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Letterpress printing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. portfolio

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: R0006625297]
Identifier: CSC-0052
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...
Dates: 1990 - 2011

Artists Print! portfolio

 Item
Identifier: CSC-0166
Content Description

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.

Dates: 2022-05-23

Bixler Press and Letterfoundry collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0149
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1966-2020

Book Club of California collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: CSC-0057
Overview

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.

Dates: 1920-2013; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000

Hermann Zapf collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0135
Overview

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.

Dates: 1918 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1940 - 2007

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

The Female Forme

 Collection — Folder 1-2
Identifier: CSC-0161
Overview

Portfolio of prints made by Lynne Avadenka at RIT in Summer 2021. The prints were made using the vintage metal and wood type from the Cary Graphic Arts Collection.

Dates: 2021

Wells College Book Arts Center Broadside Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0132
Overview

Collection of broadsides from Wells College Book Arts Center. It includes posters and poem printed in the past 18 years.

Dates: 2000-2018