[3][4] She studied at the Doves Press circa 1895 onwards and came back to America to teach others the art.

[5] Her New York City studio, the Elephant Bindery, was located at 39 Washington Square West, where she gave lectures on bookbinding and exhibited her own work.

[9] The work of this studio was continued by her students, M. Prat and Florence Foote, after her death, and is to be distinguished from the eventually renamed Evelyn Nordhoff Bindery at another location.

[13] As a writer, she wrote a vivid description about the life and work habits at the Doves Press and Bindery for The Chap-Book.

[3] She was the sister of Walter Nordhoff (1855-1937), author of The Journey of the Flame, penned under the name "Antonio de Fierro Blanco".