Illustrations for The Goodhues of Sinking Creek [manuscript], 1933-1934.

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Illustrations for The Goodhues of Sinking Creek [manuscript], 1933-1934.

The collection consists of items used to illustrate W. R. Burnett's short story "The Goodhues of Sinking Creek," and includes ten wood blocks and fifteen original prints, some rendered in black and green ink. There are also nine letters from Arthur W. Rushmore of Harper & Brothers Publishers to Lankes.

15 art originals : ink on vellum and paper ; 16 x11 cm.;10 realia : wood block ; 16 x 11 cm.9 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7920036

University of Virginia. Library

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Burnett, W.R. (William Riley), 1899-1982

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Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Rushmore, Arthur W., 1883-1955

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Rushmore held a variety of positions throughout his life, all having to do with the printing industry. He is best known as a book designer. Rushmore served as head of production at Harper and Brothers for more than 30 years. Along with his wife, he founded the Golden Hind Press in 1927, where they published a limited edition of the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay. From the description of Correspondence, 1929-1930. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122618497 ...

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960

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Woodcut artist; Durham, North Carolina. From the description of Letter : Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539131 Julius J. Lankes was a maker of woodcuts whose work was represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser admired his work and promoted his career. As with many American artists of his generation, Lankes' career was never financially stable, and he also worked as an illustrator, an art educator and as a technical artist for the F...