Printing as an Art: A History of the Society of Printers, Boston, 1905–1955 [Reprint 2014 ed.] 9780674598867, 9780674598676

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R A Y NASH A H I S T O R Y OF T H E S O C I E T Y OF 1905 · B O S T O N

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PRINTERS

PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY OF PRINTERS BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE 1

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The Society of Printers · Boston

SP D I S T R I B U T E D IN G R E A T B R I T A I N B Y GEOFFREY

CUMBERLEGE

Oxford University Press · London

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P R I N T E D IN T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S O F A M E R I C A

Contents PREFACE I. T H E APPROACH TO PRINTING AS

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II. ORGANIZATION OF T H E PRINTING A R T MOVEMENT

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III. F I F T Y YEARS OF P R I N T I N G AS AN A R T

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APPENDIX CALENDAR OF MEETINGS

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LIST OF OFFICERS

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REGISTER OF MEMBERS

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preface This book results in the first instance from the action of the Society of Printers council on April 3, 1952, as reported to the members in annual meeting the following month, by Daniel B. Bianchi, the retiring President. At the same time he announced a Fiftieth Anniversary Publication Committee under the chairmanship of Burton L. Stratton, who named Charles W. Bowker secretary, Charles H. Gushee and Frank Lightbown in charge of publicity and subscriptions, and an advisory group consisting of Walter W. Annable, Harry L. Gage, Harry F. Howard, George Marsh, George F. Trenholm, and Howard Wallingford. As vice-chairman Mr. Bianchi undertook with Mr. Stratton the demanding task of coordinating all the activities relating to the preparation of material and production of the work. The history project and the historian were a sort of legacy coming down from the Fortieth Anniversary Committee, out of whose work the present book developed. The earlier committee labored under the council's mandate of June 1944 to arrange anniversary observances and 'to prepare editorial content and supervise production of the history of the Society,' for publication on a when, as, and if basis. The principal instigator was Howard Wallingford. Harry F. Howard, president at the time, conducted the necessary round-up of historical materials. Although that was the first anniversary to call forth a committee on

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preface the Society's history, five years earlier still George F. Trenholm as president had brought up the subject forcefully in a meeting which produced a suggestion that the Society publish an historical account of itself on its fiftieth birthday 'or prior dissolution.' All those mentioned so far — and many others who must go unnamed because of space limitations — have made substantial contributions to the enterprise. None has been more generous than Bruce Rogers, whose acceptance of the role of designer assured the book distinction from the outset. If the history succeeds in throwing any new light on the period, place, and people it is engaged with, the credit is largely due to friendly help in supplying the chronicler with out-of-the-way materials bearing upon the story. Of those who helped, several have died during the past decade. I am especially indebted to Mrs. Mabel Wood Johnson, widow of Henry Lewis Johnson, the prime mover, for much personal data regarding him and his associations. Also I have to express gratitude for generous help to John Bianchi, C. Chester Lane, Edward K. Robinson, and Carl Purington Rollins, and to the late Walt Harris, William Dana Orcutt, and Herbert G. Porter. Clarence E. Sherman kindly arranged to let me borrow the pertinent material from the D. B. Updike collection under his charge in the Providence Public Library. The book has benefited in clarity and sense from the attentions of Miss Eleanor Bates as copy editor. She also prepared the index. E. Harold Hugo, who supervised the making of the reproductions, in effect performed also the service of joint editor of illustrations, for all of which he has my thanks.

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H E American colonial printer never considered hitching his wagon to an aesthetic star. His highest goal was sensible, honest workmanship, occasionally embellished by a touch of rubrication or an ornament of fleurons. Once in a long while the text was extended b y a cut. 1 T h e praise-word for excellence in printing was 'correct,' a correct colonial printer being one who knew and took care to observe the traditional rules for setting up, imposing, and printing the work committed to him.

Benjamin Franklin was quick to import the admirable fonts of William Caslon, he was generous in appreciation of the attempts of his countrymen, and he suggested means of improving the press as commonly constructed. B u t except for the output at Passy, and for the handsome script type he had cut from his own design there, it is hard to find in his work as a printer more than a gleam of the genius he displayed in other lines. B u t then the standards of the mother country, which the provincial Americans followed at a respectful distance, were in a low state 1 T h e earliest cut is credited to John Foster, first Boston printer. A crude portrait of Richard Mather, it is of about 1670. James Franklin was another Boston printer who cut his own: a portrait of Hugh Peter, one of James Hodder, and two more relief cuts for books printed between 1717 and 1719 are ascribed to him. See American Woodcuts and Engravings, 1670-/800 by Lawrence C. Wroth and Marion W . A d a m s (Providence, 1946), which contains good reproductions.

