Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02
Remarkable Repository OF
Relics and Data on Printing

1T Is "a singular fact that the TIT.
proser,ati,c of AN arts' has failed
fo record ts own carly history,
Mainly upon Legendary evidence
Cutcnbcrg has boon declared the IN
vcntor ot printing from movable types
These lcrcnds have au boon attacked
ANA Weakened py historians The last
history cf printing BOB America was
pabushtd by isaiah Thomas tn lblo.
l,.,er5 "a fcu pamphlets and magazine
articles There have been uo additions
q. fne researches OF Thomas. ln thls
interval 20 "a century much of the dath
re.ps-sry to continuation OF lhom
as.s history have been destroyed ruch
"a history, JOB addition Co recording lhe
admitted paramount oducdilonal iu-
nucncc OF the art. would disclose lN9
rise to- the seventh place among the
greater Industries OF this country anu
Indicate the progressive stcns since
1S3S by which American inventive
genius has rovolutiouizcd printing proc
osscs and made the rest OF the Woil1
porsistent followers OF American me-
chanical methods.
There are few achievements OF more
farreaching benefit than the lnNeh-
lions Of the type casting machine Oy
press bv Hoe 10 1S41, the job piaten
press Of Gordon. the web perfectins
press OF Bullock, the punch ana ma
trix machine of Benton, the linotype
machine Of Mcrgenthaler. the halt tone
and three color processes ot Ives, IN.
automatic type-castins machine OF
Barth and the autoplatc machine OF
Wood. These or close limitations are
used in every country.
OLDEST FIRM.
The oldest concern manufacturing
printing materials iu America Us the
American Type Founders company.
which is the direct successor or Binuy
q donaldson Q1g6). White $500, Bruce
OSlO, the first type foundry IN the
west. the Cincinnati OSD: the FIRST
type foundry in New England, the Bos-
ton GStD: the first type foundry west
of the Mississippi. the St. Louis QSio).
and the first type foundry I'm chicago
the Chicago QS55), all leaders ln their
day and territory as their successor IS
now In all the world. Robert W. Mel
son. the president Of the American
Tyne Founders company and one or
the three founders of the American
Press association (Smith. Nelson. Cum
mings). in 1907 established the Typo
graphical Library and Museum with
the broad purpose OF preserving the
memory Of printers and the records OF
achievements in printing
This library. on a limited scale and
narrower scope was suggested by tho
writer Of this article When the sug-
gestion was put into execution by Mr..
Nelson he broadened the whole project
into one Of national Importance. With
out his initiative there would be no
library. and without his instant grasp
Of the possibilities Of such a library its
scope would have been a mere adjunct
to a business OF historical Importance.
Robert W. Nelson Is therefore the
founder OF this library which already
ranks with the famous typographical
Libraries Of Europe.
A PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
The Typographical library and NIu-
scum is house I'm a room e by "A feet
In the general offices ~ the type COM
pany 800 Communipaw avenue. Jersey
city. IA minutes from the Liberty
street ferry in New York city. Il Ia an
officially recognized public library.
open 10 the public with librarian In
charge. II contains about 1000 volumes
relating to the history Of printing. type
founding paper. plate-maldng, book
binding and journalism. II has hum
dreds Of pictures relating TO these arts
A prominent feature Is a gallery ~
life size portraits OF inoSe VINO nave
done the most 20 advance the art in
America In the central home OF the
American type founding industry Ott-
mar Mergenthaler Il thus honorod
Here are the reports. histories and
souvenir publications Of publishers and
printers associations and societies
those Of employer and employe alikel
from the beginning Of such associd-
lions
r4.ra ono ,,,ax, san tbo grat o4tor,nts
in many dlrections-the first book