Box 1
Contains 67 Results:
Appleton, William Sumner (copies), 1922-07 - 1923-04
Correspondence between Appleton and Updike regarding preservation of a building in Wickford, R.I. Originals at Historic New England. (3 items)
Ashbee, Charles Robert, 1906-02-05
Ashbee to Updike regarding Essex House Press (1 item & copy)
Bail, Hamilton Vaughn, 1933-02-04
Updike to Bail (1 item)
Ballou, Robert O., 1937-07
Updike to Ballou, publisher, regarding publication of Type Specimens. (2 items)
Beaux, Cecilie, 1915, 1915
Beaux to Updike. (3 items)
Bell, Robert Anning, 1895-06 - 1895-12
Bell at University College, Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Arts to Updike regarding creation of blocks for press and use for Altar Book. (5 items)
Benson, John Howard, 1930-07 - 1930-12, 1930
Correspondence between Updike and Benson regarding the commission of an altarpiece for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wickford RI as well as Nathaniel Thayer room built by Ruth Simpkins Thayer. Also included is a memorandum by Updike concerning the altarpiece and a sketch of letting for it by Benson. Letter from Aug. 1, 1930 includes a list of Spanish bookdealers. Letter from Oct. 27, 1930 concerns Bickham’s The Universal Penman (1743). (22 items)
Benson, John Howard, 1931-01 - 1931-12
Correspondence between Updike and Benson regarding a commission by Ruth Simpkins Thayer for a memorial table to honor Nathaniel Thayer. Letters include several references to Norman Isham. (18 items)
Benson, John Howard, 1932-01 - 1932-12
Correspondence between Updike and Benson regarding commission from Updike for Benson to create sign for Merrymount Press and commission for woodcut for a calendar for Tileston & Hollingsworth. Letters from October 27-28 include references to a whaling memorial in Cold Spring Harbor N.Y. (19 items)
Benson, John Howard, 1933-02 - 1934-12
Correspondence between Updike and Benson primarily regarding commission for lettering for design for diploma for Harvard University including letter dated March 21, 1934 which discusses the evolution of 17th-18th century black lettering in connection to diploma design. Letter dated Feb. 24, 1933 concerns designs of candlesticks and crosses for Christ Church, Boston. (23 items)