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when John Baskerville brought his wealth, enthusiasm, and the taste of the ' copperplate' writing master to the reform of typography. Only after his efforts in the amateur spirit and only in the British homelands did printers of the eighteenth century begin to speak of ' beauty of workmanship.' Franklin's younger contemporary, Isaiah Thomas, is a likelier candidate for the place of earliest American fine printer. He possessed great energy, and ambition to excel, along with the historical sense of one who assisted at a successful revolution of government as well as of his trade. His proudest achievement in bookmaking was Charlotte Smith's Elegiac Sonnets which he printed on the first native wove paper, from his own mill at Worcester, in 1795. But it does not seriously rival the Birmingham printer's standards of design and workmanship.2 The most successful early attempt of American printers to answer the challenge from overseas was probably The Columbiad (Philadelphia, 1807) by 2 Following Baskerville, English fine printing advanced notably at the Shakespeare Press, London, from which William Bulmer wrote in the advertisement to Poems by Goldsmith and Partiell, 1795: ' T o raise the Art of Printing in this country from the neglected state . . . much has been done within the last few years; and the warm emulation . . . amongst the Printers of the present day . . . has been highly patronized by the public in general. The present volume, in addition to the . . . many other valuable works of elegance, which have already been given to the world . . . are particularly meant to combine the various beauties

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well with a view to ascertain the near approach to perfection which those arts have attained in this country, as to invite a fair competition with the best Typographical Productions of other nations. . . . ' H e goes on to give William Martin credit for the types and Thomas Bewick and associates for the wood-engravings. Fine printing made its appearance as a recognized department in The Printer s Grammar (London, 1 8 0 8 ) , by Caleb Stower. The author of the particular article was John McCreery, a Liverpool printer whose poetic The Press, published five years earlier, is itself a typographical piece. At least one copy of Stower came promptly to Boston and was acquired the year after publication by Samuel T. Armstrong, of Charlestown.

®fje 87> P·· 22 Bank, Arnold, announcement of lecture (1948), pi. 55b Barlow, Joel, ζ, g Bartlett, Alfred, 87; Dwiggins' letter to, pi. 8; publications, 53—54; shop on Cornhill, 36, 38, 40 Barton, George Edward, 33 Baskerville, John, 4, 58, 7 1 , 80; keepsake, 87, pi. 16 Baxter, Sylvester, 32 Beilenson, Peter, 82 Bell, John, types introduced in America, 20 Bennett, Paul Α., 8o Bensley, Thomas, 14 Benson, John Howard, announcement of talk (1944), pi. 53b Bentley, William, 17 Benton, J . H., 58, 7 1 ; keepsake of talk (1914), pi. 16 Berenson, Bernard, 28 Berkeley Press, 81, 90-91, pi. 52 Bernhard, Lucian, souvenir of talk (1937). P 1 · 4ob _ Bevan, Helen Heintzemann, letter to H. L. Johnson quoted, 23 Bewick, Thomas, 4 Biagi, Guido, article in The Printing Art, 38 Bianchi, Anselmo, 75 Bianchi, Daniel B., secretary, 92-93 Bianchi, John, 51, 54. See also Merrymount Press Bigelow, Jacob, 11 Bigelow, William Sturgis, 32 Binding, meeting on (1951), pi. 61b Binny & Ronaldson, 5, 12 Blackmur, Maurice Α., secretary, 65 Blades, William, 41 Bodoni, Giambattista, Cleland's talk on, 57, 74, pi. 28a; Dwiggins keepsake honoring, 86, pi. 12 Book clubs, 9 Book of the Tile Club, A, 21, 25

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Inbex Bookbuilders of Boston, 64; announcement of meeting (1949), pi. 56b Boston Architectural Club, 90 Boston Athenaeum, The, 10, 48; Society's visit to (1952), pi. 62. See also Anthology Society Boston Bookbuilders. See Bookbuilders of Boston Boston Photogravure Company, 27, 39 Boston Public Library, 23, 36, 89; architectural commemoration of great printers, 40; bibliography on printing (1906), 48, 7 1 ; book list (1924), 74-75; exhibitions at, 69, 92; lecture series on art and printing (1904-05), 41-42 (1906, 1907, 1908), 50, pi. 3b Boston Symphony Orchestra, 23 Boston Transcript, 21; quoted, 42, 51 Boston Traveler, 39 Boston Type & Stereotype Foundry, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 Bouchot, Henri, 41 Bowles, Joseph M., 3 1 , 32-33, 35; quoted, 41 Bradley, Will H., lecture (1904), 41; represented in exhibition (1897), 33; Wayside Press, 3 1 - 3 2 , 36 Briggs, J . Albert, 49-50 Brimmer, Martin, 33 Brooks, Van Wyck, quoted, 23, 25 Brown, Frank C., 69 Brown, Harold, 29 Brown, L . L., paper company, 26 Buckingham, Joseph Tinker, 5, 6; quoted, 22 Buckminster, Joseph S., 17 Bullen, Henry Lewis, 86; biographical sketch of H. L . Johnson quoted, 39; on committee for projected Μ. I. T. printing course, 61; quoted, 97 Bulmer, William, 4, 14 Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, 20 Caffin, Charles H., lecture (1908), 50 Cairns, Hugh, 33 Callender, Joseph, 1 1 Calligraphy, announcement of meeting on (1928J, pi. 37 Camelot Press, 31 Campbell, Heyworth, 62 Carey, Arthur Astor, 33 Carnegie Technical Institute, 51 Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 92, 95 Caslon, William, 3 , 1 9 , 35, 85-86; portrait on keepsake (1913), pi. 9

