Finding Aid for the William B. Wollman collection of material about Calligraphy, 1914-1975
Processed by Hilda Bohem and Kaya Siegel; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the William B. Wollman collection of material about Calligraphy, 1914-1975
Collection number: 1159
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Hilda Bohem and Kaya Siegel, 1979
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, November 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: William B. Wollman Collection of Material about Calligraphy,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1975
Collection number: 1159
Creator:
Wollman, William B.
Extent: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
4 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William B. Wollman collection of material about Calligraphy (Collection 1159). Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
Collection consists of original calligraphy, reproductions, photographs of exhibits, teaching materials, periodicals, books,
clippings, and ephemera of calligrapher and teacher William B. Wollman. Includes wooden plaques and signs with calligraphic
text.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Wollman, William B.--Archives.
Calligraphers--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Calligraphy.
Note
William B. Wollman was a calligrapher, and the collection incudes some of his original work, reproductions of his work, and
some of his teaching materials.
Boxes 1-4
Books relating to calligraphy.
Physical Description: Box 1: 9 items.
Physical Description: Box 2: 8 items.
Physical Description: Box 3: 13 items.
Physical Description: Box 4: 10 items.
Box 5
Clippings; instructional materials.
Box 6
Photographs of exhibits; instructional materials.
Box 7
Instructional materials; other ephemera relating to calligraphy.
Box 8
Society of Italic Handwriting, Bulletins, journals; William Morris Society Journal; notebook of samples of calligraphy.
Box 9
Catalogs of materials relating to calligraphy; ephemera.
Box 10
Wooden plaques and signs with calligraphic text.
Box 11
Examples of fine printing and calligraphy.
Box 12
Catalog of manuscripts executed by Wollman, some, but not all of which are in the collection; ephemera relating to calligraphy.
Box 13
Ephemera relating to calligraphy.
Box 14
Calligraphy samples.
Note
Box 14 is an oversize flat box, 23 x 31 x 3".
