Chicago Calligraphy Collective Records
Scope and Content of the Collection
Organizational, administrative, and membership records of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective.
Records include those of workshops and exhibits sponsored by the club, correspondence, publications, and files of the newsletters of other calligraphy clubs.
Dates
- Creation: 1963-ongoing
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1975 - 2015
Creator
- Chicago Calligraphy Collective (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Chicago Calligraphy Collective Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Chicago Calligraphy Collective 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.
History of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective
The Chicago Calligraphy Collective is the most important calligraphy organization in Illinois; its members are drawn from Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana as well as Illinois.
It was founded in 1976 by a group of calligraphy enthusiasts including Moira Collins and Judith Chambliss, who consulted with some of the established Chicago lettering artists of the time, including Brian Clare, Raymond F. DaBoll, and James Hayes. The collective sponsors workshops and exhibits in the Chicago region. One of its two annual exhibits, a juried show open to members, has been hosted by the Newberry Library since 1989. Since 1995, the Newberry exhibit has featured a purchase prize that allows the acquisition of one work from the exhibit for the library's collection. The prize-winning works can be accessed through the Newberry's online catalog under the entry, "Newberry Library Purchase Prize."
Extent
15 Linear Feet (23 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 2 record cartons)
Abstract
Non-profit public education organization founded in 1976 to promote the study, practice, and appreciation of calligraphy in all of its historical and present-day applications. Collection includes newsletters, posters, exhibit announcements, invitations, workshop materials, and other printed items. Also included is correspondence among early members, as well as between members and calligraphers outside of Chicago. There is an extensive collection of the newsletters of other calligraphy clubs from 1978 to1996.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series
- Series 1: Administrative records, 1975-2008
- Boxes 1-8
- Series 2: Publications of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective, 1977-2009
- Boxes 9-13
- Series 3: Exhibits, miscellaneous publications, 1978-2009
- Boxes 13-16
- Series 4: Artifacts, photographs and slides
- Boxes 17-18
- Series 5: External publications, 1963-1996
- Boxes 19-25
- Series 6: Oversize materials, 1976-2001
- Boxes 26-27
Collection Stack Location
3a 59 5-6
Provenance
Ongoing gift of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective.
Processed by
Adrian Alexander, 2012-2014; Mette Shayne, 2015.
Subject
- Greenwood, Georgianna (Person)
- Haynes, David C. (Person)
- West Side Study Group (Organization)
- Chicago Calligraphy Collective (Organization)
- Borja, Robert (Person)
- DaBoll, Raymond F. (Person)
- Hayes, James, 1907-1993 (Person)
- Reynolds, Lloyd J. (Person)
- Chambliss, Judith (Person)
- Clare, Brian (Person)
- Collins, Moira (Person)
- Friends of Calligraphy (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective Records, 1963-ongoing, bulk 1975-ongoing
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mette Shayne
- Date
- ©2015.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org