Abe Lerner papers, 1929-2002 (bulk 1957-2002)

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

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Architect, designer; Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona. From the description of Frank Lloyd Wright textile design studies, [ca. 1955]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122971 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his distinctive Prairie Style houses, innovative building design, Taliesin school and fellowships, and philosophy of "organic architecture." From the guide to the Frank Lloyd Wright Miscel...

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Private art library collection; New York City, New York. Founded in 1924 when business tycoon, J.P. Morgan opened his home and private collection to the public. From the description of Pierpont Morgan Library records, 1682-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404272 ...

Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991

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b.1898; d, 1991. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462170 B. in Springfield, Ohio on July 17, 1898; d. 1991 in Monson, Maine, age 93. From the description of Berenice Abbott : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 437266448 Berenice Abbott was born July 17, 1898 in Springfield, Ohio. She attended Ohio State University, but left early in 1918, movin...

Schreiber, Fred

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Atterbury, Rowley, 1920-2011

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Van Vliet, Claire

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Schmoller, Hans

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Caflisch, Max

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Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990

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American printer. From the description of Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936707 Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. From the description of Joseph Blumenthal papers, 1922-1991. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 745451641 Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. Blumenthal designed Spiral type in 1931 in Germany so that it c...

Spiral Press

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The Spiral Press was an American fine press founded by Joseph Blumenthal (1897-1990) in 1926. Between 1926 and its closure in 1971, the press designed and printed books for or by Robert Frost, W. H. Auden, Pablo Neruda, William Carlos Williams, Robinson Jeffers and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The press's institutional clients included the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library, Museum of Modern Art, Frick Collection, Random House, and CBS Television Network. Blumentha...

Heckscher, August, 1913-1997

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Author, arts consultant, social commentator, and journalist. From the description of August Heckscher papers, 1931-1999 (bulk 1948-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979771 Art administrator, writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of August Heckscher interviews, 1970 May 25-Dec. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394224 August Heckscher (1913-1997) was a writer, printmaker and educator, who was also active in civic institut...

Appleton, Tony.

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Martayan Lan (New York, N.Y.)

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Stone House Press (Roslyn, N.Y.)

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Ramer, Richard C.

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Van Sickle, John V. (John Valentine), 1892-

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Williamson, Hugh Albert Fordyce, 1918-....

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Dobkin, Alexander, 1908-1975

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Lithographer, illustrator; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. From the description of Alexander Dobkin papers, 1940-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291472 ...

Librairie Thomas-Scheler

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Carter, Sebastian 1941-

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Schwenke, Paul, 1853-1921

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Director, Royal Library, Berlin. From the description of Correspondence, 1912-13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270711602 ...

Hammer, Carolyn Reading

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Zapf, Hermann

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Hermann Zapf was a master of type design, book design, and calligraphy. Born in Nuremberg in 1918, he began working in publishing as a photo-retoucher, and was inspired to be a letter-designer by an exhibition of Rudolph Koch's works. Zapf became one of the most influential type-designers of the 20th century, with many of his designs passing into common use. From the description of Hermann Zapf papers, 1957-1966. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52316252...

Double Crown Club

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Bertram Rota Ltd.

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Book Club of California

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The Book Club of California, founded in 1912, is a non-profit organization of book lovers and collectors who have a special interest in Pacific C oast history, literature, and fine printing. Its chief aims are to further the interests of book collectors and scholars and to promote an understanding and appreciation of fine books. From the description of Book Club of California records, 1914-[on-going]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122453532 ...

Cirker, Hayward

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Stinehour Press

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Tarachow, Michael

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Freeman, Janet Ing

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Scheide Library

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Anderson, Elmer E.

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Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel

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Richard-Gabriel Rummonds (1931- ), is a noted hand-press printer and the founder, printer, and publisher of the Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Press which published fine art limited editions of poetry and prose by contemporary authors. He has taught printing at the University of Alabama and Cornish College (Seattle) and is the author of the manual Printing on the Iron Handpress (1997), Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress (2004), as well as numerous essays and lecture...

Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...

Zevin, Ben (Benjamin David)

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Rosenthal, Bernard M.

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Technician 5, United States Army; member, Civil Affairs Detachment A1F1, 1944-1945. From the description of Bernard M. Rosenthal miscellaneous papers, 1943-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373351 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. From the description of Bernard Rosenthal interviews, 1968 May 10-June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190317 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Born 1914 Highland Park, Illinois. Known professionally as Tony Rosenthal. ...

Kaplan, Sidney J. (Sidney Joseph)

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b. 1938- From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122464023 ...

Dover Publications, Inc.

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Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri ˜deœ 1864-1901

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Needham, Paul, 1943-....

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Bird & Bull Press

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Stone, Reynolds

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English artist, wood engraver, and letterer. From the description of Papers, 1946-1947. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853269 Epithet: designer and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001bc ...

Westerham Press

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Plain Wrapper Press

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Private libraries association

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Freilich, Joseph A.

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Affleck, Gregor S.

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Hoym, Andrew

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Gelfand, Morris A. (Morris Arthur), 1908-

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Tiessen, Wolfgang

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Everson, William, 1912-1994

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American poet, printer, and activist. Everson was a conscientious objector during the later years of World War II, and was associated with Kenneth Rexroth and his circle in San Francisco in the late 1940s. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1949, joined the Catholic Workers Movement, and eventually entered the Dominican Religious Order in 1950, taking the name Brother Antoninus. Everson was associated with the San Francisco Renaissance of the late 1950s. He left the Dominican order in 1971. ...

