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Type specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Continental Typefounders Association scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0024
Overview

Six bound volumes containing prospectuses, advertisements, letterhead, announcements, printed type specimens, pamphlets, circular letters, price lists, press clippings, off-prints, photographs, and some correspondence, documenting the first decade of the firm Continental Typefounders Association.

Dates: 1925 - 1936
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

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
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

P22 Type Foundry collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0058
Overview

Collection of materials from P22 Type Foundry including publications, promotional material, posters, merchandise, and compact discs.

Dates: 1991-2018
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

The Charles E. Pont Papers on Frederic W. Goudy

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0016
Overview

The papers consist of Charles E. Pont's correspondence and additional material collected for his biography of Frederic W. Goudy.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1887-1972
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection