• Mark Hancock interviewed about his career in bookbinding [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Mark Hancock discusses his career in bookbinding. He describes the many roles he has played in his bindery. He also talks about what his bindery did that was different when compared to other binderies.
• Jack Fairfield interviewed about his experiences as a bookbinder [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Jack Fairfield discusses his experiences as a bookbinder. He talks about how the industry has changed over time. He describes several different methods of bookbinding.
• Charles Cline interviewed about his roles in adhesive research and the evolution of the bookbinding industry [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Charles “Chuck” Cline, a chemist, worked in the bookbinding industry for over 30 years before starting his own company. He discusses his roles in adhesive research and development, mentors, changes in equipment and the ...
• Jim Larsen and Bruce Jacobsen discuss their experiences in the bookbinding industry [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Jim Larsen and Bruce Jacobsen discuss their experiences in the bookbinding industry. They describe how business has changed over time. They explain how much technology has affected this change and how technology itself has ...
• Jerry Flesher and Ian Flesher interviewed about their contributions to the bookbinding industry [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Jerry Flesher and Ian Flesher discuss their contributions to the bookbinding industry. They describe the machines and software they have designed to help bookbinders over their careers. They explain how technology has ...
• Connie Osborne, Don Osborne, and John Salistean describe working in the bookbinding industry from a business perspective [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Connie Osborne, Don Osborne, and John Salistean describe working in the bookbinding industry. They examine the bindery primarily from a business perspective. They also talk about the various ways the industry has changed ...
• Jack Tolbert interviewed about inheriting his family bindery [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Jack Tolbert describes his experiences in his family bindery. He talks about inheriting the company after working in it his entire life. He also discusses technology and how it changed over time.
• Robert Strauss discusses his career as the head of the University of Minnesota Library [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Robert Strauss discusses his career as the head of the University of Minnesota library. He describes several projects he has worked on. He also talks about what he did to improve his bindery.
• Robert Sibert discusses his career as a third generation bookbinder [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Robert Sibert discusses his career as a third generation bookbinder. He explains the history of the company and the many changes it has seen under his leadership. He describes a great deal of the technological advances ...
• Steve Roberts interviewed about his career as a marketer and CEO of a bindery [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Steve Roberts discusses being a marketer and CEO for a bindery. He describes the various roles and projects he has handled over his career. He offers a different view of the bookbinding industry with the view of it ...
• Lee Ogden and Jeremy Glick interviewed about their careers in commercial bookbinding and consolidation in the industry [sound recording]. 

  Pape, Whitney (2017)

  Lee Odgen of the HF Group and Jeremy “Jerry” Glick of Glick Bookbinding Corporation (which ultimately became part of the HF Group) discuss their careers working in the commercial bookbinding business. They discuss changes ...
• Lang Wightman interviewed about his career in bookbinding [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Lang Wightman discusses his career and the changes he has seen in the bookbinding profession. After two years at Hertzberg-New Method, he spent six years at Perfection Learning, where he set-up a complete bindery from ...
• Jay Fairfield interviewed about his father's bookbinding business [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Jay Fairfield recalls the history of his father's bookbinding business and how he came to work for his father. Much of the interview is spent describing the changes to the business and the binding industry over time.
• Robert Mauritz interviewed about his career and roles at Archival Products [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Robert J. (Rob) Mauritz discusses his early career in printing and his roles at Archival Products, which is a division of Library Binding Services. He describes the growth and change in the company, his mentors, character ...
• Michael Foley and Barclay Ogden interviewed about their work at UC-Berkeley Libraries [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Barclay Ogden and Michael Foley recall their experiences working for the University of California-Berkley. They describe the history of preservation at the University, the relationship between the bindery and the preservation ...
• Laura Cameron interviewed about her career at Stanford Libraries [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Laura Cameron recalls her experiences working for Stanford Libraries, Stanford University. She describes how she learned the trade of library binding, her mentors, the support she received from Stanford, and changes in ...
• Walter Wingo interviewed about his career in bookbinding [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Walter "Butch" Wingo talks about the many bookbinding positions he has had across the country, including his role at the Government Printing Office. He discusses his mentors and apprentices, unions, bookbinding technologies, ...
• Frederick James interviewed about his career in bookbinding [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Fritz James describes his career in bookbinding, from working at Hertzberg-New Method to purchasing LBS. He discusses how the industry changed over his time in the field. He talks about the many innovations in the industry ...
• Janice Comer interviewed on her career in preservation for libraries [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2017)

  Janice Comer describes developing preservation equipment and preservation enclosures for libraries. She spends a great deal of time discussing how the preservation field has changed over time. She talks about her mentors, ...
• Tim McKenna interviewed about his career as a salesman and mechanic for box-making machines [sound recording]. 

  Drewes, Jeanne (2018)

  Tim McKenna discusses being a salesman and mechanic for box-making machines. He helped many book binders over his career in this capacity. He also describes how the industry has changed over time, and will continue to change.

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