Lisl Steiner photographic negatives of Typophiles lectures 1965-1968

Meynell, Francis Meredith Wilfrid, 1891-1975

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Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell was born on May 12, 1891 in London, England to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell, the youngest of seven surviving children. Francis Thompson was Francis Meynell's godfather. Meynell attended Trinity College, Dublin, from 1908 until 1910 or 1911. He married three times: Hilda Saxe, 1914 (one daughter, Cynthia); Vera Mendel, 1925 (one son, Benedict); and Alix Hester Marie Kilroy, 1946 (no children). Francis Meynell was a typographer, book designer, and pub...

Kerr, Chester

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Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, 1903-1992

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Author, bibliographer. From the description of Reminiscences of Hellmut E. Lehmann-Haupt : lecture, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512977 Dr. Hellmut E. Lehmann-Haupt (1903-1992) was born in Berlin and educated at the Universities of Berlin, Vienna and Frankfurt where he concentrated on the fine arts and early book illustration. Coming to the U.S. in 1929, Lehmann-Haupt was named curator of the rare book department of Columbia Uni...

Mosley, James

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Beilenson, Edna, 1909-1981

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DaBoll, Raymond F.

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Chicago and Arkansas calligrapher and designer. Raymond Franklin DaBoll (1892-1982) was born June 19, 1892 near Clyde, New York, he studied at the Rochester Athanaeum and Mechanics Institute (now RIT) and came to Chicago in 1912, where he continued his education at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Art. In Rochester he also studied singing, a hobby he pursued for the rest of his life. In 1915, he started working for Chicago advertising agencies. His...

Bennett, Paul A., 1897-1966

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Printer at the Mergenthaler Linotype Co., New York City. From the description of Letters and notes, 1917-1966. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37766607 Paul A. Bennett (1897-1966) was director of typography for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company for thirty years until his retirement in 1962. Mr. Bennett lectured on and wrote articles about printing and typography. Bennett was one of the founders, then unofficial secretary of the Typophiles; he frequently coordina...

Salter, George, 1897-1967

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Salter, book designer and calligrapher was born and educated in Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1934. He did book design for German and American publishers, taught book design at the School of Library Service of Columbia University, Cooper Union Art School and New York University. He created book jackets and designs for publishing houses such as Simon & Schuster, Knopf, Basic Books, Bobbs-Merrill, Random House, LIttle Brown and Viking. From the description of George...

Steiner, Lisl, 1927-

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Grushkin, Philip

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Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977

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Kredl, Fritz

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Reiner, Imre, 1900-1987

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Dair, Carl

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Baughman, Roland Orvil, 1902-1967

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Mr. Baughman served as head of Special Collections, Columbia University Libraries from 1946 until his death. From the guide to the Ronald O. Baughman Papers, [ca. 1924]-1967., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Mr. Baughman served as head of Special Collections, Columbia University Libraries from 1946 until his death. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1924]-1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat r...

Leslie, Robert L., 1885-1987

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Krimpen, Huib van

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Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel), 1909-1989

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Rollo Gabriel Silver, historian of American printing; author of Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 (1965), The American printer, 1787-1825 (1967), and (with Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt and Lawrence C. Wroth), The book in America (2nd ed., 1951), as well as numerous articles published in Studies in bibliography, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and elsewhere. Graduate of Brown University, Class of 1931; professor of library science, Simmons College, 1950-1965. From the desc...

Zeitlin, Jake, 1902-1987

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Zeitlin was a Los Angeles bookdealer. From the description of Letter : Los Angeles (Calif.), to Don Hill, Los Angeles, 1936 April 21. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 24038112 Jacob Israel Zeitlin was born on Nov. 4, 1902, in Racine, WI; worked as a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, TX; moved to Los Angeles in 1925; began career in bookselling when employed by Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May C...

Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-1985

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Robert Hunter Middleton was a type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and fine-press printer. Born in Scotland in 1898, he came to the U.S. at the age of ten. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in 1923, after studying with Ernst F. Detterer. As principal designer for the Ludlow Typograph Co. from 1923 to 1970, he was responsible for the design of many typefaces widely used in advertising and newspaper work. He also served as Ludlow’s art director, and, in the years befo...

Lubalin, Herb, 1918-1981

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Warde, Beatrice

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English writer on typography. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to F.B. Adams, Jr., 1969 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659511 Epithet: Mrs née Becker typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001e7 ...

Typophiles (New York, N.Y.)

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