Letterpress printing

Scope and Contents The portfolio contains three series: the Rosa Parks Portfolio, the Freedom Portfolio and miscellaneous. Series I. Miscellaneous, contains two prints, one is a quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the subject of the other is okra.The Freedom Portfolio, Series II, contains prints that state different freedoms that people have, or should have. There are prints that are in English, while the rest are in Dutch. Series III. Rosa Parks Portfolio, consists of prints that...

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A group of twelve international printmakers were invited to use the RIT College of Art and Design printmaking studio for the "Artists Print!" event from May 15-21, 2022. They spent the week working with faculty, students and alumni to create mono-prints. This collected portfolio documents the work made during the event.

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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.

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The Book Club of California collection contains keepsakes, book prospectuses, and ephemera produced by the Club to promote their publications and programs. The bulk of the collection was acquired over several decades as a benefit of the RIT Cary Collection being a "Standing Order" member. The Collection is not a complete repository of everything the Club has produced since 1912.

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Items printed in the Cary Pressroom using the letterpress process. The prints have been created as independent Cary editions, student editions, promotional materials like posters, library instruction, and projects made during the Letterpress Printmaking course.

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Includes the following posters: Death to the Print, letterpress, 2017. Typographic Summer Program with Dafi Kühne, letterpress, 2018. Typographc Empowerment with Dafi Kühne, letterpress, 2019. Join the Cult of Type, letterpress, 2020. X Jahre, letterpress from hand-cut linoleum, 2021. Typographic paranormal activity, letterpress from hand-cut linoleum and Ludlow type, 2023.

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Hermann Zapf was a German type designer, typographer, calligrapher, author, and professor. He influenced type design and modern typography, winning many awards and honors for his work. Of note is Zapf’s work with August Rosenberger, a prominent punchcutter who cut many of Zapf’s designs.

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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.

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This collection contains materials related to Richard Francis Limpert's course work in the RIT School of Printing from 1946 to 1948. It contains his completed course worksheets in several classes.