Papers relating to Frederic Warde, 1921-1966.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Private art library collection; New York City, New York. Founded in 1924 when business tycoon, J.P. Morgan opened his home and private collection to the public. From the description of Pierpont Morgan Library records, 1682-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404272 ...

Hendrickson, James Briggs, 1928-....

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Haight, Anne Lyon.

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Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945

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Chicago designer and author on design, Director of Design and Typography for the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. of Chicago from 1922-1945. Kittredge was responsible for the highly influential Four American Books project of 1926-1931, a demonstration of the fine printing capabilities of the American commercial printing industry. His writings on printing, typography, and advertising appeared in the Inland Printer, American Printer, The Colophon, and many other journals. ...

Loos, Melvin, 1897-

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Loos was a master typographer and Assistant Director of the Columbia University Press. From the description of Melvin Loos papers, 1943-1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 606938151 ...

Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland), 1880-1964

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American illustrator. From the description of Typed letter signed : Danbury, Connecticut, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1936 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868038 T. M. Cleland, primarily a book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer also produced costume and set designs for theatrical performances. From the description of T. M. Cleland costume designs for Scaramouche, 1923. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 669062826 America...

Walck, Henry Z.

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Chiswick Book Shop

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Conkwright, Paul J. (P. Jefferson)

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Bennett, Paul, 1897-1966

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After his retirement from the Merganthaler Linotype Corporation, Paul Bennett was retained by the Grolier Club (a New York bibliophile society) to gather information about typographer and book designer Frederic Warde (1894-1939) for a bibliography, biography, and exhibition. Bennett interviewed a number of people who had known Warde and obtained photocopies of major collections of Warde and Warde-related letters in the Huntington Library, the Newberry Library, and the Library of Congress, as wel...

Limited editions club

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Founded in 1929 by George Macy, the Limited Editions Club published illustrated fine-press books for subscribers, in editions of 1500. Their publications tended to be classic titles, and featured the work of leadings illustrators and designers. After Macy's death in 1956, the firm remained family owned until 1970. It changed hands several times until it was sold in 1979 to its current owner, the investor Sidney Shiff. Since that time, the Limited Editions Club has become best known for lavish ar...

Gaige, Crosby, 1882-1949

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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...

Stowaways (Organization)

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Joseph W. Bowles organized the Stowaways in New York in 1907 as a dining club for convivial spirits interested in the graphic arts. The club met for meals and outings and organized exhibits and other events. From the description of Records, 1907-1936 (bulk 1914-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145382438 ...

Tomlinson, Paul

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Ripperger, H. L. (Helmut Lothar), b. 1897-

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Howell, Alfred C.

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Duenewald, Ralph

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Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967

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English typographer, author, and lecturer. From the description of Letter, 1958. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 13048845 British printer, typographer and writer. From the description of Letter, 1939. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78489119 English typographer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Holbrook Jackson, 1923 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613086 ...

Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939

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Book designer, typographer and printer. Frederic Warde (1894-1939) was best known in the field of graphic arts as a book designer and in association with the Arrighi typeface. He was also a writer, editor, and, on occasion, a perfumer. After service in World War I, Warde worked as an editor at Macmillan? though they would eventually divorce, his ex-wife would achieve her own fame in the world of graphic arts as Beatrice Warde. Warde became designer for the Princeton University Press...

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 ...

Cohen, Herman R.

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Husband of Aveve Cohen, owners of the Chiswick Book Shop, Sandy Hook, Conn. From the description of Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1989-1992. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 697292310 Herman and Aveve Cohen were proprietors of the Chiswick Book Shop in New York City and later Sandy Hook, Connecticut. From the description of Correspondence between Herman Cohen, Philip Hofer, and Fernando Zóbel, 1947-1984. (Harvard University). WorldCat r...

Růžička, Rudolph 1883-1978

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Ruzicka was a Czech-American graphic artist and engraver. From the description of Designs for Harvard University, 1951-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374439 Graphic artist and type-designer, Ruzicka (1883-1978) was born in Bohemia, emigrated to Chicago, where he trained as a wood engraver and designer; continued his studies in New York. During the 1930s he collaborated with Philip Hofer on a number of projects, including a series of engravings for Harvard...

Dothard, Paul

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Macy, George

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Founder of the Limited Editions Club and the Heritage Press. From the description of George Macy papers, 1916-1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 606938314 Detroit, Michigan businessman. From the description of George F. Macy letter, 1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423562 Epithet: Director of the Limited Editions Club British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descr...

Haight, Sherman P. (Sherman Post), 1922-

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Ransom, Will, 1875-1955

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Kent, Henry Watson, 1866-1948

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Henry Watson Kent served as the first professional librarian of the Grolier Club from 1903 to 1906 and originated its classification scheme. He continued to serve the Club during the following decades through its Library, Publications and House committees, and its Council. From 1906 until his retirement in 1940 Kent was Secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. From the description of What I am pleased to call my education : typescript, 1948 / by Henry Watson Kent...

Macy, Helen.

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Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

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