Press of the Woolly Whale collection, 1928-1972 (inclusive), 1928-1941 (bulk)

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Press of the Woolly Whale collection, 1928-1972 (inclusive), 1928-1941 (bulk)

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The collection primarily consists of ephemera issued by the Press of the Woolly Whale between 1928 and 1941, including prospectuses, booklets, invitations, broadsides, holiday cards, mailing labels, certificates, and programs, among other items, most of which were drawn from the stock of the press when it was donated in 1969 to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University; books printed by the press were also received but were cataloged separately. Series I, Publications and Production Files, is arranged according to David Pankow's chronological bibliography in Melbert B. Cary, Jr. and the Press of the Woolly Whale (Rochester, 2002). Accompanying some of the titles are production files kept by George Van Vechten Jr., the printer at the Press of the Woolly Whale. These files may include original and carbon typescripts, paper samples, title page designs, dummies, page proofs, corrected galleys, notes, receipts, and some correspondence with Cary, Frederic Goudy, and others. Some files also contain original drawings by Alban B. Butler, Warren Chappell, W. A. Dwiggins, and Fritz Kredel, and a set of stencils used by Dwiggins. Filed at the end of the series is a range of ephemera printed for the American Institute of Graphic Arts and National Orchestral Association. Series II, Other Papers, contains copies of the Buffalo and Rochester exhibition catalogs, obituaries for George Van Vechten Jr., a holiday card from Paul Wescott with a trade sign design for the press, and notes made by Mary Flagler Cary about press publications.

3.0 linear feet (8 boxes)

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7946051

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Van Vechten, George W.

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Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973

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Fritz Kredel was a renowned and versatile illustrator and artist. He found early success in Germany, culminating in a Gold medal for Book Illustration at the 1937 Paris World Exposition. His success continued in the United States, where he illustrated a book written by Eleanor Roosevelt, and later was commissioned to design a woodcut of the Presidential Seal for John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Diverse and prolific, Kredel's illustrations are whimsical, detailed, and individual. From ...

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...

Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991

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American illustrator, type founder. From the description of Watercolor by Warren Chappell "Longnose the Dwarf" [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870994 From the description of Manuscript books illustrated by Chappell [manuscript], 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870967 From the description of Illustrated letters [manuscript], 1975-1983. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846181 Type desi...

American Institute of Graphic Arts

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Press of the Woolly Whale

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The Press of the Woolly Whale was founded by Melbert B. Cary Jr. (1892-1941), a New York businessman and prominent figure in the fields of typography and private printing during the second quarter of the twentieth century. Cary was director of Continental Type Founders Association, a former president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and proprietor of the private Press of the Woolly Whale. His professional and personal interests in printing led him to collect printer's manuals and type ...

National Orchestral Association (U.S.)

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The National Orchestral Association (NOA) was founded in 1930 by Leon Barzinto give student musicians an opportunity to gain experience. A New York Timesarticle of December 7, 1930 defined the purposes of the N.O.A. as, "To furnishthe American orchestral instrumentalist with the same practical opportunities in training and routine which have been open to the European-born players; to supply this training as post-graduate work which the directors of the organization asser...

Cary, Mary Flagler

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Philanthropist. From the description of Photograph collection, [ca. 1955-1963] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155462865 ...

Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947

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Frederic William Goudy was an American type designer. After a career in real estate, he began his career as a type designer at 40 and created over 120 type styles including University of California Oldstyle, exclusively for the University of California Press, and Goudy Old Style. Goudy founded the Village Press with Will H. Ransom and was the Art Director for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company from 1920 until his death in 1947. From the description of Frederic W. Goudy collection, ...

Cary, Melbert Brinckerhoff, 1892-1941

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Melbert Brinkerhoff Cary Jr. (1892-1941) was born in New York, educated at Groton School and Yale University (Class of 1916), and died in New York. He was director of Continental Type Founders Association, president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and proprietor of the private Press of the Woolly Whale. From the description of Melbert B. Cary Jr. collection, 1895-1986. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 746849993 Frederic W. Goudy founded the Village ...

Butler, Alban B. (Alban Bernard), 1891-

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