More information on Printing History and Book Arts Manuscript Collections
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A.C. McClurg & Co. Records, 1878-1967, bulk 1942-1967.
8.5 cubic ft.
Correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, record books, scrapbooks, etc. of the A.C. McClurg publishing company.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Business
Call Number: Mab
Collection Stack Location: 3a 41 10
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Catalog cards for selected items: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Anderson, Donald M. Papers, 1941-1993.
20 cubic ft.
Correspondence, writings, graphic art (some original), calligraphic broadsides, and teaching materials of Donald Myers Anderson, a leader in the post-World War II revival of calligraphy in the U.S. and a professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1946 to 1982 as well as the author of two influential books on design and calligraphy.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS And
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 2-3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Artists Book Works (Organization). Records.
11 cubic ft.
Records, including information about students and instructors, financial records, exhibits, and examples of work.
Subjects: Arts; Clubs and Organizations; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Abw
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 4-5
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Bannon, Laura. Collection of illustrations for children's books, 1939-1958.
1.5 cubic ft.
Chicago children's book illustrator and author. Original artwork for 7 books published by Houghton Mifflin, Albert Whitman & Company, etc.; included are charcoal sketches, pencil sketches, pen and ink drawings, and color illustrations.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Bannon
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Beers, James W. (James Wellington), 1869-. Papers, 1892-1952.
0.5 cubic ft.
Includes typescripts of articles by Beers, revisions of Beers' manuals, catalogues of shorthand books and magazines, letters and postcards, in shorthand, from Duran Kimball to Beers, and pamphlets in defense of the Beers' system.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Numbers: Multiple call numbers: see online catalog
Collection Stack Location:
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog records: Search under "Author: Beers, James Wellington, 1869-" for full listings.
Beers collection manuscripts: Online Catalog Record.
Duran Kimball correspondence: Online Catalog Record.
Bentley, R. Ford (Robert Ford), 1909-1994. Papers, 1910-1988.
2.5 cubic ft.
Personal, family, and professional papers including: photographs and genealogical materials relating to Robert Ford Bentley, Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co.
Subjects: Business; Family; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Bentley
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Blue Sky Press. Records, 1900-1917.
0.5 cubic ft.
Business records of the press, which was in operation (mainly in Chicago) during the first decade of the 20th century. Also correspondence dealing with the dispersal of the press.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Case Wing oversize Z 311 .B623
Collection Stack Location: 4 8 15
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Bohan, Thomas F. Documents regarding the reprint publication of the General directory and business advertiser of the city of Chicago for the year 1844, 1930-1933.
0.1 cubic ft.
Small collection of documents of Thomas F. Bohan, national advertising manager for the Chicago Daily News. Includes correspondence, contracts, financial statements, and a copyright registration certificate. Also a contract, never completed, with Roussey Publications of Chicago, Ill. to reprint the directory; and purchase orders with Adolph Kroch and the Economy Book Store for copies of the reprint.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 30
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938. Papers, 1908-1912.
0.1 cubic ft.
Letters, postcards, papers by Henry Lewis Bullen, librarian of the American Type Founders Company, New Jersey. Letters concern the origin of the American point system invented by Nelson Crocker Hawks, Hawks' career as an early California type founder, and such other early California printing industry figures as W.F. Shattuck, Andrew Foreman, William Faulkner, and others. The majority of the letters are from Hawks to Bullen; other correspondents include P.W. Shattuck, A.H. McQuilken, Alpha Child, Mrs. R.H. Faulkner, F.H. Mark and George L. Alexander.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT folio Wing MS 49
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938. Printing history collection, 1933-1936.
0.1 cubic ft.
Correspondence and ephemera from the files of Henry Lewis Bullen, including a description in Spanish of the career of Mexico City printer José de Jáuregui; 2 photographs of R.W. Wilson; two ms. poems on bookbinding.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT folio Wing MS 50
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Butler, Pierce, 1886-1953. Subject files, 1923-1933: SEE John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing.
Carrier, Gertrude Lueneburg, 1902-1991. Papers, 1921-1991.
6.5 cubic ft.
