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Press Designs, 1939-1976

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1

Scope and Content

From the Collection: Collection of personal documents and papers; printing catalogs; drawings; newspaper clippings; miscellaneous ephemera, and the business and personal correspondence of Helen Gentry, the Gentry Press, and the Amaranth Press.

Dates

  • 1939-1976

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet

General

Letterhead samples, drawings, and press emblems for the Gentry Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Helen Gentry Press, San Fransisco, California; correspondence and drawings for the re-design of the Simon & Schuster trademark by commercial artist William Metzig; illustrated sample of Holiday House book cover for the 1956 work "Gone is My Goose" by Dorothy Koch; and miscellaneous printing press designs.

Repository Details

Part of the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library Repository

Contact:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090