Rare Books

[Annual Catalog] : Theosophical University Press 1985

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Description: "Today's theosophic movement in a modern presentation of this universal tradition and seeks to promote the brotherhood of humanity based on shared bonds of understanding and a higher view of life. To this end, our Press--the published activity of the Theosophical Society with international headquarters in Pasadena, California--focuses on producing and distributing quality theosophical literature."
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1985.
Call number: 491990:113
Creator: Theosophical University Press(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Robert Hine through several gifts, 1990-2004.

Group 645: University of Chicago Press

Manuscripts

This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.

mssMerrymount

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