Papers of Chicago calligrapher, illuminator and designer who worked for the Scriptorium of Coella Lindsay Ricketts and later for the studio of Milan Bulovic, but was for most of her career a free-lancer. The papers consist largely of sketches and correspondence relating to free-lance work, some personal correspondence, student notes and projects, and a few artifacts.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Carr
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 4
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Carter, John, 1905-1975. Calligraphic letters, 1946-1971.
0.5 cubic ft.
Letters, postcards and related materials collected as examples of the handwriting of calligraphers among author and calligrapher John Carter's friends, including Sydney Cockerell, Alfred Fairbank, E.A. Lowe, Francis Meynell, Paul Standard, Janet Stone, Irene Wellington, Aubrey West. Also included are a few letters by historical figures, i.e. May Morris, A.J.A. Symons, and C.J. Turner.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Cart
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 4
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Caxton Club. Records, 1895-ongoing.
103 cubic ft.
Largely minutes, internal documents, correspondence and printed ephemera of the Caxton Club, a Chicago bibliophile club founded in 1895 with the objective of "literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." The records also include some photographs and audio and video tapes.
Subjects: Clubs and Organizations; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Caxton
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 1-3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Chappell, Warren, 1904-. Book layouts, 1949-1967, bulk 1949.
0.1 cubic ft.
Four layouts for a proposed Christmas book for Alfred E. Hamill, accompanied by a 4 p. ALS from Hamill to Chappell dated 10 April 1949 concerning these layouts and the book of fables for which they were intended, and by a set of notes on the letter and layouts written out by Chappell in April of 1967, signed and dated.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 37
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Chicago Calligraphy Collective. Records, 1975-[ongoing].
4 cubic ft.
Non-profit public education organization founded in 1976 to promote the study, practice, and appreciation of calligraphy in all of its historical and present-day applications. Collection includes newsletters, posters, exhibit announcements, invitations, workshop materials, and other printed items. Also included is correspondence among early members, as well as between members and calligraphers outside of Chicago.
Subjects: Clubs and Organizations; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS CCC
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 7
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Chiswick Book Shop (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1952-1958.
1 cubic ft.
Correspondence between Herman Cohen of the Chiswick Book Shop and important calligraphers and members of the book trade, including: Dorothy Abbe, Wilfrid Blunt, Elizabeth Downs, Alfred J. Fairbank, Tom Gourdie, Philip Hofer, Anna Hornbye, E. Harold Hugo, Percy Muir, Stanley Pargellis, Nancy Price, Will Ransom, Rudolph Ruzicka, and James M. Wells.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Chs
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 4
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Cleland, T.M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964. Letters and sketches, 1924-52.
0.5 cubic ft.
Consists mainly of letters between Cleland and Alfred Hamill, as well as a few sketches (including those for the Newberry Library device).
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Cl
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 4
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Cohen, Herman. Letters and notes, 1954.
0.1 cubic ft.
Correspondence and notes concerning a copy of Isaiah Thomas's A specimen of Isaiah Thomas's printing types. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Isaiah Thomas, 1785. Correspondents include Leslie E. Bliss, John Eliot Alden, R.W.G. Vail, Roland Orvil Baughman, and Philip Hofer.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 21
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940. Papers, 1913-1940.
5.5 cubic ft.
Papers of Oswald Cooper, Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces. Includes art work for type designs; art boards, proofs and finished advertising pieces; and limited correspondence. There is also a file on patent cases of 1926-1928, and Cooper's testimony before Congress on the originality of typefaces.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Coo
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 4-5
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Cox, Alfred J. (Alfred John), 1835-1909. Family papers, 1797-1909.
0.1 cubic ft.
Letters, calligraphic favors, legal documents and photographs from the papers of Alfred J. Cox, Chicago book binder and collector. Correspondents include: William Cox and William Cox, Jr. (grandfather and father of A.J. Cox); James Cox (uncle of William Jr.); Jonathan Evans (adoptive father of A.J. Cox); Jane E. French (later Mrs. Alfred J. Cox); Louisa Field (cousin); W.I. Wilson and H.V. Whalen (Chicago businessmen). Photos are of A. J. Cox and his library.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 65
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966. Letters, 1936-1945.
0.5 cubic ft.
Letters from English actor, theatre director-designer and theorist Craig to printer Guido Morris, written from 1936-1945. They are accompanied by numerous enclosures, drawings, drafts, etc.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Theater
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Cr
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 5
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards: Manuscript Card Catalog.
