James Hayes Collection on the History of Calligraphy, Printing, and Letterforms

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James Hayes Collection on the History of Calligraphy, Printing, and Letterforms

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Books and other materials collected by James Hayes on the history of calligraphy, printing, and letterforms.

Approximately 1480 titles

eng,

ita,

ger,

Special Collections. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6402243

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Hayes, James, 1907-1993

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James Hayes (1907-1993) was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1907 and trained in the 1920's at the Chicago Art Institute under Ernst Detterer. He developed an interest in historical scripts and their modern application and studied not only Western scripts, but also Egyptian hieroglyphics and Asian calligraphy, design, and illustration. Hayes led the Newberry Library Calligraphy Study Group for 15 years and designed and installed a Newberry Library exhibition on the history of the Roman letter in 195...