Carrier, Gertrude Lueneburg, 1902-1991.

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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.

Carrier studied at the School of the Art Institute with Ernst Detterer, graduating in 1923; among her most important commissions were altar cards for Samuel Cardinal Stritch; from the 1970's onward she was a senior member of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective.

From the description of Gertrude Lueneburg Carrier papers, 1921-1991. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38418677

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associatedWith Bulovic, Milan. person
associatedWith Catholic Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Chicago Calligraphy Collective. corporateBody
associatedWith Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892. person
associatedWith Finchley's Department Store (Chicago, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Frank, Anne, 1929-1945. person
associatedWith Greensfelder, Tom. person
associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. person
associatedWith Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240. person
associatedWith Ricketts, C. L. (Coella Lindsay), 1859-1941. person
associatedWith Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, 1887-1958. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Chicago
Illinois--Chicago
Illinois--Chicago
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Calligraphers
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Design
Designer
Signs and signboards
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Birth 1902

Death 1991

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