DaBoll, Raymond, 1892-1982. Papers, 1920-1982.
35 cubic ft.
Client files and correspondence of DaBoll, a leading American calligrapher of the 20th century.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS DaBoll
Collection Stack Location: 3a 59 4-7
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
David, Stuart, 1941-. Calligraphic papers, 1970-2006.
12 cubic ft.
Calligrapher and original member of the New York Society of Scribes who worked as corporate calligrapher for Citicorp, and who also authored three books on calligraphy. Papers include printed work (menus, book covers, certificates, etc.), printed work by other calligraphers, and files on various styles of writing.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Dav
Collection Stack Location: 3a 54 14
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Detterer, Ernst Frederick, 1888-1947. Papers, 1907-1931.
4 cubic ft.
Designer and calligrapher who was founding head of the Department of Printing Arts of the School of the Art Institute, and who was also Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing at the Newberry Library, 1931-1947. Collection focuses on Detterer's career before he came to the Newberry Library, and includes notes, memorabilia, correspondence, drawings, sketches, and a few finished art works, including some by his Art Institute students.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Dett
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 5
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Detterer, Ernst Frederick, 1888-1947. Administrative subject files, 1921-1947 (bulk 1931-1947).
10 cubic ft.
Correspondence and subject files covering all aspects of Detterer's professional work at the Newberry Library. Subject files relate specifically to both the administration of the Wing Collection and printing in general. There are also printing samples and correspondence from such organizations as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Calligraphy Study Group, and the Caxton, First Edition, and Grolier Clubs and there is correspondence with Ray DaBoll, Eric Gill, Frederic Goudy, Alfred Hamill, and others. In addition, there are project files (correspondence, drawings, proofs, revisions, artifacts) relating to Detterer's design of the Newberry Library Bindery Typeface.
Subjects: Newberry Library; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Case Archives 08/04/01
Collection Stack Location: 4a 10 15
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Dwiggins, W.A. (William Addison), 1880-1956. Papers, 1906-1915.
0.1 cubic ft.
Autograph correspondence and sketches in pencil and in pen-and-ink, most done at Dwiggins studio in Hingham Center, Massachusetts between 1906 and 1915 for Chicago clients.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT folio Wing MS 12
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Fairbank, Alfred J. Letters, 1937-1947.
0.5 cubic ft.
Letters written by Fairbank, an English calligrapher and founding member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, to Kathleen King, later Kathleen King Whyte.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS ZW 945 .F157
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 6
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Geer, Nathan Cahoon. Letters, 1846-1954.
0.5 cubic ft.
Collection of letters to and from Chicago printer Geer, relating to printing in Chicago and Waukegan, Illinois. Also included is a printed scale of prices for book and job printing.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Case Wing MS +Z311 .G27
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 5
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Gehr, Mary. Papers, 1828-1995, bulk 1948-1995.
4 cubic ft.
Sketchbooks, artwork and correspondence of Gehr, a Chicago printmaker and book illustrator best known for her illustrations of children's books.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Gehr
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 6
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Gill, Eric. Letters, 1935-1938.
0.1 cubic ft.
Letters and cards written by engraver and typographer Gill from 1935-1938 to printer Guido Morris.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Cr (filed in back of Edward Gordon Craig letters in the same box)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 5
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Goetz, John B., 1920-2006. Papers, 1961-1992.
0.5 cubic ft.
Correspondence and job files of Chicago book and magazine designer John B. Goetz. The largest part of the collection concerns his work on the award-winning translation of the Iliad by Richard Lattimore, illustrated by Leonard Baskin. There are also files on some of his freelance design projects.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Goetz
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 06
Finding aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Gookin, Frederick William, 1854-1936. Design papers, 1893-1912.
1.5 cubic ft.
Primarily drawings, sketches and finished art work created by Gookin, a banker, author, calligrapher, artist and authority on Japanese art. Gookin was also an early member of the Chicago Literary Club, and the collection contains art work created for the club's papers and yearbooks.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Mod MS Gookin
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 6
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Hayes, James, 1907-1994. Papers, 1905-1994, bulk 1921-1994.
29 cubic ft.
