Jennifer B. Lee collection, 1926-2008

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Series I: Posters


Subseries 1: Friends of the Book Arts Press



Mapcase 15-L-1 "Mess Is Lore" The Book Arts Press Thought for Valentine's Day, 1993, 1 poster; (22" x 17.5")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Friends of the Book Arts Press. Columbia University: "The Calligraphy of Edward Johnston", 22 October 1975 , 1 poster; (16" x 12")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Friends of the Book Arts Press Columbia University John Dreyfus "The Flowering of Typography", 28 October 1985, 1 poster; (17.5" x 11.5")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Friends of the Book Arts Press Columbia University "A Lecture by Daniel Traister" , 2 December 1985, 1 poster; (17" x 11")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Friends of the Book Arts Press Columbia University D. F. McKenzie "The Sociology of a Text': Orality, Literacy and Print in Early New Zealand", 23 January 1984, 1 poster; (17" x 11.5")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Friends of the Book Arts Press Columbia University "John Dreyfus on Bookbindings of J. T. Coben-Sanderson", 8 October 1984, 1 poster; (17" x 11")


Mapcase 15-L-1 "A Display of Ornaments from the Book Arts Press", September 1972, 1 poster; (17" x 11")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Broadside for the wedding of Jennifer B. Lee and Paul Cyr, 1985

Printed by Terry Belanger


Subseries 2: School of Library Service Columbia University


Mapcase 15-L-1 Butler Library, Columbia University. "The Invisible Image" American Typefounding and the Printed Book 1725-1900, 20 May-15 September 1974, 1 poster; (18.5" x 14.5")


Mapcase 15-L-1 School of Library Service, Columbia University. "Edwin Wolf 2D on 19th Century American Embossed Bookbindings", 1 December 1986, 1 poster; (17" x 11")


Mapcase 15-L-1 School of Library Service, Columbia University. Kenneth W. Rendell "The Hitler Diaries and the Information Industries", 18 February 1985, 1 poster; (17" x 11")


Subseries 3: American Printing History Association (APHA)


Mapcase 15-L-1 18th Annual Conference APHA "The Humanist Printer" (a Conference and Exhibitions Honoring the Centennial of Daniel Berkeley Updike's Marrymount Press, 1993), 1 poster; (18" x 12")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum "APHA's 33rd Annual Conference", 10-12 October 2008, 1 poster; (19" x 12.5")


Mapcase 15-L-1 APHA keepsake in celebration of the theme "Saving the History of Printing", 10-12 October 2008, 1 poster; (22" x 15")


Subseries 4: Various


Mapcase 15-L-1 Exhibition Poster from the Library Company of Philadelphia "ReVisions" , March 28-August 26, 1983, 1 poster; (16" x 19")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Harvard Law School Library "A Study In Crimson: Sherlock Holmes and the Law", 21 April-30 June 1988, 1 poster; (24" x 12")

(with 2 copies of the exhibition introduction and checklist)


Mapcase 15-L-1 Princeton University Library "Graphic Americana: The Art and Technique of Printed Ephemera", 8 May-20 September 1992, 1 poster; (22" 16.5")


Mapcase 15-L-1 John Hay Library Brown University "The Lincoln Image", 1 October-1 November 1984, 1 poster; (24" x 18")


Mapcase 15-L-1 National Archives "What is Past is Prologue", 1934-1984, 1 poster; (29" x 23")


Mapcase 15-L-1 AGFA "We Never Forget a Face", 1994, 1 poster; (36" x 24")


Mapcase 15-L-1 New Yorker "New York Public Library 100th Anniversary" , 22 May 1995, 1 poster; (34" x 24")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Yale Center for American Art and Culture "Tons of Type" , April 4-June 29 1980, 1 poster; (34" x 23")


Mapcase 15-L-1 Mae West and Cary Grant in "I'm No Angel"

Series II: Literature


Mapcase 15-L-1 Colin Gill, Red Chalk Portrait of George Bernard Shaw



Box 1 George Bernard Shaw, Postcard and Calling Card with notes in his hand


Box 1 Pushkin Poem, translated by V. De S. Pinto, Inscribed to Siegfried Sassoon, 1948


Box 1 T.E. Lawrence envelope in his hand, addressed to Col. F. Stirling, with reproduction of TEL portrait


Box 1 JH Ross [i.e. T. E. Lawrence] Cheque for 350 BP made out to V. W. Richards , 10 September 1930

Series III: Performing Arts



Box 2 Souvenir Bowler Hat, Revival of "CHICAGO," signed by Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth , Textile item


Box 2 Two programs for "CHICAGO": Encores! and Richard Rogers Theatre productions, 1996


Box 2 Various Playbills for "ROSS" and "TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD", 1960-1965

Series IV: New York World's Fair Materials, 1939-1965



Box 1 Memorabilia and Booklets, 1939-1940


Box 1 World Fair Railroads on Parade materials, 1939-1940


Box 1 World Fair Booklets and Guides, 1939-1940


Box 1 Phelps Stokes, I. N. New York Past and Present: Its History and Landmarks 1524-1939, New York: Plantin Press , 1939


Box 1 Official Guide Book. New York World's Fair: The World of Tomorrow, 1939


Box 1 1965 Official Guide to New York World's Fair, 1965


Box 1 Hepburn, Andrew. Complete Guide to New York City with 1964-1965 World's Fair Supplement

Series V: Rare Book Librarianship Reference Materials


Box 1 Book Dealer and Auction Catalogs, 1926-2005


Box 1 Exhibition Booklets and Rare Book Collecting and Care Information, 1960-1995


Box 1 Set of plates from engravings by Garret Lansing