Wolverine Press

Wolverine Press Wolverine Press is the letterpress studio of the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Mi Wolverine Press is directed by Fritz Swanson.

MFA students from the Helen Zell Writers' Program staff it as printer's Devils. The primary work of the press is the production of short run editions of contemporary art, poetry and fiction. These editions are given as gifts at events hosted by the University of Michigan. The shop is equipped with the Moran Type Collection, purchased from the estate of John Moran of Muskegon, Michigan. The press,

a 10x15 Chandler and Price Old Style manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio at the start of the last century, was purchased from the estate of Thomas Trumble of Parma, Michigan. The press was operated by Tom and his wife Suzy. The Trumbles purchased it from Lee Chamberlain, then owner of Lee Printing, formerly The Parma News Publishing Company. That company had been previously owned by Chase Osborn III, grandson of the late Governor. Governor Chase Osborn Sr. gave the Parma News (and the press) to his grandson in 1939.

Title page from Dick Hyman’s 1972 COCKEYED AMERICANA.
05/24/2022

Title page from Dick Hyman’s 1972 COCKEYED AMERICANA.

Some kind of tomato book.
05/24/2022

Some kind of tomato book.

I’m cleaning the illustration archive. Searching for the next cool thing to go into the .
05/24/2022

I’m cleaning the illustration archive. Searching for the next cool thing to go into the .

This little Line-O-Scribe is adorable!
05/14/2022

This little Line-O-Scribe is adorable!

05/07/2022

04/23/2022
I’m thinking deeply about the serious responsibility of preserving the Gregory Jackson Walters Typographic Archive.
04/23/2022

I’m thinking deeply about the serious responsibility of preserving the Gregory Jackson Walters Typographic Archive.

The Greg Walters move has begun. If you want to help, email me at fgs@umich.edu subject line: I want to move Greg’s stuf...
04/22/2022

The Greg Walters move has begun. If you want to help, email me at [email protected] subject line: I want to move Greg’s stuff

I took apart the little Line O Scribe.
04/17/2022

I took apart the little Line O Scribe.

Made some press acquisitions for
04/16/2022

Made some press acquisitions for

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Ann Arbor, MI
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