[Electrotype plate for Wing Foundation bookplate] [realia] / /B. R. [1928]
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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...
Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation
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From 1931 to 1947, Ernst F. Detterer served as the second Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing. As Wing Custodian, Detterer, a noted calligrapher, acquired the extensive C.L. Ricketts calligraphy collection (1942), established the Newberry Calligraphy Study Group, and designed the Newberry Library Bindery Typeface. From the description of Detterer, Ernst F. - Administrative subject files, 1921-1947 (bulk 1931-1947). (Newberry Li...
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957
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