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
Found in:
Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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
Found in:
Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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
Found in:
Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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- 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
- Connecticut -- Constitution 1
- Connecticut -- Politics and government 1
- Correspondence 1
- Dummies (printed matter) 1
- Ephemera 1
- Graphic arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Greeting cards 1
- Invitations 1
- Mock-ups 1
- Playing cards -- Private collections 1
- Proofs (printed matter) 1
- Prospectuses (Bookselling) 1
- Stencils (tools) 1
- Visitors' books 1 + ∧ less
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