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Type and type-founding -- United States -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Bertham typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0006
Overview

Frederic W. Goudy completed Bertham in 1936. Its design is based on the letterforms found in German types from the 15th century. It was celebrated as his 100th typeface.

Dates: 1936 (release date)
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Ed Benguiat collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0076
Overview The Ed Benguiat Collection contains original sketches, phototypesetting materials such as photographic prints and negatives, and printed materials relating to the design, production, and promotion of typefaces generated or accumulated during the life and career of type designer, Ed Benguiat. The collection contains objects dating from 1953 to 2001. The collection is organized into two series: I. Graphic Work, and II. Typefaces. The first series contains printed and design work for logos and...
Dates: circa 1953-2001
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

Friar typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0012
Overview

Friar is a black letter typeface created by Frederic W. Goudy and sold by the Village Letter Foundery in 1937.

Dates: 1937 (release date)
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Goudy Mediaeval typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0011
Overview

Goudy Mediaeval is a black letter typeface created by Frederic W. Goudy and sold by the Village Letter Foundery in 1930.

Dates: 1930 (release date)
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Goudy Newstyle typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0014
Overview

Goudy Newstyle is a roman serif typeface created by Frederic W. Goudy and sold by the Village Letter Foundery in 1921.

Dates: 1921 (release date)
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Kaatskill typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0007
Overview

Kaatskill is a roman serif typeface created by Frederic W. Goudy and sold by the Village Letter Foundery in 1929.

Dates: 1929 (release date)
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Ornate Title typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0010
Overview

Ornate Title is a decorative all-capital letters typeface created by Frederic W. Goudy and sold by the Village Letter Foundery in 1929.

Dates: 1931 (release date)
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

Tolbert Lanston and the Monotype, 1897, 1966-1971

 Item — Painting 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: "Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates: 1966-1971
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection / Graphic Communications Through the Ages: Kimberly-Clark paintings