Frederic W. Goudy Collection, 15th century-1979., bulk 1923-1947.

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Summary

Creators:
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947, Drake, Dorothy M. (Dorothy Margaret), 1904-1999, Duvall, Florence E. (Florence Elizabeth), 1903-1971, Foster, Joseph A. (Joseph Arnold), 1905-1987, and Strouse, Norman H. (Norman Hulbert), 1906-1993
Abstract:
Print items, proofs, typescripts, manuscripts, patterns, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, ephemera, and other materials relating to the work and life of printer, artist, and type designer Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947) and, in particular, his relationship with Scripps College. The materials include print copies, manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, and proofs of writings and speeches by Goudy, and original drawings, tracings, patterns of types, bookplates, lettersheads, monograms, and ornamented initial letters designed by him. The collection also contains broadsides, handbills, and other materials published by the Village Press, founded and operated by Goudy and his wife, Bertha M. Goudy, from 1903 until 1939; keepsakes of the "Pilgrimage to Deepdene", the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the press (1938); examples of printings utilizing Goudy type by presses other than the Village Press, in particular the Aries Press, Earl H. Emmons' Maverick Press, and the work of Howard Coggeshall; printed keepsakes and tributes to Goudy, primarily on the occasion of his birthday; and periodical and newspaper articles and short monographs written about Goudy, including obituaries, appreciations, and tributes published in the years immediately following his death in 1947. The materials also include the original drawings, cardboard patterns, rubbings, lead sheets, and matrices Goudy created for the Scripps College Old Style type (both Roman and Italic faces), and first proofs of the type; a small number of materials relating to Bertha M. Goudy; photographs; and one of Goudy's cloth work hats.
Extent:
16 linear feet (22 boxes).
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of materials relating to the work and life of printer, artist, and type designer Frederic W. Goudy, and, in particular, his relationship with Scripps College. The materials include print copies, manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, and proofs of his writings and speeches; original drawings, tracings, patterns, and layouts by Goudy of various types, bookplates, lettersheads, monograms, and ornamented initial letters; and samples of various types designed by Goudy. The collection also contains materials published by the Village Press, founded and operated by Goudy and his wife, Bertha M. Goudy, from 1903 until its destruction by fire in January 1939. These works include broadsides, handbills, and other short works, as well as proofs and imperfect printer's sheets of sections of several larger works. The Village Press materials also include keepsakes of the "Pilgrimage to Deepdene", the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the press, held at Marlborough, New York, on 23 July 1938.

The collection contains examples of printings utilizing Goudy by presses other than the Village Press, in particular the Aries Press, Earl H. Emmons' Maverick Press, and the work of Howard Coggeshall. In addition, the collection contains printed keepsakes and tributes to Goudy, primarily on the occasion of his birthday; and periodical and newspaper articles and short monographs written about Goudy, including a substantial number of obituaries, appreciations, and tributes published in the years immediately following his death in 1947.

The materials documenting Goudy's relationship to Scripps College include manuscript letters (1938-1949) from Goudy to Denison librarian Dorothy M. Drake, as well as the original drawings, cardboard patterns, rubbings, lead sheets, and matrices Goudy created for the Scripps College Old Style type, and first proofs of the type, pulled and annotated by Goudy during his visit to Scripps College in September 1941.

Materials relating to Bertha M. Goudy include an original drawing of a border designed by her, and two photographs of her.

Photographs in the collection include images of Goudy by Doris U. Jaeger (1919) and Clarence H. White (1923); photographs of the cascade and Goudy's house and workshop at Deepdene, Marlborough, New York, prior to the fire of 29 January 1939; Goudy in his cloth work hat (one of which is part of the collection); formal portraits of Goudy in academic rRegalia; Goudy and his favorite cat, "Marmlade"; and snapshots of Goudy taken during his September 1941 visit to Scripps College.

Acquisition information:
The collection was begun in approximately 1941 with donations to Denison Library from Frederic W. Goudy, supplemented by his correspondence, 1938-1947, with Denison librarian Dorothy M. Drake. The collection received further donations from Phil Townsend Hanna and Professor Joseph A. Foster in 1947; from Frances E. Duvall--a music teacher, former Pomona College student, and Goudy's amanuensis in the last years of his life--between 1947 and 1950; and from Norman H. Sprouse in 1981.
Physical location:
Ella Strong Denison Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
1030 Columbia Avenue, #2031
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607-3941
Denison@scrippscollege.edu
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