Domenico Maria Manni, Vita di Aldo Pio Manuzio
Venezia, 1759
Norman Clayton, printer
One Heart Press
The Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center have been sending holiday card ambassadors to printers, calligraphers, donors, and institutional colleagues for over twenty years. Such an auspicious anniversary seemed an appropriate time to make note of this tradition.
We have always had two priorities in the planning of our cards: feature an element from one of our collections and have them letterpress printed by a local printer. We have not always lived up to this high standard, and we even skipped a year, but mostly we have kept to our ideals.
Printers we have employed include: Zida Borcich, Norman Clayton, Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence Van Velzer, Victoria Heifner, Julie Holcomb, Eric Holub, James and Carolyn Robertson, Richard Seibert, Jack Stauffacher, and John Sullivan. A couple of times we the library's graphic designers created the cards.
We have also featured the work of calligraphers, such as, Marsha Brady, Judy Detrick, Claude Dieterich A., Thomas Ingmire, John Prestianni, Carl Rohrs, and Hermann Zapf.
The cards have always highlighted materials or artists represented in our collections. Artwork from the Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book, the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering, the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor, and the George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, as well as materials from the San Francisco History Center, have inspired quite a few of them.
We hope you will enjoy the gallery of Holiday Cards below. With warm wishes to all in the New Year.
Holiday Card 1995-96
Albius Tibullus (BC 54 - 19) quote
John Prestianni, lettering, illlustration, design
Albius Tibullus (BC 54 - 19) quote
John Prestianni, lettering, illlustration, design
Julie Holcomb Printers
Holiday Card 1996-97
La série no. 16 des caractères ordinaires de la Fonderie Deberny & Cie. Paris, 1894
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
La série no. 16 des caractères ordinaires de la Fonderie Deberny & Cie. Paris, 1894
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Holiday Card 1997-98
Thomas Carlyle quotation, Old Main Library
Dennis Letbetter, photographer
Jack Stauffacher, designer and printer
Greenwood Press
Thomas Carlyle quotation, Old Main Library
Dennis Letbetter, photographer
Jack Stauffacher, designer and printer
Greenwood Press
Holiday Card 1998-99
Claude Dieterich A., calligrapher
Claude Dieterich A., calligrapher
James and Carolyn Robertson, printers
Yolly Bolly Press
Holiday Card 2000-01
Traditional Latin maxim, Claude Dieterich A., calligrapher
Traditional Latin maxim, Claude Dieterich A., calligrapher
Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence Van Velzer, printers
Foolscap Press
Foolscap Press
Holiday Card 2001-02
Hermann Zapf, designer
Linnea Lundquist, typographer
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Hermann Zapf, designer
Linnea Lundquist, typographer
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Holiday Postcard 2002-03
Arthur Rimbaud quotation, Alchemie du Verbe, Harrison Collection
Thomas Ingmire, calligrapher and illuminator
Arthur Rimbaud quotation, Alchemie du Verbe, Harrison Collection
Thomas Ingmire, calligrapher and illuminator
Kim Urbain, designer
Holiday Card 2003-04
Illustration by Uzelac from Contes Libertins de Pogge, 1956, Schmulowitz Collection
Victoria Heifner, printer
Milkfed Press
Illustration by Uzelac from Contes Libertins de Pogge, 1956, Schmulowitz Collection
Victoria Heifner, printer
Milkfed Press
Holiday Postcard 2004-05
Numbers, Harrison Collection
Claude Dieterich A., calligrapher
Numbers, Harrison Collection
Claude Dieterich A., calligrapher
Holiday Card 2005-06
Dedicated to the memory of Friedrich Neugebauer, 1911-2005
Judy Detrick, calligraphy and typography
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Dedicated to the memory of Friedrich Neugebauer, 1911-2005
Judy Detrick, calligraphy and typography
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Holiday Card 2006-07
In memory of Marjorie Gunst Stern, 1915-2006
Judy Detrick, calligraphy and design
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
In memory of Marjorie Gunst Stern, 1915-2006
Judy Detrick, calligraphy and design
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Holiday Card 2007-08
Emmy Lou Packard, Old Produce Market, 1953
San Francisco History Center
Barbara McMahan, design and typography
Emmy Lou Packard, Old Produce Market, 1953
San Francisco History Center
Barbara McMahan, design and typography
Holiday Card 2008-09
In memory of Tillie Olsen, 1912-2007
Marsha Brady, calligrapher
Larry Brady, typographer
Zida Borcich, Printer
In memory of Tillie Olsen, 1912-2007
Marsha Brady, calligrapher
Larry Brady, typographer
Zida Borcich, Printer
Holiday Card 2009-10
Mallette Dean woodcut from Physiologus, Grabhorn Collection
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Mallette Dean woodcut from Physiologus, Grabhorn Collection
Eric Holub, printer
Hillside Press
Holiday Card 2010-11
Carl Rohrs, calligrapher
Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence Van Velzer, printers
Carl Rohrs, calligrapher
Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence Van Velzer, printers
Foolscap Press
Holiday Card 2011-12
Engraving from Mental Pleasures, 1791, Schmulowitz Collection
Richard Seibert, Printer
Engraving from Mental Pleasures, 1791, Schmulowitz Collection
Richard Seibert, Printer
Holiday Card 2012-13
From Curly Locks, 1877, Fox Collection
From Curly Locks, 1877, Fox Collection
John Sullivan, printer
Logos Graphics
Logos Graphics
Holiday Card 2013-14
Image from Izaak Walton, His Wallet Booke, 1885, Grabhorn Collection
Image from Izaak Walton, His Wallet Booke, 1885, Grabhorn Collection
John Sullivan, printer
Logos Graphics
Logos Graphics
Holiday Card 2014-15
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the PPIE
Jules Guerin, Arch of the Rising Sun, circa 1913, San Francisco History Center
Ellen Reilly, design
Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer, 1970, Grabhorn Collection
Dependable Letterpress, Inc.
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