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John Francis Holme Drawings
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Holme
Abstract
Fifteen pen-and-ink drawings by illustrator and printer Frank Holme and a printed list of the officers and stockholders of the Bandar Log Press, established by Holme.
Dates:
1901-1902
John M. Wing Foundation printing ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract
Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.
Dates:
approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900-1999
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Goodman
Abstract
Works and personal materials of Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, including manuscript, typescript, and published plays, poems, and short stories, correspondence, drawings, diaries, and programs from theatrical productions, photographs, and mementoes, including wood printing blocks, military items, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1883-1971; Majority of material found within 1900-1917
Letterhead and stationery collection
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-NC1002-.L47-L48
Abstract
This is a growing collection of letterheads, envelopes, and stationery sheets. Geographic coverage includes the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The bulk of materials come from Illinois, particularly the Chicago region. Most items were issued between approximately 1900 and approximately 1925.
Dates:
approximately 1900-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1925
Martinengo dalle Palle collection of Italian death notices
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-CS764-.M37
Abstract
Collection of 119 Italian death notices, primarily for members of the Martinengo family and other families of the Venetian nobility, collected by different members of the Martinengo dalle Palle family of Brescia and Venice throughout the 19th century. While most were printed in Venice, several were printed in Brescia or Padua. More than thirty different printers and presses are represented in the collection.
Dates:
1822-1877
Mary Gehr Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Gehr
Abstract
Original work, reproductions of work, correspondence and subject files of Chicago artist Mary Gehr.
Dates:
1828-1997; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1997
Matt Rizzo papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rizzo
Abstract
Typescript essays and a treatise (some in Braille) by Matt Rizzo, Chicago philosopher/writer who was blinded in a robbery at age 22. Collection also includes photo-reproductions of Rizzo with son Charlie and guide dogs, a news clipping about Rizzo's life, audiocassettes of Rizzo dictating parts of his works, a Perkins Brailler, and Rizzo's two Brailling slates with an accompanying stylus for writing Braille.
Dates:
approximately 1940s-2002
Meisterschule für das graphische Gewerbe zu Leipzig Collection of Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing-oversize-ZA 3 .498
Abstract
A collection of 179 miscellaneous specimens of work executed at the Meisterschule für das Graphische Gewerbe zu Leipzig, including booklets, broadsides, school announcements, commercial advertisements, and book jackets. Creation dates range from approximately 1920 to approximately 1938.
Dates:
approximately 1920 to approximately 1938; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1938
Muriel Underwood papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Wing-MS-96
Abstract
Correspondence (some calligraphy), clippings, printed ephemera, notes on phone calls, etc. concerning the 50th anniversary publication of the Society of Typographic Arts and other projects, such as reprinting the STA's Book of Oz Cooper : an appreciation of Oswald Bruce Cooper; correspondents include Robert Borja, Thea Wheelwright of Bond Wheelwright Co., Susan Scott and Paula ThompSon of Wexford Press.
Dates:
1950-1977; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1977
Nathan Cahoon Geer letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT Case-Wing-MS-+Z311 .G27
Abstract
Collection of letters to and from Chicago printer Geer, relating to printing in Chicago and Waukegan, Illinois. Also included Scale and prices for book and job printing ... [Peoria, 1859] and A catalogue of the different varieties, of printing ... [Chicago : Geer & Wilson] 1846.
Dates:
1846-1854
P22 Type Foundry ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-Z250-P88-1991
Abstract
Various ephemera including promotional pieces, letterheads, catalogs, decals, booklets, font discs, product packaging, and other material and objects relating to or produced by P22 Type Foundry.
Dates:
1991-2014
P.C. Darrow Printing Company collection
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-Z232-P113 P33-1890
Abstract
Various materials including promotional pieces, letterheads, letterhead envelopes, calendars, and a circular relating to the P.C. Darrow Printing Company.
Dates:
1890-1909
R. Ford Bentley Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Bentley
Abstract
Personal, family, and professional papers including photographs and genealogical materials relating to Robert Ford Bentley, Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. Also includes promotional materials and correspondence pertaining to many of the printing related companies that Ford worked for.
Dates:
approximately 1830-1990; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970
R. Hoe & Company Records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Hoe
Abstract
R. Hoe & Company was the largest manufacturer of printing presses and press equipment in the U.S. during the 19th century. Collection consists of incoming letters to the Hoe Company from customers in many states and several European and Latin American countries, deriving from 3 or more letter books of 1858, 1873 and 1877-1878. There are also some 1873-1878 internal memos, patent correspondence, and letters from regional agents of the Hoe Company.
Dates:
1858-1878
Rand McNally and Company records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract
Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.
Dates:
1856-1996
Robert E. Wagner papers
Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-Z244.6-U5-W34
Abstract
Materials collected by Robert E. Wagner between approximately 1880 and approximately 1931. Personal items include photographs of Wagner by Walinger of Chicago and golf memorabilia. The bulk of the materials relate to Wagner's Chicago printing and engraving company, Wagner & Hanson Company and include items such as business cards, letterheads, and photographs.
Dates:
approximately 1880 to approximately 1931; Majority of material found within 1894 - 1931
Robert Hunter Middleton Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Middleton
Abstract
Diaries, notes, original manuscripts of writings, design art, correspondence, financial records, printed ephemera, and type specimens from the collection of Robert Hunter Middleton, type designer and fine printer.
Dates:
1921-1985
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
Willens & Company business and advertising specimens
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Willens & Co.
Abstract
Collection of business forms and cards, advertisements, and other commercial printing specimens created by Chicago printing firm Willens & Company. Also included in the collection are brochures, catalogs, and other text describing the products and services of the company and current rates. The specimens were originally compiled in a three-ring binder for a sales representative to demonstrate the company's line of "standardized advertising and printed necessities and to take orders for...
Dates:
1939
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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- Art Directors Club of Chicago 2
- Cuneo Press 2
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- Ade, George, 1866-1944 1
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- Albertype Co. 1
- Alden, John Eliot, 1914-1991 1
- Aliquando Press 1
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- American Graphic Company 1
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- Antonelli, Giuseppe, 1793-1861 1
- Apprentice House (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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- Asheville Post Card Co 1
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- Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.). Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art 1
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- Barozzi & Corradini 1
- Barozzi (Firm : Venice, Italy) 1
- Bauer Type Foundry (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Bauersche Giesserei 1
- Baughman, Roland 1
- Beach, Amy 1
- Beck, Bruce 1
- Bentley, Arthur 1
- Bentley, R. Ford (Robert Ford) 1
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- Blinc Publishing 1
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- Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie 1
- Board of Music Trade of the United States of America 1
- Bond Wheelwright Co 1
- Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
- Borden's Farm Products Co. of Illinois 1
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- Bowers, Fredson 1
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- Bromley & Co., Inc. (Boston, Mass.) 1
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- Burton Cherry & Associates 1
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