George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers 1878-1975 1926-1931

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George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers 1878-1975 1926-1931

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George Henry Carter (1874-1948) served as U.S. Government Printer from 1921 to 1934. As head of the Government Printing Office (GPO) he was a crusader against waste and corruption. Before assuming that position he had been a journalist and newspaper editor and after leaving in 1934 he was a printing consultant. His second wife, Lydia Goedecke Carter (d. 1975), was a typographer and type designer. Collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles, genealogical materials, photographs, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Correspondence, 1878-1975, is of George H. and Lydia G. Carter and concerns family matters with a few official letters. Also included are typescripts and reprints of speeches and articles, 1916-1934, about the printing trade and the GPO; genealogical materials relating to Carter's Lanyon family antecedents; memorabilia; and photographs of Carter and Goedecke family members and others. Bulk of the papers consists of scrapbooks, 1926-1927 and 1929-1931, assembled by Carter documenting official trips to Europe as the U.S. Government Printer.

4.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313831

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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United States. Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer

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Kiess, Edgar Raymond, 1875-1930

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Carter, George H., 1874-1948.

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George Henry Carter (1874-1948) served as U.S. Government Printer from 1921 to 1934. As head of the Government Printing Office (GPO) he was a crusader against waste and corruption. Before assuming that position he had been a journalist and newspaper editor and after leaving in 1934 he was a printing consultant. His second wife, Lydia Goedecke Carter (d. 1975), was a typographer and type designer. From the description of George H. and Lydia Goedecke Carter papers, 1878-1975, bulk (192...

Carter, Lydia Goedecke

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