William Addison Dwiggins collection

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William Addison Dwiggins collection

1902-1990 (majority 1920-1960)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/13508

William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956) was a type designer, book designer, calligrapher, illustrator, and writer. He also carved and wrote plays for his marionettes, and had occasional excursions into architecture, furniture design, mural painting, kite flying, weathervane-making, and making his own tools. The collection includes over 130 volumes and over 30 pieces of ephemera documenting Dwiggins's design career, as well as works written about him.

168 items

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7309880

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Abbe, Dorothy, 1909-1999

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z71f4g (person)

England, Patricia G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w0sm5 (person)

Patricia G. England is a collector of "fine print" (private press) books. From the description of Patricia England fine print collection, 1970s-1980s. (George Mason University). WorldCat record id: 771923860 ...

Dwiggins, Mabel.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m04hkr (person)

Dwiggins, W.A. (William Addison), 1880-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xg9w97 (person)

W. A. Dwiggins was a calligrapher, type designer and illustrator. Forthe first two decades of the twentieth century he supplied art work to Boston advertisers. Henry Watson Kent was the first librarian of the Grolier Club (a New York City bibliophile society). For many years Kent served as secretary to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he set the standard for fine institutional printing. He was also an authority on prints. From the description of ALS: Boston, to Henry Watson Kent...