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Mergenthaler Linotype Company

 Organization

biographical statement

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick John Warburton papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0035
Scope and Contents The collection primarily consists of testimonials related to Warburton's seventy-fifth birthday celebration on April 23, 1917, and his death in November 1917. The anniversary dinner was held at the Engineers' Club in New York, and sponsored by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, American Gramophone Company, and Automatic Clerk Company; souvenirs include a printed menu with a portrait of Warburton, an illuminated testimonial prepared for the three companies, and the June 1917 issue of Linotype...
Dates: 1885 - 1923
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Michael Kleper papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-171
Overview

The Michael Kleper papers document Kleper’s role as an expert, educator, and author in the fields of phototypesetting, printing, digital publishing, and imaging technology and is mainly comprised of technical and company references in addition to publication and teaching work. The bulk of the materials are dated between 1971 and 1981.

Dates: 1950 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1981
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Ottmar Mergenthaler and the Linotype, 1886, 1966-1971

 Item — Painting 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: "Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates: 1966-1971
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection / Graphic Communications Through the Ages: Kimberly-Clark paintings

Palatino Roman typeface

 Collection
Identifier: CARTYPE-0003
Overview

Palatino is a large typeface family designed by hermann Zapf. It was initially released in 1948 by the Linotype foundry. It was digitally modified in 1984 to be issued on the Apple Computer operating system. Included in the collection are Palatino Roman, Palatino Italic, and Palatino Swash typefaces.

Dates: 1948-1984
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

William F. Wheatley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0170
Overview

The William F. Wheatley papers contain correspondence, business reports, and technical information about photo and digital typesetting machine systems from companies in Europe and the United States. It also holds type specimen books for Latin and global scripts. There is a limited assemblage of ephemera from the collector's travels, as well as examples of typographic machine matrices in the realia series.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 2014
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

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Collection 4
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Phototypesetting 2
Type designers 2
Articles 1
Computer systems 1
Computer typesetting 1
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Computerized Typesetting History 1
Desktop publishing 1
Editing systems 1
Electronic typesetting 1
Illuminated manuscripts 1
Keyboards (Electronics) 1
Linotype -- History -- 19th century 1
Manuals 1
Optical character recognition (OCR) 1
Patents 1
Photocomposition 1
Phototypesetting - Equipment and supplies 1
Phototypesetting - Periodicals 1
Phototypesetting equipment industry 1
Phototypesetting equipment industry - History 1
Phototypesetting of newspapers 1
Press kits 1
Printers (output devices) 1
Printing -- History -- 20th century 1
Printing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century 1
Product sell sheets 1
Scrapbooks 1
Testimonials 1
Type and type-founding 1
Type and type-founding -- Design. 1
Type and type-founding -- Germany -- Specimens 1
Type ornaments 1
Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Palatino 1
Typesetting -- United States -- History 1
Typographers 1
Typography 1
Typography - history 1
Word processing 1
fonts (type composition equipment) 1
photocomposition machines 1
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