24-N. The Stone House Press-(1995) William J. Smith, The Cyclist

Folders numbered nineteen through thirty-three contain material relating to DePol’s long term involvement with private presses arranged by press. As the collection has grown, the representation scheme has expanded. Ideally, every folder would have a unique number. Where this has not proven to be possible, we have given it a number followed by a letter. Some presses have a unique number and several letters that relate to the titles of books, projects, printed ephemera, correspondence and miscellaneous material. The lettering scheme is unfortunately somewhat elaborate. (Bowne & Co. runs to seven folders, A-G. The Stone House Press runs to eighteen folders, A-R.)

Some presses do not have a unique number. To keep the private presses section together, and to keep this section within the larger overall numbering scheme, we have had to assign a single unique letter to some presses—those not present in the original scheme. Since the Private Press Section originally ended with folder thirty-four, each subsequent addition is represented by number thirty-three and a unique letter. So, for example, the Helianthus Press has been assigned Thirty-three A, the Privateer Press, Thirty-three B, the Buttonmaker Press, Thirty-three C, the Bullnettle, Thirty-three D, etc.