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Detterer, Ernst Frederick, 1888-1947

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1888 - 1947

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ernst F. Detterer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Dett
Abstract

Chicago designer and calligrapher, founding head of the Department of Printing Arts of the School of the Art Institute, and Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing at the Newberry Library, 1931-1947. Collection focuses on Detterer's career before he came to the Newberry Library, and includes notes, memorabilia, correspondence, drawings, sketches, rubbings, and a few finished art works, including many by his Art Institute students.

Dates: 1897-1968; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1931

Series 03: Ernst F. Detterer - Administrative subject files, 1921-1947

 Series
Identifier: NL Archives 08/04/03
Scope and Contents Correspondence and subject files covering all aspects of Detterer's professional work at the Newberry. Subject files relate specifically to the administration of the Wing Collection (exhibitions, booklists, statistics, Wing Classification, and WPA printing magazine project) and printing in general (calligraphy, Oriental printing, an incunabula census, and printing presses). There are also printing samples and correspondence from such organizations as the American Institute of Graphic Arts,...
Dates: 1921-1947

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

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

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Type
Collection 3
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Advertisements 1
Advertising -- Specimens 1
Book designers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Borders (Type evidence) 1
Calligraphers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1