Letters from members of the Typophiles to Will Carter, 1940
Scope and Contents
Letters of thanks for copies of Carter's broadside 'Sonnet Le bonheur de ce monde'. The letters were assembled by Paul Standard and sent to Carter in a portfolio, on the cover of which is inscribed: 'Collective thanks from the Typophiles of New York to Will Carter, esp. exacted at pistol-point during March,1940 by Paul Standard, M.A. With Paul Standard's letter to the Typophiles (mimeographed) and Will Carter's circular letter of thanks (lithographed) dated 26 Feb. 1941. Writers of letters include Valenti Angelo, Fred Anthoensen, John Archer, Paul A. Bennett, Joseph Blumenthal, John Burchard, Melbert B. Cary, O. Alfred Dickman, Philip C. Duschnes, W. A. Dwiggins, Harrison Elliott, Quincy P. Emery, Margaret B. Evans, John S. Fass, Ed. (?) Froelich, George Grady, George Hornby, Harold Hugo, Alan Jones, William A. Kittredge, George L. Mckay, E. Leipprand, Melvin Loos, H. M. Lydenberg (for the New York Public Library), Will Ransom, Philip G. Reed, Carl P. Rollins, Fred G. Rudge, Arthur W. Rushmore, Rudolph Ruzicka, George Salter, David Silve, T. Robert Stumpf, Edmund B. Thompson, George F. Trenholm, Daniel Berkeley Updike, Roland A. Wood.
Dates
- Creation: 1940
Creator
- From the Fonds: Rampant Lions Press (Organization)
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Extent
1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Typophiles (Organization)
- Standard, Paul, b 1900 (calligrapher) (Person)
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