Caslon Crowd, The, 63, 75-76 Chap-Book, The, 31 Chappell, Warren, illustration and announcement of talk (1940), pi. 46b Cheltenham Press, 38 Child, James Francis, Ballads, 21 Christian Science Publishing Society, The, 87 Church, William, 1 2 - 1 3 Clark, Jefferson, 8 Clarke, James G., 23, 91 Cleland, Thomas Maitland, 35, 95; announcement of talk (1941), pi. 47a; lecture (1924), 62-63; talk on Bodoni, 57 Club of Odd Volumes, founding of, 26 Clymer, George, 13 Cobden-Sanderson, T. J . , 70, 80; lectures in America (1907-08), 51-52; quoted, 52 Cole, Timothy, 76, 88 Color, first use of, in American printing, 1 1 ; projected magazine on (1896), 37 Columbiad, The, 4 - 5 , 9 , 1 1 , 12 Columbiad Club, 5 Coolidge, J . T., Jr., 33 Copeland, Herbert, 27, 28 Copeland & Day, 40 Cornhill Booklet, The, 36 Cornhill Press, 35 Craftsman's Guild, 54 Cram, Ralph Adams, 27, 33 Cummings, Charles Α., 32 Currier, Everett R., 62 Cut, first use of in America, 3 Dana, John Cotton, 55; keepsake of talk (1913), 86, pi. 13; quoted, 3 6 37; souvenir of talk (1916), 88, pi. Dartmouth College, Graphic Arts Workshop, 80, 82; Henry Lewis Johnson Collection in Library, 36 Day, Fred Holland, 27, 28 Derby, Elias Hasket, 17 Designer, new role of in printing field, De Vinne, Theodore Low, 15, 41; article in The Printing Art, 38; honorary member, 64; quoted, 14, 17 Dickinson, Samuel Nelson, 1 7 - 1 8 Dickinson Type Foundry, 1 7 - 1 8 , 20, 3° Didot, P., 87 Donnelley, Τ. E., 59

3n bex D o t h a r d , Robert L., 80 Doves Press. 51 D u t t o n and Wentworth, 8, 16 Dwiggins, William Addison, 23, 95; and projected Heintzemann monograph, 84; Bodoni keepsake, 86, pi. 12; ' B r o t h e r Jeromy,' 80, pi. 49; designs announcement (1927), 91, pi. 36; early career, 53-54; exhibition (1938), pi. 42; letter of Nelson to (1927) quoted, 91; letter to Bartlett for Society (1915), pi. 8; m a p (1951), pi. 61, on Caslon ornaments, 58; sketch (1917), pi. 29; White Elep h a n t , 86, pi. 12 Electrotyping, 13 Emerson, William, 19 English High School (Boston), Record, 2 7> 39 Engraver and Printer, The, 27, 3 1 , 32, E v37 a n s , John, 33 Fairman, Gideon, 1 2 - 1 3 F a r n u m , Royal Bailey, 62; souvenir of talk (1923), 90-91, pi. 34b Farrier, Herbert, 79, 80 Faunce, H a r r y M., 81 F a u s t u s Association, 6 Fessenden, T h o m a s G., 8 F i f t y Books, exhibitions, 63-64, 82, pi. 56b, pi. 63; meetings on, pi. j 6 b , pi. 63 Fleischner, Otto, compiles printing bibliography, 48, 58 Folta, R a m o n , 81 Foster, John, 3, 11 Francis, David, 9, 11 Franklin, Benjamin, 3; bibliography in commemoration of, 48, 49; bicentenary (1906), 48; printing exhibition honoring, 49, 50, 72, pi. 2b Franklin, James, 3 Franklin Typographical Society, 6, 7 - 8 , 9, 14 French, F r a n k , 76 French, George, 23, 37; on first council, 44; on organization committee, 42-44; quoted, 40 French, H a n n a h D., announcement of talk (1951), pi. 61b Frost, Robert, ' T h e Four Beliefs,' 80, pi. 50 F r y & Kammerer, 5

