Box 9
Contains 8 Results:
About Chapin Library
Includes a few pamphlets about the Chapin Library at Williams College, some library letterhead, Archer's library business card, and a card thanking Lawrence Clark Powell for a gift to the library.
Chapin Library Acquisitions, 1962-1971
Includes list of books and manuscripts acquired by the Chapin Library, ordered chronologically for each school year.
Exhibit Announcements, 1959-1972
Includes announcements and invitations to programs held at Chapin Library and/or other locations at Williams College. Most of these items were designed and/or printed by Archer.
Invitations to Lectures
Includes invitations to lectures at various places, some by Archer, and others at Williams College.
Calligraphy, ca. 1946-1955
Includes examples of Archer's calligraphy practice, ranging from personal stationery designs to testing different pens and styles. Also included is a letter from Archer to his wife testing out writing various ways and with multiple nibs. Includes a page of sketches of the Clark Library owl in various incarnations.
Heritage of the Graphic Arts, 6th series, 1967
This subseries contains items that did not fit in other series or subseries, and includes Archer's personal copy of an early Clark Library publication, Archer's practice with calligraphy, small newspaper clippings and bits of ephemera, and other items.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library: Report of the First Decade, 1934-1944, [1945?]
This report is Archer's annotated desk copy. It contains a copy of the reading room rules in the back cover. The folder also includes a copy of "Literary and Historical Manuscripts in the Clark Memorial Library", by Archer, reprinted from the January 1951 issue of the Autograph Collector's Journal.
Miscellaneous
Includes print scraps, small newspaper clippings, poems, notes for journals, and other items.