{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of records for publications bearing the Red Ozier Press imprint. Each publication has its own folder or series of folders, with oversize items filed separately. Within a series of folders, items generally maintain their original order and foldering, though bulky files have been subdivided as necessary; still the internal \"order\" is largely random.</p> <p>The records include incoming correspondence from authors; a small amount of outgoing correspondence, primarily from Steve Miller; authors' typescripts; correspondence from papermakers, bookbinders, and artists commissioned to illustrate Red Ozier Press publications; galley, corrected, page, repro, and engravers' proofs; paste-ups; layout sheets; notes, paper and binding samples; press overrun sheets; prospectuses; and some correspondence and invoices pertaining to book sales. Some original artwork is also included, though most was evidently retained by the artists. For those Red Ozier Press books which were later republished in trade editions, the files contain correspondence with the trade publishers and miscellaneous production materials. Some files contain photographs of authors' visits to the Red Ozier Press establishment and various receptions and publication parties. The zinc blocks used for printing the illustrations to Red Ozier Press books have been placed in Series 5. Although a few copies of Red Ozier Press books, complete as published, remain in the archive, almost all have been removed and cataloged for the Rare Book Division.</p> <p>The documentation provided for each Red Ozier Press publication varies significantly but generally is quite extensive. However, a few publications have no documentation whatever. Records are fullest for those works which were reprinted in trade editions, were technically more complex to produce, required greater financial resources, or involved greater collaborative efforts with author, artist, and binder. By far the largest group of records is that for William Faulkner's Father Abraham, produced in cooperation with the New York Public Library and later published in a trade edition by Random House.</p> <p>Although the bulk of the records relates directly to the printing of each work, much of the correspondence is more wide-ranging. For those authors who formed particularly strong and enduring friendships with Steve Miller and Ken Botnick - e. g., Robert Bly, Guy Davenport, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Henri Ford, Edouard Roditi, and Diane Wakoski - the correspondence reveals much about their lives and literary art. Likewise, the records paint a particularly vivid and detailed portrait of Steve Miller, while Ken Botnick remains less well defined. Also included here are ephemera and correspondence relating to numerous poetry readings sponsored by the Red Ozier Press, as well as correspondence and some typescript manuscripts for publication projects contemplated but never undertaken.</p> <p>Miller and Botnick also supervised the printing of several other works undertaken as projects by their letterpress printing students. Records for these publications, which do not bear the Red Ozier imprint, are found in Series 4.</p>"}