Collection related to Stanley Morison's 60th birthday
Content Description
Collection of six items related to a dinner held at Brown's Hotel on May 6, 1949, to honor Stanley Morison on his 60th birthday. Includes the envelope lettered by Will Carter of Rampant Lions Press, sealed with a large stamped wax seal, bearing John Carter's name, which contained the other items. The enclosed items include an imitation eighteenth century leather book cover or board on which is stamped in gold S.M., and on the verso is printed the menu for the evening, as well as a prospectus for John Carter's A Handlist of the Writings of Stanley Morison, Prolegomena and Curriculum Vitae of Stanley Morison, and A Selection of Types Produced by the Monotype Corporation under the Guidance of Stanley Morison. Also included is a note between John Carter and Jake (Blanck?) describing the contents of this envelope.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1968
Creator
- Carter, John, 1905-1975 (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/
Extent
7 item
Abstract
Collection of six items related to a dinner held at Brown's Hotel on May 6, 1949, to honor Stanley Morison on his 60th birthday. Includes the envelope lettered by Will Carter of Rampant Lions Press, sealed with a large stamped wax seal, bearing John Carter's name, which contained the other items.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2014.
Shelving Summary
Box 69, F0989: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, February 2016.
Subject
- Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Title
- Finding aid for Carter, John, Collection related to Stanley Morison's 60th birthday
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2016 February 3
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository