Goudy Society records, 1965-1990.

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Goudy Society records, 1965-1990.

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The records contain administrative documents from the incorporation of the society, lists of board members and officers, some board minutes and membership records, and miscellaneous correspondence. The bulk of the records concern the society's annual Goudy birthday dinners which were held in New York City and featured distinguished guest speakers including Goudy's daughter Alice Goudy Grey, rare book curators, historians, private press printers, and others. Special Goudy-related keepsakes were composed and printed by members for distribution at the dinners; copies of these are on file, along with some transcripts and one cassette tape of presentations, event coverage clipped from printing trade publications, and photographs taken by A. Burton Carnes and others. Also documented are special outings such as the society's 1972 and 1979 visits to the site of Goudy's home, press, and type foundry in Marlboro, Ulster County, New York. The society took a special interest in the Goudy site, for which they had a plaque commissioned and installed; three "reverse proofs" printed from directly from the plaque by John DePol are in Box 5. Also present is a Goudy Society file kept by board member Joseph R. Dunlap, a folder of obituaries and tributes to board member Edna Beilenson, and some research material on Frederic Goudy.

2.0 linear feet (5 boxes)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120875

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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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, ...

Beilenson, Edna, 1909-1981

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Carnes, A. Burton, d. 1975.

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Hart, Horace, 1910-

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DePol, John, 1913-2004

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DePol is a wood engraver who has worked in commercial printing. From the description of The John DePol collection, 1947-2002. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 53464778 Artist and engraver John DePol was born in 1913 in New York City. As a young man DePol spent much of his free time sketching scenes which would later be the basis of etchings or wood engravings. He enrolled in evening classes in etching and lithography while working full-time as a statistical clerk and sec...

Dunlap, Joseph R. (Joseph Riggs), 1913-

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Leslie, Robert L., 1885-1987

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Goudy Society, Inc.

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The Goudy Society was formed on March 8, 1965, the centennial of the birth of printer, typographer, and typefounder Frederic W. Goudy. Its purpose was to promote understanding, craftsmanship and use of type and the designing of new typefaces, to preserve the history and tradition of printing, and to further interest in private presses. Founding members were A. Burton Carnes, Joseph R. Dunlap, Eugene M. Ettenberg, Horace Hart, Robert L. Leslie, Elizabeth K. Lieberman, J. Ben Lieberman, Edgar J. M...