English
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Dolmen Press Collection, Design and Printing Series
MS1002
14.3 Linear Feet
11 record cartons
1945-1987
The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. The printing division was opened in the late 1950s as an additional revenue source, and was eventually shut down in 1979.
This series consists of correspondence, typescripts, proofs, art, galleys, reviews, paste-ups, dust jackets, samples and other information relating to the printing division of the Dolmen Press and the free-lance design work of Liam Miller. The documents range in date from 1955 to 1987, with the bulk of the documents dating from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. All materials in this series dated after the 1979 closing of the printing division are solely the design work of Liam Miller.
Biographical and Historical Note
The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. The scope of the press grew to include prose literature by Irish authors as well as a broad range of critical works about Irish literature and theater. The printing division was opened in the late 1950s as an additional revenue source, and was eventually shut down in 1979. The division took printing jobs from publishers as well as theaters, art galleries, businesses and individuals. In addition to publishing, Liam Miller was also a book designer. Liam Miller's major design projects stemmed from the post-Vatican II changes to the Catholic Church missals, mass books, etc. Occasionally, jobs for the printing division were also works that Liam designed.
Collection Overview
This series consists of correspondence, typescripts, proofs, art, galleys, reviews, paste-ups, dust jackets, samples and other information relating to the printing division of the Dolmen Press and the free-lance design work of Liam Miller. The documents range in date from 1955 to 1987, with the bulk of the documents dating from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. All materials in this series dated after the 1979 closing of the printing division are solely the design work of Liam Miller. Major publishers and businesses featured in this series include Abbey Theatre, Columba Press, Brian Coyle, Dawson Gallery, T.P. Donnelly, Douglas Hyde Gallery, W.A. Dwiggins, Thomas Flanagan, Four Masters Press, Seamus Heaney, Irish Georgian Society, Irish Times Ltd., Kingdom Books, Lilliput Press, Liturgical Books, Wolf Mankowitz, Merrill Moore, National Gallery of Ireland, Brendan O'Reilly, Pilgrim Press, Anthony Porter, Talbot Press, Thoor Ballylee, Veritas Press, Ward River Press, William Morris Society, Wolfhound Press, and The Yeats Association.
Series List
Missing Title
- By publisher.
Missing Title
- Abbey Theatre
- Authors and publishers -- Ireland -- 20th century
- Columba Press
- Dawson Gallery
- Douglas Hyde Gallery
- Four Masters Press
- Liturgical Press
- Miller, Liam
- Publishers and publishing -- Ireland -- 20th century
- Private Press Books -- Ireland -- 20th century
- Printing -- Ireland -- 20th century
- Veritas Press
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], MS 1002, Dolmen Press Collection, Design and Printing Series, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Josephine Miller, September 1987.
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer O'Brien Roper, September, 2004
Encoded by Jennifer O'Brien Roper, November, 2004
Abbey Theatre1968-1971ProgramCorrespondence783Airlie Stud1977VariousCorrespondence, printing notes784Alex Tarbet Limited1977-1978Various catalogs and prospectusesCorrespondence, proofs, mock-ups785Arlen House Publishers1980-1981Boland, Eavan - In Her Own ImageCorrespondence, proofs, printing notes786Assisi Press1957McClean, Lucius - Father Luke Wadding, Irishman and FranciscanGalleys787Atlantis Magazine1971-1973Printing notes, galleys788Proofs9Proofs, publications10Book House Ireland1983StationeryCorrespondence, mock-ups7811Brown Thomas Gallery1970VariousCorrespondence, samples, mock-ups7812Building Centre Dublin1962ForgnanCorrespondence, mock-ups, samples7813Cadenus Press1978Mahony, Robert - Different Styles of PoetryPrinting notes7814Celtic Art, Toronto1986O'Driscoll, Robert and Reynolds, Lorna - Untold Story, the Irish in CanadaCorrespondence, printing notes7815Claddagh Records1966-1976VariousCorrespondence, art, mock-ups7816Clo Cors Fharrarge1979An AifreannCorrespondence, proofs, printing notes7817Columba Press1984-1985Corrrespondence, stationery7818Swords, Liam - And We Shall Be ChangedMock-up, printing notes19Flannery, Austin - Freedom to Hope?Printing notes, press release20Irish Church TodayMock-up, printing notes21McArdle, Jack - It's Really Very SimpleMock-ups, printing notes22Large print prayer booksProofs, mock-up, printing notes23Earley, Ciaran - Alive, Alive Oh!Mock-up, printing notes24Rite of Christian Initiation of AdultsCorrespondence, proofs, mock-up, printing notes25State of AffairsMock-up26Macreamoinn, Sean - When Does the Celebrating Start?Mock-up27Con Levanthal Scholarship Committee1984O'Brien, Eoin - A.J. Levanthal, 1896-1979Correspondence, mock-up7828Costello Publishing CompanyundatedLiturgical CalendarProof photocopies7829Coyle, Brian1982Artists for AmnestyCorrespondence, typescript, mock-up, printing notes7830Dummy, proofs7831Crown PublishersundatedScope and Contents note
Ireland's Living VoicesDust jacket, printing notes7832Cumann Luth Gael Chleas1984BrochureCorrespondence, mock-ups, printing notes7833Dave, Gerald1985KrinoCorrespondence, printing notes7834David Feldman Ltd.1968Price List of Items in "The Handbook of Philately"Mock-up7835David Hendriks Gallery1972-1977VariousSample invitations791Dawson Gallery1973-1978VariousSample invitations, catalogs2Donnelly, T. P.1978Addstraw and Castlederg HistoryCorrespondence, printing notes3Douglas Hyde Gallery1985-1986Lambert, Gene - Work From a Dark Roomno contentCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes4Art, proofs5Dromoland Castle1979-1985BookletCorrespondence, printing notes, publication6Dublin Dicesan Pilgrimage1980Lourdes: Pilgrim's HandbookCorrespondence, printing notes, publication7Dublin Gate Theatre1978StationeryCorrespondence, mock-up8Dublin Society for Renaissance Music1953ProgramTypescript, publication9Dublin Theatre Group1952ProgramCorrespondence, proofs, mock-up10Dublin TourismundatedCertificatePrinting notes, sample11Dun Laoghaire Technical Institute1961-1962VariousCorrespondence, printing notes, publications12Dwiggins, W. A.1978StationerySample13E. J. Dwyer1977CatalogueMock-up, publication14English Language Institute1978CertificatesCorrespondence, printing notes15Five Lamps Press1975-1979Marquis de Goulaine: a Family, a River, a Region, and its WinesProofs, paste-up, printing notes16Flanagan, Thomas, 1923-undatedYear of the FrenchPaste-up17Four Courts Press1978-1979Escrivá de Balaguer, José María, Saint, 1902-1975 - Holy RosaryCorrespondence, galleys, mock-up, printing notes18Four Masters1975Molloy, John - Alive, Alive Oh!Correspondence, photographs, printing notes19Behan, BrendanBorstal BoyCorrespondence, mock-upO'Brien, Nora Connolly - James Connolly : Portait of a Rebel FatherCorrespondence, mock-up, paste-upGael-Linn1979Aifreann ui Riada 2Correspondence, typescript, printing notes22O'Driscoll, Treasa - Farewell But WheneverCorrespondence, art, poster23Harp Festival BrochuresCorrespondence, printing notes, publication24Gresham Hotel (Dublin, Ireland)1970CrestCorrespondence, designs25Heaney, Seamus1974-1975UgolinoCorrespondence, proofs, galleys26Heaton Family1960InvitationProofs, printing notes27I. B. Jorgensen1974-1979VariousSample invitations, note paper28Institute of Public Administration (Ireland)1980-1986Roche, Desmond - Local Government in IrelandCorrespondence, mock-ups29Maher, D.J. - Tortuous PathCorrespondence, mock-up, paste-up, dust jacket, printing notes30International Freedom Institute1977-1985BroadsideCorrespondence, proofs, art, notes31Irish Association1972StationeryCorrespondence, samples32Irish Central Library for Students1978LabelsCorrespondence33Irish Chess Club1964Irish Chess Club Centenary BookCorrespondence, estimate34Irish Folklore Council1974-1980BealoideasCorrespondence, mock-up, dust jacket35Irish Georgian Society1958-1964VariousCorrespondence, typescript, art36JournalInvitations, announcements, newsletter, printing notes37Irish P.E.N.1971-1973Correspondence, conference materials801Conference Proceedings proofs2Irish Times, Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland)1984-1985Book of the Twentieth Centuryno contentCorrespondence, dust jacket, printing notes3Mock-up, publication4Modern Irish Stories from the Irish TimesCorrespondence, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes5Kingdom Books1985-1986CrucifiedCorrespondence, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes6Gaughan, J. Anthony - Knights of GlinCorrespondence, dust jacket, printing notes7Political OdysseyCorrespondence, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes8Thomas JohnsonCorrespondence, proofs, dust jacket9Lamb, Katharine, 1970-Scope and Contents note
MarianellaCorrespondence, printing notes10Let's Celebrate!undatedProofs, musicno content11Lilliput Press1986LogoCorrespondence, mock-up, publication12Liturgical Books1974-1983Correspondence, unidentified proofno content13Book for the ChairCorrespondence, printing notes14Holy Week BookletGalleys15Lectionary (Veritas Missal)Correspondence, Printing notes16Galleys17Proofs8018-20Missal symbolsArt21Rite of Annointing and Pastoral Care of the SickCorrespondence, proofs22Roman MissalCorrespondence, 1972-June, 197423Correspondence1974 August-September811Correspondence1974-1976 October 812Printing notes3Art, mock-ups4Mock-ups5Proofs816-11Proofs821-9Roman Missal: U.S. SacramentaryCorrespondence, printing notes, specimen pages9Season of ChristmasProofs, publication, binding samples10Veritas Mass BooksCorrespondence, proofs, dummies11Veritas MissalCorrespondence, printing notes8212Mock-ups831Music proofs832Proofs833-5Liturgy Centre1974-1975VariousCorrespondence, mock-up, paste-up6Magee, Brian1985Readings for Your WeddingCorrespondence, proofs7Makem, Tommy1970Record SleeveCorrespondence, printing notes, invoice8Mankowitz, Wolf1971-1979Ahakista FablesCorrespondence, typescript9Samson RiddleCorrespondence, typescript10McGarry, Jim1979PostcardsCorrespondence, photographs11McMahon, Frank1971-1975Brendan Behan's Borstal BoyProofs12Minch, Norton and Company1978StationeryCorrespondence, printing notes13Moore, Merrill1903-1957EgoCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes14Moreau, Tony1986Mass CardsMock-up, printing notes15Mountrath River Bank Committee1974Riverside Variety Show ProgramTypescript, publication16National Gallery of Ireland1968-1976VariousInvitations17Irish Watercolours, 1675-1925Typescript, proofs, galleys, printing notes18National Industrial Economic Council1968-1976StationeryCorrespondence, proofs, printing notes19Nationalist1983-1984Scope and Contents note
