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Merrymount Press. Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948.

Title: Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948.

The collection consists of the business papers of the Merrymount Press and the papers of Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). It includes business papers, correspondence with authors and publishers, and bills and estimates for clients.

ArchivalResource: 214,729 pieces.320 boxes.2 index cabinets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510241 View

Grabhorn Press. Grabhorn Press records, 1917-1973.

Title: Grabhorn Press records, 1917-1973.

Contains correspondence, job, and project files including manuscripts, illustrations, and galleys, with various incomplete segments and trial pieces. The Grabhorns' correspondence with authors, artists, and other printers relates chiefly to the work of the Press, but also includes two letters written by Edwin in 1918-1919, while he was still in Indianapolis. Also includes extensive business and financial records, with a few miscellaneous papers, including awards and clippings the Grabhorn's kept about the press.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes, 6 cartons, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (11 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82842847 View

Silvé, David. Letters received, 1914-1947.

Title: Letters received, 1914-1947.

Letters to Silve, a printer, mainly from Daniel Berkeley Updike, concerning book design and printing. In the 1910s, Silve was a designer for the Marchbanks Press. He sends Updike samples of his work, and Updike critiques the designs; in a letter dated 1916, Updike discusses the use of typographic "rule" and the confusion between quaintness and beauty. From 1923 to 1926, Updike's letters concern his choices for the annual "Fifty books of the year" exhibitions hosted by the American Institute of Graphic Arts - which books are best, which pages should be shown, and criticisms of the books ultimately selected. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and checklists concerning the 1928 exhibition of the work of the Merrymount Press at the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the back and forth over which books to feature. There is also some information on the 1938 exhibition of the Updike printing collection at the Providence Public Library. Finally, a folder of miscellaneous letters received, 1922-1947, includes letters from Frederic Warde, Richard C. Jenkinson, John Bianchi (Merrymount Press), and A. Colish, concerning fine printing.

ArchivalResource: 7 folders in 1 box ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/369160725 View

Grabhorn Press records, 1917-1973

Title: Grabhorn Press records 1917-1973

Contains correspondence, job, and project files including manuscripts, illustrations, and galleys, with various incomplete segments and trial pieces. The Grabhorns' correspondence with authors, artists, and other printers relates chiefly to the work of the Press, but also includes two letters written by Edwin in 1918-19, while he was still in Indianapolis. Also includes extensive business and financial records, with a few miscellaneous papers, including awards and clippings the Grabhorn's kept about the press.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 8 boxes, 6 cartons, 1 oversize folder, 3 oversize boxes; Linear feet: ca. 11

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Bianchi, John, b. 1874,. Documents relating to booksellers and printers in France : 1612-1868.

Title: Documents relating to booksellers and printers in France : 1612-1868.

Mostly autograph letters, but also including legal documents on vellum.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612824943 View