Biscuit City Press Archives (Mss. Gr. 177)

Series 1. Works of the press
Box 1
This series of three-ring notebooks contains samples of all the items printed at the Biscuit City Press from its inception January 31, 1970 to 1990. The works were printed on a Kelsey and later, starting March 1972, on the Albion printing press. Items, from business cards, programs, letter heads, booklets, reprints of historic tracks, broadsides, Christmas greetings, and samples of home made and marbled papers are all included in chronological order, pasted into sheets of paper in each notebook. Each item may contain information of when it was printed, edition statement, type face and paper identification and any other pertinent data related to the piece.

Series 2. Printed works
This series of four three-ring notebooks contains copies of works printed on the press. Many of these items are duplicates of what is found in the chronological sequence of notebooks found in Series I. These notebooks have samples of printing, drafts and working copies and proofs. One notebook, "Printing Ephemera Foreign and Domestic" contains printing samples from other presses. There are prospectus for BCP publications and multiple copies of some works. None of his hard bound books are found in this series, but there are sample pages on page proofs of the books.

The notebooks are filed in numerical sequence.

Series 3. General file
The General File consists of records created or used by Professor Gutchen that relate to the Biscuit City Press. Of importance is a two volume diary of the press, 1975-1980, and a sales journal, 1979-1980. Volume IX of the notebooks is in this file because more than two-thirds of its contents relate to Professor Gutchen’s involvement in and with theatrical productions of the University of Rhode Island Theatre Department. The notebook contains flyers and programs, and newspaper clippings from 1874-1990. The latter one-third contains samples of printing from other presses. The folders in the general file are listed alphabetically by subject. Volume IX is listed under University of Rhode Island Theatre.