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004/004-04. Printing Ephemera

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 004/004-04

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Soviet Design Scrapbooks

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 004-04-04
Scope and Contents The Collection of Soviet Design Scrapbooks contains scrapbooks almost entirely filled with collages of newspaper clippings, labels, and other ephemera and photographic prints of type specimens glued to rectos and versos. Though the scrapbooks themselves were likely created between c.1965 and c.1990, the material within the scrapbooks largely ranges from the 1950s to approximately 1990, with some material of the early 20th century represented as well. The scrapbooks are largely composed of...
Dates: 1965-1990

Collection of Updike Type Specimen Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 004-04-06
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed primarily of 20th-century ephemeral type specimens from Europe and America. Many are notable for their colorful design and creative sample text, and some are styled in the manner of faux publications (e.g. “The Baskerville Banner,” which is presented as a newspaper broadside).

Dates: 1734-2017