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Arthur S. Allen collection, 1900-1940
7.5 linear feetA collection of 850 booklets, leaflets, brochures and pamphlets illustrating American commercial typography from 1900 to 1940.
Comic Art collection, circa 1884-2016
9 linear feetA teaching collection of original comic art, much of which sheds light on various historical styles or techniques. Accompanied by several comic books. Materials includes daily newspaper strip art, Sunday newspaper strip art, single-panel cartoons, comic book pages, and related comics material, such as printing plates and ephemera.
Fly papers, late 1980s-early 2000s
52 Linear FeetA large collection of original comic and illustration art; a considerable number of articles of clothing; tapes and CDs; documents; photographs; ephemera.
Harold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers, 1894-1944, bulk 1894-1930
2,184 architectural drawingsJaroslav Šváb archive, 1928-1968
5 Linear FeetJaroslav Šváb's collection of his book design and illustration work, a working archive which he assembled throughout his career, containing the bulk of his life's work. The material was largely drawn upon for the illustrated monographJaroslav Šváb, published in 1966, at the time of his first large retrospective exhibition in Prague. Spanning the period 1928 until the late 1960s, the archive contains approximately (650) items, including printing samples and specimens, test printings, alternate variations, publisher's ephemera, and original renderings
Louis Silverstein collection, 9999
99 linear feetGraphic designs for newspapers, promotions, magazines, books, and related work by Silverstein. He primarily worked for the New York Times, regional U.S. newspapers, foreign newspapers, and other organizations. Includes correspondence, notes, sample newspaper issues, photographs, and negatives from his consulting projects. Also includes Silverstein's drawings, monoprints, and other artwork.
Sam Schaefler bookplate collection, 1580-1800
25 linear feetThe collection consists of several sub-divisions, such as bookplates with a printed date (over 300 bookplates, 1587-1800), ecclesiastical bookplates of the 17th and 18th centuries, and a large group relating to Cambridge and Oxford Universities (mostly 18th century). Well represented are bookplates of libraries, starting with a German bookplate, ca. 1580. Among the library bookplates of some significance are large dated German bookplates of the Royal Library, Munich, the earliest being dated 1614, the bookplate of the medical library, Frankfort, 1676, representing the view of a 17th century library, and a large collection of early American library bookplates.