James and Ruth McCrea papers relating to Paul Standard, 1947-1994.

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James and Ruth McCrea papers relating to Paul Standard, 1947-1994.

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Collection consists of correspondence and writings by and about the calligrapher, educator, and author Paul Standard, received by James and Ruth McCrea. Correspondence includes letters sent to the McCreas by Paul and Stella Standard (more than fifty letters, greeting cards, and postcards, 1951-1987); Lili Cassel-Wronker (three letters, 1992); Gudmund Nyström (five letters, one calendar, and one book, 1991-1994); and Paul Standard's great-niece Laura Kellar (one letter, 1992). Writings include off-prints and an exhibition catalogue (1947-1953) by Paul Standard, and copies of his two books Calligraphy's Flowering, Decay & Restauration (1947), and Arrighi's Running Hand (1979), which are inscribed to James and Ruth McCrea. Also included are a few pieces of ephemera and explanatory letters (1963, 1994) about Standard by James McCrea.

0.42 linear feet (1 box).

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7526824

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Nyström, Gudmund.

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Standard, Paul, 1896-1992

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McCrea, Ruth

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Standard, Stella, 1897-1986.

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Cassel-Wronker, Lili, 1924-

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Lili Cassel-Wronker was born May 5, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. She and her family fled the Nazis in 1938, and came to the United States in 1940. She attended the Art Students League in New York City and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Early in her career, Lili Cassel-Wronker worked for Time, Incorporated's art department, as a book jacket designer for World Publishing, and taught calligraphy. She illustrated her first children's book, The Rainbow Mother Goose, in 1947. Throughout her long and prol...

McCrea, James

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James Craig McCrea, American author and publisher, proprietor of the Little Press. Ruth McCrea, American author and publisher, proprietor of the Little Press. Paul Standard (1896-1991), American calligrapher, educator, and author. Stella Robinson Standard (1897-1986), American author. Gudmund Nyström, Swedish typographer and calligrapher. From the description of James and Ruth McCrea papers relating to Paul Standard, 1947-...