Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990

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American printer.

From the description of Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936707

Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer.

From the description of Joseph Blumenthal papers, 1922-1991. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 745451641

Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. Blumenthal designed Spiral type in 1931 in Germany so that it could be cut there by Louis Hoell and cast by the Bauer Type Foundry in Frankfurt-am-Main. It was recut and cast in 1935 by Monotype Corporation, Ltd., who distributed it under the name Emerson.

From the description of Joseph Blumenthal collection related to Spiral type, 1931-1940. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 746350702

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1937 [Dec.?], Gainesville, Fla., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Robert Frost Collection, 1887-2008, 1920-1963 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 Sept. 4, Franconia, N.H., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1936 Dec. 4, Amherst, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Kohn, John S. Van E. Letter, 1969 Nov. 17, Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, to Mrs. Kay Morison [sic] and Dr. Edward Connery Lathem, Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Spiral Press. [Collection of printed pamphlets and ephemera produced at the Spiral Press, New York], 1954-1978. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Spiral Press Records, 1961-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 Feb. 14, Amherst, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990. Joseph Blumenthal collection related to Spiral type, 1931-1940. RIT Library, Wallace Library
referencedIn Hansell Baugh family papers, 1860-1977, bulk 1927-1955.
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Neither out far nor in deep : [poem]. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 March 4, Amherst, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Frost collection, 1892-1978. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Pierpont Morgan Library. The Spiral Press through four decades : an exhibition of books and ephemera, with a commentary by Joseph Blumenthal : New York : a collection of manuscripts, typescripts, trial proofs of text and illustrations, and correspondence relating to the exhibition held at the Morgan Library, January 26-April 9, 1966 and the catalogue, 1966. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. The road not taken. Christmas poem, 1977. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Spiral Press. Records. 1934-1971. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Kent, Henry Watson, 1866-1948. What I am pleased to call my education : typescript, 1948 / by Henry Watson Kent ; edited by Lois Leighton Comings. Grolier Club
creatorOf Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990. The printed book in America, 1974-1977. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1939 Nov. 27, Boston, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990. Joseph Blumenthal papers, 1922-1991. RIT Library, Wallace Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Correspondence, 1906-1963. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Howard Norton Cook Papers, 1866-1979 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1936 Apr. 21, [Cambridge, Mass.?], to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Grolier Club. Grolier Club Centennial records, 1982-1985. Grolier Club
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1935 February 2, to Thomas Nason. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Lloyd Lózes Goff Papers, 1905-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1934 Dec. 18, Key West, Fla., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Cole, Charles Woolsey, 1906-. Correspondence, 1953 Dec. 31-1954 June 18, concerning Robert Frost's birthday celebration at Amherst College, 1954. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1934 Nov. 12, Amherst, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. "But Gods own descent ..." : [poem], 1958. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Triple plate : [poem]. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990. Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Carteret Book Club. Records, [ca. 1902-1958]. Grolier Club
referencedIn Lerner, Abe, 1908-2002. Abe Lerner papers, 1929-2002 (bulk 1957-2002) Grolier Club
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 Sept. 9, Franconia, N.H., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 Aug. 1, South Shaftsbury, Vt., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf American Artists Group. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1936-1957, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1931-1971, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Chappell, Warren. Papers of Warren Chappell. 1897-1985. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Fine Press Printing Ephemera Collection, 1898-2010, 1924-1948 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsGraphic Arts Collection
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Away! : [poem], 1958. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1934 Dec. [29?], [Key West, Fla.?], to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Cohen, Herman. Correspondence between Herman Cohen, Philip Hofer, and Fernando Zóbel, 1947-1984. Houghton Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1937 Dec. 30, Gainesville, Fla., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1946 May 7, Ripton, Vt., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1935 Jan. 6, Key West, Fla., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Webster, Ida,. Collection of Spiral Press printed books and holiday greeting cards, 1926-1973. Grolier Club
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 [July?], South Shaftsbury, Vt., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1930 Feb. 18, Amherst, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1938 Apr. 9, Gainesville, Fla., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Spiral Press. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1951-1952. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Note, [193-?], to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
referencedIn Crawford,John, 1913-. Papers, 1964-1976. Grolier Club
creatorOf Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley, 1881-1965. Papers of Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant [manuscript] 1894-1961. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, 1934 Nov. 23, Amherst, Mass., to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Letter, [1936?], to Joseph Blumenthal. Amherst College. Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith American Artists Group. corporateBody
associatedWith Beil, Frederic C. corporateBody
associatedWith Blumenthal, Ann White, 1901-1990. person
associatedWith Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938. person
correspondedWith Carteret Book Club. corporateBody
associatedWith Carter, Sebastian. person
associatedWith Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991. person
associatedWith Cohen, Herman. person
associatedWith Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980 person
associatedWith Corbin, Harold, 1914- person
correspondedWith Crawford,John, 1913- person
associatedWith Dartmouth College. Library corporateBody
associatedWith Eddy, Donald D. person
associatedWith Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 person
associatedWith Gaige, Crosby, 1882-1949. person
associatedWith Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951. person
associatedWith Goff, Lloyd Lózes, 1917-1983 person
associatedWith Grolier Club. corporateBody
associatedWith Heckscher, August, 1913-1997. person
associatedWith Hiss, Alger. person
associatedWith Hoell, Louis. person
associatedWith Johnson, Herbert H. (Herbert Harrison) person
associatedWith Kent, Henry Watson, 1866-1948. person
associatedWith Kohn, John S. Van E. person
correspondedWith Lerner, Abe, 1908-2002. person
associatedWith Macy, George. person
associatedWith Morris, Henry, 1925- person
associatedWith Nacht, Robert. person
associatedWith Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006. person
associatedWith Pierpont Morgan Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. corporateBody
associatedWith Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957. person
associatedWith Rollins, Carl Purington, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley, 1881-1965. person
associatedWith Spiral Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Stinehour Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Stresow, Gustav. person
associatedWith Taylor, W. Thomas. person
associatedWith Turner, Hermine, 1880-1976. person
associatedWith Webster, Ida, person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
New York--New York
United States
Germany
United States
Connecticut
New York--New York
United States
Subject
Printing
Printing
Publishers and publishing
Authors and publishers
Authorship
Graphic arts
Public libraries
Printers
Type and type-founding
Type and type-founding
Type designers
Typefounding matrices
Occupation
Printer
Activity

Person

Birth 1897-10-04

Death 1990-07-11

Americans

English,

German

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