Records of David R. Godine, 1965-1990.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

Core, George, 1939-

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George Core, born in 1939, is an American historian, literary critic, and editor, best known as the editor of The Sewanee Review, 1973 to 2016. He succeeded Andrew Lytle who had succeeded Allen Tate as editor of The Sewanee Review. Previously he taught history at Sewanee University and served as an editor of the University of Georgia Press. Core has written or edited a number of books, primarily relating to the literature of the American South, including Southern Fiction Today, The Southern Trad...

Constantine, K.C.

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Meriden Press.

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Gass, William H., 1924-

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American essayist and novelist William H. Gass was a professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when he wrote this letter. In 1979 Gass was named David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University, from which he is now emeritus. He was also the Director of International Writers Center from 1990 to 2000. Born July 30, 1924, in Fargo, North Dakota, William Gass is a ...

Perrin, Noel

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American essayist and professor of English and Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College, Noel Perrin was born in 1927 and died in 2004. Judith Moffett (b. 1942) is an English professor, a poet, a Swedish translator, and science-fiction novelist. Moffett earned a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught creative writing for fifteen years. From the description of Noel Perrin correspondence : to Judith Moffett, 1983-2002, undated. (University of Pennsylvania Lib...

Girvin, Tim.

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Goines, David Lance, 1945-

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David Lance Goines is an American artist, calligrapher, typographer, printing entrepreneur, and author. From the description of Words and days, 1994 / David Lance Goines. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 752332913 Weininger was born September 28, 1933 in Ukraine. His family emigrated to the United States in 1950, settling in Chicago. He served in the U.S. Army, graduated from officer candidate school in 1958, and received his B.A. from the University...

Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996

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Chermayeff taught architecture at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Serge Ivan Chermayeff, 1945-1947 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973005 Architect, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Serge Chermayeff, 1985 May 23-24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77808794 Sergei Ivanovitch Issakovitch was born on October 8, 1900, in Grozny, then in Caucasia. He was educated in England, where he took the nam...

Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991

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American illustrator, type founder. From the description of Watercolor by Warren Chappell "Longnose the Dwarf" [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870994 From the description of Manuscript books illustrated by Chappell [manuscript], 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870967 From the description of Illustrated letters [manuscript], 1975-1983. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846181 Type desi...

Godine, David R.

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Auchincloss, Louis

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American novelist, short-story writer, lawyer, historian and critic Louis Auchincloss (1917- ) was born in Lawrence, New York. Auchincloss attended Yale University from 1935 to 1939 and was an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine during his studies there. Auchincloss graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1941. While practicing law in New York State from 1941 to 1986, he penned many of his novels and short stories. He is best known for his novels of manners set in the world of c...

Masters, Hilary

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American author and professor. From the description of The Common Pasture manuscripts, 1965-1968. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492267 Hilary Masters (1928-), author and lecturer, was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to writer Edgar Lee Masters and his wife, Ellen (Coyne) Masters. Masters attended Davidson college from 1944-1946. He interrupted his education to serve as a naval correspondent ...

Behan, Brendan

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Irish playwright, author and poet. From the description of Brendan Behan letters, 1960-1961. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 50316521 ...

Hall, Donald, 1928-....

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Hall is an American poet, essayist, and teacher. From the description of Compositions 1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122609338 From the description of Papers, 1956-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357326 From the guide to the Donald Hall papers, 1956-1965., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) From the guide to the Compositions, 1962., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Universit...

Hugo, Harold.

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The scholarly printer E. Harold Hugo was associated with the Meriden Stinehour Press in Meriden, Connecticut, for many years and was a member of the Grolier Club, a New York bibliophile society. He went on several trips organized by the club to visit major libraries and collections in England, Holland and Italy as well as on trips of a more general nature in Europe. He died in 1985. From the description of Manuscript travel diaries, 1959-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577057...

