TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
History of The Chicago Hand Bookbinders
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Organizational Materials, 1979-2006
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Inventory of the Chicago Hand Bookbinders Records, 1979-2007
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Polly Smith, 2009. ©2009. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Chicago Hand Bookbinders |
| Title | Chicago Hand Bookbinders Records |
| Dates | 1979-2007 |
| Extent | 5.4 linear feet (11 boxes) |
| Abstract | Business records and newsletters of The Chicago Hand Bookbinders, an association of professional, amateur, and student bookbinders founded in 1978. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Wing Modern Manuscripts CHB |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 52 4 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
Chicago Hand Bookbinders Records, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, The Chicago Hand Bookbinders, 2008.
Processed by
Adrian Alexander and Paul F. Gehl, August 2009.
Access
The Chicago Hand Bookbinders Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Chicago Hand Bookbinders Records are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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History of The Chicago Hand Bookbinders
Chicago-based association of professional, amateur, and student bookbinders.
The Chicago Hand Bookbinders was organized informally in 1978; a first meeting was convened by Bill Minter on February 8, 1979. The club has since sponsored frequent exhibits of members’ work. Among its notable projects was a series of fifteen collaborative artist’s alphabet books in varying formats, created between 1987 and 2004. These books, typically in an edition of two, were raffled off with the second copies going to local institutions (including the Newberry Library and the Joan Flasch Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Library).
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Scope and Content of the Collection
The papers are largely organizational records and newsletters of the association. There are also small numbers of photographs and spotty files on the group’s collaborative alphabet books, exhibits, and other projects.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 1: Organizational Materials, 1979-2006. Box(es) 1-4
- Series 2: Newsletters, 1993-2006. Box(es) 5
- Series 3: Projects, 1979-2007. Box(es) 6-11
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Chicago Hand Bookbinders -- Exhibitions
- Chicago Hand Bookbinders -- Records and correspondence
- Kner, Elizabeth
- Minter, William
Subjects
- Alphabet books -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Artists' books -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Bookbinding -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Bookbinding -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Exhibitions
- Bookbinding -- Societies, etc.
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Container List
Series 1: Organizational Materials, 1979-2006 |
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| This series includes materials about the formation, governance, membership, and meetings of the Chicago Hand Bookbinders. There are a few photographs of meetings, and what survives of the organization’s correspondence. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by type of material. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | By-laws, 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Organizational papers | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-4 | Club logo | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Membership forms | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Members list 1984-85 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Members list 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Members list 1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Members list 1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Members list 1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Membership directory 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Membership directory 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Membership directory 1992-1993 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Membership directory 1993-1994 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Membership directory 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Membership directory 1996 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Membership directory 1998-1999 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Membership directory 2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Membership directory 2005 | |||||||||
| 1 | 20-21 | Membership questionnaire (2000) | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Meeting sign-in book, 1980-1999, includes 1979 announcement. | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Honorary membership of Elizabeth Kner | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Joan Flash | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Caren Heft, Osceola Ways | |||||||||