Dawson's Book Shop

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Ernest Dawson founded Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles, CA, in 1905 at 713 South Broadway; Dawson began the store with a purchase of 2,250 books from the Salvation Army at 1 cent apiece, and immediately resold one of them, a book on Indian basketry, for $2.50; issued first rare book catalog in 1907, and with its success, Dawson began to specialize in rare books; the shop moved to 518 South Hill St. in 1908; Dawson made his first business trip to London in 1911, beginning a long series of buying...

Arion press

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Morris, Henry J.

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Henry Morris attended school in Yacolt, WA. He and his family had moved from Vancouver, WA to Yacolt, WA. He recalls some of his childhood memories during this time. On July 30, 1981 Henry and his friend were fishing in Neah Bay. The ship Canada Maru was stuck in the sand. The ship was a passenger as well as a freight ship. There were about 250 passengers. Henry describes how he and his friend helped the passengers to safety. The crew had to through much of the freight over board to lighten the ...

Hellinga, Lotte

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Randle, John (Leslie John)

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Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000

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Sculptor and graphic artist; Leeds, Mass. and Devon, England. b. 1922, in New Brunswick, N.J. d. Northampton, Mass., June 3, 2000, age 77. Worked on FDR memorial in Washington, DC. Studied at Yale Univ. Founded the Gehenna Press in 1942. Taught at Smith College, in Northampton, MA, 1953-1974, and Hampshire College, in Amherst, MA, 1984-1994. From the description of Oral history interview with Leonard Baskin, 1969 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184...

Tracy, Walter

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Typophiles (New York, N.Y.)

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Ryder, John, 1917-2001

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Epithet: typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001a1 Epithet: Archbishop of Tuam 1752 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x00006e Epithet: formerly of the Custom House, Cork British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x00006f ...

Hill, Jonathan

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Jonathan Hill was a sawyer in Middlesex County, Ma. From the description of Account book, 1706-1709. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122516597 ...

Daugherty, James, 1887-1964

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Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967

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Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper created subdued drama out of commonplace subjects 'layered with a poetic meaning', inviting narrative interpretations. He was praised for "complete verity" in the America he portrayed. His career benefited significantly from his marriage to fellow-artist Josephine Nivison, who...

Stauffacher, Jack W. (Jack Werner), 1920-

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Typographer, designer, publisher; San Francisco, Calif. b. 1920. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack Werner Stauffacher, 1993 Feb. 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82780147 Jack Werner Stauffacher has been the owner and operator of Greenwood Press since 1936, first in San Mateo, California, and then in San Francisco. In the 1950's he studied with master printers in Florence, Italy, for three years, under the auspices of a Fulbright Fou...

Johnson, Herbert H. (Herbert Harrison)

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Gullick, Michael.

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Pentagram Press

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The Pentagram Press was founded in 1974 by the Milwaukee-based poet Michael Tarachow as a publishing outlet for poetry and other new literature. Michael Tarachow was born in 1954 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. Tarachow began his printing and publishing career while still in college, financing the press at his own expense. The press originally contracted offset printing to local Milwaukee houses, but in 1976 Tarachow began using the letterpress of a fellow printer to...

Ampersand Club (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Frasconi, Antonio

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Antonio Frasconi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1919 of Italian parents. He is recognized as one of America's foremost woodcut artists and has produced a number of bilingual books for children. From the description of Antonio Frasconi papers, 1965. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 48573976 Illustrator, painter, printmaker; Norwalk, Conn. Born 1919. From the description of Antonio Frasconi interview, 1971 June 9. (...

Silver, Rollo G. (Rollo Gabriel), 1909-1989

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Rollo Gabriel Silver, historian of American printing; author of Typefounding in America, 1787-1825 (1965), The American printer, 1787-1825 (1967), and (with Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt and Lawrence C. Wroth), The book in America (2nd ed., 1951), as well as numerous articles published in Studies in bibliography, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and elsewhere. Graduate of Brown University, Class of 1931; professor of library science, Simmons College, 1950-1965. From the desc...

Carter, Will, 1912-2001

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Solmon, Joseph, 1909-

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Janus Press

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Schmoller, Tanya

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Lerner, Abe, 1908-2002

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Book designer and photographer; New York, N.Y. He designed the layout and format of MOSES SOYER. Soyer is a contemporary artist who emigrated to America from Russia in 1913. His works reveal an interest in realism and sensitive expression of the human figure. From the description of Abe Lerner papers concerning the book MOSES SOYER, 1961-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291292 Abe Lerner was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. From 1928 to his death he was assoc...

Whittington Press

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Phaidon Press.

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Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971

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Western historian and writer. From the description of Utah's black Friday : History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494427 From the guide to the Utah's black Friday : History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, 1969, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Charles Kelly (1889-1971) was a writer of Western history and a collector of Western lore. From the description of Charles Kelly collection of Western...

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1959 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587895 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1968 Dec. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84162936 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Philip Evergood and his wife, Julia Evergood. From the description of Letters, 1937-1965, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania...

Wulling, Emerson G.

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Dreyfus, John

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Garman, Kathleen, 1901-1979

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Red Gull Press

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Fine Print.

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Knopf, Alfred A., 1882-1984

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Franklin, Colin

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English antiquarian bookseller. From the description of The bookseller and the librarian : autograph manuscript signed, 1975 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270751393 ...