Participant Info
- First Name
- George
- Last Name
- Chapman
- Press Name
- The Bruin Press
- City
- Mount Pleasant
- State
- IA
- Country
- United States
- gachap AT gmail.com
- Website or Blogsite
- Year You Started with Letterpress
- 1953
- How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing
Started working the week I graduated from high school (June 9, 1952 to be exact) at a new letterpress printed daily in my home town of West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Developed interest in hobby/commercial printing and acquired a Kelsey which I later traded for a brass armed Gordon. Did this for the four years I was in college (summers) and did not get serious about printing again until my wife and I bought the Silverton Standard and the Miner in 1976. Have been invloved in printing since then. Paper was sold in 1990.
- Presses & Equipment
8x12 C&P (OS), 8x12 Gordon (as above), paper cutter, and a mixed bag of type in various style cases and stands. Also have an active interest in the nationally known Printers' Hall which is here in Mount Pleasant.
- Education & Training
- BA in Psychology, Brown University
- Work History
- Other Interests & Hobbies
Antique Automobiles (working on a 1931 Chevrolet at this time), Historic residence upkeep.
- Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any
- APA, AAPA, NAPA, VMCCA, VCCA
- Birth Year
- 1934
- Your Photo or Press Photo
