Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1880 - 1956
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Raymond E. Shank papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Wing-MS-108
Abstract
Calligraphy collection of correspondence, lettering samples, ephemera, greeting cards and bookplates collected by Chicago art director Raymond Shank; includes handwritten letters to Shank from James Hayes, Tom Gourdie, Anna Hornby, Samuel Katz, Geoffrey Ebbage, and Howard Swensen, handwritten letters from Alfred Fairbank and W.A. Dwiggins to William A. Kittredge, and lettering samples by Shank.
Dates:
1926-1993
W. A. Dwiggins papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT folio-Wing-MS-12
Abstract
Autograph correspondence and sketches in pencil and in pen-and-ink, most done at Dwiggins studio in Hingham Center, Massachusetts between 1906 and 1915 for Chicago clients.
Dates:
1906-1915
Will Ransom papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rans
Abstract
Printer, commercial artist, bibliographer and author of works on American printing history and private presses who did freelance work in lettering, design and typography before becoming art editor at the University of Oklahoma Press. Largely the correspondence between Ransom and members of the Anglo-American fine press movement between 1920 and 1950, together with printed ephemera from these presses, and detailed notes about their history and publications. There are also files on Ransom's...
Dates:
1883-1954
William A. Kittredge papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Kit
Abstract
Chicago designer and author on design, Director of Design and Typography for the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. of Chicago from 1922-1945. Largely a collection of printed ephemera selected to exemplify the best design of the twentieth century, this collection also includes a few original designs by Kittredge, some correspondence with other designers (most notably Rockwell Kent, Rudolph Ruzicka, Edward A. Wilson, D.B. Updike, and Edward Penfield), and extensive samples of Kittredge's printed...
Dates:
1907-1952; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1944
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- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
- Advertising -- Design 1
- Advertising -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Book design -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Book designers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
- Bookplates -- Specimens 1
- Calligraphers -- Correspondence 1
- Calligraphy -- Specimens 1
- Correspondence 1
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
- Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 1
- Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 1
- Designers -- United States 1
- Ephemera -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Ephemera -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1901-1950 1
- Greeting cards -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
- Greeting cards -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 1
- Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
- Photographs -- 1901-1950 1
- Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
- Printers 1
- Printing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
- Private presses -- Great Britain 1
- Private presses -- United States 1 + ∧ less
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