Rydal Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-433-BC
Scope and Content
The majority of this collection consists of printing samples from the press' commercial job orders. This includes invitations, programs, greeting cards, advertisements, brochures, newsletters, announcements, stationary, and other assorted ephemera. The collection also includes manuscripts, galleys, and printing blocks.
The collection provides an important record of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and northern New Mexico's social history and the history of fine and commercial printing in the area. The Museum of New Mexico, School of American Research, Santa Fe Rodeo (Rodeo de Santa Fe), Santa Fe Fiesta, State of New Mexico, City of Los Alamos, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos, National Park Service, hotels and motels, politicians, civic clubs, and local businesses are among the institutions/entities that used the Rydal Press for their printing needs; consequently, their activities are represented in the collection.
The collection provides an important record of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and northern New Mexico's social history and the history of fine and commercial printing in the area. The Museum of New Mexico, School of American Research, Santa Fe Rodeo (Rodeo de Santa Fe), Santa Fe Fiesta, State of New Mexico, City of Los Alamos, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos, National Park Service, hotels and motels, politicians, civic clubs, and local businesses are among the institutions/entities that used the Rydal Press for their printing needs; consequently, their activities are represented in the collection.
Dates
- 1947-1978
- Majority of material found within 1970 - 1977
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Organizational History
The Rydal Press began as a small operation in a private house in Rydal, Pennsylvania. It was owned and operated by Walter L. Goodwin, a member of the Lippincott family. In 1932, Haniel Long, Alice Corbin, Peggy Pond Church, and Witter Bynner came together and decided to establish a cooperative publishing enterprise in Santa Fe. They convinced Goodwin to move his operations from Pennsylvania to the Santa Fe area. In 1933, Goodwin set up his equipment in Tesuque, where he published several books under the Writers' Editions imprint during the first year.
In 1941, Goodwin sold half interest in the press to Gordon Stevenson. Later that year, he sold his remaining half of the press to Dale Bullock. Bullock had been a compositor in Raton, New Mexico, and had moved to Santa Fe. He was a union man, and had worked for several shops in Santa Fe, including the Rydal Press. Bullock did some fine printing (during his tenure, he printed approximately 80 titles), but began to use Rydal Press more for commercial printing. He operated the Rydal Press until 1976, at which time he sold the business and the real estate to Andrea Dewey and Jonathon Carleton. Dewey turned the business into a "quick print" enterprise. Rydal Press was arguably New Mexico's foremost book and commercial printer from 1933 until it was shut down circa 1980. In 1985, Rydal Press was refounded by Clark Kimball, for the purpose of publishing fine books.
*Biographical information provided, in part, from telephone conversations with Clark Kimball and Pamela Smith.
In 1941, Goodwin sold half interest in the press to Gordon Stevenson. Later that year, he sold his remaining half of the press to Dale Bullock. Bullock had been a compositor in Raton, New Mexico, and had moved to Santa Fe. He was a union man, and had worked for several shops in Santa Fe, including the Rydal Press. Bullock did some fine printing (during his tenure, he printed approximately 80 titles), but began to use Rydal Press more for commercial printing. He operated the Rydal Press until 1976, at which time he sold the business and the real estate to Andrea Dewey and Jonathon Carleton. Dewey turned the business into a "quick print" enterprise. Rydal Press was arguably New Mexico's foremost book and commercial printer from 1933 until it was shut down circa 1980. In 1985, Rydal Press was refounded by Clark Kimball, for the purpose of publishing fine books.
*Biographical information provided, in part, from telephone conversations with Clark Kimball and Pamela Smith.
Extent
12 boxes (12 cu. ft.) + oversized folder
Separated Material
Publications including the following were separated from the collection in November 2017:
- Colfax County's Chronic Murder Mystery, by Norman Cleaveland, 1977
- Conservation Projects for the High School. Approved by New Mexico State Board of Education, Bulletin No. 19|
- Crazy People Just Nonsense, by Webb and Jim Young, 1939
- Crickets the grace notes of silence, by Elizabeth (Babs) Breneiser, 1975
- English Tentative Guides for High School Teachers. Approved by New Mexico State Board of Education, 1945
- Espanola Valley Rodeo Association Program, 1956, 1966
- Fabulous Frontier, by William A. Keleher, 1945
- Flowers of the Southwest Mesas, by Pauline M. Patraw, 1953
- Harmony Hall, by Jane Meredith, 1971
- Introduction to Eutonics, by Eya Fechin Rudhyar, 1949
- La Gaceta, by El Corral de Santa Fe Westerners, 1970-1971
- La Turista, 1970-1977
- Lady of the Casa, by John Skolle, 1959
- Landscape Magazine, edited by J. B. Jackson
- Laws of New Mexico, 1947
- Lighting the Candle, by The Rt. Rev. James M. Stoney, 1961
- Los Alamos County Fair-Rodeo Program, 1955-1969
- Mammals of the Southwest Deserts, By George Olin, 1954
- Mathematics Tentative Guides for High School Teachers. Approved by New Mexico State Board of Education, 1946
- Memoirs, by William Kelener, 1969
- Monte Usted al Caballo Cuarto de Milla
- Navajo Creation Myth, told by Hasteen Klah, Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1960 (revised)
- New Mexico Blue Book, 1949-1950
- New Mexico Gubernatorial Inaugurations, 1955-1975
- Not Ordered by Men, by T. D. Allen, 1967
- Official Program, Rodeo de Santa Fe, 1950-1979
- Pecos River Commission of New Mexico and Texas, by Robert T. Lingle and Dee Linford, 1961
- Pictorial New Mexico, edited by George Fitzpatrick, 1949
- Plant Uses by New Mexico's Early Natives, by Oleta Merry Boyce, 1974
- Rails that Climb, Rails that Climb, by Edward T. Bollinger, 1950
- Rodeo de Santa Fe Program
- Social Studies Tentative Guides for High School Teachers. Approved by New Mexico State Board of Education, 1946
- Third Annual Life-Technics Conference Ghost Ranch Conference Center Oct. 12 &13, 1974. New Mexico Solar Energy Association. (Bound by Rydal Press)
- This is New Mexico, edited by George Fitzpatrick, 1948
- Vaquero to DominIc, by Alfonso Esquibel, 1978
- Wagon Days in Red River, by Winfred Oldham Hamilton, 1957
Processing Information
In November 2017, publications were removed from the collection for cataloguing. Supply catalogues, manuals, advertisements for products were sampled. At the same time, boxes were consolidated and renumbered.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Rydal Press Collection, 1947-1978 (bulk 1970-1977)
- Status
- Approved
- Date
- ©2000; ©2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 433 BC::Rydal Press Collection)//EN" "nmu1mss433bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu