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Printing - Typefaces and Reproductions

 File — Container: Folder 140

Scope and Contents

1. "Review and Analysis of the Tileston & Hollingsworth Co. Calendar for 1936 by V. Winfield Challenger, Director of Printing, N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. 16pp with turquoise printed wraps, including 12 monthly illustrated calendars with a rating card to assess the quality of each illustration (filled in). 1935 2. Reproduction of "The Spectator, Numb.CCCLXVII, Thursday, May 1, 1712" printed for The Typophikes by Frank Rea Sloan,Jr. based upon a copy in the NY Public Library, June, 1944. 3. "Smithsonian Type Revivals - BB&S Text No.5" Type offerings cast from the Smithsonian's matrix collection, which was gifted to them by the American Type Founders Company in 1970. 8pp pamphlet with order form for "Out of Sorts Letter Foundery" [1978?] 4. "Old-Fashioned Type Specimens in the Robinson Pforzheimer Collection" New York Public Library. Including solicitation for reproduction proofs. Large, poster-size fold out with examples of over 75 examples of typefaces. Printed in black and green.[ca.1958] 5. "To make the most of the power of print Know Your Printer Better" Single page full color magazine advertisement for Mead Papers, Inc., Dayton Ohio. [1958] 6. "Green River City Ordinances" reprinted by the Yale Collection of Western Americana for Christmas, 1971. Only known original copy of this fourth product of the Wyoming press. 7. "National Printing Week" special section of The Hartford Times, Jan.13, 1959. 12pp. newsprint with articles on printing and advertisements from the printing trades. 8. "Youth and Education in Printing" special section of The Hartford Times. Jan.14, 1963. 12pp. newsprint articles about printing education and training, with related advertisements.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Folder(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository

Contact:
Trinity College Library
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Hartford Connecticut 06106