Letters received, 1914-1947.

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Letters received, 1914-1947.

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Letters to Silve, a printer, mainly from Daniel Berkeley Updike, concerning book design and printing. In the 1910s, Silve was a designer for the Marchbanks Press. He sends Updike samples of his work, and Updike critiques the designs; in a letter dated 1916, Updike discusses the use of typographic "rule" and the confusion between quaintness and beauty. From 1923 to 1926, Updike's letters concern his choices for the annual "Fifty books of the year" exhibitions hosted by the American Institute of Graphic Arts - which books are best, which pages should be shown, and criticisms of the books ultimately selected. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and checklists concerning the 1928 exhibition of the work of the Merrymount Press at the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the back and forth over which books to feature. There is also some information on the 1938 exhibition of the Updike printing collection at the Providence Public Library. Finally, a folder of miscellaneous letters received, 1922-1947, includes letters from Frederic Warde, Richard C. Jenkinson, John Bianchi (Merrymount Press), and A. Colish, concerning fine printing.

7 folders in 1 box ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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American Institute of Graphic Arts

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Merrymount Press

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The Merrymount Press was established in Boston in 1893 by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The Merrymount Press was known for its excellence in typography and design, especially in the field of decorative printing and bookmaking. From the description of Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510241 The Merrymount Press in Boston was the printing-office of D.B. (Daniel Berkeley) Updi...

Bianchi, John, 1874-

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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...

Silve, David,

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Colish, Abraham, 1882-1963

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Jenkinson, Richard C., 1853-1930

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Richard C. Jenkinos was born in Newark, N.J., 1853. He founded R.C. Jenkinson & Co. in 1878. In 1898, Jenkinson entered public life as President of the Newark Chamber of Commerce, and for the next thirty years he held a unique position in the public life of New Jersey. Jenkinson was President of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, and also served as a member of the Board for 33 years. To the Newark Public Library in 1925, Jenkinson presented his collection of books illustrative of t...

Marchbanks Press

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Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941

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Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) was a book designer and printer in New England. He was born an only child in an old and well-connected New England family, but his father's death in 1877 prevented Updike from pursuing higher education. Updike's Episcopalian background greatly influenced both his character and his later work as a printer, and his intellectual and cultural character was molded by his mother, an antiquary and scholar of French and English literature. Updike's first book-related j...