Vera Whyatt (interviewed in 2002)
The Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading has established a depository for sound recordings relating to printing history. The majority are interviews with trade and professional people involved with the printing industry and allied trades, design and education. The focus is broad but one aim is to document the transition from the dominance of letterpress to offset lithography.
Eventually a database will be available on-line but currently it is necessary to make an appointment to listen to the recordings in the Department at the University of Reading.
Vera Whyatt (3rd from right, pictured whilst working at the Anchor Press (Tiptree) in 1933)
A handlist of recordings is available for download (in PDF format) here and for more information on the archive, please contact:
Martin Andrews
m.j.andrews [at] reading.ac.uk
(0118) 378 8081
