 10 Folder 22 Oversize FB34202
Two sample monologue plates, not used
Box 10 Folder 23 Oversize FB34203
Two monologue plates
Box 10 Folder 24 Oversize FB28909
Seven drawings for drypoint engravings by Cremean
Box 10 Folder 25 Oversize FB29210
Six trial proofs to familiarize Cremean with drypoint engraving, includes sketch on tissue
Oversize MC-074-01
Sixteen proofs of drypoint engravings with Cremean's comments
Oversize AB-27-B02 Folder 2
Relief sculpture with text imprint
Oversize MC-074-02
Eight embossed proofs
Box 10 Folder 29
Eight embossed proofs identified with sample ink color for text
Oversize AB-27-C01 Folder 1
Text plates #1-7
Oversize AB-27-C01 Folder 2
Text plate #5, not used [sample only]
Box 10 Folder 32 Oversize FB29211
Letterpress proof for print quality
Box 10 Folder 33
Seven text proofs
Box 10 Folder 34
Twenty-one text proofs in different colors
Box 10 Folder 35 Oversize FB28910
Plexiglass template for positioning relief sculpture [?]
Oversize MC-074-03
Seventeen proofs of embossing, text and drypoint engravings
Oversize MC-074-04
Five page proofs - Good first pull, not used
Box 10 Folder 38 Oversize FB28911
Colophon - Letterpress proof
Box 10 Folder 39
Clamshell box label, layout and five proofs
Oversize AB-27-C01 Folder 3
Clamshell box label plate, not used
Box 10 Folder 41 Oversize FB38101
Mock-up, includes first appeared prints signed by Cremean in clamshell box
Box 10 Folder 42
Promotional materials - Edited typescript, layouts and letterpress proof

SEVEN PASSAGES TO A FLIGHT (1997)

Box 10 Folder 43
Production notes
Box 10 Folder 44 Oversize FB38102
Sketches on newsprint
Oversize AB-27-C01 Folder 4
Nine etching plates
Box 10 Folder 46 Oversize FB29301
Eight plate proofs, first pulls on paper
Box 10 Folder 47 Oversize FB29410
Nine plate proofs, hand-painted on a large sheet of fabric
Box 10 Folder 48
Fabric samples for book pages
Box 11 Folder 1 Oversize FB29302
Five plate proofs in different colored inks on fabric
Box 11 Folder 2 Oversize FB29303
Three plate proofs on fabric
Box 11 Folder 3 Oversize FB29304
Two paste-ups, hand-painted
Box 11 Folder 4 Oversize FB29305
Six hand-painted plate proofs and text positioning
Box 11 Folder 5 Oversize FB29306
Twenty-one proofs for coloring borders, includes specifications and templates
Oversize AB-27-C02 Folder 1
Etching plates for numerals, two sets of 8
Box 11 Folder 7 Oversize FB29307
Numerals - Plate proof
Box 11 Folder 8 Oversize FB29308
Typescripts, edited and page layout for "Today I make murals..."
Box 11 Folder 9
Type layouts
Box 11 Folder 10
Sample typefaces, not used
Box 11 Folder 11 Oversize FB29309
Camera ready text for polymer plates for book
Oversize AB-27-C02 Folder 2
Polymer plates for type

Includes polymer plates for quilt.

Box 11 Folder 13
Letterpress proofs on paper
Box 11 Folder 14 Oversize FB29310
Letterpress proofs on fabric
Box 11 Folder 15
Mock-up of a chapter, hand-painted plate proof with text
Box 11 Folder 16
Colophon - Edited typescript
Box 11 Folder 17 Oversize FB29311
Template for clamshell box and page design
Box 11 Folder 18 Oversize FB29312
Clamshell box design paste-up with specifications and cloth samples
Box 11 Folder 19
Mock-up (and paste-ups) with corrections and specifications

FORCE = EQUAL (1997)

Box 11 Folder 20
Production notes
Box 11 Folder 21
Four sketches by Kelly
Oversize AB-27-C02 Folder 3
Drypoint etching plates

Missing plates 1, 3 and 5.