Nemerov, Howard

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Howard Nemerov was an American educator and author, most widely known for his poetry. His verse could be poignant, philosophical, or witty, and was awarded numerous honors including a Pulitzer Prize. A long-time professor at Washington University in St. Louis, he also published memorable prose, and contributed editorial work or commentary for numerous publications. From the description of Howard Nemerov letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1963 Sept. 5. (Pennsylvania State University Librarie...

Simic, Charles, 1938-....

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Grolier Club

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The Grolier Club was founded in Jan. 23, 1884 by a group of seven New York City book collectors with the object, as stated in its constitution, "of literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." From its early days the Club has maintained a library related to collecting, bibliography and books about books. A library endowment fund (sometimes referred to as the "Library Fund) for the Grolier Club was first proposed in 1921, and the first fund-raising campaign amo...

Straus, Roger

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Eakins Press

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Howe, Irving

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George Eastman House

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Cohen, Arthur A. (Arthur Allen), 1928-1986

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American theologian, art critic, writer and bookseller. From the description of Papers relating to Herbert Bayer, ca. 1979-1984. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83781012 From the description of Papers relating to Sonia and Robert Delaunay, ca. 1960-1981. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145996063 From the description of Arthur Cohen interview with Robert Motherwell, 1969. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77719338 ...

Beehive Press

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Busch, Frederick, 1941-2006

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American author. From the description of Papers, 1971-1989. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22189834 ...

Levitt, Helen

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Pomegranate Press

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The Pomegranate Press was founded on the idea of a small independent press that could publish select editions of previously unpublished poems. Publications ranged from broadsides to small books. From the description of Pomegranate Press archives, 1972-1981. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34242082 ...

Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999

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Writer of novels and short stories born in Louisiana. From the description of Andre Dubus collection, 1966-1988. (Xavier University of Louisiana). WorldCat record id: 35288812 Lake Charles born author of short stories and novels. Educated at Christian Brothers Catholic school in Lafayette and McNeese State College in Lake Charles. Spent five years in the Marine Corps where he gathered material for his first novel, The Lieutenant. Spent two years with the Writer's Workshop at...

Borchardt, Georges.

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David R. Godine, Publisher

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Boston publishing firm specializing in literature and the book arts, founded by David R. Godine and Lance Hidy in 1969. From the description of Records, 1965-1990. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84213864 ...

Rodríguez, Richard 1944-

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Hamady, Walter.

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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001

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S. Dillon Ripley (b. September 20, 1913, New York City, NY - d. March 12, 2001, Washington, D.C.), an ornithologist, served as the eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1964 to 1984, and oversaw tremendous growth. Interested in natural history and exploration since his childhood, Ripley visited the remote nation of Ladakh when he was only thirteen years old. After graduate school, he was a curator at the Smithsonian briefly and then spent almost twenty years teaching at Yale University. He le...

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...

Mann, Sally, 1951-....

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Tice, George A.

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Born in Newark New Jersey in 1938, Tice trained as a photographer in the Navy and worked in portrait photography until his interest shifted to the urban landscape. Tice is a virtuoso fine art printer. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art institute of Chicago. He has received numerous fellowships and commissions, including the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. From the guide to the Geor...

Orland, Ted

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Hnizdovsky, Jacques, 1915-1985

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Born in Ukraine in 1915, Jacques Hnizdovsky studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Zagreb. Mainly known for his woodcuts, Hnizdovsky was also an illustrator, painter, and art historian. He emigrated to the United States in 1949 and by the early 1960s, Hnizdovsky was participating in exhibits from Boston to Japan to the Soviet Union. He was widely exhibited and won numerous awards. His work is held by the National Museum of American Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine A...

Kiely, Benedict

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Benedict Kiely (1919- ), author, born in County Tyrone, Ireland. From the description of Benedict Kiely collection, 1985-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863268 ...

Kendall Whaling Museum

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Jewish Publication Society of America.

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Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982

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Epithet: surgeon and bibliophile British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00009b ...

Imprint Society (Barre, Mass.)

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