Jacqueline Casey posters
Scope and Contents
The Jacqueline Casey poster collection consists of ninety-nine posters created by Casey for M.I.T. related exhibitions. Ms. Casey used strong elemental imagery, maniupulated by letterforms based on the Swiss Grid theory of design. The posters in this collection were from an exhibition at M.I.T. curating her work there. Twenty posters were added to the collection in 2020 from the Pilgrim Printers in Massachusetts. Some are duplicates of posters acquired in 1992.
Dates
- Creation: 1963-1990
Creator
- Casey, Jacqueline, S. (Person)
- Pilgrim Printers (Printer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
Jacqueline Casey trained at Massachusetts College of Art before working as a fashion illustrator and advertising, editorial and interior designer. In 1955, she joined the Office of Publications (Design Services Office) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working with Muriel Cooper who was then Design Director. Casey's work acknowledges the influence of the Grid established by the post-war graphic design masters in Switzerland. As Director of Design Services many of her posters have been created to publicize exhibitions organized by the MIT Committee on the Visual Arts. She often uses strong elemental imagery, maniupulated by letterforms. Exhibitions of her work have been held at MIT, at the Chelsea School of Art, London (1978) and the London College of Printing. (1980)." (Livingston, 2003, 45)
Extent
5 Linear Feet (9 large oversized folders, 3 small oversized folders)
Language
English
Overview
A collection of one hundred twenty three posters designed by Jacqueline S. Casey for events and activities at MIT from 1963 to 1990.
Arrangement
Series I. Posters, 1963-1990. Poster inventory lists posters chronologically.
Physical Location
Graphic Design Archives, Cary Collection workroon, flat file drawer 2.20
Physical Location
Cary Collection, workroom, flat file drawer 2.20.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to RIT in 1992 by the MIT Museum at the request of Ms. Casey. Accession number(s): 1992:001 Twenty posters were donated from Pilgrim Printers, Massachusetts in 2020. Accession number(s): 2020:008
Processing Information
Finding aid encoded by Lisa Witt, September 2015. Updated by Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, March 2025.
Subject
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Organization)
- Title
- Jaqueline Casey posters
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Cary Graphic Design Archives
- Author
- Lisa Witt; Amelia Hugill-Fontanel
- Date
- 23 September 2015; 24 March 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 24 March 2025: AHF completed an inventory and added 20 posters from accession 2020:008. Items refoldered and loaded on RIT Digital Collections. Other finding aids note removed in favor of listing in material specific information in series.
Repository Details
Part of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection Repository
