Kittredge, William A. (William Albion), 1891-1945
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1891 - 1945
Found in 3 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
Susanne Suba papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT.folio-Wing-MS-133
Abstract
Letters, illustration samples, telegram, and photograph, dated between July 21, 1939 and Jan. 28, 1965, concerning the illustration work done by Susanne Suba of New York, for William A. Kittredge, of R.R. Donnelley's Lakeside Press, and the Chicago book design and publishing scene in general during the 1940s.
Dates:
1939-1965; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1948
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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- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 2
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 2
- Advertising -- Design 1
- Advertising -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Book design -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Book designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Bookplates -- Specimens 1
- Calligraphers -- Correspondence 1
- Calligraphy -- Specimens 1
- Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Designers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources 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
- Greeting cards -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1901-1950 1
- Greeting cards -- Specimens 1
- Illustration of books -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Illustrators -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Printing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
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