Field trip to the Cherryburn Press, R. Hunter Middleton [proprietor], 19 November 1980 / prepared by Gary L. Frost and Pamela J. Spitzmueller for the Newberry Library. 1980.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Cherryburn Press (Chicago, Ill.)

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Middleton, R. Hunter (Robert Hunter), 1898-1985

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Robert Hunter Middleton was a type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and fine-press printer. Born in Scotland in 1898, he came to the U.S. at the age of ten. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in 1923, after studying with Ernst F. Detterer. As principal designer for the Ludlow Typograph Co. from 1923 to 1970, he was responsible for the design of many typefaces widely used in advertising and newspaper work. He also served as Ludlow’s art director, and, in the years befo...

Frost, Gary, 1959-

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Spitzmueller, Pamela J.

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