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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Kemble Type Specimen Collection
Identifier/Call Number: Kemble Spec Col 16
Physical Description:
3.0 oversize folders
Date (inclusive): 1923-1982, undated
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite, Mapcase Drawer
25.
Language of Material: Collection
materials are in English.
Abstract: The collection consists of type specimens from
type founders, type foundries and type designers in the United States, Scotland, England and
the Netherlands. Dating from 1923 to 1982 the collection includes type specimens
demonstrating various type ornaments and fonts available from the type firms and designers.
Firms represented in the collection include Mackenzie and Harris, Mergenthaler Linotype
Company, Monotype Composition Company and Monotype Corporation.
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All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Director of the Library and Archives, North Baker Research
Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent
is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Kemble Type Specimen Collection, California Historical
Society.
Additions to the collection are ongoing.
Re-processed by Jaime Henderson in 2013.
Collection files are arranged in alphabetical order by name of type foundry, type founder
or company responsible for creating the specimen.
The collection consists of type specimens from type founders, type foundries and type
designers in the United States, Scotland, England and the Netherlands. Dating from 1923 to
1982 the collection includes type specimens demonstrating various type ornaments and fonts
available from the type firms and designers. Firms represented in the collection include
Mackenzie and Harris, Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Monotype Composition Company and
Monotype Corporation. The collection contains California type foundries including A. Foreman
and Son, Dickinson Typesetting Company, Foolproof Press, Mackenzie and Harris, Monotype
Composition Company, Omnicorp, Pacific Pony Press, Pacific Typographic Service, Price
Typography and Type City.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Type and type-founding.
Type designers.
Type ornaments--specimens.
Type specimens.
Mackenzie & Harris.
Mergenthaler Linotype Company.
Monotype Composition Company.
Monotype Corporation.