Oral history interview with Warren Chappell, 1978.

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Oral history interview with Warren Chappell, 1978.

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Family background; childhood in Virginia; study and teaching at Art Students League, New York City, 1926-35; promotional art director, LIBERTY magazine, 1928-31; study with Rudolf Koch, 1931; assistant to Boardman Robinson, Colorado Springs, 1935-36; juvenile book illustrations; design of Trajanus and Lydian typefaces; book design for Alfred Knopf, George Macy, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1940 on; A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD, 1970; Oscar Ogg.

Transcript: 403 leaves.Tape: 3 reels, 7 cassettes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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