Daniel Berkeley Updike papers, 1917, 1943.

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Daniel Berkeley Updike papers, 1917, 1943.

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This collection includes: one autograph letter signed on Merrymount Press stationery, dated Dec. 26, 1917 and addressed to Mrs. Baldwin, inviting herself and Mr. Baldwin to visit the press, one newspaper clipping of an article by Carl Greenleaf Beede entitled, "The Offices of an Artist Printer" (undated), one calling card of Mr. Daniel Berkeley Updike, Brimmer Chambers, Brimmer Street, and one New Years greeting card for 1943 to "the friends of the Merrymount Press."

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries

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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...

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...