Archives of the Weather Bird Press, 1966-1992.

ArchivalResource

Archives of the Weather Bird Press, 1966-1992.

Collection consists of illustrations, layout sketches, proofs, correspondence, manuscripts, stencils, pochoir samples, dummies, and ephemera related to books printed and illustrated by Vance Gerry and the Weather Bird Press between 1966 and 1992. Also includes Gerry's tax returns, expenses, and statements.

12 boxes (6 linear ft.)1 map drawer.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7415102

University of California, Los Angeles

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Gerry, Vance

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Gerry was born in Pasadena, CA in 1929; apprenticed while a teenager at Grant Dahlstrom's Castle Press; trained as a commercial artist, Woodbury College; attended Art Center for Design and Chouinard Art Institute; began working at Walt Disney Animation Studio as a layout and story sketch artist, 1955; began operating Weather Bird Press (briefly called the Peach Pit Press), 1967; illustrated most of his books with line drawings, linoleum cuts, and pochoir; wrote and printed several books under th...

Weather Bird Press

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