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Artists Book Works Records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-ABW
Abstract
Non-profit public education organization founded in 1983 by Barbara Lazarus Metz. Its records consist of administrative files, files on artists active in book work, and original art works created at the Artists Book Works studio or exhibited in its galleries.
Dates:
1982-2012; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1993
Edward Fitch papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Ruggles-121
Abstract
Correspondence between a young man seeking his way in the world and his aging father. Many of the father's letters refer to specific letters of the son. They tell about other children, including Luther Jr. (in California all during the period); son Andrew, apparently a physician in New York City (on Madison), Edwards marriage to Helen (of Chicago), their son Luther, etc. The son rarely fails to ask for clothing or money ($1000 to buy into a partnership. Abraham Lincoln sublet his house for a...
Dates:
1852-1856
John M. Wing Foundation Printing Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Ephemera-File
Abstract
Printed ephemera from a variety of companies, organizations, and individuals, mostly concerned with printing, publishing, graphic design, and related book arts. Geographic coverage includes North America, Great Britain, Europe and East Asia.
Dates:
Approximately 1750-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1999
William H. Munroe Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Munroe
Abstract
Personal papers and documents related to Sergeant William H. Munroe of the Chicago Mercantile Battery and his father, Henry H. Munroe. Correspondence, discharge papers, and two broadsides related to the war are included along with family obituaries, certificates of professional appointment, letters of reference, a last will and testament, and a patent for rheumatism treatment.
Dates:
1794-1920; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
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- Advertisements 1
- Advertising 1
- Advertising cards 1
- Alternative publications 1
- Announcements 1
- Annual reports 1
- Art -- Study and teaching 1
- Artists' books 1
- Artists' books -- Exhibitions 1
- Artists' books -- Illinois 1
- Artists' books -- Specimens 1
- Birthday cards 1
- Blank forms 1
- Book jackets 1
- Book prospectuses 1
- Bookmarks 1
- Bookplates 1
- Booksellers' advertisements 1
- Booksellers' catalogs 1
- Broadsides 1
- Broadsides -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Brochures 1
- Business cards 1
- Buttons (informational artifacts) 1
- Calendars 1
- Calligraphy 1
- Calligraphy (visual works) 1
- Catalogs 1
- Certificates 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel 1
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions 1
- Christmas cards 1
- Clippings 1
- Conference programs 1
- Contracts 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Dance cards 1
- Direct mail 1
- Envelopes 1
- Exhibition catalogs 1
- Graphic arts 1
- Graphic design (Typography) 1
- Greeting cards 1
- Invitations 1
- Keepsakes 1
- Labels (identifying artifacts) 1
- Letterheads 1
- Mail art -- Exhibitions 1
- Mail art -- Specimens 1
- Mailing labels 1
- Manufacturers' catalogs 1
- Membership lists 1
- Menus 1
- New Year cards 1
- Order forms 1
- Penmanship manuals 1
- Periodicals 1
- Portland (Me.) -- Biography 1
- Postcards 1
- Posters 1
- Prayer books 1
- Press releases 1
- Price lists 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Printers' advertisements 1
- Printing 1
- Printing industry 1
- Programs 1
- Promotional materials 1
- Proofs (printed matter) 1
- Prospectuses 1
- Publishers' advertisements 1
- Publishers' catalogs 1
- Receipts (Financial records) 1
- Reply cards 1
- Sales catalogs 1
- Sample books 1
- Soldiers -- Illinois -- McHenry County 1
- Soldiers' writings, American 1
- Souvenir programs 1
- Stickers 1
- Trade catalogs 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Humor 1
- Valentines 1
- Zines 1 ∧ less
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- French 1
- German 1
- Italian 1
- Russian 1
- Spanish; Castilian 1
- Swedish 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Aliquando Press 1
- American Institute of Graphic Arts 1
- Artists Book Works (Organization) 1
- Bang, Mary Jo 1
- Barrie, P. R. (Pamela R.) 1
- Beck, Bruce 1
- Bibliotheca Wittockiana 1
- Booklyn Artists Alliance 1
- Bremer Presse 1
- Brighton Press 1
- Centro del bel libro (Ascona, Switzerland) 1
- Challenge Machinery Company 1
- Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.). Center for Book & Paper Arts 1
- Craig, Melissa Jay 1
- D'Arbeloff, Natalie 1
- DeCoster, Miles 1
- ELM Press 1
- Fitch family 1
- Fitch, Edward 1
- Fitch, Luther 1
- Foolscap Press 1
- Gregynog Press 1
- Idaho Center for the Book 1
- Imago Press (Toronto, Ont.) 1
- Indulgence Press 1
- International Printing Museum (Carson, Calif.) 1
- Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. 1
- Korbel, Barbara 1
- Limited Editions Club 1
- Lincoln, Abraham 1
- Liturgy Training Publications (Firm) 1
- McKittrick, Bruce 1
- Metz, Barbara Lazarus 1
- Munroe, Henry H. 1
- Munroe, William H. 1
- Nash, John Henry 1
- Nettles, Bea 1
- New Land Agency 1
- Newberry Library. John M. Wing Foundation 1
- Niffenegger, Audrey 1
- Perishable Press Limited 1
- Printers Row Printing Museum 1
- Rudy Lamont Ruggles Collection (Newberry Library) 1
- Society of Scribes and Illuminators (Great Britain) 1
- United States. Army. Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery (1862-1865) 1
- Zapf, Hermann 1
- Zhou, Da Huang 1
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