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Woodblocks, linoleum blocks, wood and linoleum tools, wooden types, metal types, books, proofs, and special printings. Included are woodblocks and linoleum blocks of illustrations and decorations for Walt Whitman's SHORT STORIES (Columbia University Press, 1927), De La Motte Fouqué's UNDINE (Limited Editions Club, 1930), and Sir Walter Scott's IVANHOE (Limited Editions Club, 1940). There are several metal types designed and cast for Lewis; full or nearly full alphabets of special wooden types designed and cut by Lewis in both 216 pt. and 144 pt. sizes; specimens of his wood and linoleum tools, mainly of his own manufacture; books containing illustrations, decorations, and special types by Lewis; proofs of bookplates he designed; and proofs and special printings of various plates.

Posters, catalogs, book covers, printed materials and ephemera related to the AIGA book collection (winners of the American Institute of Graphic Artists awards known as "The Fifty Books of the Year" from 1923 to the present)

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, radio, television, and film scripts, notes, subject files, documents, financial records, photographs, memorabilia, clippings, and printed materials. Grauer's voluminous professional, personal, and family correspondence reflect his many and varied interests in radio, television, motion pictures, sound recordings, journalism, book collecting, printing, the graphic arts, and travel. Among the significant correspondents there are 43 letters from Henry Miller, 26 letters from Eric Partridge, and ten letters from Bruce Rogers. There are numerous single letters from public figures and celebrities, many written to the author, Quentin Reynolds, who organized Grauer's 25th Anniversary in Broadcasting in 1950. Among these are George Abbott, Agnes de Mille, Samuel Goldwyn, John Hersey, Bob Hope, Lauritz Melchior, Edward R. Murrow, Anaïs Nin, David Sarnoff, and Thornton Wilder. There are thousands of letters from fans, friends, and family, including Grauer's wife Melanie Kahane, the interior decorator. b The manuscripts consist of early writings; radio, television, film, and sound recording scripts with related notes and correspondence; speeches; periodical articles; and several book manuscripts. The majority of the Scripts File are for NBC productions, but also included are scripts for the Voice of America, commercials, films, and records. Among Grauer's many "firsts" in broadcasting are the first live report of Count Folke Bernadotte's assasination, the first radio show to present cash prizes ("Pot 'o Gold"), and NBC television's first live news event, the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Activities File documents Grauer's presence in broadcasting, book collecting, printing and the graphic arts, travel, including the promotion of the Pan American Highway, and his membership in countless organizations. There are more than 3,000 photographs documenting his career from his years as a child actor through the more than 40 years he was associated with NBC. He was photographed with the famous men and women of his generation whose activities he covered on the air. The Publicity File contains newspaper and periodical clippings on his career. Also included is one audio tape recording of "Salute to Ben Grauer" Nov. 15, 1950, an off the air recording

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, mock-ups, book dummies, proofs, book jackets, photographs, and printed materials of Reichl.

A series of 12 letters from Graily Hewitt, 20 letters from Stanley Morison, and 3 letters from John Carter to Sir James Wardrop; also 10 letters from Sir James Wardrop to Graily Hewitt. This correspondence deals with calligraphic and manuscript matters. The single manuscript is Wardrop's draft obituary of Hewitt.

Correspondence addressed to the Laboratory Press and to Porter Garnett, its director. The letters are from many names well known in the field of graphic arts such as Douglas McMurtrie, Frederic Warde, Carl Purington Rollins, and Dard Hunter, and are mainly on subjects of professional interest.

A collection consisting of rock posters, primarily from the Fillmore and Matrix auditoriums in San Francisco, representing works by artists including Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, and David Singer.

A collection pf drawings, original and proof book illustrations, type designs and specimens, publisher's dummies and dust jackets by Chappell.