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Helen Gentry

Helen "Billy" Gentry (1897-1988) was a printer, book designer, and typographer. Born in California, she attended the University of California, Berkeley. She trained in fine bookmaking and printing at the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco -- where she was not allowed to do presswork, as Ed Grabhorn did not think it was a suitable job for a woman -- and further developed her skills working for a grocery store printing plant. In 1930, she started her own press, becoming one of the first contemporary women printers to do all aspects of the work herself. In 1934, she moved with her husband David Greenhood to New York, where she did design work for Simon and Schuster and other publishing houses, including designing the classic 1953 Harper & Brothers edition of the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In 1935, she co-founded Holiday House with Vernon Ives and Ted Johnson, devoted to publishing well-designed children's books in fine bindings. Her work was often included in the American Institute of Graphic Arts' fifty best-designed books of the year, and appeared in an AIGA solo show in 1939. In 1963, Gentry moved with her husband to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she continued to work as a freelance designer.

David Greenhood

Clarence David "Clink" Greenhood (1895-1983) wrote fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for adults and children, as well as editing books for Holiday House. Born in Buffalo, New York in 1895, he moved to California in 1912 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1922. At Berkeley he met Helen Gentry, and the pair married in 1923. Together they wrote Chronology of Books & Printing (published by Gentry Press in 1933, republished by Macmillan in 1936). His published works include Poems, et cetera and The Master Apprentice (both Gentry Press, 1934); The Hill (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943); Down to Earth: Mapping for Everybody (Holiday House, 1944; revised and republished by University of Chicago Press as Mapping, 1964); Love in Dishevelment (Creative Age Press, 1948); Watch the Tides (Holiday House, 1961); and The Writer on His Own (University of New Mexico Press, 1971). He also published several articles for children under the pseudonym Mark Sawyer.

From the guide to the Helen Gentry and David Greenhood papers, 1748-1988, 1930-1980, (The Bancroft Library.)

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referencedIn Monhoff, Fred. Clarence David Greenhood [graphic] : aetat 24, 1919 / [painted by] F. Monhoff. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Benson, Stella, 1892-1933. Stella Benson letters, 1926-1933. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Helen Gentry and David Greenhood papers, 1748-1988, 1930-1980 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951. Porter Garnett papers, 1916-1951. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Stella Benson letters, 1926-1933 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987. Hildegarde Flanner papers, 1924-1984. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Greenhood, David. Into the Bay : typescript (carbon), [undated]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Gentry, Helen. Helen Gentry letter and list : Santa Fe, N.M., to James D. Hart, ALS and typescript, 1983-1987. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Greenhood, David. David Greenhood correspondence, with Adolph E. Anderson, 1958-1970. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Grabhorn Press. Grabhorn Press records, 1917-1973. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Lloyd Lózes Goff Papers, 1905-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Lyman, William Whittingham, 1885-. William Whittingham Lyman memoirs : typescript, [ca. 1969-]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Patterson, Vernon. Vernon Patterson papers, [ca. 1936-1976]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Stone, Idella P., 1901- . Idella P. Stone Personal Papers and Records of Palms, 1922-1960. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Gentry, Helen, 1897-. Helen Gentry and David Greenhood papers, 1748-1988 (bulk 1930-1980). UC Berkeley Libraries
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associatedWith Anderson, Adolph Edmund, 1885- person
associatedWith Benson, Stella, 1892-1933. person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
associatedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. person
associatedWith Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987. person
associatedWith Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951. person
associatedWith Gentry, Helen. person
associatedWith Gentry Press corporateBody
associatedWith Goff, Lloyd Lózes, 1917-1983 person
associatedWith Grabhorn, Edwin E. person
associatedWith Grabhorn Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Harter, Evelyn person
associatedWith Holiday House (Firm) corporateBody
associatedWith Holloway, Roberta, 1902-1978. person
associatedWith Lyman, William Whittingham person
associatedWith Lyman, William Whittingham, 1885- person
associatedWith Monhoff, Fred. person
associatedWith Patterson, Vernon. person
associatedWith Stone, Idella P., 1901- . person
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