Contains correspondence between Chicago calligrapher Hayes and lettering artists around the world, files on clients, and files arranged by subject. Subject files include bookplate files comprised of Hayes' own work and the work of others; files of calligraphy clubs to which Hayes belonged; files relating to Hayes' major publication, The Roman Letter, an R.R. Donnelley exhibit catalog; and files of works by other calligraphers and artists (originals removed and cataloged separately).
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Hayes
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 1-3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Haynes, John, 1838-1863. Copybooks and notes, 1849-1855.
0.2 cubic ft.
School writing books, handwriting exercises and notes by John Haynes, a student from Townsend, Mass. who served as Corporal in the Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 53rd, Company D, in the Dept. of the Gulf, 19th Army Corps.
Subjects: Civil War; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT box Wing MS 81
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Holme, John Francis, 1868-1904. Drawings, 1901-1902.
0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)
16 items Humorous pen-and-ink drawings of various types of people done in the style of linoleum prints for New York publisher R.H. Russell, by illustrator and printer Frank Holme, and a printed list of the officers and stockholders of the Bandar Log Press, established by Holme.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Midwest MS Holme
Collection Stack Location: 3a 40 6
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Howell, Elizabeth Bowen. Journals, 1806-1833.
5 volumes
Writing books and manuscript commonplace books written by Elizabeth Howell in Boston, between 1806 and 1833.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing MS ZW 883 .H859
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Howes, Wright. Papers, 1920-1964.
1.5 cubic ft.
20th century Chicago bookseller and bibliographer. Collection consists of correspondence, sales catalogues, and notes, primarily concerning his bibliography of US-iana.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Howe
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 6
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Ingmire, Thomas. Notes and studies, ca. 1984-1994.
128 items (20 folders)
Notes, sketches, studies and trial sheets for the 1991 calligraphic manuscript, "Relearning the alphabet by Denise Levertov", now in the Newberry Library (VAULT Wing MS folio ZW983.I53). The earliest studies are for a related uncompleted project started in the mid-1980's on a commission from the San Francisco collector Richard Harrison.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 20
Collection Stack Location: Vault 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Jacobs, Elmer, 1900-. Papers, ca. 1912-1981.
7.5 cubic ft.
Advertising and magazine art (some original), correspondence, speech texts, photos, greeting cards, brochures, booklets, other printed ephemera, and 2 sound discs. Material documents Elmer Jacobs' career as a free-lance illustrator and designer from the 1920's through the 1970's. Although there is relatively little correspondence, there are significant exchanges with Chicago artist Dale Nichols and designer Hal Higdon. The sound discs contain a 1951 radio interview with Jacobs.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Jac
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 6-7
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing. Butler, Pierce - Subject files, 1923-1933.
0.5 cubic ft.
A medievalist, Pierce Butler served as custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation of the History of Printing at the Newberry Library, 1920-1931. Files include galleys of Butler's "Checklist of Fifteenth Century Books," limited correspondence with William Kittredge (Lakeside Press) and the Lanston Monotype Machine Co., a book review, and notes regarding bookshelf and type designs.
Subjects: Newberry Library; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Archives 08/04/00
Collection Stack Location: 4a 10 15
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Justus, Ruth. Papers, 1958-1970.
0.3 cubic ft.
Calligrapher who taught at the Minneapolis School of Art. Collection includes news clippings, classroom materials, and incoming correspondence with other calligraphers.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Just
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 7
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Kessler, Harry, Graf, 1868-1937. Letters, 1898-1937.
1108 items
Letters of Harry Kessler, designer, publisher and patron of fine press printing who founded the Cranach Presse at Weimar in 1913. Consists mainly of incoming correspondence, largely in English, with a small number of drafts or carbon copies of outgoing letters. Included are letters from Sidney Cockerell, Edward Gordon Craig, Eric Gill, Edward Johnston, Georges Lemmen, Emery Walker and others.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Kess
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 7
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945. Papers, 1922-1945.
33 cubic ft. (24 boxes)
Chicago designer and author on design, Director of Design and Typography for the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. of Chicago from 1922-1945. Largely a collection of printed ephemera selected to exemplify the best design of the twentieth century, this collection also includes a few original designs by Kittredge, some correspondence with other designers (most notably Rockwell Kent, Rudolph Ruzicka, Edward A. Wilson, D.B. Updike, and Edward Penfield), and extensive samples of Kittredge's printed products. In this last category there are a few items that pre-date 1922; the remainder is material assembled by Kittredge while in Chicago, 1922-1945.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Midwest MS Kit
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 8
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Kramer, Sidney. Papers, 1934-1946.
