James Hayes collection on the history of calligraphy, printing and letterforms 1638-1991, bulk 1900-1990.

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James Hayes collection on the history of calligraphy, printing and letterforms 1638-1991, bulk 1900-1990.

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The collection holds approximately 1480 volumes of books, serials, exhibit catalogs and ephemera relating to the history of handwriting, callligraphy, printing, paleography, heraldry, classical and medieval art, fine arts, and history and archaeology as they relate to the book arts.

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University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

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Hayes, James, 1907-1993

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James Hayes (1907-1993) was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1907 and trained in the 1920's at the Chicago Art Institute under Ernst Detterer. He developed an interest in historical scripts and their modern application and studied not only Western scripts, but also Egyptian hieroglyphics and Asian calligraphy, design, and illustration. Hayes led the Newberry Library Calligraphy Study Group for 15 years and designed and installed a Newberry Library exhibition on the history of the Roman letter in 195...