Gage, H a r r y L., announcement of talk (1927), pi. 36 Gay, Edwin F., cooperates in H a r v a r d printing course, 58; honorary m e m ber, 64 Gentry, Helen, announcement of talk 939)> P1· 46a Getchell, Addison C. & Son, 87, 88, 89 Getchell, Albert R . , 73, 81; on committee to revise constitution, 57 Giambattista Bodoni of Parma, 57, 74 Gill, T h o m a s , 8 Gilliss, Walter, acquaintance w i t h A r t h u r B. T u r n u r e , 25; honorary member, 64; talk on Caslon, 85 Gilliss Press, 24, 38 Ginn & Company, 87 Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, and Knight Errant, 2 7 - 2 8 ; designs exhibition circular and catalogue (1897), 32> 33; designs Heintzemann offices, 40; drawings for Cheltenh a m typeface, 38; incorporator of T h e Society of Arts and Crafts, 33; work on Library Handbook (1895), Goodspeed, Charles E . , souvenir of talk (1914), 87, pi. >8 Goodspeed's Book Shop, 36 Gordon-Taylor, Inc., 76 Goudy, Bertha, souvenir (1916), 88 Goudy, Frederic W., 53, 95; keepsake announcement (1937), 93-94, pi. 41b; lecture (1924), 62; quoted, 3 1 ; souvenir (1916), 88, pi. 28b Grabhorn, Edwin and R o b e r t , 65 Graphic Arts, The, 63 Graphic Arts Company, 54 Grassby, Percy, 36 Gray, Morris, 33 Greeley, W . H., 49 Grolier Club, 55; founding of, 25, 26; salutes Society on fortieth anniversary, 69 Gropius, Walter, announcement of talk (1939), pl· 45b Grover, Edwin Osgood, editor of Bartlett's Cornhill publications, 54; Ye Cornhill Printer quoted, 54 Gutenberg, Johannes, anniversary of invention of movable types, J>8, 77-78 H a c k e t t , E d m o n d Byrne, 59 H a g a r , Donald, 81 H a l m , George R . , 26

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S n b e x Hapgood, Theodore Brown, J r . , 50, 65; and projected Heintzemann monograph, 84; designs catalogue cover, 33 Harris, Thaddeus W., 20 Harris, Walt, 69; designs a version of emblem, 47; designs keepsakes, 87, 88, pi. α ϊ , pi. 30; drawing by (1923), 90, pi. 34b Hartford Wits, 5, g Harvard University, 2 1 , 48; course in printing (1910), 58-61; first printing at (1871), 22; Press, 88; Printing Office, 80. See also Houghton Library; Widener Library Heintzemann, Carl H., 68; establishes press in Boston, 22, 35-36; on first council, 44; on organization committee, 42-44; represented in The Printing Art, 38; subject of Society's projected monograph, 22-23, 83-85 Heintzemann, Charles, 23, 84 Heintzemann, George Α., 23 Heintzemann, Helen. See Bevan, Helen Heintzemann Heintzemann Press, 22, 33, 35; new offices designed by Goodhue, 40; prints keepsake, 86 Herbert, George, 19 Hildreth, E. L. & Company, 80 Hilliard, Rev. Timothy, 22 Hilliard, William, 12; printing partnership with Eliab W. Metcalf, 12, 22 Hills, David B., 62 Hodder, James, 3 Hoe, Robert, 41 Hofer, Philip, keepsake announcement of talk (1939), pi. 45a Holden, Philip Conant, 80 Holland, Α., 20 Hollingsworth, Amor, Sr., 59 Hollingsworth, Amor, J r . , 80-81 Holman, L . Α., Society meets at print shop of (1930), pi. 38a Hooper, C. Lauron, 3 1 Houghton, Henry O., association with Riverside Press, 2 0 - 2 1 ; use of Bell types, 20 Houghton Library, Society's visit to (1942), pi. 47b Houghton MifHin Company, 28-29 Hovey, Richard, 28 Hubbard, Ebenezer, 80 Hubbard, Samuel F., 51 Hubbard, William, Narrative, 11

Hurd, John Coolidge, president, 83 Hyde Park (Mass.) Times, 27, 39 Inland PrinterThe, 29, 32; biographical sketch of H. L . Johnson in ( 1 9 2 3)j 39 Iorio, Adrian J . , 57 Ivins, William M . , J r . , keepsake of talk (1914), pi. 20 James, T . P., 80, pi. 51 Jefferson, Thomas, 81 Jenks, Barton P., 33 Jenson, Nicholas, typeface, 30 Jenson, Nicolas, 35 John Wilson & Son. See University Press; Wilson, John, Sr.; Wilson, John, J r . Johnson. Rev. Albion Henry, 39 Johnson, Henry Lewis, 54, 55, 65, 7 1 , 75, 83, 84, 86, 89; active in Society of Arts and Crafts, 3 3 , 3 6 , 3 9 ; association with the Heintzemanns, 22-23; biographical sketch, 27, 39, death, 66-67, 93; directs first arts and crafts exhibition (1897), 32, 39; edits The Engraver and Printer, 27, 39; elected first secretary, 47, 78; establishes The Printing Art, 37-42; keepsake (1913), pi. 13; lectures: (1906, 1908), 50, (1924), 63; letter (1937) quoted, 93-94; memorial by Updike quoted, 67; on committees: for Harvard printing course, 59, for organization of Society, 42-44, for projected Μ . I. T . printing course, 61; on first council, 44; quoted, 48; relations with Boston Public Library, 75 Johnson, John (1777-1848), 8 Johnson, Mabel Wood (Mrs. Henry Lewis Johnson), 39 Johnston, Walter F . , shows film (1951), pi. 61b Junto, The, 9 Kelmscott Press, 28, 35, 53 Kendrick, George P., 33 Kilburn, S. S., 20 Killian, James R . , 62 Kimball, Ingalls, 28, 38 Kirchmayer, I., 33 Kimber, Sidney Α., 50, 6g; keepsake of talk (1915), pi. 23 Knight Errant, The, 27-28 Koopman, Harry Lyman, 62, 75

