Correspondence, calligraphic samples, advertising and press releases, magazine issues, publications, catalogs, and photographs documenting the publication of Letter Arts Review (formerly Calligraphy Idea Exchange and Calligraphy Review), a quarterly magazine devoted to contemporary and historical lettering, calligraphy, typography, and text-based art.

Sketches and finished pieces of design work by Robert Williams, a Chicago-based calligrapher. Many of the pieces were designed for events or special documents for the Newberry Library. Also includes some correspondence to and from Williams.