Spencer, Platt R. (Platt Rogers), 1800-1864
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1800 - 1864
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Platt R. Spencer papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Spencer
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, copybooks, penmanship samples, cashbooks, newspaper clippings, poetry, essays, drawings, artifacts and miscellaneous personal items related to the life and career of Platt Rogers Spencer, penman, poet, and educator who created the Spencerian system of penmanship. The establishment of Spencerian schools of business was a highly successful endeavor in part because the entire family was involved in the business. In his later years, Spencer became involved in the...
Dates:
1827-1951; Majority of material found within 1850-1900
Portraits of Writing Masters and Mistresses
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing oversize-NE390-P67
Abstract
Collection of 170 prints and manuscripts produced primarily in Europe between 1595 and 1878, the bulk of which were produced between 1650 and 1780. Most items were produced in London. The majority of items are portrait prints of writing masters and penmen, though there are also examples of writing samples, calligraphic art portraying religious scenes or theologians, as well as correspondence.
Dates:
approximately 1595 to approximately 1878; Majority of material found within 1650 - 1780
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- Abolitionists -- Ohio 1
- Advertisements 1
- African American artists 1
- Art, American 1
- Arts -- Ohio 1
- Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- History 1
- Business cards -- 1851-1900 1
- Business education 1
- Businesswomen 1
- Calligraphers -- Portraits 1
- Calligraphy (visual works) 1
- Copybooks (instructional materials) 1
- Correspondence 1
- Engravings 1
- Etchings 1
- Landscape painters -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Lithographs 1
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Mezzotints 1
- Ohio -- Pictorial works 1
- Ohio -- Politics and government -- 19th century 1
- Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
- Penmanship 1
- Penmanship -- Technique 1
- Penmanship, American 1
- Photogravures 1
- Portrait painters -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Portrait prints 1
- Portraits 1
- Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
- Stipple engravings 1
- Temperance 1
- Women calligraphers -- Portraits 1
- Woodcuts 1
- Writing -- History 1
- Writing instruments -- 1851-1900 1 + ∧ less
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