Enid Eder Perkins Papers

Collection

Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Perkins

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Collection

Original calligraphic works, reproductions, studies and tracings, client records, and correspondence representing Perkins’ eclectic modern style of calligraphy and illumination at all periods of her life; there are also several folders of notes on the technique of illumination.

Dates

Creation: 1929-1972

Creator

Perkins, Enid Eder, 1896-1973 (Person)

Language

Materials are mostly in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The Enid Eder Perkins Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Ownership and Literary Rights

The Enid Eder Perkins Papers 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.

Biography of Enid Eder Perkins

Washington, D. C. and New York City calligrapher and illuminator.

Enid Eder (later Perkins) attended Hunter College and studied art at the Art Students League in New York. Intensive self-study of medieval manuscripts at the Library of Congress and later at the Morgan Library in New York helped to develop her interests in medieval calligraphy and illumination. Ms. Perkins also studied calligraphy with Arnold Bank at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and illumination with Irene Base in England. She was self-employed; major clients included J. Walter Thompson, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York University, and the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board.

Extent

5.7 Linear Feet (4 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

Original calligraphic and illuminated work by self-employed New York artist, together with correspondence, photographs of commissioned work, some study materials.