About the Collection
Oberlin College Library’s Special Collections has identified hundreds of individual private presses distributed within its holdings.
It is not possible to search for these exclusively, and it is best to search by the press name. No complete inventory of our private press holdings is currently available, however our comprehensive collections include: Clerk’s Press which consists of the output of Charles Clinch Bubb's own press, and Peter Pauper Press (gift of the Beilenson family), each with over 100 items on our shelves, and we are well represented with such notable early 20th century private presses such as Thomas B. Mosher, Nonesuch, Shakespeare Head, Cuala, Merrymount, Ashendene, and others. Users should keyword search the name of the press and restrict the results in the Library tab to "Main Library Special Collections". In some cases these searches are already embedded as links in this document. Some small portion of our holdings are not yet searchable; do contact Special Collections for further information.
Written by Ed Vermue. Last updated August 2026.