11 boxes
Letters, research material and works by book dealer and publisher Kramer, perhaps best known for his monumental work, A History of Stone & Kimball and Herbert S. Stone & Co. with a bibliography of their publications, 1893-1905.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Kram
Collection Stack Location: 3a 40 12
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Kredel, Fritz, 1900-. Letters, 1948-1960.
255 items
Consists mostly of letters written by wood engraver Kredel to Joseph Graves from 1948-1960.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Kr
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 8
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards for selected items: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Langley, Roy, 1909-1983. Papers, 1909-1981, bulk 1951-1961.
0.7 cubic ft.
Calligrapher and artist who studied at the School of the Art Institute, and who worked an art instructor in Iowa before becoming Director of the Sioux City Art Museum. Collection includes notes, course papers, photos, correspondence, and examples of Langley's work, including book jackets, menus, brochures, and certificates.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Lang
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 7
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Malkoff, Sol, 1918-2001. Papers, 1944-1992.
1 cubic ft.
Chicago-born calligrapher and designer who trained at the School of the Art Institute and later studied with the Newberry Library Calligraphy Study Group and worked for the Rand McNally & Co. Collection consists of correspondence, writings, teaching materials, original design work, and calligraphic projects.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Malkoff
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 8
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Online.
May, Don, 1911-1993. Commercial design and professional papers, 1939-1982.
35 cubic ft.
Commercial design work and professional papers of May, a designer and art director for several Chicago-based publications. May later moved his practice to California where he became a regional painter as well as a designer.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS May
Collection Stack Location: 3a 54 12-13
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944. Papers, 1912-1944.
40 cubic ft.
The extensive files of this designer, typographer, bibliographer, and historian of printing consist mostly of correspondence. There are also notes, drafts, and proofs for his many articles and books, and extensive documentation of his work for the American Imprints Inventory (a WPA project).
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS McMu
Collection Stack Location: 3a 59 8-13
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-. Letters, 1949-1952.
ca. 70 items
Typed letters (carbon copies) of Chicago typographer Robert H. Middleton in reply to autograph letters signed, chiefly by Hilary D.C. Pepler, Edward M. Catich, and others, relating to a Chicago exhibition of work by Eric Gill (1882-1940). The exhibition was subsequently shown at various others places in the United States during all of 1949. Correspondence after this date relates to the sale of individual items from the exhibition.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 8
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-. Papers, 1921-1985.
35 cubic ft.
The papers include a broad range of personal files of prominent Chicago type designer, lettering artist, printer and craftsman, Robert Hunter Middleton, including diaries and notebooks, original art for design works, correspondence, and personal financial records. There are also extensive files for organizations Middleton founded or led, including the Society of Typographic Arts, the Ludlow Typograph Co., Cherryburn Press, Apprentice House, the Typophiles, ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale).
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Middleton
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 8-10
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Nebenzahl, Kenneth, 1927-. Records, 1961-1984.
62 cubic ft.
Records of Chicago bookseller Nebenzahl dating from 1961-84. Records include correspondence, stock, travel, and sales records.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: None
Collection Stack Location: 3a 57 12-14
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Niffenegger, Audrey. Papers, 1990-
1 cubic ft.
Chicago book artist and novelist. Typescript drafts of The Time Traveller’s Wife and other works; related sketches, drawings, correspondence, and ephemera; press clips and other biographical information.
Subjects: Literature; Printing History and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Niffenegger
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Parkhurst Press. Records, 1864-1962, bulk 1890-1949.
1 cubic ft.
Massachusetts job printer during the first half of the 20th century. Collection includes juvenile printing efforts of Tommy Parkhurst, ephemera from the Press, including tickets, labels, blotters, announcements and letterhead. There is also correspondence and records relating to the running of the press.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Park
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 12
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Parris, A. Papers, 1850-1853.
14 leaves
Papers relating to affairs of the Société typographique de Paris, of which Parris was the first president.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 3
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Perkins, Enid Eder, 1896-1973. Papers, 1929-1973.
