Designs and correspondence, 1918-1983.

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Designs and correspondence, 1918-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79390135

The collection contains works by and about Rudolph Ruzicka, as well as correspondence between Ruzicka and Philip Hofer. Materials include proofs of engravings, typeface designs, exhibition catalogs, and articles related to Ruzicka's work. The correspondence between Ruzicka and Hofer, dating mostly from the 1940s, discusses projects and personal issues of both Ruzicka and Hofer.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8227924

Houghton Library

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Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in...

Harvard University. Committee on Seals, Arms and Diplomas.

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Růžička, Rudolph 1883-1978

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Ruzicka was a Czech-American graphic artist and engraver. From the description of Designs for Harvard University, 1951-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374439 Graphic artist and type-designer, Ruzicka (1883-1978) was born in Bohemia, emigrated to Chicago, where he trained as a wood engraver and designer; continued his studies in New York. During the 1930s he collaborated with Philip Hofer on a number of projects, including a series of engravings for Harvard...