Oberlin's Women: A Legacy of Leadership & Activism

Letterpress Printing Project

From January 6 through 29th, a group of Oberlin College students took part in an intensive experience learning how to set moveable type, create linocut illustrations, and use of two types of hand-operated presses. Under the guidance of experienced printers Robert (Bob) Kelemen and Edward Vermue, Head of Special Collections and Preservation in the Mary Church Terrell Main Library, the students designed and printed their own material and contributed to a project commissioned as part of the woman suffrage centennial celebrations. 

This page has paths:

  1. About This Project Megan Mitchell

Contents of this path:

  1. The Commission
  2. Rules for the Commission
  3. The Participants
  4. Printmaking in Action
  5. The Posters