Snbex Lane, Charles Chester, 36,69; descriptive circular, 60, 72; on committee for Harvard printing course, 59, 60; on committee to revise constitution, 56; secretary, 55 Lankes, J . J . , 80 Lauriat, C. E . , J r . , 87; keepsake of talk (1914), pi. 19 Lee, Francis Watts, 27 Lee, John Alden, 50 Leipzig exposition, 64, pi. 19 Lightbown, Frank, 81 Linton, William J . , 20 Longfellow, A. W., J r . , 32, 33 Loring, Charles G., 32 Lufkin, Raymond, 81 McCreery, John, 4 McFarland, J . Horace, 69; advocates professional training of printers, 58; contribution to Miscellany (1940), 8 1 ; lecture (1905), 42; on committee for Harvard printing course, 59; quoted, 94-95 McGrath-Sherrill Press, 87 Mackay, A. F., 23, 49, 83 MacKeliar, Thomas, 19, 54 Macklin Bible, 14 Mardersteig, Hans, quoted, 74 Marsh, Henry, 20 Martin, William, 4 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 7, 8, 24; exhibition (1837), 15—16; poster show (1895), 3* Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 39; photograph of fagade reproduced on Society keepsake, 89; Photogravure Views (1889), 27; projected printing course (1926-27), 61-61 Massachusetts Normal Art School, 62, 75 Mather, Increase, 17 Mather, Richard, 3 Melcher, Frederic G., announcement of talk (1946), pi. 55a Merrill, Hiram C., souvenir of talk (1937)» 76> P 1 · 4°a Merrymount Press, announcement of Modern American Printing exhibition (1916), pi. 27; article on, by Wroth, 7 1 ; exhibition (1935), 92, pi. 39; files of Society data, 5 1 , printing for Society: appeal for support of Harvard printing course,

60, 61, handbook, 48-49, pi. 2a, keepsakes and announcements, 68, 77-78, 85, 86, 90, report ( 1 9 1 2 - 1 3 ) , 56,73, stationery, 47, pi. 1 ; proposed book on (1929), 83; represented in The Printing Art, 38; Ruzicka's association with, 54. See also Updike, Daniel Berkeley Metcalf, Eliab W., printing partnership with William Hilliard, 12, 22 Metcalf and Company, 18 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55 Mifflin, George H., 3 1 Miscellany (1944), 7 9 - 8 1 , pis. 48-52 Modern Art, 3 1 Modernism in typography, 9 1 , 94-95, pi. 36 Montague Press, 63, 76 Monthly Anthology, 9, io, 1 1 Morgan, J . Pierpont, 55 Morison, Stanley, 20, 91 Morris, William, 29, 3 3 ; 'revival' of, 27. 28, 53 Mount Pleasant Press, 81 Munroe, Edmund, 9, 1 1 Munsell, Joel, 15, 19; color system, 90 Murray, Ronald W., 81; address (1953). 82-83 Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), 23, 32 Nash, R a y , publications relating to Society, 69, 81 National Arts Club, 64 Nelson, Thacher, president, 65, 92; quoted, 91, 95; talk, 89 New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Art Year Book (1884), 25-26 New England Primer, 87 New England Printer, 48, 67, 7 1 New England Type Foundry, 15 Newark (N.J.) Free Public Library, 36, 55; printing exhibition, 37, 41 Nichols, Charles L., 6 Nichols, Frederick D., elected first treasurer, 47, 78; on first council, 44 Nichols, George, 17 North End Union (Boston), 51 Norton, Charles Eliot, 23-24, 67; and founding of Tavern Club, 26; article in Knight Errant, 28; first president of The Society of Arts and Crafts, 33; honorary member, 64 Orcutt, William Dana, 69; address (1905) printed, 77-78; arranges

