Editing Cambridge University Library (section)

== Historical Printing Room ==
[[File:Historical Printing Room at the Cambridge University Library.png|thumb|A type cabinet showing an upper case and a lower case of Ehrhardt type in the HPR]] In addition to archives for some major figures in the history of typography and printing (Stanley Morison, Frances Meynell, etc), the Library hosts the Historical Printing Room.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Suzanne |date=2018-07-15 |title=Historical Printing Room |url=https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/rare-books/rare-books-collections/historical-printing-room |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.lib.cam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, [[Philip Gaskell]] as the Librarian of Trinity College set up a bibliographical teaching press similar to those at the [[Bodleian Library|Bodleian]], [[University College London]], and other institutions. The idea was to permit students to experience the historical process of letterpress printing themselves so they could better understand early book structure and the activities necessary to produce books. Classes began in 1974 and have continued to the present day.

Equipment in the HPR include Philip Gaskell's own [[Albion press|Albion iron hand press]], a small etching press, paper moulds made for [[William Morris]], and other equipment donated or loaned by [[Cambridge University Press]]. Research at the HPR is supported by significant archives at the CUL, including the Broxbourne collection of type specimens,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Suzanne |date=2018-07-13 |title=Broxbourne Collection |url=https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/rare-books/collections/broxbourne-collection |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.lib.cam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> the Chapbooks collection, and extensive archives of eminent printers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Suzanne |date=2017-02-27 |title=Printers' papers |url=https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/manuscripts-university-archives/significant-archival-collections/printers |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.lib.cam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>