Inventory of the Bernhardt Wall Collection: 1922 -1994 [bulk dates = 1922-1937]

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Inventory of the Bernhardt Wall Collection: 1922 -1994 [bulk dates = 1922-1937]

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Artist and historian, Bernhardt Wall (1872-1956) was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects, including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks, publications, and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall, Texas. The collection was purchased through Oak Knoll Books of New Castle, Delaware. The collection includes correspondence between Williams and Wall, as well as photographs, original drawings, etchings (some showing cancelled plates), newspaper clippings, postcards, books, and other Walliana. The letters concern Wall's printmaking and publishing activities and provide a unique glimpse into his personal and professional concerns. Mentioned significantly in the letters is Wall's friend and mentor, the master printer and paper historian Dard Hunter. Among the books is the first of only eight trial copies of The Odyssey of the Etcher of Books, as well as Following General Sam Houston, The Invitation to Gettysburg, and Windjammer. This collection is important in part because it documents Wall’s devotion to his craft. There are two letters (Xerox copies) from US President Franklin D Roosevelt, one when he was governor of New York and the other as president.

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