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S n b e x Orcutt, William Dana (Continued) Cobden-Sanderson lectures, 5 1 - 5 2 ; at University Press, 38; elected first president, 47, 78; lectures (1905), 4 1 - 4 2 (1906), 50; on first council, 44, 78; quoted, 78; testimonial dinner to, 78-79 Orr, Forrest, 81 Otis, Edmund B., 18 Paine, Robert Treat, J r . , 7 Palladium, New-England, 5 Pamphlet, The, 47, 49, 83 Paper and papermaking, 50; handmade papers of L . L . Brown, 26; machines, 13 Penneli, Joseph, 90 Perkins, Jacob, 1 2 - 1 3 Peter, Hugh, 3 Phemister, A . C., 19 Phillips, Samson and Company, 18 Phinney, Joseph Warren, 30 Pickering, John, 17 Pickering, William, 14, 19 Plank, George Wolfe, 87 Plantin, Christophe, 87 Players Club, The, 55 Plimpton, George Α., ζζ Plimpton Press, 79, 80 Plomer, H. R . , 41 Plowman, George T . , 88 Poe, Edgar Allan, 88 Pollard, Alfred W., 55 Pottinger, David T . , 68, 83; president, 91; Printers and Printing, 71 Prang, L . & Co., 3 1 Preissig, Vojtech, keepsake of talk (1918), 89, pi. 32 Prescott, William Hickling, 14; love of books, 18 Press, The, 4 Printer's Grammar, The, 4 Printers' Monthly Bulletin, 18, 19, 21 Printing, commemoration of invention of, 66, 77-78; educational movement in, 5 1 , 58-61, 62-63; >n industrial training courses, 49 Printing Art, The, 51, 53, 63, 86; beginning of (1903-04), 37-42, 67; quoted, 50; stimulates Harvard printing course, 58 Printing presses, 1 3 , 14 Printing Types, 6 1 , 7 1 , 91 Providence (R. I.), Society's visits to, 54-55, 86, 88; Updike's collection at Public Library, 55

Püterschein, H., drawing, 88, pi. 29 Pyle, Howard, 26 Rand, Paul, quoted, 95 Rapid Service Press, 81 Reed, Talbot Baines, 41 Revere, Paul, 7 Rhode-Island Almanack, 86 Rich, Obadiah, 10 Riverside Press, 29, 3 8 , 7 5 ; device, 40; early reputation, 2 0 - 2 1 ; prints keepsake, 87 Robertson, Richard, 81 Robinson, Edward K . , 69, 88; president, 83, 90; report (1923-24) quoted, 54, 57 Rogers, Bruce, 48, 82, 95; at Riverside Press, 3 1 , 35, 38; christens Brimmer type, 20; designs official emblem, 47; elected vice-president, 47, 78; example of artist specialist, 53; on first council, 44; on organizing committee, 42-44 Rogers Building (Boston), Society's meetings in, 54 Rollins, Carl Purington, 53, 68; address (1936) printed in Off the Dead Bank, 7 1 ; article in The Printing Art, 38; contribution to Miscellany (1945), 80; Dyke Mill, 36; early career, 36; exhibition (1950), 81-82, pi. 57b; keepsake, The Caslon Crowd, 63, 75-76, pi. 35; lecture (1924), 62; proposes Heintzemann monograph, 22-23, 84 Ross, Denman W., 32, 33, 51 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, House of Life, 28 Roxburghe sale, 14, 1 7 Ruggles, Stephen P., 13 Rumford Press, 81 Ruskin, John, 23 Russell, John, 7 Ruzicka, Rudolph, early career, 54; souvenir of dinner honoring (1951), 96, pi. 58, pi. 59, pi. 60 Sachs, Paul J . , 87-88 Sanborn, Ashton, talk, 89 Santayana, George, Lucifer, 28 Sawin, John B., 1 3 Scott, Donald, 59 Sears, Mrs. J . Montgomery, 33 Seaver, Robert, 9 1 ; heads committee on printing, 47; on committee to revise constitution, 55-56; reprints

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S e a v e r - H o w l a n d P r e s s , 86, 88, 89 S h a w , G e o r g e R . , 33 S h e r b o w , B e n j a m i n , k e e p s a k e o f talk ( 1 9 1 6 ) , 88, pi. 26 Sherrill, E d g a r B . , 68, 83, 95 Silver, Rollo, 8; q u o t e d , 11 Small, Herbert, work on Library Handbook (1895), 40 S m i t h , C a r l G . , 80 S m i t h , C h a r l o t t e , Elegiac Sonnets, 4 S m i t h , G e o r g e G . , 11 S m i t h , J. O . , 62 S m i t h , J u l i a n P e a r c e , b i b l i o g r a p h y in U p d i k e ' s Notes, 48, 50, 7 2 S m i t h , R o g e r D a y , 50 S m i t h & M c C a n c e , 36 S o c i e t y of A r t s and C r a f t s , T h e , 36; first exhibition (1899), 3 3 - 3 4 ; inc o r p o r a t e d (1897), 33 S O C I E T Y OF P R I N T E R S : ANNIVERSARIES,

20th, 64, 65, 2 5 t h (Old T i m e r s ' N i g h t ) , 65, 3 5 t h , 6 4 - 6 5 , 6 7 - 6 8 , 7 7 - 7 8 , 40th ( F o u n d e r s ' D a y ) , 47, 68, 69, 81, pi. 54, 50th, 68; ANNOUNCEMENTS, 7 0 - 9 8 passim, pi. 4 1 a , pi. 56b, pi. 5 7 a , pi. 62; CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, 4 4 - 4 6 , rev i s e d , 5 5 - 5 6 , 57; EXHIBITIONS {see also F i f t y B o o k s ) , 66, 69, F r a n k l i n b i c e n t e n a r y , 49, 50, 7 2 , pi. 2b, P r i n t i n g U n i n h i b i t e d (1953), pi. 64; H a r v a r d printing course (1910), 5 8 6 1 ; ' I c h D i n e ' decoration, 86; KEEPSAKES AND SOUVENIRS, 5 7 - 5 8 ,

