Calligraphy, 1918-1962
Scope and Contents
Folders 1-2 = correspondence. This includes letters to Meynell and to Pamela Zander from writers of italic or other calligraphic hands. Among them are Christopher Atkins, Philip A. Burgoyne, George Dow, William Dowling (1918, to Everard Meynell), Anthony Emery, Tom Geordie, D. J. Gilson, Kenneth Hardacre, Humphrey Hare, Frank Hartley, Anna Hornby, David Kronig, Geoffrey W. F. Lang, Richard Lewis, David Milne, H. G. Nimbs, W. C. Parfit, Michael Parker, Philip Rigby, Stuart Ray, V. Swearer, K. Morris Turner, David Usborne, Donald Watkins, Pieter Wiener, and Richard G. Wilson Folder 3 = specimens of italic handwriting; and printed ephemera about italic writing. Some correspondents are unidentified.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1962
Creator
- From the Fonds: Meynell, Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid, 1891-1975 (Knight, publisher and poet) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
3 folder(s) (3 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
Repository Details
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