3 cubic ft.
Original calligraphic works, reproductions, studies and tracings, client records, and correspondence of Perkin's, a free-lance calligrapher and illuminator who worked primarily in Washington, D.C. and New York City. Most of her professional work consists of testimonials and citations commissioned by J. Walter Thompson, the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, the Pan American Society of the U.S., and New York University.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Perk
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
R. Hoe & Company. Records, 1858-1878.
1.5 cubic ft.
R. Hoe & Co. was the largest manufacturer of printing presses and press equipment in the U.S. during the 19th century. Collection consists of incoming letters to the Hoe Co. from customers in many states and several European and Latin American countries, deriving from 3 or more letter books of 1858, 1873 and 1877-1878. There are also some 1873-1878 internal memos, patent correspondence, and letters from regional agents of the Hoe Co.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Hoe
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 6
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Rand McNally and Company. Records, 1856-1996.
66 cubic ft.
Business records and examples of printing and publishing work of Rand McNally and Co. Established in 1856 in Chicago, the firm became well known for its cartographic publications, but has also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as tickets and coupons. Included here are records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts; and much more.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Rand McNally
Collection Stack Location: 3a 56 6-12
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Modern Manuscripts information file available.
Ransom, Will, 1878-1955. Papers, 1899-1934.
66 cubic ft.
Printer, commercial artist, bibliographer and author of works on American printing history and private presses who did freelance work in lettering, design and typography before becoming art editor at the University of Oklahoma Press. Collection consists mainly of records of presses in loose-leaf notebooks. Entries include data about the presses and operators, bibliographical references, and clippings of reviews or other notes about the books. In addition, there are files of correspondence, prospectuses, and ephemera.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Rans
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 11-14
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Redifer, A.P. Papers, 1971-1973.
1 cubic ft.
Papers of University of Pennsylvania library cataloguer Redifer, who assembled a collection of material on Emery Walker of the Doves Press. Papers include notes related to this project, offprints, copies of original documents and published materials concerning Walker, and correspondence with heirs, friends, and associates of Walker.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Redi
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 12
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Ricketts, C. L. (Coella Lindsay), 1859-1941. Collecting papers, 1892-1941.
1.5 cubic ft.
Notes by Chicago calligrapher and engrosser Ricketts on the calligraphic manuscripts and writing books from his collection, some of which was acquired by the Newberry Library in 1941.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Rick
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11
Finding Aids:
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. Papers, 1902-1951.
1 cubic ft.
Mainly incoming correspondence to Bruce Rogers, American typographer and designer of books; with a few outgoing letters, several items written and/or designed by Rogers, a small miscellany of associated material, and a group of photographs mostly of him. The correspondence primarily relates to Rogers's professional life as a book designer. Among the correspondents are Merle Armitage, Willa Cather, Winston Churchill, Sydney Cockerell, Gordon Craig, Frederic Goudy, John Johnson, Rockwell Kent, John T. McCutcheon, Christopher Morley, Ezra Pound, Rudolph Ruzicka, Paul Standard, Chauncey B. Tinker and Daniel Berkeley Updike.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Rogers
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Online.
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Rosenthal, Samuel R. Rosenthal/Mardersteig Collection, 1954-1994.
.75 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Correspondence and subject files relating to Samuel R. Rosenthal’s collection of the work of Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977) and his Officina Bodoni press (1923-1977).
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS RosOB
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 9
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Online.
Rothensteiner, John E. (John Ernest), 1860-1936. Papers, 1880-1940.
8 cubic ft.
Notebooks, literary manuscripts, clippings, correspondence, greeting cards and other printed ephemera. Includes material concerning John E. Rothensteiner, a Catholic parish priest in Missouri, poet, essayist and journalist. Some published works and correspondence in German are provided with translations by Sister Callista Campion, author of a dissertation on Rothensteiner and curator of his papers in the 1940's. The correspondence sequence includes significant exchanges with the Catholic poets H.A. Rattermann, Franz Joseph Zlatnik and Anton Müller (Bruder Willram), and with Sigismund Cardinal Waitz, archbishop of Salzburg, and literary critic Friedrich Bruns.
