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This subseries contains commercial specimens of several types designed by Frederic W. Goudy, issued by the two companies--American Type Founders Compan (ATF) and Lanston Monotype Machine Company--for whom he designed types, or by other companies that distributed the types under license. The Goudy Catalogue and Italic, and Goudy Extrabold and Italic issued by American Type Founders Company were not designed by Goudy, but by Morris Fuller Benton.

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This subseries contains commercial specimens of several types designed by Frederic W. Goudy, issued by the two companies--American Type Founders Compan (ATF) and Lanston Monotype Machine Company--for whom he designed types, or by other companies that distributed the types under license. The Goudy Catalogue and Italic, and Goudy Extrabold and Italic issued by American Type Founders Company were not designed by Goudy, but by Morris Fuller Benton.

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This series contains announcements of publications by Frederic W. Goudy, announcements and reviews of publications about Goudy, and three bookseller catalogs.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries comprises articles and short monographs written about Frederic W. Goudy. The bulk of the materials dates from the late 1930s through late 1947s, and includes a substantial number of obituaries, appreciations, and tributes published in the years immediately following Goudy's death in 1947. The earliest document is a substantial appreciation by Temple Scott, published in 1912. The materials include a 1945 80th birthday tribute to Goudy, in Swedish, by Bror Zachrisson; an...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains materials documenting Frederic W. Goudy's relationship to Scripps College. The bulk of the series consists of the manuscript letters, 1938-1949, from Goudy to Denison librarian Dorothy M. Drake, supplemented by correspondence after his death between Goudy's son, Fred T., Dorothy M. Drake, and Scripps professor Joseph A. Foster, manager of the Scripps College Press. Other materials include Goudy's 1939 Convocation address and letter to Dorothy Drake's history of the book...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the materials Frederic W. Goudy used to create the Scripps College Old Style and Old Style Italic types, including the original drawings, cardboard patterns, rubbings, lead sheets, and matrices. It also includes first proofs of the Scripps College Old Style type, pulled and annotated by Goudy during his visit to Scripps College in September 1941, and a sample of materials created by the Scripps College Press using the Scripps College Old Style type, between 1941 and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the materials Frederic W. Goudy used to create the Scripps College Old Style and Old Style Italic types, including the original drawings, cardboard patterns, rubbings, lead sheets, and matrices. It also includes first proofs of the Scripps College Old Style type, pulled and annotated by Goudy during his visit to Scripps College in September 1941, and a sample of materials created by the Scripps College Press using the Scripps College Old Style type, between 1941 and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the materials Frederic W. Goudy used to create the Scripps College Old Style and Old Style Italic types, including the original drawings, cardboard patterns, rubbings, lead sheets, and matrices. It also includes first proofs of the Scripps College Old Style type, pulled and annotated by Goudy during his visit to Scripps College in September 1941, and a sample of materials created by the Scripps College Press using the Scripps College Old Style type, between 1941 and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains miscellaneous and largely ephemeral materials relating to Frederic W. Goudy, including sheets of his correspondence; newspaper cuts from 1936; a 1941 advertisement Goudy made for the Underwood Typewriter Company; miscellaneous matrices, and types of monograms and fleurons; and an example of the letterhead of his uncle, A. K. Goudy, Nebraska State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1891 to 1895. Of special note are Goudy's work hat (in fact, the last of several),...

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This series contains printed keepsakes and tributes to Frederic W. Goudy, primarily on the occasion of his birthday. The majority date from 1935 onwards, and a large number are printed by Earl H. Emmons' Maveric Press, or by Howard Coggeshall. The materials include keepsakes commemorating the centennial of Goudy's birth, 1965-1966, and two undated items.