Trovillion Private Press, 1908-1938.

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Trovillion Private Press, 1908-1938.

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The bulk of the archive consists of the correspondence of Hal Trovillion (notable among them are Dan Byrne Jones, Roscoe Misselhorn, Mathias Noheimer, Margaret Ely Webb, and the well-known type designer Frederick Goudy), published and unpublished manuscripts, galley proofs, Christmas cards, pamphlets and unbound signatures of many titles that he published jointly with his wife. The archive also contains printed material Trovillion collected from other private presses and several boxes of type, paper samples, cloth samples, and typeface and binding literature. Also in this collection are miscellaneous travel notes, a variety of political material, scrapbooks, and assorted memorabilia, including a folder of material relating to violence and corruption in Herrin, and a box of material related to the Herrin State Savings Bank, one of Trovillion's business involvements. The collection also contains one box of correspondence, manuscripts, and memorabilia of Hal Tovillion's sister, Mae Trovillion Smith (1890-1957) who was a member of the English faculty at Southern Illinois University from 1919 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1957.

68.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7246401

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Trovillion, Hal W., 1879-1967

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Hal W. Trovillion was a publisher who operated local newspapers and a private press known as Trovillion Private Press in Herrin, Illinois. In 1904, after Hal left Indiana University, he moved to Herrin and took over two local newspapers, The Herrin Daily Journal and the Egyptian Republican. In 1908 he started a private press publication. Works were typically published in editions of a few hundred copies, on fine hand made European papers, with titles printed in gilt or on paper title cards. Usua...

Noheimer, Mathias

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Trovillion Private Press

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In the summer of 1904, Hal W. Trovillion, visited Herrin, Illinois and left the city with an option to buy the Herrin News. It was not long after establishing himself as editor of the News that he began his private press. The first publication of what was to become the Trovillion Private Press was R.L. Stevenson: Words of Hope from a Hopeful Man, published in 1908 and limited to 104 copies. In 1935, the name Trovillion Private Press was established with the publication of The Sundial in Our Gard...

Misselhorn, Roscoe

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Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947

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Frederic William Goudy was an American type designer. After a career in real estate, he began his career as a type designer at 40 and created over 120 type styles including University of California Oldstyle, exclusively for the University of California Press, and Goudy Old Style. Goudy founded the Village Press with Will H. Ransom and was the Art Director for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company from 1920 until his death in 1947. From the description of Frederic W. Goudy collection, ...

Trovillion, Violet, 1890-

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Smith, Mae Trovillion

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Webb, Margaret Ely

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Jones, Dan Byrne

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