Subjects: Literature; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Roth
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Rubovits, Norma, 1919-. Papers, 1966-1998.
16 cubic ft.
Chicago paper marblerer who first began marbling in the mid-1960s while studying bookbinding with Chicago binder Elizabeth Kner. Rubovits was interested primarily in marbling as an art form, showcased her work in numerous exhibits. The papers consist of announcement, press releases, clippings, prospectuses, and articles relating to exhibits of her work; correspondence; materials of the history and techniques of marbling. There are also 1,600 specimen sheets of marbled paper made by Rubovits or other artists.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Rubo
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 11-12
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Salter, George, 1897-1967. Papers, 1919-1967.
ca. 50 cubic ft.
Prominent German-American calligrapher and one of the most admired designers of book jackets in the U.S. Papers consist chiefly of art work, correspondence, contracts, and printed materials relating to design projects executed in New York. There are also: a small file of correspondence with American and German colleagues (some in German), most notably Walter Brudi, Kurt Schauer, E.F.H Schneidler, and Jeanyee Wong; drafts of articles by Salter; papers relating to curriculum at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; files of the Book Jacket Designers Guild which Salter founded; 184 German book jackets designed by Salter; files of articles about Salter; and letters of condolence to his widow, Agnes Salter.
Subjects: Arts; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Salt
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 8-12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Seaman, George A., printer. Letters and printing specimens, 1883-1888.
14 items
Letters, postcards and printed ephemera addressed to or relating to George A. Seaman, a practical printer in Chicago, Ill. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Included are letters and cards from Robert Hilton of The British Printer, W. McKetcham of the Poughkeepsie News-Press and News-Telegraph, and James W. Hinkley of the American Graphic Company.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 16
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Shank, Raymond E. Papers, 1926-1993.
26 items
Calligraphic collection of correspondence, lettering samples, ephemera, greeting cards and bookplates collected by Chicago art director Raymond Shank; includes handwritten letters to Shank from James Hayes, Tom Gourdie, Anna Hornby, Samuel Katz, Geoffrey Ebbage, and Howard Swensen, handwritten letters from Alfred Fairbank and W.A. Dwiggins to William A. Kittredge, and lettering samples by Shank.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT box Wing MS 108
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Society of Typographical Arts (Chicago). Workshop records, 1980-1995.
1 cubic ft.
Files pertaining to the Society of Typographical Arts workshop, organized in 1952 (and located at the Newberry Library until 1981) to give its member the opportunity to learn to use, design and experiment with type and block prints for letterpress printing. Included are files about the workshop as well as samples of material produced by members.
Subjects: Clubs and Organizations; Newberry Library; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS STA
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 6
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), 1800-1864. Papers, 1822-1915.
28 cubic ft.
Penman, poet, and educator who created the Spencerian system of penmanship, a highly successful endeavor in part because it was taught by his entire family. In his later years, Spencer became active in the abolitionist movement. Papers describe family life and conditions during the Civil War. Also included are the letters of son Lyman T. Spencer, a quartermaster's sergeant in the 2nd Ohio Artillery Regiment, stationed in Munfordville, Kentucky, and Cleveland, Tennessee. Collection includes: letters, reports, reprints, writing samples, clippings, drawings, copybooks, artifacts and photos.
Subjects: Civil War; Family; Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Sp
Collection Stack Location: 3a Link; 3a 53 4-5
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Stevenson, Allan, 1903-1970. Papers, 1944-1968.
5 cubic feet
Research notes, works, and correspondence of Allan H. Stevenson, an expert on paper history and watermarks. The correspondence files include letters exchanged with the foremost bibliographers and paper experts of his day.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Stevenson
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 4
Finding Aids:
Inventory: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Stone & Kimball. Records, ca. 1889-1965.
32 cubic feet
Papers of late 19th-early 20th century Chicago book publisher Stone & Kimball, consisting of original manuscripts and correspondence (primarily that of Herbert S. Stone) and authors George Ade, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Eugene Field, among others. There is also original art, including that of Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm.
Subjects: Business; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Stn (formerly Stn)
Collection Stack Location: 3a 42 7-8
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Inventory: Available in the library (Wing folio oZ 473 .S88 S76 or Microfiche 1118).
Authors of letters and documents: Database of Names in Manuscript Collections Notebook.