| 1 | 26-27 | Photographs, Picnic at Artist Bookworks c 2001 | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Photographs, Christmas party 1996 | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Photographs, Christmas party at Abbey Pub, n.d. | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Photographs, Meeting at Aiko's | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Photograph, Peep Show, in collection of the Art Institute, taken at a meeting of the club at the Art Institute of Chicago. | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | Minutes, July 9, 1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 33 | Minutes, Aug 14, 1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 34 | Minutes, Oct 28, 1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 35 | Minutes, Nov 18, 1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 36 | Minutes, Dec 15, 1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 37 | Minutes, Jan 20, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 38 | Minutes, Feb 23, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 39 | Minutes, Mar 24, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 40 | Minutes, Apr 26, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 41 | Minutes, May 12, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 42 | Minutes, June 15, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 43 | Minutes, July 21, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 44 | Minutes, Aug 17, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 45 | Minutes, Sept 15, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 46 | Minutes, Oct 19, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 47 | Minutes, Nov 17, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 48 | Minutes, Dec 14, 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 49 | Minutes, Jan 19, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 50 | Minutes, Feb 15, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 51 | Minutes, Mar 15, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 52 | Minutes, Apr 18, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 53 | Minutes, May 17, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 54 | Minutes, June 20, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 55 | Minutes, July 19, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 56 | Minutes, Aug, 15, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 57 | Minutes, Sept 20, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 58 | Minutes, Oct, 17, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 59 | Minutes, Nov, 17, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 60 | Minutes, Dec 12, 1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 61 | Minutes, Jan 17, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 62 | Minutes, Feb 20, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 63 | Minutes, Mar 21, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 64 | Minutes, Apr 17, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 65 | Minutes, May 16, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 66 | Minutes, June 19,1981 | |||||||||
| 2 | 67 | Minutes, July 11, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 68 | Minutes, Aug 11, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 69 | Minutes, Sept 12, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 70 | Minutes, Oct 18, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 71 | Minutes, Nov 14, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 72 | Minutes, Dec 12, 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 73 | Minutes, Jan 9, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 74 | Minutes, Feb 14, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 75 | Minutes, Mar 14, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 76 | Minutes, Apr 18, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 77 | Minutes, May 8, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 78 | Minutes, June 12, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 79 | Minutes, July 11, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 80 | Minutes, Aug 12, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 81 | Minutes, Sept 12, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 82 | Minutes, Oct 10, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 83 | Minutes, Nov 14, 1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 84 | Minutes, Dec 5, 1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 85 | Minutes, Jan 9, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 86 | Minutes, Feb 13, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 87 | Minutes, Mar 13, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 88 | Minutes, Apr 10, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 89 | Minutes, May 8, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 90 | Minutes, July 10, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 91 | Minutes, Aug 11, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 92 | Minutes, Sept 11, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 93 | Minutes, Oct 9, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 94 | Minutes, Nov 18, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 95 | Minutes, Dec 11, 1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 96 | Minutes, Jan 8, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 97 | Minutes, Feb 12, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 98 | Minutes, Mar 11, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 99 | Minutes, Apr 14, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 100 | Minutes, May 6, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 101-102 | Minutes, June 10, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 103 | Minutes, July 7, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 104 | Minutes, Aug 9, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 105 | Minutes, Sept 15, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 106 | Minutes, Oct 14, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 107 | Minutes, Nov 12, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 108 | Minutes, Dec 9, 1992 | |||||||||
