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Graphic arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Matthew Leibowitz papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0080
Overview

Collection of materials from graphic designer Matthew Leibowitz (1918-1974), including advertisements, publications, publicity material, project artwork, correspondence, paintings, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1917-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1970

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

Mo Lebowitz collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0028
Overview

The Mo Lebowitz Collection contains more than five hundred examples of his printed work, consisting of ephemeral pieces that celebrate his interests, including cigars, food, wine, bluegrass and classical music, literary characters, and acquisitions of equipment for his press.

Dates: 1960-1980

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

Type specimen pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0029
Overview

The collection consists of nearly 500 type specimen pamphlets from North American and European type foundries.

Dates: 1930 - 1980