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THE OLD SCHOOL PRESS
Recorded voices from the world of printing:
Vivian Ridler, Printer to the
University of Oxford
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2003 |
In this
conversation recorded in January 2003, Martyn Ould talks to Vivian Ridler, who was Printer to
the University Press, Oxford from 1958 to 1978, having joined as Assistant
Printer to Charles Batey in 1948. The conversation was recorded at his home
in Oxford during my research for Stanley Morison & 'John Fell'.
Our conversation was principally therefore around the production of
Morison's John Fell, the University press and the 'Fell types.
We would like to thank the Ridler family for permission to include these
recordings in our archive. The photo of Ridler
above was taken in 1967 (copyright OUP). |
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Part 1. Morison's
approach to the John Fell book, and his religion. Harry Carter at
the Press. |
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Part 2. The process from
drafting through to printing John Fell. |
(14:19) |
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Part 3. Financing
John Fell. The Fell Fascicules. Printing John Fell. (A kettle
is boiled for tea towards the end.) |
(12:37) |
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Part 4. The conversation
starts about Brook Crutchley, Printer to Cambridge University. Morison's
visits to the Press. key figures of early twentieth-century printing (the
Simons, Meynell, etc). Oxford Printers Hall, Batey, and Johnson. |
(6:42) |
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Copyright
© Martyn Ould 2007.
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