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85-98 passim, pi. 9, pi. 10, pi. 1 1 , p i . 12, pi. 44a, a u t o g r a p h i n g o f , 86, pi. 28b, pi. 54; L a d i e s ' N i g h t (1942), pi. 4 7 b ; LECTURES (1906-08), 50, pi. 3 b , (1924), 62-63, b y C o b d e n Sanderson, 5 1 - 5 2 ; letter o f D w i g g i n s to B a r t l e t t ( 1 9 1 5 ) , pi. 8; MEETINGS, calendar of, 1 0 0 - 1 1 5 , first (1905), 44, time of annual meeting c h a n g e d , 57, v a r y i n g places, 54, visits to N e w Y o r k , 89, pi. 5, visits to P r o v i d e n c e , 5 4 - 5 5 , 86, 88; MEMBERSHIP, honora r y , 64-65, list, 1 2 4 - 1 3 2 , non-resid e n t , 55, proposal f o r m , pi. 3 a , resid e n t , limit raised, 5 6 - 5 7 , rosters, 65766, 73, 7 6 , 7 7 , 82, pi. 38b, senior resident, 57; m e m e n t o of a c a t a logue clinic ( 1 9 1 7 ) , 9 1 , pi. 29; m o n o g r a m device, 4 7 - 4 8 ; OFFICERS, 47, list of, 1 1 6 - 1 2 3 , organization,

1 3 9

4 2 - 4 4 ; PUBLICATIONS, 56, 57, 66, 69, 70-98 passim, bibliographical list of, 7 1 - 8 3 , concerning Society b y R a y N a s h , 69, h a n d b o o k , 48-49, pi. 2a, Miscellany (1944), 7 9 - 8 1 , pis. 4 8 - 5 2 , projected H e i n t z e m a n n m o n o g r a p h , 22-23, 83—85, p r o j e c t e d P a m p h l e t , 47, 49, 83; record b o o k , pi. 4; Souvenir ( 1 9 1 7 ) , 88, 89, pi. 3 1 ; s t a t i o n e r y , 47, pi. 1 Society of P r i n t e r s o f B o s t o n and V i c i n i t y (1805). See F a u s t u s A s s o ciation S p a i n , M a r y R . , 36 Sparreil P r i n t , 86 Spencer, A s a , 13 Steiner-Prag, H u g o , a n n o u n c e m e n t o f talk (1944), pi. 53a Stetson Press, 89 S t e v e n s , H e n r y , 10 S t i g e r , E d w i n T . , prepares exhibition h a n d b o o k , 50 Stone, H e r b e r t S., 28, 38 Stone & K i m b a l l , 2 8 , 3 1 , 3 2 , liquidated (1897), 3 7 - 3 8 Stower, Caleb, 4 S t r a t t o n , S a m u e l W . , proposes printi n g course at Μ . I. T . , 61 S t r o n g , C a r l t o n M . , 81 Sturgis, R . C l i p s t o n , 32 S u m n e r , A l l e n M . , 50 S w i f t , L i n d s a y , 50; articles on printi n g q u o t e d , 4 0 - 4 1 ; w o r k on L i b r a r y Handbook (1895), 40 Tagliente, Giovanni

Antoni,

86, p i .

"5 T a v e r n C l u b , f o u n d i n g of, 2 6 - 2 7 T a y l o r , G . G e h m a n , 79, 9 1 ; president, 84-85, 93 T a y l o r , M i l l a r d D . , 80 Teague, Walter D . , keepsake of talk ( 1 9 1 7 ) , pi. 30 T h o m a s , I s a i a h , 4, 1 1 , 41 T h o m a s T o d d C o m p a n y , 82 T h o m p s o n , E d m u n d B . , announcem e n t of talk (1940), pi. 44b T i c k n o r , G e o r g e , 1 4 , 1 7 , 23; m e m o i r o f W . H . Prescott, 18-19 T i c k n o r and Fields, 19, 20 T i l e C l u b , 2 1 ; f o u n d i n g o f , 25 T i l t o n , G e o r g e P . , 68, 69 T o d d , T h o m a s , Jr., 82-83 T o r y , G e o f r o y , 35 T r a m p P r i n t e r , T h e , 80, pi. 51 T r e a d w e l l , D a n i e l , 13

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Snbex Trenholm, George F., 67-68; designs keepsake, 89, pi. 32; quoted, 80 T u r n e r , Ross, 32 T u r n u r e , Arthur B., 24; founder of Art Age Press, 24-25 T y p e s , Baskerville, 75, 80; Bell, ao; Bodoni, 75; Bradley, 32; Brimmer, 20; Caslon, 75-76, use of in Society's early printing, 44, 48; Cheltenham, 38; G a r a m o n d , 75; Golden, 30; Goudy, 94, Goudy Text, 79; Jenson, 30, 35; Laurentian, 79; Merrym o u n t , 3 3 ; M o u n t j o y e , 20; Scotch, 17-18 Typographia, 8 Typographic Advertiser (Dickinson F o u n d r y ) , 18 Typographic Advertiser (L. Johnson & Company), 18, 19 Typothetae, 7

