Card file of Virginia printers, 1950.

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Card file of Virginia printers, 1950.

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An alphabetical file of printers know to have worked in the state of Virginia from colonial times through about 1950. Probably compiled by John Cook Wyllie. Information on the cards may include the journal with which the printer was connected, place of printing, dates, and bibliographical information. Clippings accompany some of the cards. One card is in the form of a postcard from Rollo Silver to John Cook Wyllie.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7683906

University of Virginia. Library

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Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel), 1909-1989

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Rollo Gabriel Silver, historian of American printing; author of Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 (1965), The American printer, 1787-1825 (1967), and (with Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt and Lawrence C. Wroth), The book in America (2nd ed., 1951), as well as numerous articles published in Studies in bibliography, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and elsewhere. Graduate of Brown University, Class of 1931; professor of library science, Simmons College, 1950-1965. From the desc...

Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968

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Description of this Albemarle Co. lawyer. From the description of Biographical sketch of George Carr [manuscript] / drafted by J.C.W. for his grandson Mr. Charles Carr, 1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647936052 Wyllie was Director of Libraries, University of Virginia, and Book Review Editor of The Richmond News Leader. From the description of Letters : concerning his book reviews in The Richmond news leader, 1952-1963. (University of Virginia)...