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Printing -- Specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Frederic W. Goudy collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0008
Scope and Contents The Frederic W. Goudy collection contains materials from 1867 through 1964, with the bulk of the papers dated between 1920 and 1947.This collection contains materials related to the life of printer, typographer, and type designer Frederic W. Goudy includes print items, proofs, manuscripts, type patterns and drawings, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, ephemera, and realia.Items of note include photographs of the Goudys in their home and workshop at Marlborough,...
Dates: 1867-1964; Majority of material found within circa 1920-1947

Hermann Ihlenburg papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0019
Overview

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).

Dates: 1803-1906; Majority of material found within 1866-1905

Howard Coggeshall papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0071
Overview The papers contain correspondence, photographs, and a selection of Howard Coggeshall's publications, including broadsides, booklets, and keepsakes. Also present are files for four of Coggeshall's projects related to Frederic W. Goudy: The Typophiles ampersand booklet ( 1936-1945), the Pilgrimage to Deepdene celebration of the Village Press's 35th anniversary (1938), the Westinghouse Electric time capsule booklet (1938-1939), and the publication related to the "lost" Goudy types (1941). The...
Dates: 1932 - 1949

Original Leaves from Famous Bibles leaf collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0062
Overview

Original Leaves from Famous Bibles is a collection of disbound leaves from various Bible texts. The collection was complied and sold by Otto F. Ege and Philip Duschnes, ca. 1950.

Dates: 1121-1935

Raymond Kane Collection of Progressive Proof Books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0020
Overview The Raymond Kane Collection of Progressive Proof Books spans the period from 1890 through 1939 and contains forty-two books holding progressive proof prints made with lithographic stones prepared for chromolithographed package labels. The books were kept in stone storage rooms as records of the color separations for jobs printed by four firms: Schmidt & Company, Heywood, Strasser & Voight, American Lithographic Company, and Consolidated Lithographing Corporation. Labels include those...
Dates: 1890-1939

RIT School of Printing records

 Collection — Carton 1: [Barcode: R0006629291]
Identifier: RITArc-0646
Overview

The RIT School of Printing records include general information on the school, course brochures, and a program proposal, as well as alumni directories and clippings. There are correspondence, publications from or about RIT, and promotional materials for printing conferences, seminars, and alumni reunions. Also included within this collection are style books and samples from the school. Materials range in date from 1920 to 2000.

Dates: 1920-2000
Found in: RIT Archives

RIT School of Printing samples

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0609
Overview

The collection contains over 100 printing samples collected by Rochester Institute of Technology Professors Alexander Lawson and Archie Provan. Many of the samples are awards and certificates presented to the RIT community during 1960-1980.

Dates: 1969- 1980
Found in: RIT Archives

Stephen O. Saxe papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0144
Collection Scope and Content Note The Stephen O. Saxe papers contain materials from the 13th century through 2024, with the bulk of the papers dated between 1860 and 2010. This collection contains materials related to Saxe’s printing and collecting, which provides a breadth of knowledge on the printing industry throughout time. Materials include correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, writings and speeches, genealogical papers, clippings, printed material, photographic material, drawings, digital media,...
Dates: circa 1200- 2024; Majority of material found within 1860 - 2010