| 3 | 109 | Minutes, Jan 12, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 110 | Minutes, Feb 10, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 111 | Minutes, Mar 10, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 112 | Minutes, Apr 14, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 113 | Minutes, May 12, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 114 | Minutes, June 9, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 115 | Minutes, July 14, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 116 | Minutes, Aug 15, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 117 | Minutes, Sept 8, 1993 | |||||||||
| 3 | 118 | Minutes, Nov 4, 2003 | |||||||||
| 3 | 119 | Minutes, Feb 10, 2004 | |||||||||
| 3 | 120 | Minutes, Mar 30, 2004 | |||||||||
| 3 | 121 | Minutes, Apr, 13, 2004 | |||||||||
| 3 | 122 | Minutes, Oct 6, 2004 | |||||||||
| 3 | 123 | Minutes, Jan 19, 2005 | |||||||||
| 3 | 124 | Minutes, Feb 8, 2005 | |||||||||
| 4 | 125 | Correspondence, 1979 | |||||||||
| 4 | 126 | Correspondence, 1980 | |||||||||
| 4 | 127 | Correspondence, 1981 | |||||||||
| 4 | 128 | Correspondence, 1984 | |||||||||
| 4 | 129 | Correspondence, 1985 | |||||||||
| 4 | 130 | Correspondence, 1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | 131 | Correspondence, 1987 | |||||||||
| 4 | 132 | Correspondence, 1988 | |||||||||
| 4 | 133 | Correspondence, 1989 | |||||||||
| 4 | 134 | Correspondence, 1990 | |||||||||
| 4 | 135 | Correspondence, 1991 | |||||||||
| 4 | 136-137 | Correspondence, 1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 138 | Correspondence, 1993 | |||||||||
| 4 | 139 | Correspondence, 1996 | |||||||||
| 4 | 140 | Correspondence, 1997 | |||||||||
| 4 | 141 | Correspondence, 1999 | |||||||||
| 4 | 142 | Correspondence, 2000 | |||||||||
| 4 | 143 | Correspondence, 2002 | |||||||||
| 4 | 144 | Correspondence, 2003 | |||||||||
| 4 | 145 | Correspondence, 2003 | |||||||||
| 4 | 146 | Correspondence, 2004 | |||||||||
| 4 | 147 | Correspondence, 2005 | |||||||||
| 4 | 148 | Correspondence, 2006 | |||||||||
| 4 | 149 | Publicity, 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 4 | 150 | Publicity, 1987-1989 | |||||||||
| 4 | 151 | Publicity, 1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 152 | Publicity, 1992-1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 153 | Financial records, 1987-1991 | |||||||||
| 4 | 154 | Bank statements, 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 155 | Financial records, 2002-2004 | |||||||||
Series 2: Newsletters, 1993-2006 |
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| The newsletter of the club was irregular. Some issues are missing from the sequence. | |||||||||||
| Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 5 | 156 | Newsletter, Aug, 1993 | |||||||||
| 5 | 157 | Newsletter, Nov, 1993 | |||||||||
| 5 | 158 | Newsletter, Dec, 1993 | |||||||||
| 5 | 159 | Newsletter, Jan, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 160 | Newsletter, Feb, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 161 | Newsletter, Mar, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 162 | Newsletter, Apr, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 163 | Newsletter, May-June, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 164 | Newsletter, July, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 165 | Newsletter, Aug-Sept, 1994 | |||||||||
| 5 | 166 | Newsletter, Mar-Apr, 1995 | |||||||||
| 5 | 167 | Newsletter, May-June, 1995 | |||||||||
| 5 | 168 | Newsletter, July-Aug, 1995 | |||||||||
| 5 | 169 | Newsletter, Sept-Oct, 1995 | |||||||||
| 5 | 170 | Newsletter, Nov-Dec, 1995 | |||||||||
| 5 | 171 | Newsletter, Jan-Feb, 1996 | |||||||||
| 5 | 172 | Newsletter, Mar-Apr, 1996 | |||||||||
| 5 | 173 | Newsletter, May-June, 1996 | |||||||||
| 5 | 174 | Newsletter, July-Aug, 1996 | |||||||||
| 5 | 175 | Newsletter, Nov-Dec, 1996 | |||||||||
| 5 | 176 | Newsletter, Jan-Feb, 1997 | |||||||||
| 5 | 177 | Newsletter, Mar-Apr, 1997 | |||||||||
| 5 | 178 | Newsletter, May-June, 1997 | |||||||||
| 5 | 179 | Newsletter, July-Aug, 1997 | |||||||||
| 5 | 180 | Newsletter, Sept-Oct, 1997 | |||||||||
| 5 | 181 | Newsletter, Nov-Dec, 1997 | |||||||||
| 5 | 182 | Newsletter, Jan-Feb, 1998 | |||||||||
| 5 | 183 | Newsletter, Mar-Apr, 1998 | |||||||||
| 5 | 184 | Newsletter, May-June, 1998 | |||||||||
| 5 | 185 | Newsletter, July-Aug, 1998 | |||||||||
| 5 | 186 | Newsletter, Sept-Oct, 1998 | |||||||||
| 5 | 187 | Newsletter, Nov-Dec, 1998 | |||||||||
| 5 | 188 | Newsletter, Jan-Feb, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 189 | Newsletter, Mar, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 190 | Newsletter, Apr, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 191 | Newsletter, June, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 192 | Newsletter, Nov-Dec, 1999 | |||||||||