University Press (Cambridge, Mass.), 12, 17, 20, 42; merger with John Wilson & Son, 2 1 - 2 2 ; prints Cleland talk on Bodoni, 57, 74, pi. 28a, prints Society keepsakes, 87, 88; publishes The Printing Art, 37; use of Morris types, 3 0 - 3 1 ; Wayside Press a department of, 36, 38 Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 35, 48, 53, 65, 72, 73, 78, 86; Altar Book, 28, 29, 3 1 ; The Black Art: A Homily, 3 1 ; christens M o u n t j o y e type, 20; circulars (1893), 2 9i conversation on typographic modernism quoted, 95-96; d e a t h (1941), 68; declines to serve on committee for projected Heintzemann monograph, 83, A Few Words about Printing, 29-30; incorporator of T h e Society of Arts and C r a f t s , 33; institutes Society keepsakes, 57-58, 86, 90, pi. 11; lectures in H a r v a r d printing course (1910), 58-61; memorial to H . L . Johnson quoted, 67; ' N o t e ' (1931) quoted, 65-66, 76, 82 (1938), 77; Notes on the Merrymount Press, 40, 48, 50; on committee of organization 42-44; on committee to revise constitution, 55-56; on first council, 44, on Library's examining committee, 75; president, 55, 57, 6 1 , pi. 17; Printing Types, 61, 7 1 , 91; program honoring (1935), pi. 39; represented in exhibit (1897), 33,

in The Printing Art, 38, 53; R u zicka's association with, 54; scrapbook, 68, pi. 6; Some Aspects of Printing Old and New, 7 1 ; suggests honoring printers, 64-65. See also M e r r y m o u n t Press Village Press, 88 W a i t , T h o m a s B., 1 3 Walker, C. Howard, 32, 33; keepsake of talk (1915), pi. 2 1 ; lecture (1906), 50; on first council, 44; work on Library Handbook (1895), 4 ° Wallingford, Howard, 81 Walpole, Horace, 86, pi. 14b W a r d r o p , James, announcement of lecture (1949), pi. 56a Warren, H . Langford, 33 Warren, Samuel D., 33 W a t e r m a r k s , pi. 23 Wayside Press, 32, 33, 38 Welch, A. K. P., 20 Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 19 Wentworth, Charles E., 21 Wheelwright, William Bond, 59 White, Elihu, 15 White, Herbert H . , 49 White, Richard G r a n t , 21 White E l e p h a n t , 86, pi. 1 2 Whiting, Frederic Allen, 36, 50 W h i t m a n , Sarah W y m a n (Mrs. H e n r y W h i t m a n ) , 33 W h i t m a r s h , C. F., 86; president, 56 W h i t t i n g h a m , Charles, 14, 19 Widener Library, keepsake of Society's visit to (1915), 87, pi. 24 Wiener, Arthur, 64 Wilde, Oscar, 25 Williams, Arthur, 81 Willis, Henry, 16 Wilson, Alexander & Son, 17, 18 Wilson, J o h n , Sr., establishes printing firm in Cambridge, α ι . See also University Press Wilson, J o h n , Jr., partnership in Cambridge printing firms, 2 1 - 2 2 . See also University Press Winona Technical Institute, 51 Winship, George Parker, 75; heads committee on projected Heintzem a n n monograph, 23, 83-85; keepsake of Caxton talk (1923), 90, pi. 34a; on committee for H a r v a r d printing course, 59; presides a t

3nbex annual meeting (1944), 68; talk (1927), 91 Wood engraving, 20, 76; announcement of Merrill talk on (1937), pi. 40a Wroth, Lawrence C., 71

Yale University Press, 75 Yarn of the Nancy Bell, The, 86, pi. 14a Young, Frederick W., shows film (1951)1 pl- 61b

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is deeply indebted to all those participating in the production of this volume, and through its Publication Committee extends its most sincere appreciation to all contributors. In particular, special thanks go to the following: Mr. Bruce Rogers for his typographic arrangement and design; Miss Veronica Ruzicka for special permission to use a reproduction of one of her paste paper designs on the cover; Miss Eleanor Bates for extremely helpful editorial assistance; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the typesetting and presswork; The Meriden Gravüre Company, Meriden, Connecticut, for the printing of the illustrations and the cover; Curtis Paper Company, Newark, Delaware, and Stevens-Nelson Hobson Miller, Inc., Charlestown, Massachusetts, for the Curtis Rag Natural paper; and Robert Burlen & Son, Boston, Massachusetts, for the binding. The jacket design, adapted from the cover of the Society's Miscellany, is the work of George F. Trenholm. The jacket was printed by A. T. Howard Company, Boston, Massachusetts.

T H E SOCIETY OF P R I N T E R S

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