Charles E. Skaggs collection, ca. 1940-2002.

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Charles E. Skaggs collection, ca. 1940-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53810762

The collection contains original artwork for book jackets and lettering by Skaggs and others, notably William Addison Dwiggins. There is a group of printed book jackets designed by Skaggs. Also contains correspondence from numerous other calligraphers, artists and designers (Oswald Bruce Cooper and Raymond F. DaBoll), as well as printed ephemera by them.

2.65 linear ft. (6 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7671190

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Skaggs, Charles E.

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Skaggs was born in 1917. In high school he apprenticed in an art studio, where he learned the fundamentals of printing processes. He went to Chicago and made his mark designing advertising art, packaging and posters. In Chicago he was introduced to the art of book design by Chicago bibliophiles, including Raymond DaBoll, who showed him the work of William Addison Dwiggins. He moved to New York City in 1945 and worked on books and jackets for the Limited Editions Club and for the publisher Alfred...

Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940

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Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer; creative partner of the firm of Bertsch & Cooper, 1913-1940. Cooper was educated at the Frank Holme School in Chicago. He is best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces, among the most successful advertising types of the twentieth century. He was a founding member of the 27 Chicago Designers and of the Society of Typographic Arts, which produced a retrospective tribute to him, The Book of...

Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Alfred A. Knopf and his wife, Blanche Knopf. From the description of Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155870929 Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743309 American publisher. From the description of Typed letters signed (1...

Dwiggins, W.A. (William Addison), 1880-1956

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W. A. Dwiggins was a calligrapher, type designer and illustrator. Forthe first two decades of the twentieth century he supplied art work to Boston advertisers. Henry Watson Kent was the first librarian of the Grolier Club (a New York City bibliophile society). For many years Kent served as secretary to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he set the standard for fine institutional printing. He was also an authority on prints. From the description of ALS: Boston, to Henry Watson Kent...

DaBoll, Raymond F.

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Chicago and Arkansas calligrapher and designer. Raymond Franklin DaBoll (1892-1982) was born June 19, 1892 near Clyde, New York, he studied at the Rochester Athanaeum and Mechanics Institute (now RIT) and came to Chicago in 1912, where he continued his education at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Art. In Rochester he also studied singing, a hobby he pursued for the rest of his life. In 1915, he started working for Chicago advertising agencies. His...