TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Additional Material
Description of Series
Jack D. Rittenhouse Papers, 1949-1988 and
undated
|
Jack D. Rittenhouse:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1949-1988 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
|
|
|
|
|
Creator |
Rittenhouse, Jack D. |
|
Title: |
Jack D. Rittenhouse Papers,
|
|
Dates: |
1949-1988 and
undated |
|
Abstract: |
The collection
consists of items produced by Jack D. Rittenhouse in his advertising and
printing businesses from 1949-1988 and undated. |
|
Collection # |
S1643.1 |
|
Quantity: |
1 small box (0.3
linear feet) |
|
Language |
English. |
|
Repository: |
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Jack DeVere Rittenhouse began printing in 1946 from Los Angeles before
relocating to Sierra Madre, California in 1949, then Houston, Texas
(1951-1962), and finally Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1962. He retired in 1978. His
private press was originally known as the Jack Rittenhouse Advertising Agency
before he changed the name to the Stagecoach Press in 1949. His first
successful publication was a book entitled, The Man Who
Owned Too Much (1958). Rittenhouse is deceased.
Return to the Table of Contents
The collection contains printed ephemera from Jack Rittenhouse's estate.
They are mostly samples of materials produced from the Jack Rittenhouse
Advertising Agency and Stagecoach Press. Such items include letterheads,
envelopes, annoucements and invitations, prospectuses, catalogues and
booklists, business cards, typographic proof sheets, Christmas cards, order
forms and invoices, certificates, broadsides, and dust jackets. Some hand notes
are included.
Return to the Table of Contents
|
|
|
Organization |
|
The collection is organized by types of materials. |
Return to the Table of Contents
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Return to the Table of Contents
|
|
|
|
|
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
|
Subjects (Persons) |
|
|
Rittenhouse, Jack D., 1912- |
|
Organizations |
|
|
Stagecoach Press |
|
|
Jack Rittenhouse Advertising Agency |
|
Subjects |
|
|
Printing companies--New Mexico |
|
|
Printing companies--Texas |
|
|
Printing companies--California |
Return to the Table of Contents
|
|
|
|
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections: |
|
|
- Las Vegas, New Mexico city map reproduction, O8.10
|
Return to the Table of Contents
Jack D. Rittenhouse Papers, 1949-1988 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection accession #(s):
2003-0097-X
Purchased, 2003
Abel Ramirez, August 2003
Return to the Table of Contents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rittenhouse, Jack D.
Writings and Publications of Jack D. Rittenhouse
and His Stagecoach Press: Rittenhouse Exhibit. Commerce, Texas: East
Texas State University, Library, 1983. |
Return to the Table of Contents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Jack D. Rittenhouse Papers, 1949-1988 and
undated |
| Folder |
| 1 |
|
|
Annoucements and Invitations,
1951-1970 and
undated |
| Folder |
| 2 |
|
|
Annoucements for meetings at "El Corral de Santa Fe
Westerners,"
1950s-1960s |
| Folder |
| 3 |
|
|
Business Cards, various,
1950s-1970s |
| Folder |
| 4 |
|
|
Christmas Cards and Keepsakes,
1956-1988 |
| Folder |
| 5 |
|
|
Envelope samples,
1950s-1960s |
| Folder |
| 6 |
|
|
Letterheads and Invoices, samples,
1950s-1960s |
| Folder |
| 7 |
|
|
Miscellaneous pieces of printed material: certificates,
maps, broadsides, dust jackets, etc.,
1950s-1970s |
| Folder |
| 8 |
|
|
"New Mexico Book League"
publications, (13 issues)
1964-1967
|
| Folder |
| 9 |
|
|
Notes and Addresses for American Private Presses,
1951-1962 |
| Folder |
| 10 |
|
|
Postcards, order forms, and labels,
1950s-1960s |
| Folder |
| 11 |
|
|
Prospectuses for Stagecoach Press,
1950s-1960s |
| Folder |
| 12 |
|
|
Prospectuses for Stagecoach Press Books, various sizes,
1950s-1960s |
| Folder |
| 13 |
|
|
Samples, paste-ups, notes, and comments concerning
Rittenhouse Advertising and Stagecoach Press,
1949-1954 |
| Folder |
| 14 |
|
|
Stagecoach Press Book catalogues and lists,
1951-1966 |
| Folder |
| 15 |
|
|
Typographic proof sheets,
1950s-1960s |
Return to the Table of Contents
|
