Imperial Press, Massey College Print Shop

In order to preserve and pass on skills in letterpress printing and the care of its collection of nineteenth-century hand presses, the Massey College Print Shop and the Robertson Davies Library have partnered with the Book History and Print Culture Collaborative Program to apprentice students in the program and the Massey Junior Fellowship to the Master Printer, Brian Maloney.

By accepting the position of Printing Apprentice, each Apprentice also commits him or herself to serve as a Printing Fellow in the following academic year. Apprentices will learn the basic skills of typesetting, registration, presswork, distribution, and principles of letterpress design. Apprentices will also assist in the maintenance of the shop including sorting spacing, distributing type and the other organizational tasks required to keep the presses in working order.

The Massey Printing Fellow is selected through application from the Massey Junior Fellowship and assists in the design and printing of various keepsakes and other items in support of the Massey Print Shop.

The BHPC Printing Fellow is selected through application from students in the Book History and Print Culture Collaborative Program, and is responsible for demonstrating the presses to classes and holding limited office hours in the shop to field questions from interested students. The apprenticeship is a one-year commitment that automatically leads into the fellowship in the second year.

2012 MASSEY PRINTING APPRENTICES

Elizabeth Krasner (Massey Junior Fellow, Architecture, MARC)
Andrea Stuart (Massey Junior Fellow, MUS/BHPC, MA)

2012 BHPC PRINTING APPRENTICE

Chelsea Jeffrey (Massey Junior Fellow, MSL/BHPC)

CURRENT PRINTING FELLOWS

Lindsey Eckert (Massey Junior Fellow, ENG/BHPC, PhD)
Elisa Tersigni (Massey Junior Fellow, ENG/BHPC, PhD)