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Burtin, Will

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1908 - 1972

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Gene and Helen Federico collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0094
Overview The Gene & Helen Federico collection contains work and correspondence from both the husband and wife duo of graphic designers, active from the 1950s to the 1990s. While there are distinctions between work that Gene produced, namely under his advertising firm, and independent ventures by Helen, some material may be attributed to both designers. The bulk of the process work, sketches, print ads, illustrations, research and book mockups were created between circa 1950 and circa 2000. The...
Dates: 1930-2012
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Robert G. Hacker collection of engraving tools

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0036
Scope and Contents The collection consists of tools used for hand-finishing or retouching metal photo-engraving plates, especially halftone plates, before printing, a routine process employed in the 1890s through the 1950s. The collection includes 44 wood-handled scribe awls, gravers, burnishers, and other tools enclosed in a cloth wrapper outfitted with pockets; a copper and wood plate holder; and a sand-filled leather cushion set in a wood frame, all undated. Also present are a Waterhouse stop, circa 1890...
Dates: circa 1890-1940
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Will Burtin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0009
Overview

Collection of materials from graphic designer Will Burtin, (1908- 1972). Includes extensive client project files and documentation (sketches, mechanicals, models, printed samples, photographs), business and professional correspondence, financial records, publications, personal papers, exhibit plans, and audio/visual materials.

Dates: 1857-1972; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1972
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

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Subject
Color transparencies 2
Commercial art 2
Correspondence 2
Designers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
Dummies (printed matter) 2
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Graphic artists -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
Graphic design -- 1950-1980 2
Mock-ups 2
Pamphlets 2
Posters 2
Sketches 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Stats (copies) 2
Advertisements 1
Advertising 1
Advertising -- Drugs 1
Articles 1
Audiotapes 1
Awards 1
Black-and-white photography 1
Black-and-white prints (photographs) 1
Book jackets -- United States -- 20th century 1
Booklets 1
Books 1
Burins 1
Burnishers (tools) 1
Children’s books 1
Christmas cards—United States—20th century 1
Collages (visual works) 1
Color slides 1
Commercial artists -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Commercial artists -- United States -- Interviews. 1
Cookbooks 1
Corporate identity 1
Corporation reports 1
Design 1
Design -- History -- Congresses 1
Diazotypes (copies) 1
Drawings 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
Drugs -- Packaging 1
Engraving -- 20th century 1
Graphic arts -- History 1
Graphic arts -- History -- Congresses 1
Graphic arts -- United States 1
Graphic designers -- United States 1
Gravers 1
Identity Manuals 1
Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century 1
Illustrations 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Models (representations) 1
Motion pictures (visual work) 1
Packaging 1
Packaging -- Design -- Competitions 1
Plans (drawings) 1
Record covers 1
Scope publication (Kalamazoo, Mich.) 1
Scribe awls 1
Sketchbooks 1
Tear sheets 1
Typographers 1
Typography 1
negatives (photographs) 1
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