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Dwiggins, W. A. (William Addison), 1880-1956

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1956

Found in 2 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

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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  • Subject: Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago X

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Subject
Advertising -- Design 1
Advertising -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Book design -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bookplates -- Specimens 1
Calligraphers -- Correspondence 1