Scope and Content Note
The collection includes specimen booklets for Goudy typefaces, prospectuses, articles about Goudy's work, and other ephemeral items related to Goudy's work and influence on type design. These materials cover a period from 1912 through 1928.
The collection also includes keepsakes issued in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Village Press, Pilgrimage to Deepdene
, July 23, 1938.
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1938
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
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Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Biographical Note
Printer, type designer, and typefounder Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947) designed more than 100 alphabets of letters for printing types. His impact on American printing has been as an artist and a craftsman. Many of his typeface designs were created for such major firms as Lanston Monotype Machine Company, where Goudy served as art director from 1920 to 1940.
Goudy established the Camelot Press in Chicago in 1895 but soon sold out his share. In 1903 he set up the Village Press, a hand-craftsman’s enterprise, in his barn in Park Ridge, Illinois. Goudy settled the press in Marlborough, New York in 1923. His property, called Deepdene,
included a colonial house and an old mill that he made into the home of the Village Press and Village Letter Foundry.
Full extent
2 Box(es)
Full extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection includes specimen booklets for Goudy typefaces, prospectuses, articles about Goudy's work, keepsakes, and other ephemeral items related to Goudy's work and influence on type design. These materials cover a period from 1912 through 1938.
Arrangement
This collection consists of two boxes.
Provenance
No acquisition information is available.
Separated Materials
Issues of Typographica and Monotype removed and added as serial title to Rare Books and Manuscripts under call numbers Z250.A2 T98 and SPEC BAF-142.
- Title
- Frederic W. Goudy Typographical Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Special Collections Staff; Reprocessed by Suzy Morgan in May of 2025.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu