File related chiefly to research into Thomas Bewick works held at UCLA and includes many photocopies of card catalogue entries for Bewick works as well as handwritten research notes.

Series contains a 5 subject files relating to specific projects or organizations, including the Bewick Society, a bookbinding project of bookbinder Joanne Sonnischen, the publication of a Thomas Bewick bibliography by the University of California Los Angeles, a talk on Bewick given by Gordon Williams, and events related to Bewick held at the Grolier Club in New York.

Includes book prospectuses sent to the Jerry and Geraldine Cole for private press works, including from the September Press and Christopher Skelton.

Consists chiefly of proofs from Bewick wood block engravings. Some are accompanied by information regarding source of acquisition or printer.

Includes chiefly fine printed keepsakes featuring Bewick engravings, as well as cards, some proofs, and a menu for a Newcastle Imprint Club event. Printers include Gordon Williams, Havilah Press, and Anchor and Acorn Press. File also includes one original silhouette cut by Thomas Bewick.

File contains materials related to bookbinder Joanne Sonnichsen's binding for John Borden, Thomas Bewick & The Fables of Aesop (San Francisco, 1983), carried out in 1997, as well as excerpts from a talk and a newsletter piece about fine binding and the Bewick project in particular. Also includes a letter to Geraldine and Jerry Cole as well as a copy of The Private Library vol. 10, no. 3 (Autumn 1997) with Joanne Sonnichsen's article, "Bewick in Bas Relief."

Includes handwritten notes dated 1985, annotated photocopies of Bewick engravings, and informational plaque from 2002-2003 exhibition at the Grolier Club.

File includes invitation to and transcript of talk entitled, 'Thomas Bewick: Wood engraver," given by Gordon Williams to the Roxburghe Club, 19 September 1989.

Fonds consists chiefly of ephemera and correspondence relating to the work of wood engravers of Thomas and John Bewick of Newcastle, England, in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The ephemera found in series 1 includes various examples of fine printing, including proofs and printed keepsakes featuring Bewick engravings from printers such as Havilah Press and Anchor and Acorn Press. Series 2 contains correspondence, chiefly between Geraldine Cole and booksellers, as well as general correspondence with friends and acquaintances. Series 3 consists primarily of bookseller descriptions and clippings and excerpts from catalogues describing Bewick works (generally with the catalogue cover appended to a loose page on which a Bewick item appears). Some are with accompanying correspondence. Also included in this series are documents listing all of the items found in the Cole-Bewick Collection at McGill Library. Series 4 consists of other ephemera related to Bewick and his life, including short biographical pieces, postcards and products featuring Bewick engravings and watercolours, and articles and clippings. The last file in this series contains 4 original letters from Thomas Bewick to various correspondents, dating between 1819 to 1825. Series 5 contains a number of subject files relate to specific projects or organizations, including the Bewick Society.

Series consists of various examples of modern fine printing using engravings of Bewick's. Most of the items are image proofs or printed keepsakes from printers such as Havilah Press, Anchor and Acorn Press, Eric Holub, and Gordon Williams. One file contains private press book prospectuses. Also included in the series is a 19th-century printing of a silhouette cut by Thomas Bewick.