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American typographer, known principally as an authority on typography and the history of printing and also as an authority on provisions for crippled children and disabled soldiers.
Douglas C. McMurtrie, bibliographer and historian of printing, served as national editor of the American Imprints Inventory (1939-1942) of the nationwide Historical Records Survey, a Work Project Administration (WPA) project of the Federal Works Agency in Washington, D.C. Mr. McMurtrie, based in Chicago, Illinois, later was the Director of Advertising and Typography for the Ludlow Typograph Company until his death in September 1944.
Douglas C. McMurtrie (1888-1944) was an American printer, typographer and bibliographer who wrote or contributed to at least 779 separate works on various aspects of printing and typography in the United States and around the world, e.g., Europe, Latin America, China, India.
Douglas C. McMurtrie was a typographer known as an expert on the history of printing. Born in Belmar, New Jersey, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; he later held numerous prestigious jobs in the printing industry, and served as editor for several publications. He wrote books and articles on typography, and compiled bibliographies on several topics, including crippled children.
Douglas C. McMurtrie, the prominent American typographer, bibliographer, and historian of printing, was born in Belmar, N.J. in 1888. McMurtrie's first publication, American type design, came in 1924, three years before he became director of typography for Ludlow Typograph Co. Between 1937 and 1941 McMurtrie served as the national editor of American imprints inventory. McMurtrie has many books to his credit including, History of.
printing in the U.S., published in 1936.
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