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Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John M. Wing Foundation printing ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract

Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.

Dates: approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900-1999

Letterhead and stationery collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-NC1002-.L47-L48
Abstract

This is a growing collection of letterheads, envelopes, and stationery sheets. Geographic coverage includes the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The bulk of materials come from Illinois, particularly the Chicago region. Most items were issued between approximately 1900 and approximately 1925.

Dates: approximately 1900-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1925

Type specimen sheets and booklets

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing-Z250-A5
Abstract

A collection of over 2500 type specimen sheets and other advertising materials issued by type foundries, typesetters, and printers that display typefaces, type families, or groups of types. Geographic coverage includes United States, Great Britain, and continental Europe.

Dates: 1870-ongoing

Filtered By

  • Subject: Advertisements X
  • Subject: Printing X

Additional filters:

Subject
Correspondence 2
Envelopes 2
Letterheads 2
Receipts (Financial records) 2
Trade catalogs 2
∨ more
Advertising 1
Advertising -- Cold storage 1
Advertising -- Hotels 1
Advertising -- Lamps 1
Advertising -- Libraries 1
Advertising -- Lubricating oils 1
Advertising -- Newspapers 1
Advertising -- Ocean liners 1
Advertising -- Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery 1
Advertising -- Soap 1
Advertising -- Specimens 1
Advertising cards 1
Alternative publications 1
Announcements 1
Annual reports 1
Artists' books 1
Birthday cards 1
Blank forms 1
Book jackets 1
Book prospectuses 1
Bookmarks 1
Bookplates 1
Booksellers' advertisements 1
Booksellers' catalogs 1
Borders (Type evidence) 1
Broadsides 1
Brochures 1
Business cards 1
Buttons (informational artifacts) 1
Calendars 1
Calligraphy 1
Calligraphy (visual works) 1
Carriage industry 1
Catalogs 1
Certificates 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Christmas cards 1
Clippings 1
Color printing (Printing) 1
Conference programs 1
Contracts 1
Dance cards 1
Direct mail 1
Exhibition catalogs 1
Graphic arts 1
Graphic design (Typography) 1
Greeting cards 1
Invitations 1
Keepsakes 1
Labels (identifying artifacts) 1
Mailing labels 1
Manufacturers' catalogs 1
Membership lists 1
Menus 1
New Year cards 1
Order forms 1
Paper -- Specimens 1
Penmanship manuals 1
Periodicals 1
Postcards 1
Posters 1
Prayer books 1
Press releases 1
Price lists 1
Printers' advertisements 1
Printing 1
Printing -- Catalogs 1
Printing -- Specimens 1
Printing industry 1
Programs 1
Promotional materials 1
Proofs (printed matter) 1
Prospectuses 1
Publishers' advertisements 1
Publishers' catalogs 1
Reply cards 1
Sales catalogs 1
Sample books 1
Souvenir programs 1
Stationery 1
Stickers 1
Type and type-founding -- Specimens 1
Type ornaments (Type evidence) 1
Type specimens 1
Typefaces (Type evidence) 1
Valentines 1
Zines 1
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