Blinc Publishing ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-Z232-B65 B55-1997
Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection consists of 23 promotional posters and printed ephemera designed and printed by Blinc Publishing for clients based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Clients include the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the James Ford Bell Library, Eclipse Records, Kartemquin Films, the music group Rose Ensemble, the Saint Paul Saints baseball team, and Bill Moran’s Letterbugs print exhibit. Materials also include letterpress printed holiday cards and CD packages (2002-2014). All CD packages include covers, program notes and 4 ¾” compact discs.
Dates
- 1997-2015
Creator
- Blinc Publishing (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Blinc Publishing ephemera collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Blinc Publishing ephemera collection is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
History of Blinc Publishing
Blinc Publishing is a letterpress print and design studio located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Bill Moran founded Blinc in 1996. Moran is also the artistic director of the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and operates the Hamilton Ink Spot in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Extent
2.9 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversize box)
Abstract
23 items produced by Blinc Publishing between 1997 and 2015. Includes promotional posters, letterpress prints, compact discs, and other printed ephemera.
Organization
Organized in two series:
- Series 1: Printed ephemera, 2002-2014
- Box 1
- Series 2: Oversize, 2003-2015
- Box 2
Collection Stack Location
3a 29
Provenance
Gift of Bill Moran, 2016.
Processed by
Joy Orillo-Dotson, 2016.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Services, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Advertisements -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 1951-2000
- Advertisements -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Advertising -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul
- Blinc Publishing
- Compact discs -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Digital audio formats -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Ephemera -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 1951-2000
- Ephemera -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Greeting cards -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Hawaii
- Hawaii -- Songs and music
- Letterpress printing -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul
- Letterpress works -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Moran, W. (William)
- Posters -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 1951-2000
- Posters -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Posters, American
- Printed ephemera -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 1951-2000
- Printed ephemera -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Printing
- Printing -- Specimens
- Printing industry -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul
- Prints
- Prints -- Exhibitions -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul
- Promotional materials -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 1951-2000
- Promotional materials -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- 2001-2050
- Saint Paul (Minn.)
- Songs, Hawaiian
Creator
- Blinc Publishing (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Blinc Publishing ephemera collection, 1997-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Joy Orillo-Dotson, 2016
- Date
- ©2016.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org