A Collection Finding Guide to the Peter and Donna Thomas Hand Papermaking Collection at the University of Iowa
This is a collection finding guide to the Peter and Donna Thomas Hand Papermaking Collection held at the University of Iowa. Use this links in paragraphs 2 and 4 below to access the UI library catalog or UI ArchivesSpace. Abstract The Peter and Donna Thomas Hand Papermaking Collection at the University of Iowa contains a variety of books, ephemera and examples of handmade paper, mostly from the 20th and early 21st centuries. These items document the history, materials, machinery and techniques, as well as the artists that helped shape the world of hand papermaking in the 1970s-2000s. This collection is rich with rare or unique books on the subject of hand papermaking, impossible to find ephemera, and paper swap collections, as well as other papermaking/paper related items discovered in the course of the Thomas’ scholarly work researching various aspects of the craft and its history. The books in the Thomas Collection are held in the Special Collections Library at the University of...