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THE HOLE & CORNER PRESS


Albion Press  The Hole & Corner Press is the bibliographical teaching press of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas.   It was founded by Alexandra Mason in the 1960s.  Since then Nora J. Quinlan, Joe Springer, and Richard W. Clement have served as proprietors.  The press has introduced many students to the mysteries of printing, particularly those in the History of the Book.

 

Washington PressThe original press is a Washington style manufactured in Chicago in the 1890s.  It has been in Lawrence many years, having served as a proof press for the University Daily Kansan in the 1930s. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albion Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thorpe Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vandercooke Proof Press