| 5 | 193 | Newsletter, 2000 | |||||||||
| 5 | 194 | Newsletter, Feb, 2000 | |||||||||
| 5 | 195 | Newsletter, May-June, 2000 | |||||||||
| 5 | 196 | Newsletter, June-July, 2000 | |||||||||
| 5 | 197 | Newsletter, 2001 | |||||||||
| 5 | 198 | Newsletter, Dec, 2001 | |||||||||
| 5 | 199 | Newsletter, 2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | 200 | Newsletter, Jan, 2004 | |||||||||
| 5 | 201 | Newsletter, Mar, 2004 | |||||||||
| 5 | 202 | Newsletter, May, 2004 | |||||||||
| 5 | 203 | Newsletter, July, 2004 | |||||||||
| 5 | 204 | Newsletter, Jan, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 205 | Newsletter, Mar, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 206 | Newsletter, May, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 207 | Newsletter, July, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 208 | Newsletter, Sept, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 209 | Newsletter, Nov, 2005 | |||||||||
| 5 | 210 | Newsletter, Feb, 2006 | |||||||||
| 5 | 211 | Newsletter, Mar, 2006 | |||||||||
| 5 | 212 | Newsletter, Sept, 2006 | |||||||||
| 5 | 213 | Newsletter, Nov, 2006 | |||||||||
Series 3: Projects, 1979-2007 |
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| This series documents projects undertaken by the club, including frequent exhibits and collaboratively produced artists’ alphabet books. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by type of project. After the project files is an appendix of duplicate materials and 1 T-shirt artifact. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 6 | 214 | Alphabet Book I, 1987 | |||||||||
| 6 | 215-217 | Alphabet Book II, Slides, 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | 218 | Alphabet Book 6 | |||||||||
| 6 | 219 | Alphabet Book 7, 1993 | |||||||||
| 6 | 220 | Alphabet Book 8 | |||||||||
| 6 | 221 | Alphabet Book 9 | |||||||||
| 6 | 222 | Alphabet Book 10, 1996 | |||||||||
| 6 | 223 | Alphabet Book 11, 1997 | |||||||||
| 6 | 224 | Alphabet Book 13, 1999 | |||||||||
| 6 | 225 | Alphabet Book, 2002 | |||||||||
| 6 | 226 | Alphabet Book, 2003 | |||||||||
| 6 | 227 | Alphabet Book, 2004 | |||||||||
| 6 | 228 | End paper designs | |||||||||
| 6 | 229 | Technical information | |||||||||
| 6 | 230 | Unidentified CD | |||||||||
| 6 | 231 | CHB/Caxton Club program Nov 16, 1988 | |||||||||
| 6 | 232-234 | Guild of Bookworkers Standard of Excellence Seminar 1988 | |||||||||
| 7 | 235 | Exhibit guidelines, entry forms | |||||||||
| 7 | 236-237 | Exhibit, Friend or Foe, (1980) William Minter | |||||||||
| 7 | 238 | Exhibit, Northwestern Univ., 1979 | |||||||||
| 7 | 239-241 | Exhibit, Univ. of Illinois Chicago, 1980 | |||||||||
| 7 | 242-243 | Exhibit, Field Museum, 1981 | |||||||||
| 7 | 244 | Exhibit, Chicago Cultural Center, 1982 | |||||||||
| 7 | 245-246 | Exhibit, Cultural Center, 1983 | |||||||||
| 7 | 247 | Exhibit, Cultural Center, 1984 | |||||||||
| 7 | 248-250 | Exhibit, Newberry, 1985 | |||||||||
| 7 | 251-252 | Exhibit, University of Chicago, 1985 | |||||||||
| 7 | 253-254 | Exhibit, Northwestern, 1986 | |||||||||
| 7 | 255 | Exhibit, Cultural Center, 1986 | |||||||||
| 7 | 256-258 | Exhibit, Northwestern, 1987 | |||||||||
| 7 | 259 | Exhibit, 7th Anniversary | |||||||||
| 7 | 260 | Exhibit, Wilmette Library, 1988 | |||||||||
| 7 | 261-269 | Exhibit, Newberry Library, 1988 | |||||||||
| 8 | 270-275 | Exhibit, Art Inst., Northwestern, Brigham Young, Great Lakes Gallery, 1989 | |||||||||
| 8 | 276-277 | Exhibit, Northwestern University, 1990 | |||||||||
| 8 | 278-280 | Lincoln Book, Unbound signatures, photos, 1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 281-287 | Exhibit, Art Inst., R.R. Donnelley, Northwestern, Rosary College, De Paul, 1991 | |||||||||
| 8 | 288 | Exhibit, Lake Forest College, UIC, Northwestern, Kroch & Brentano, 1992 | |||||||||
| 8 | 289 | Exhibit, Chicago Botanic Garden; Morton Arboretum, 1992 | |||||||||
| 8 | 290 | Exhibit, 15th anniversary, Newberry, 1993 | |||||||||
| 8 | 291-293 | Exhibit, St. Charles Arts and Crafts Festival, 1993 | |||||||||
| 8 | 294 | Exhibit, Exhibit guidelines, 1994 | |||||||||
| 9 | 295-296 | Exhibit, Northwestern, 1997 | |||||||||
| 9 | 297 | Exhibit, 1998 | |||||||||
| 9 | 298 | Exhibit, Northwestern, 1999 | |||||||||
| 9 | 299-300 | Exhibit, slides, 1999 | |||||||||
| 9 | 301-302 | Exhibit, Early Chicago, 2000 | |||||||||
| 9 | 303-307 | Exhibit, San Francisco Center for the Book; Waukegan Public Library, 2000 | |||||||||
| 9 | 308-313 | Exhibit, Newberry, Northwestern, 2001 | |||||||||
| 9 | 314-317 | Exhibit, Newberry, 2002 | |||||||||
| 9 | 318 | Exhibit, Printer's Row Book Fair, 2004 | |||||||||
| 9 | 319 | Exhibit, Northwestern, 2004 | |||||||||
| 9 | 320 | Exhibit, 2005 | |||||||||
| 9 | 321 | Exhibit, Northwestern, Golda Meir Library, 2006 | |||||||||
| 9 | 322 | Exhibit, 2007 | |||||||||
| 9 | 323 | Exhibit Guest book, 1993-2003 | |||||||||
| 9 | 324 | Minter/Anthony Slides | |||||||||
| 10 | Appendix: T-Shirt and duplicate slides | ||||||||||
| 11 | Appendix: Duplicate announcements | ||||||||||
Related Material
Exhibit catalogs and two artists’ alphabet books created by the club are included in the cataloged Wing collection.
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