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Adrian Frutiger collection
The collection is primarily comprised of publications and ephemeral items with content by or about Frutiger. Included are copies of his books Cantique des cantiques de Salomon (1966), Type, sign, symbol (1980), and Des Signes et des hommes (1983), and Adrian Frutiger: son oeuvre typographique et ses écrits (1994). Works about Frutiger include Formen und gegenformen (1985), by Horst Heiderhoff. Also present are a few examples of his graphic design work.
Hermann Ihlenburg papers
The Hermann Ihlenburg Papers spans the period from 1803 through 1906 and contains correspondence, photographs, typeface drawings, printed ephemera, and other documents relating to the career of the German-American type designer and punchcutter Hermann Ihlenburg (1843-1905).
Joseph Blumenthal papers
The Joseph Blumenthal Papers contain personal and professional correspondence, research files, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and career of the American printer, printing historian, and type designer Joseph Blumenthal, and his wife Ann White Blumenthal. While the material does cover some aspects of Blumenthal’s professional activities, there are no business or financial records present for the Spiral Press.
Bixler Press and Letterfoundry collection
The collection contains material created by the Bixler Press and Letterfoundry in Skaneateles, New York. This establishment was started in 1973 by Winifred “Winnie” (Gray) Bixler ’69 (RIT Art and Design), and Michael Bixler ’69 (RIT Printing). It includes printed type specimens and ephemera, typeface drawings and negatives, and typographic realia like metal patterns and matrices.
Melbert B. Cary Jr. collection
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.
Photoengravings used in the Offenbacher Haggadah
Collection includes photoengravings from Fritz Kredel's original woodcuts, one unused photoengraving, and several articles.
Type specimen pamphlet collection
The collection consists of nearly 500 type specimen pamphlets from North American and European type foundries.