PAST PROGRAM

Caxton Printers of Idaho: A Century of Publishing in the American West

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
6:00 pm
 - 7:15 pm
 (PT)
Pasadena Heritage | 160 N. Oakland Avenue | Pasadena, CA 91101

James H. Gipson founded Caxton Printers as a small print shop in rural Idaho over a century ago. During the following decades, Caxton grew to publish hundreds of books across all genres—primarily about the American West. Gipson’s philosophy was to help writers from the West get published, regardless of the commercial success of their books. Learn how a tiny publisher in Idaho survived and competed with larger firms and made an impact on the history of the American West and California.

An in-person presentation by Alessandro Meregaglia, archivist, librarian, historian, and associate professor, Boise State University, Idaho

** The Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trade in California and the West **