Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: American Institute of Graphic Arts Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1923-1977
Date (bulk): (bulk 1971-1977)
Collection Number: Printers Mss 3
Extent:
.8 linear feet
(2 document boes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
American Institute of Graphic Arts Collection. Printers Mss 3. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Hobart Skofield.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, flyers, invitations, memoranda, notices, and other mailings, mainly relating to the
American Institute of Graphic Arts [AIGA] Fifty Books of the Year Show and other organization activities. These mainly are
items sent to Hobart Skofield, who was an AIGA member from 1932.
Publications of AIGA have been cataloged separately and can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog. These
include
Journal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and its predecessor, the
AIGA Journal, which include exhibition catalogs for the AIGA Fifty Books of the Year Show and others.
More information about AIGA, which was founded in 1914 and continues to be active today, can be found on the organization's
website (www.aiga.org).