Letter, 1926, May 19, Boston, to Philip D. Sherman, Oberlin, Ohio.

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Letter, 1926, May 19, Boston, to Philip D. Sherman, Oberlin, Ohio.

Comments on the work of the Merrymount Press for persons and institutions. Asks if Sherman could get him some printing to do for Oberlin.

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Merrymount Press

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The Merrymount Press was established in Boston in 1893 by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The Merrymount Press was known for its excellence in typography and design, especially in the field of decorative printing and bookmaking. From the description of Records of the Merrymount Press, 1893-1948. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510241 The Merrymount Press in Boston was the printing-office of D.B. (Daniel Berkeley) Updi...

Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941

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Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) was a book designer and printer in New England. He was born an only child in an old and well-connected New England family, but his father's death in 1877 prevented Updike from pursuing higher education. Updike's Episcopalian background greatly influenced both his character and his later work as a printer, and his intellectual and cultural character was molded by his mother, an antiquary and scholar of French and English literature. Updike's first book-related j...

Sherman, Philip D. (Philip Darrell), 1881-1957

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Brown class of 1902. Bibliophile; student of Professor Harry Lyman Koopman (Librarian of Brown University). Taught English Literature at Ohio Wesleyan and at Oberlin College from which he retired in 1942. From the description of Collection of letters and manuscripts, 1819-1957. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122529455 Brown University Class of 1902. Bibliophile; student of Professor Harry Lyman Koopman (Librarian of Brown University) in whose honor he named his coll...