Box 11 Folder 23
Title page - Proofs on paper and vellum
Box 11 Folder 24
Title page - Corrected plate proof
Box 11 Folder 25
Ink drawing for etching
Box 11 Folder 26
Four plate proofs
Box 11 Folder 27
Two plate proof with text
Box 11 Folder 28 Oversize FB29313
Stencil for coloring [plate #4]
Box 11 Folder 29
Hand-painted plate proof of centerspread, early version and stencil [plate #4]
Box 11 Folder 30
Letterpress proofs, corrected by Kelly
Box 11 Folder 31
Paste-ups
Box 11 Folder 32
Colophon - Edited letterpress proof
Box 11 Folder 33
Mock-up (and paste-ups) with specifications
Box 11 Folder 34
Mock-up, annotated

SLEEPING INSIDE THE GLACIER (1997)

Box 11 Folder 35
Correspondence with Sandra Alcosser
Box 11 Folder 36
Production notes
Box 11 Folder 37 Oversize FB38103
Artist's tissue for plate #3 and #4
Box 11 Folder 38
Paste-ups on ink drawing [plate #6]
Box 11 Folder 39 Oversize FB38104
Ink washes
Oversize AB-27-D01 Folder 1
Eleven etching plates
Box 11 Folder 41 Oversize FB34204
Etching plate, plate #1
Box 11 Folder 42 Oversize FB29314
Six plate proofs on different paper surfaces
Box 11 Folder 43 Oversize FB34205
Four collagraph plates
Box 11 Folder 44 Oversize FB34206
Etching proof on collagraph
Box 11 Folder 45 Oversize FB29315
Two collagraph proofs for etching prints
Box 11 Folder 46 Oversize FB29316
Six plate proofs with text
Box 11 Folder 47 Oversize FB29317
Twelve plate proofs and sketch, for plates not used
Box 11 Folder 48
Text, annotated photocopies
Box 11 Folder 49
Title page - Type size and layout selections
Box 11 Folder 50 Oversize FB29411
Galley proofs
Box 11 Folder 51 Oversize FB29318
Stats for polymer plates (type)
Oversize AB-27-D01 Folder 2
Polymer plates for type
Box 11 Folder 53
Letterpress proofs, annotated by author
Box 11 Folder 54 Oversize FB29319
Letterpress proofs on collagraph, annotated
Box 11 Folder 55
Vellum proofs [for binding]
Box 11 Folder 56
Early mock-up

SWIMMING LESSONS (1999)

Box 11 Folder 57 Oversize FB38105
Drawing in graphite for broadside on front and back side
Box 11 Folder 58 Oversize FB38106
Etching plate
Box 11 Folder 59 Oversize FB38107
Two plate proofs
Box 11 Folder 60 Oversize FB38108
Letterpress proofs
Box 11 Folder 61
Promotional material - Typescript

WHEN THERE WERE TREES (1999)

Box 12 Folder 1
Printing specifications, mock-ups, color palette lists, and handwritten notes on the printing process, 1996 - 1999
Box 12 Folder 2 Oversize FB38109
"Editor's Palette" displaying different colored paper for different editons, 1996 - 1999

ADMINISTRATIVE FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) ADMINISTRATIVE FILES: The ADMINISTRATIVE FILES contain mainly correspondence documenting Brighton Press' collaborative efforts with the various artists and technicians to produce their fine press books and broadsides. Included are announcements, newspaper clippings, etchings, typescript drafts and photocopies of poems, monologues, and biographical materials, proofing records, production specification materials, original drawings, mock-ups, and samples of dyed papers and fabric. Of note are additions to PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER, (1994-1997) that include correspondence with Brighton's longtime, and sometimes contentious, collaborator, artist Robert Cremean, and which includes a detailed accounting of profits which Cremean had designated be paid to the Fresno Art Museum.

The two new works in this accession include typescript copies of two poems by Chard deNiord entitled, "Adam's Lament" and "Eve's Lament," as well as correspondence with Brian D. Cohen of the Bridge Press of Bellow Falls, VT, who collaborated on the project. The files do not contain a sample of the broadside, Cohen's etchings nor any other information regarding this limited edition published in 1996 as "Adam and Eve's Lament."

More extensive are the materials associated with the production of the book, WHEN THERE WERE TREES, (1999) which included a poem by Nancy Willard; drypoints and etching by Michele Burgess and paper color and design by Merilyn Britt. The files contain extensive correspondence spanning two years (1996-1998) between Burgess and Britt. This rich correspondence includes extensive discussion of Britt's use of natural bark materials to create dyes for paper and cloth used for the book, her search for additional types of bark, and includes samples of what different techniques of bathing the paper or cloth produced. Also included is the "editor's palette" which shows the papers actually used for each numbered edition (different editions had different-colored paper) and the edition's purchaser. Photographs document the collation of the printed book, where Britt joined the Brighton Press staff, in this near-final process.

