How I Got Involved in Letterpress Printing: I bought a C&P 8x12 OS for my son while he was in college. Then I
got involved with the Museum print shop through friends who had volunteered to rebuild it. Images of the Museum and the Print Shop
may be seen on my web site.
Presses & Equipment: Oxford, MS: C&P 8x12 OS, Kelsey 3x5, Unknown 5x7 Tabletop Press,
Poco Proof Press. Jackson, MS: C&P 8x12 OS, C&P 10x15 NS, 1857 Washington Press, Ludlow Typecaster, Linotype
Model 32, Proof Press, Vandercook Proof Press, Kelsey 3x5
Work History: 41 years teaching medieval literature and linguistics
at various universities: Mississippi College, Inter American University (Puerto Rico), Mississippi State University, University of
Oregon, University of Houston, Sam Houston State University, University of Mississippi, 7 years educational consultant for Apple
Computers
Education: BA Mississippi College 1960, MA Mississippi 1961, PhD University of Oregon, 1970
Other Interests/Hobbies: Woodworking
and creating digital files of photos in various libraries and collections
Group Memberships, if any: AAPA, APA #690,
Lafayette County Planning Commission
Email Address: tjmaryjo@bellsouth.net and
tjray@olemiss.edu
Website: www.tjray.info and
http://theeclecticeccentric.blogspot.com
Birth Date or Birth Year: 1938
