Charles Hobson collection : design and production materials for artists' books, 1985-2008.

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart (AE) was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, the first daughter of Amy (Otis) Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Grace Muriel, was born three years later. The family moved several times (to Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines; St. Paul; Chicago) during AE's childhood as her father tried unsuccessfully to establish a profitable legal career. AE graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. ESE's increasing reliance on al...

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

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The California Street Cable Railroad began operation in April, 1878. From the description of [California Street Cable Railroad Co. [graphic] : power house at California and Larkin streets]. [ca. 1878] (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48150769 American photographer known especially for his landscape views of the western United States, South and Central America, and for his photographic studies of animals in motion, Muybridge worked closely with Senato...

Hobson, Charles, 1943-

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Charles Hobson is an American artist who uses pastel, monotype and other printmaking variations to construct images for books and works on paper. He often works in series, follows a historical theme, and employs the monotype as an under painting for further work with pastel, acrylic and printed texts. He began creating artists' books after working on a tribute book for a friend, Bruce Nelson, after his death in 1984. The book contained Nelson's poems in a small letterpress edition. His first art...

Centolella, Thomas

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Colet, Louise, 1810-1876

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French writer who published, with Benjamin Constant, the correspondence of Mme Recamier (1849); and "Lui, roman contemporain" (1860), a novel about her relationship with Gustave Flaubert. From the description of Sonnets manuscrits, 1867-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148003 French writer who published, with Benjamin Constant, the correspondence of Mme. Recamier (1849); and "Lui, roman contemporain" (1860), a novel about her relationship with Gustave Flaubert. ...

Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-....

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Barry Lopez is a writer of both fictional short stories and non-fiction works. His awards are numerous: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Award, John Burroughs Medal for Of Wolves and Men, and National Book Award for Arctic Dreams. Lopez was raised in California and New York City and currently lives in Oregon. From the description of Barry Lopez papers, 1964-2001 and undated. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 545...

DeMerritt, John

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Mann, Charmetta.

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Shaw, Alice

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Levy, Harriet Lane

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Harriet Lane Levy was born in San Francisco in 1867. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. In the 1890s she wrote for journal The Wave and served as drama critic for the San Francisco Call. She then moved to Paris and became part of circle that included Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, et al. She returned to California at beginning of World War I. In 1947, she published her memoir, 920 O'Farrell Street, about her life in San Francisco. Levy died in 1950. From the d...

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002a1 French writer. From the description of Travel notes, ca. 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148606 Gustave Flaubert, a 19th century French novelist, known primarily for his first novel Madame Bovary, published in 1857 and for his collected letters. From the description of Doria: manuscript, [ca. 1851]. (Temple...

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-....

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American poet and translator of Racine and Molière. From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1949-1986. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122692657 Wilbur is an American poet, translator, teacher and scholar; he was the second Poet Laureate of the United States and twice recipient of the Pulitizer Prize for poetry. From the description of Papers, 1945-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Evans, Kathy, 1948-

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Collins, Billy

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Biography Charles Hobson is an artist who uses pastel, monotype and other printmaking variations to construct images for books and works on paper. He often works in series, follows a historical theme, and employs the monotype as an under painting for further work with pastel, acrylic and printed texts. He began creating artist's books after working on a tribute book for a friend, Bruce Nelson, after his death in 1984. The book contained Nelso...