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Comments on early interest in typography and work in the east before coming to California; his work for the Monotype Composition Company in San Francisco, and the formation of Mackenzie and Harris; San Francisco fine printing tradition; Bruce Rogers, Frederic W. Goudy, the Taylor brothers, John Henry Nash, the Grabhorns, the Kennedys, and printers; labor relations in printing industry in San Francisco; interest in Book Club of California, the Roxburghe Club, etc. Photographs and a copy of memorial tribute written by Ruth Teiser inserted.

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Title
Carroll Timanus Harris, Conversations on type and printing; tape recorded interview conducted by Ruth Teiser in 1967
Creator
interviewee., Harris, Carroll Timanus, 1891-1975,
interviewer., Teiser, Ruth,
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000189
Subject (Corporate)
Mackenzie & Harris.
Book Club of California.
Subject (Topic)
Printers California -- San Francisco.
Type and type-founding California -- San Francisco.
Labor unions California.
Imprimeurs Californie -- San Francisco.
Syndicats Californie.
Geographic Coverage
United States -- California -- Berkeley.
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Audio
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Oral histories.
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The Library
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