The Rare Book and Special Collections Division has been acquiring portions of Maret’s archive for over two decades. Today, the archive represents over 40 different book projects designed and/or printed by Maret between 1994 and 2019.

The Maret Archive is an extensive archive comprised of thousands of individual archival items. Due to the scope and volume of the archive, it is arranged chronologically by book. This arrangement allows for wider discoverability by providing researchers with multiple points of access: by year of creation or by the book project title.

This archive is an artist archive - a unique niche within the broader field of archival work. Artist archives are defined as the paper and ephemera artists generate throughout their artistic practice. They are also characterized by a wide range of materials and formats not typically found in more traditional archives. These non-traditional archival materials reflect each step involved in creating an artist book or typeface, and the expansive nature of the archive reveals the meticulous detail inherent to Maret’s creative process.

Some of the unique archival materials available for research include hundreds of prints and proofs, handmade neoprene rubber stamps, technique demonstrations like paper embossing, handmade paper, leather samples, cut linoleum blocks, and negatives for polymer plate letterpress printing. There are also a number of original artworks like monoprints, drawings, and paintings by other artists that Maret collaborated with over the years including Ulf Nilsen, Lou Hicks, and Mikhail Magaril.

The archive also contains more traditional archival materials like personal journals, ephemera, photographs, and correspondence from other printers, collectors, and notable writers like Robert Bringhurst.