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P22 Type Foundry ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing folio-Z250-P88-1991

Scope and Content of the Collection

Promotional pieces, letterheads, catalogs, decals, booklets, font disks and CD-ROMs, product packaging, and other ephemera and artifacts dating from 1991 through 2014. Other material not related to type and type founding includes music CDs, a movie, post cards, and artifacts including a mug, pint glass, pens, playing cards, a hockey puck, a rubber stamp, and buffalo wing sauce.

Dates

  • Creation: 1991-2014

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The P22 Type Foundry ephemera collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The P22 Type Foundry ephemera collection is 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.

History of P22 Type Foundry

P22 Type Foundry, based in Buffalo, New York and founded by Richard Kegler, began making digital type faces in 1994 inspired by artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Joan Miro as well as artistic styles such as Arts and Crafts and Futurism. Prior to the founding of the Type Foundry, the P22 name was used for different endeavors including a small letterpress print shop.

Outside of designing and creating typefaces, P22 has also produced music, a film, and other printed materials and artifacts.

Extent

3.7 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Abstract

Various ephemera including promotional pieces, letterheads, catalogs, decals, booklets, font discs, product packaging, and other material and objects relating to or produced by P22 Type Foundry.

Organization

Papers are organized in the following series

Series 1: Printed ephemera, 1991-2014
Boxes 1-3
Series 2: Artifacts, approximately 1996-2010
Box 4

Collection Stack Location

3a 29

Provenance

Gift, Richard Kegler, 2014.

Processed by

Amanda Schriver, 2015.

Acknowledgements

This inventory was created with the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Services, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

Title
Inventory of the P22 Type Foundry ephemera collection, 1991-2014
Status
Completed
Author
Amanda Schriver
Date
©2015.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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