Box 12 Folder 3
MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL, 1988 - 1990

Contains correspondence, an announcement, typescript copies of poems entitled, "W.D.'s House of Horrors," "The Tattooed Man," and "Wire Walker."

Box 12 Folder 4
HARD TRAVELING, 1988 - 1989

Contains a copy of title page on onion skin and handwritten printing instructions including notations on layout of acetate and color samples. Includes correspondence to poet W.D. Snodgrass.

Box 12 Folder 5
JANET AND DELOSS: POEMS AND PICTURES, 1988 - 1994

Contains correspondence and an announcement.

Box 12 Folder 6
PAPER OF LIVE FLESH, 1990 - 1991

Contains correspondence with poet Juvenal Acosta.

Box 12 Folder 7
SHE SAID: I TELL YOU IT DOESN'T HURT ME, 1991 - 1993

Contains announcements, one for the SHE SAID . . . publication, and one for both SHE SAID . . . and TERRITORY, both books containing poems by Mary Julia Klimenko and art by Manuel Neri.

Box 12 Folder 8
STERNBERG: A LIFE IN WOODCUTS, 1991 - 1999

Contains correspondence with author Harry Sternberg and "Introduction" writer, choreographer Bella Lewitsky, announcements, drafts of introduction, lists of woodcuts coordinated to Sternberg's life events, production notes, and samples of paper.

Box 12 Folder 9
ARTIFICIO PARA SOBREVIVIR: DEVICE FOR SURVIVAL, 1988 - 2001

Contains correspondence, announcements, the original metal for the book's spine, lists of artist Westphalen's recent works (in Spanish), newspaper clippings, and pre-production materials.

Box 12 Folder 10
POEM MADE OF WATER, 1991 - 1995

Contains correspondence, proofing records, an announcement, and paper samples.

Box 12 Folder 11
MAHLER: POEMS AND ETCHINGS, 1993 - 2000

Contains correspondence, a newspaper clipping, etchings, page proofs, production specifications, and photographic prints of etchings.

Box 12 Folder 12
PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER, 1993 - 1997

Part one. Contains correspondence, contracts, press releases, announcements, and care and handling instructions. Includes correspondence regarding book profits that Cremean directed be paid to the Fresno Art Museum.

Box 12 Folder 13
PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER, 1993 - 1997

Part two. Contains correspondence, artist Cremean's curriculum vitae, exhibition announcements, and newspaper clippings regarding Cremean.

Box 12 Folder 14
PROCRUSTES INN REGISTER, 1993 - 1997

Part three. Contains handwritten monologues, diagrams of artist's original concept and printed announcements.

Box 12 Folder 15
SEVEN PASSAGES, 1992 - 1995

Contains correspondence, drafts of biographical notes that serve as the text of the book, production specifications, calendars, announcements and cover page samples.

Box 12 Folder 16
SLEEPING INSIDE THE GLACIER, 1993 - 1997

Contains correspondence, typescripts and photocopies of poems by Sandra Alcosser, miscellaneous handwritten notes, and an original pencil drawing by Michele Burgess.

Box 12 Folder 17
ADAM AND EVE'S LAMENT, 1995

Contains correspondence with etchings creator, Brian D. Cohen of Bridge Press, Bellow Falls, VT and typescript of two poems by Chard deNiord entitled, "Adam's Lament" and "Eve's Lament" for broadside published in 1996.

Box 13 Folder 1
WHEN THERE WERE TREES, 1996 - 1999

Part one. Contains correspondence, a newspaper clipping, typescript and proofs of poems, printing specifications, and an announcement. Include typescript of poem by Nancy Willard entitled, "One for the Road."

Box 13 Folder 2
WHEN THERE WERE TREES, 1996 - 1999

Part two. Contains correspondence, postcards, dye samples and photocopied letter by Merilyn Britt seeking particular tree barks.

Box 13 Folder 3
WHEN THERE WERE TREES, 1996 - 1999

Part three. Contains correspondence, sample strips of dyed paper and cloth, photographs of Merilyn Britt and Brighton Press employees collating the book, postcards, and announcements.

Box 13 Folder 4
Originals of Preservation Photocopies