DesignsCorrespondence, street sign design, cover design20O'Donnell, Roger J.1960CatalogueCorrespondence, samples21O'Reilly, Brendan1951StationeryCorrespondence, sample22Outlook Magazine1980-1981LogoCorrespondence, mock-up, publication23Patterson, James E. W.1957-1962Echoes from IrelandCorrespondence, dust jacket, printing notes24Nil DesperandumCorrespondence, proofs, dust jacket25Paulist American Ordo1976-1978Order of PrayerCorrespondence, proofs, printing notes26Penguin Books Ltd.1971-1973Book designsSpecimen pages, guide sheets, notes841Philatelic Section, Department of Posts1976-1983Postage Stamps of Ireland, 1922-1982Correspondence, printing notes2Printing notes3Mock-ups, proofs4Paste-up, proofs5Pilgrim Press, 1985-Seeing is BelievingProofs, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes6Porter, Anthony1986Manuscript TreasuresCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes7Rainbow Publications1984-1986O'Connor, Laurence, Lost Irelandno contentCorrespondence, art, mock-up, printing notes8Proofs9Nineteen FourteenCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes10Rights of Man Foundation1980StationeryCorrespondence, mock-up, finished product11Ritchie Hendriks Gallery1960Scope and Contents note
VariousSample catalogs, stationery12Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland1967-1968Scope and Contents note
VariousCorrespondence, mock-ups, printing notes, sample forms, diplomas, etc.13Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts1962-1970Scope and Contents note
Exhibition CatalogsSamples14Ryan, John and Stafford, John1984Scope and Contents note
SevenCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes15Sáirséal-Ó-Marcaigh1985Scope and Contents note
Ó Cadhain, Máirtín, Cré na cilleCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes16Setanta Gallery, Dublin1974-1978Scope and Contents note
VariousSample invitations, notepaper17Smith, S.undatedScope and Contents note
Irish BlessingColor mock-up18St. Fintan's Mountrath1985Scope and Contents note
CrestCorrespondence, designs19St. Vincent de Paul ShopundatedScope and Contents note
VariousMock-ups, printing notes20Storm Publishers1955-1958Scope and Contents note
Gode, Alexander, 1906-1970, Dece ContosCorrespondence, proofs, galleys, mock-ups, printing notes21Homo Sonetticus MoorensisCorrespondence, typescripts22Proofs23Taibhdhearc na gaillimhe1978Scope and Contents note
VariousCorrespondence, samples24Talbot Press1974-1977Scope and Contents note
Altar Book for the Holy YearProofs25Divine OfficeCorrespondence851Printing notes, proofs2Proofs3Jesus Christ, Our LordDust jacket4Mass for the Holy YearGalleys5Prayer Book for the Holy YearCorrespondence, printing notes6Guide sheets, paste-up7Proofs8Proofs9Proofs10Rome GuideCorrespondence, printing notes, research, clippings11Veritas MissalGalleys12Veritas Missal: Supplement for IrelandProofs, galleys13Word in SeasonCorrespondence, proofs, galleys, dust jacket, printing notes14Theatre Ireland1982Scope and Contents note
Order SheetPrinting notes, theater literature15Thoor Ballylee1975-1976Scope and Contents note
Post cardsCorrespondence16Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)undatedScope and Contents note
BookplatesProspectus, progressive color proofs, sample17Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), College Singers1954Scope and Contents note
ProgramPrinting notes, sample18Veritas Publications1975-1986Scope and Contents note
General correspondenceno content861Amen AlleleuiaCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes2An CointeartuPublication3Pye, Patrick Apples and AngelsCorrespondence, art, galleys, mock-up, photographs4Lennon, James Book of Family PrayerGalleys, dust jacket5Philbin, William J. Bright InvisibleCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes6Neary, Donal Calm Beneath the StormCorrespondence, mock-up, paste-up, printing notes7Celebration of MarriageCorrespondence, proofs, mock-up, printing notes8Christian JourneyMock-up, printing notes, research9Directory of Adult Religious EducationMock-up, printing notes10Eucharistic PrayerCorrespondence, proofs, printing notes11EvangeliumCorrespondence, galleys, mock-ups, printing notes12Family ResourcesCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes13Getting Your Bible Group Off the GroundCorrespondence, typescript, mock-up, printing notes14Good News About DeathPublication15Irish Catholic DirectoryMock-up16IseaiaProofs, mock-ups, printing notes17Jesus is LordGalleys18Journey of FaithPublication19Letters to a Young PriestGalleys, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes20Liturgical Calendar for IrelandCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes21Liturgy of Holy WeekMock-up, printing notes22Love and LifeMock-up23Marriage BookletCorrespondence, proofs24Rooney, Lucy; Faricy, Robert L., 1926- Mary, Queen of PeaceMock-up, printing notes25Bodley, Seóirse Mass of GloryPublications, printing notes26Masses with ChildrenCorrespondence, mock-up, paste-up, dust jacket, printing notes27Mount Oliver ReviewMock-up, printing notes28New Testament MessageMock-ups29Newman and GladstoneCorrespondence, printing notes30NovenasMock-up, printing notes, research, publication31Padre PioCorrespondence32Various Papal visit (1978) publicationsCorrespondence, art, printing notes, clippings33Mock-up, guide sheets34Proofs35Parish NewsletterCorrespondence, typescript, printing notes, publication36Pastoral Care of the SickMock-up, printing notes37Prayer Book for the People of GodCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes38Raw BarTypescript, proofs, printing notes39Reality of JesusTypescript, printing notes40Rediscovering the RosaryCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes41Regional Marriage Tribunal booklets and formsCorrespondence, proofs, mock-up, printing notes, publication42Rite of ConfirmationPublication871Rite of MarriageTypescript, mock-up, printing notes2Rite of PenanceMock-up3Sacraments, a Pastoral DirectoryCorrespondence, galleys, printing notes4Saint ThereseCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes5Saint Lorcan O TuathailCorrespondence, publication6Veritas HymnalCorrespondence, proofs, galleys, dust jacket, printing notes7Veritas Parish Mass BookCorrespondence, mock-up, printing notes, publication8Veritas Publications 1981Correspondence, art, mock-up, printing notes9WayProofs, galleys10Wedding of Your OwnMock-up, printing notes11Wallis' Bakery1982-1983Scope and Contents note
VariousCorrespondence, mock-ups, printing notes, wrappers11Ward River Press1982-1985Scope and Contents note
General correspondenceno content13Hickey, Kieran, 1936- and Hickey, Des, Faithful DepartedProofs, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes, prospectus14O'Sullivan, T.F., Goodly BarrowCorrespondence, art, dust jacket, printing notes15Irish HouseMock-up, printing notes16Louis Le BrocquyCorrespondence, proofs, dust jacket, printing notes, prospectus17Portrait of Irish MedicineCorrespondence, art, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes18ReconstructionsMock-up, printing notes19Robert BallaghProofs, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes20Samuel BeckettTypescript21Wexford Festival1956Scope and Contents note
ProgramCorrespondence22William Morris Society1960Scope and Contents note
Handlist of the Public Addresses of Wm. MorrisProofs, typescript23Wolfhound Press1985Scope and Contents note
McCrum, Seán and Lambert, Gordon, Living With Art: David HendriksCorrespondence, mock-up, dust jacket, book award certificate24White, James, 1913- and Bewick, Pauline, Pauline Bewick: a Painting LifeCorrespondence, mock-up, dust jacket, printing notes25Workshop PressScope and Contents note
Mankowitz, Wolf, XII Poemsno contentCorrespondence, printing notes26Proofs27Yeats AssociationScope and Contents note
StationerySamples28Samples1956-1978Scope and Contents note
Sample bookno content29Sample book881-3Bookplates4Christmas cards5Commercial advertisement and signs6Exhibition catalogs7Invitations8Programs9Stationery10Tickets11Wedding invitations and programs12Miscellaneous8813-14Unidentified Religious Texts1975-1979Scope and Contents note
Proofs8815-16Miscellaneous1954-1984Scope and Contents note
Proofs, samples, notesno content17