Typographic Library records, 1576- 1950
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1266
- Bib ID:
- 4079415 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Typographic Library
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 84 boxes (84 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 flat boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Other Finding Aids
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Additional information can be found in the PDF scan of an earlier finding aid: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/44_TI-TY_20.pdf
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
A collection of letters, manuscripts, and documents relating to the history of printing and the graphic arts. The collection is in six parts. Cataloged Correspondence and manuscripts, including cataloged letters to and from Henry Lewis Bullen, the librarian of American Typefounders Company Library. Uncataloged letters of the Typographic Library, including routine correspondence, letters of inquiry to Bullen, the Library's order file, and library correspondence of Columbia University, 1941-1946, pertaining to the collection. Correspondence, manuscripts, documents and printed material by and relating to Henry L. Bullen. Letter books, ledgers, daybooks, and journals of the early American typefounders, Binney and Ronaldson. A collection of over 200 typographical patents for the design of printing types (19th and 20th centuries). Archives of the Companía Real de Impresores, Madrid, relating to its operations and business.
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V: Typographical Patents, 1881-1905
The series consists of 224 patents for type designs.The material is dated mainly in the 1880s but extends into the 20th century. 33 different designers are represented. The most important of these, on the basis of numerical representation, are as follows: Herman Ihlenburg with 53 patents, John K. Rogers with 22 patents, William SV. Jackson with 21 patents, William F. Capitain with 18 patents, Henry H. Thorp with 15 patents, Charles H. Beeler with 13 patents, and James M. Conner with 11 patents. Many other eminent designers, including Frederick W. Goudy, T.M.C1eland, and Will Bradley, are represented by single or by small groups of patents. Many of the patents are accompanied by "assignments of rights" to the newly-formed American Type Founders Co. With a number of these are small groups of correspondence relating to the designs and arrangements for obtaining patent-protection for them. There is at least one case of an "interference" in a patent filing (Joseph W. Phinney's Vertical Writing Script Type, 1898,Pat. No. 28254) with letters and documents which cover this disagreement and its resolution.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.
- I. Catalogued
- I.A: Catalogued Correspondence and Manuscripts
- I.B. Catalogued Letterbooks
- I.C. Miscellaneous Manuscripts (one box)
- I.D. Miscellaneous Unidentified Manuscripts
- II. Uncatalogued
- II.A. Uncatalogued Library Correspondence
- II.B. Uncatalogued Library Correspondence: Order File
- II.C. Uncatalogued Library Correspondence: Columbia University 1936 - 1942
- III. Bullen, Henry Lewis
- IV. Binney and Ronaldson Papers, 1819-1836
- V: Typographical Patents, 1881-1905
- VI. Companía Real de Impresores, Madrid: Archives
Using the Collection
Other Finding Aids
Additional information can be found in the PDF scan of an earlier finding aid: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/44_TI-TY_20.pdf
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Typographic Library records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Related Archival Materials
Other materials formerly part of the Typographic Library Manuscripts Collection include the Bruce Papers, the Theodore Low Devinne Papers, the Nichols Family Papers, and the Typothetae Collection. These have been arranged and described as separate units. Also, individual book manuscripts originally part of the Typographic Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
This material was originally part of the American Typefounders Company Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--American Typefounders Company. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1941. Accession number--M-41.
4 a.l.s. from Charles Francis: Source of acquisition--Removed from Book Arts/Port. & Biog./Francis, C. Method of acquisition--Transferred; Date of acquisition--1992. Accession number--M-1992.
16 items re. Will Bradley: Source of acquisition--Thompson, Susan O. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/10/1993. Accession number--M-93-09-10.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/1989.
4 a.l.s. from Charles Francis Cataloged HR 06/17/1992.
16 items re. Will Bradley Processed HR 03/06/1997.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2019-02-29 Container list added kws
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2020-03-04 Added cataloged correspondents and patent description. kws
Subject Headings
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