Papers relating to the Typophiles, 1945-1975.

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Papers relating to the Typophiles, 1945-1975.

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Correspondence relating to Typophile matters, including carbon's of McKay's letters as well as announcements and other printed ephemera. Includes the typescript of a work by him entitled "The Typophiles and their publications with some notes on Paul Bennett" (1972) written for the Typophiles. It does not appear to have been published.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)typescript 1 ; [ca. 155] leaves.

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Grolier Club

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McKay, George L. (George Leslie), 1895-1976

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Author residing in Richmond (Henrico Co.), Va. From the description of George L. McKay Short stories, undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43737877 From the description of Short stories, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 79297132 George L. McKay was Curator (1923-1959) of the Grolier Club, a New York City bibliophile society, and also served as its librarian (1944-1959). From 1947 to 1959 he was advisor to the Edwin J. Beinecke C...

Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...

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...

Typophiles (New York, N.Y.)

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