Beatrice Warde Correspondence with Evan and Mabel Gill MS.2019.041
Described by Joshua Bucher
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
2024
Contributing Institution:
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Title: Beatrice Warde Correspondence with Evan and Mabel Gill
Creator:
Warde, Beatrice, 1900-1969
Identifier/Call Number: MS.2019.041
Physical Description:
.21 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1951-1969
Language of Material:
English
.
This collection is open to researchers.
Clark Library purchase, 2019 (accession MS.2019.041).
Beatrice Warde was born in New York on September 20, 1900. An early interest in calligraphy, which she learned at school,
led to her learning about typography and letter forms while attending Barnard College and Columbia University. Warde was best
known for her work as a typographer as well as authoring the essay "The Crystal Goblet." Warde worked as the marketing manager
for the Monotype Corporation from 1929 until her retirement in 1960. She was a typographical scholar who would frequently
lecture on the subject in England and the US. Warde was also a devout Roman Catholic. She died September 16, 1969.
Evan Robertson Gill (1892-1968) had 12 siblings and was the younger brother of artist Eric Gill. Evan wrote about Eric's works
and later published a bibliography of his work. Evan was a banker, as well as an avid book and stamp collector. Evan married
Mabel Rimmer Gill (1892-1975) in Liverpool in 1921.
This collection was processed and described in April 2024 by Joshua Bucher.
This collection is mostly correspondence from Beatrice Warde to Evan and Mabel Gill and also contains two photographs of Warde
in her home in Epsom, a newspaper clipping about her passing, a program/pamphlet from her memorial, and a page from a magazine
after her death.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gill, Evan R.
Gill, Mabel, 1892-1975