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Martha L. Carothers collection of paper sample catalogs and art and design publications
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0997
Abstract
Martha L. Carothers is a book artist and Professor Emerita of Art and Design at the University of Delaware who specializes in graphic design and book arts (typography, book design, bookbinding, and letterpress printing). This collection comprises paper sample catalogs and art and design publications collected by Carothers in support of her teaching and artistic activities.
Dates:
circa 1963-2013; Majority of material found within 1970-2000
GDA Companies, Inc., records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0856
Abstract
Founded in 1979 by Richard and Karin Florschutz in Wilmington, Delaware, Graphic Design Associates, Inc. (later GDA Companies, Inc.) was a communications and design business that ceased operation in 2016. The collection comprises administrative and organizational files as well as numerous design samples created for largely Delaware-based corporate clients, including major pharmaceutical enterprises, between 1979 and 2000. The records reflect adoption of electronic communication and digital...
Dates:
approximately 1969-2000
Zephyrus Image records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract
Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates:
1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983