Joseph Ishill and the Authors and Artists of the Oriole Press

Abstract

Joseph Ishill was a radical author of the early to mid-20th century. He was one of the original members of the Ferrer Colony, helped print the Colony’s magazine, The Modern School, and published more than 200 books and pamphlets, all of them typeset and printed by hand. The Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan has one of the largest collections of Ishill's published works in the world, as well as an extensive correspondence between Ishill and Agnes Inglis, the original curator of the Labadie Collection. This exhibit highlights some of the most important authors and artists published by the Oriole Press.