| Title: |
Reminiscences of Warren Chappell
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A29
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background; childhood in Virginia; study and teaching at Art Students League, New York City, 1926-35; promotional art director, LIBERTY magazine, 1928-31; study with Rudolf Koch, 1931; assistant to Boardman Robinson, Colorado Springs, 1935-36; juvenile book illustrations; design of Trajanus and Lydian typefaces; book design for Alfred Knopf, George Macy, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1940 on; A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD, 1970; Oscar Ogg.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 403 leaves, Tape: 3 reels, 7 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Chappell, Warren, 1904-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Artist; Book designer
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| Age at speaking: |
74
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| Document date: |
1978
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| Interviewer: |
Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980
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| Organizations discussed: |
Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Art Students League of New York, New York, NY; Book design; Book industries and trade; New York; New York, NY; North America; Publishers and publishing; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Chappell, Warren, 1904-; Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934; Robinson, Boardman; Type and type-founding; Type designers
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018038-13481
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