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Wolfgang Lederer papers, 1934-1990.
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Title:

Wolfgang Lederer papers, 1934-1990

Creator/Contributor:

Lederer, Wolfgang., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Berliner, Harold, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Havilah Press

Creator/Contributor:

University of California Press

Creator/Contributor:

California College of Arts and Crafts

Abstract:

Contains samples of selected working drawings and printed works, including illustrations and designs of books, journals, broadsides, logos, Christmas cards, and book covers and jackets. Also includes a small amount of correspondence relating to his designs, especially with attorney and printer, Harold Berliner of Nevada City, California.

Date:

1934 (issued)

Subject:

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Lederer, Wolfgang -- Archives
Berliner, Harold -- Correspondence
Havilah Press.
University of California Press.
California College of Arts and Crafts -- Faculty
Book designers -- California
Book design -- California
Illustrators -- Books and reading -- California
Illustration of books -- Study and teaching
Art teachers -- California
German American artists -- California
Printers -- California

Note:

Wolfgang Lederer papers, 1934-1990, BANC MSS 93/160 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Wolfgang Lederer, born in Mannheim, Germany in 1912, was a prominent book designer for the University of California Press, illustrator, and professor emeritus at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California. He died on May 13, 2003 at the age of 91.
In English.
Container list available in the library.

Type:

Design drawings.
Christmas cards.
Broadsides.
Book jackets.

Physical Description:

print
2 boxes and 2 oversize folders (0.8 linear feet)

Language:

English

Origin:

California