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Press of the Woolly Whale

 Organization

biographical statement

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

68. The Press of the Woolly Whale, broadside, 1937

 File — Box-folder 4.86
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Press of the Woolly Whale collection primarily consists of ephemera issued by the Press of the Woolly Whale between 1928 and 1941, including prospectuses, booklets, invitations, broadsides, holiday cards, labels, certificates, programs, etc., most of which were drawn from the stock of the press when it was donated in 1969 to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University; books printed by the press were also received but were cataloged separately. The collection is...
Dates: 1937

69. Excerpts from the Work of The Press of the Woolly Whale, 1937

 File — Box-folder 4.87-4.98
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Press of the Woolly Whale collection primarily consists of ephemera issued by the Press of the Woolly Whale between 1928 and 1941, including prospectuses, booklets, invitations, broadsides, holiday cards, labels, certificates, programs, etc., most of which were drawn from the stock of the press when it was donated in 1969 to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University; books printed by the press were also received but were cataloged separately. The collection is...
Dates: 1937

Melbert B. Cary Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0025
Overview

The collection contains material by and about Melbert B. Cary Jr., and includes writings, scholarship on type and playing cards, Yale alumni books, photographs, correspindence, as well as writings by Melbert B. Cary Sr.

Dates: 1895 - 1986

Press of the Woolly Whale Collection

 Collection — Box 1-10
Identifier: CSC-0023
Overview

The Press of the Woolly Whale Collection primarily consists of ephemera issued by the Press of the Woolly Whale between 1928 and 1941, including prospectuses, booklets, invitations, broadsides, holiday cards, certificates, and programs, among other items.

Dates: 1928-1972; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1941

Press of the Woolly Whale visitor's book

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0022
Content Description Manuscript visitors' book of the Press of the Woolly Whale, recording visitors to the press from April 25, 1928, through March 28, 1941, who signed in a blank book with a gold-tooled calf binding by Gambinossi, New York. The volume contains approximately 600 signatures, 11 watercolors, 16 pen-and-ink drawings, 6 pencil sketches, 5 mounted photographs and other ephemera (including Guggenheim family bookplates). The first signatures in the volume are by type designer Frederic W. Goudy and his...
Dates: 1928-1941

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Collection 3
Archival Record 2
 
Subject
Printers -- New York (N.Y.) 2
Private presses -- United States -- Periodicals 2
Publishers and publishing -- United States 2
Announcements 1
Broadsides (notices) 1