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Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff

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Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff' (1865 - 1898) was one of the first American women students to take up the study of artistic bookbinding with Thomas J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Bindery, of the Doves Press. She trained there beginning c. 1895 and came back to America to teach others the art.[1]

She also wrote on the Doves Press and Bindery for The Chap-book[2] . Some works on paper by Nordhoff are held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[3]

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  1. ^ Reynolds, Minnie J. (March 9, 1902). "Hand Bookbinding Among Women". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28. 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Nordhoff, Evelyn Hunter (March 1). "The Doves Bindery". The Chap-book. 4 (8): 353–370. Retrieved 28 March 2013. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Assorted works on paper http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail_print&entity_id=16634. Retrieved March 28, 2013. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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