Modern Manuscripts information file available.
Suba, Susanne, 1913-. Papers, 1939-1965, bulk 1939-1948.
44 items
Letters, illustration samples, telegram, and photograph, dated between July 21, 1939 and Jan. 28, 1965, concerning the illustration work done by Susanne Suba of New York for William A. Kittredge of R.R. Donnelley & Sons.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: folio Wing MS 133
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Tia Chucha Press. Records, 1982-1999.
8 cubic ft.
Records of the Tia Chucha Press, founded by author/poet/lecturer Luis Rodriguez, and absorbed in the late 1990's by the Guild Complex, a local funding agency for alternative arts programs. Records include book manuscripts, contracts, galley proofs, etc.
Subjects: Business; Literature; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Midwest MS Tia Chucha
Collection Stack Location: 3a 24 14
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Underwood, Muriel. Papers, 1950-1977, bulk 1971-1977.
54 items
Correspondence (some calligraphic), clippings, printed ephemera, notes on phone calls, etc., concerning the 50th anniversary publication of the Society of Typographic Arts and other projects, such as reprinting the STA's Book of Oz Cooper : an appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper. Correspondents include Robert Borja, Thea Wheelwright of Bond Wheelwright Co., Susan Scott and Paula Thompson of Wexford Press.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: VAULT box Wing MS 96
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 2
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939. Papers, 1921-1939.
0.5 cubic ft.
Letters, postcards, mementos, and a few printed items, mostly addressed to Chicago book designer William A. Kittredge.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS War
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards for selected items: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Way, W. Irving (Washington Irving), 1853-1931. Claude Stanley Wainwright papers, 1885-1929.
34 items
Correspondence with authors and collectors, clippings, proof sheets, and notes removed from a collection of books belonging to Claude Stanley Wainwright, collector and friend of W. Irving Way, a Chicago author and publisher who was founding partner of the firm of Way & Williams. Most of the letters are addressed to Way in Chicago or in Los Angeles.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 53
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Way, W. Irving (Washington Irving), 1853-1931. Papers, 1885-1931 (bulk 1892-1900).
34 items
Correspondence between Way, a Chicago author and publisher who was founding partner of the firm of Way & Williams, and various authors, collectors, and publishers. Includes newspaper clippings, sample sheets, and notes, dated between 1885 and 1931.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: VAULT Wing MS 141
Collection Stack Location: VAULT 38 3
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Wells, James M. Papers, 1951-1984.
26 cubic ft.
Newberry Library curator of the John M. Wing Foundation for the History of Printing (1951), and later also custodian of the Rare Book Room (1963), associate director (1964), vice president (1975) and George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts (1981). Wells' papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports and manuscripts relating to his Newberry responsibilities, the Wing Collection and other organizations with which he was affiliated.
Subjects: Newberry Library; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Archives 03/21/01
Collection Stack Location: 4a 8 1-4
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Online Catalog.
Inventory: Guide to the Newberry Library Archives.
Woodward, David A. (David Alfred), 1942-. Watermark research papers, 1975-2001.
1 cubic ft.
Collection of research on watermarks, compiled by David Woodward, first Director of the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: None
Collection Stack Location: 3a 51 6
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
Woodworth, Laurence Conger, 1874-1924. Brothers of the Book Society records, 1896-1922.
3 cubic ft.
Records of the Brothers of the Book Society founded by Woodworth in 1898 with the purpose of publishing noteworthy books. Collection includes incoming and outgoing letters, works, photographs and mementoes, and publications by and about the "Brothers of the Book."
Subjects: Clubs and Organizations; Printing and Book Arts
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Wo
Collection Stack Location: 3a 52 12
Finding Aids:
Collection-level catalog record: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Summary: Modern Manuscript Collections Notebooks.
Catalog cards for selected items: Manuscript Card Catalog.
Zimmerman, Naoma, 1914-. Papers, 1944-1960.
0.5 cubic ft.
Chicago social worker and author of children's books. Collection includes original typescripts with sketches, color photocopies of books, news clippings, and photocopies of notebooks and writings.
Subjects: Printing and Book Arts; Women
Call Number: Wing Modern MS Zimm
Collection Stack Location: 3a 53 7
Finding Aids:
None. Collection available by appointment only.
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