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Maxwell Whiteman Collection of Louis Edward Levy Family Papers

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Call Number:
SCRC 228
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
4.93 linear feet (14 boxes)
Language:
English, Yiddish, German, French, and Spanish; Castilian
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Maxwell Whiteman Collection of Louis Edward Levy Family Papers, SCRC 228, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1841-1942 (inclusive) and 1870-1923 (bulk)
Creator:
Levy, Louis Edward, 1846-1919
Form:
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Leonardtown (Md.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Administrative records, Clippings, Correspondence, Drawings, Ephemera, Etchings, Financial records, Glass negatives, Legal documents, Manuscripts, Pamphlets, Patents, Phonograph records, Photocopies, Photographs, Poems, Publications, Reports, and Sound recordings
Abstract:

Louis Edward Levy (1846-1919) was born in Bohemia to Leopold Levy and Wilhelmina Levy, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1854. He became known as a prominent member of the Philadelphia Jewish community and an inventor of photoengraving processes. Levy was an organizer and leader of many Jewish communal organizations in Philadelphia, including the Jewish Community of Philadelphia (Kehilla) and the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants, an organization founded in 1884 to aid the influx of Eastern European Jewish immigrants arriving in Philadelphia, and others. As such, he was also a constituent representative to larger regional and national associations. In this capacity, he wrote considerably on immigration activities, including activities of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants at the port of Philadelphia, as well as national issues such as federal legislation for literacy tests restricting immigration. Louis's son Howard S. Levy succeeded him as president of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants in 1919.

Louis and his brother Max Levy (1857-1926) patented the Levytype photochemical engraving process and established the Levytype Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1875. In 1877, the Levy brothers moved the company to Philadelphia, and in 1900, renamed it the Graphic Arts Company. Further patented photoengraving inventions of Louis and Max Levy include the halftone screen, acid blast etching, and the etch-powdering machine. Along with their brother Joseph Levy (1851-1915) and Louis's sons Howard and Lionel, they operated printing-related businesses under multiple company names, including those aforementioned, as well as the Herald Company and the Repro-Art Machinery Company. The latter represented Howard and Lionel Levy's continuation of the Graphic Arts Company's business following the deaths of Louis, Max, and Joseph.

Louis Edward Levy died on February 17, 1919 and was survived by his wife Pauline Dalsheimer Levy and their three children, Howard, Lionel, and Hortense.

This collection documents Louis Edward Levy's presidency of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants (later HIAS Pennsylvania), as well as his family life, and his photoengraving work as an inventor and a businessman. It also includes documentation of Howard S. Levy's presidency of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence and business records. The collection also includes news clippings, patents, photographs, and photoengraving prints. Materials were originally collected by Maxwell Whiteman for his personal and scholarly research.

The collection is arranged into 3 series as follows:

  • Series 1: Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants, 1884-1926, undated
  • Series 2: Levy family papers, 1841-1942, undated
    • Subseries 2.1: Levy family correspondence and records, 1841-1942, undated
    • Subseries 2.2: Materials commemorating Louis Edward Levy, 1919, undated
  • Series 3: Family printing businesses, 1875-1937, undated
    • Subseries 3.1: Correspondence, 1875-1937, undated
    • Subseries 3.2: Business records, 1890-1932, undated
    • Subseries 3.3: Printing process patent materials, 1894-1912
    • Subseries 3.4: Acid-blast machinery photographs and sketches, undated
    • Subseries 3.5: Print samples and design specimens, undated

Collection donated by the estate of Maxwell Whiteman, Elizabeth Whiteman, executor, in 1995. Two Levy family photograph albums donated by Fred Pajerski in August 2018.

Select files in Series 1: Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants, 1884-1926, have been digitized and are available on the Temple University's Digital Collections website.

Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in October 2016 by Anastasia Chiu, Resident Librarian. Finding aid revised in September 2018 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.

HIAS Pennsylvania Records, SCRC 94, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Max Levy Correspondence, MSS PP 011, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Levy Family Business Papers, Accession 1272, Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware.

Louis E. and Max Levy Photograph Album, Accession 1976.252, Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware.

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Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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Finding Aid Date
April 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Maxwell Whiteman Collection of Louis Edward Levy Family Papers is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants, 1884, 1890-1926, contains materials documenting the activities of Louis Edward Levy and later, Howard S. Levy, as President of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants (currently known as HIAS Pennsylvania). The bulk of the series is correspondence of the President of the association; these contain significant correspondence with leaders of related organizations, including the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America and the National Liberal Immigration League. Materials also include newspaper clippings, reports and statistics, and ephemera. The series is arranged chronologically with undated materials filed at the end; the meeting notice for the founding of the Association and the correspondence of the office of the President are filed first, followed by miscellaneous materials. The bulk of the material is in English; some materials are in Yiddish.

Select files in Series 1: Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants, 1884-1926, have been digitized and are available on the Temple University's Digital Collections website.

Announcement of meeting "to organize a Permanent Jewish Immigrants' Employment Society", 1884.
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence of the President's Office, 1890-1900.
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence of the President's Office, 1901-1907.
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence of the President's Office, 1908.
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence of the President's Office, 1909.
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1910.
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-May, 1910.
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence of the President's Office, June 1910.
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence of the President's Office, July 1910.
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence of the President's Office, August 1910.
Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence of the President's Office, September 1910.
Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence of the President's Office, October 1910.
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence of the President's Office, November 1910.
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence of the President's Office, December 1910.
Box 1 Folder 14
Correspondence of the President's Office, January 1911.
Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondence of the President's Office, February-March, 1911.
Box 1 Folder 16
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-May, 1911.
Box 1 Folder 17
Correspondence of the President's Office, June 1911.
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-August, 1911.
Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence of the President's Office, September 1911.
Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence of the President's Office, October 1911.
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence of the President's Office, November 1911.
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence of the President's Office, December 1911.
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-February, 1912.
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence of the President's Office, March-May, 1912.
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence of the President's Office, June-August, 1912.
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence of the President's Office, September-December, 1912.
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1913.
Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-June, 1913.
Box 2 Folder 12
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-August, 1913.
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence of the President's Office, September-December, 1913.
Box 2 Folder 14
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1914.
Box 2 Folder 15
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-June, 1914.
Box 2 Folder 16
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-September, 1914.
Box 2 Folder 17
Correspondence of the President's Office, October-December, 1914.
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1915.
Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-June, 1915.
Box 3 Folder 3
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-September, 1915.
Box 3 Folder 4
Correspondence of the President's Office, October-December, 1915.
Box 3 Folder 5
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-June, 1916.
Box 3 Folder 6
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-December, 1916.
Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-June, 1917.
Box 3 Folder 8
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-December, 1917.
Box 3 Folder 9
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-June, 1918.
Box 3 Folder 10
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-December, 1918.
Box 3 Folder 11
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-June, 1919.
Box 3 Folder 12
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-December, 1919.
Box 3 Folder 13
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1920.
Box 3 Folder 14
Correspondence of the President's Office, October-December, 1920.
Box 3 Folder 15
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1921.
Box 4 Folder 1
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-June, 1921.
Box 4 Folder 2
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-September, 1921.
Box 4 Folder 3
Correspondence of the President's Office, October-December, 1921.
Box 4 Folder 4
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1922.
Box 4 Folder 5
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-June, 1922.
Box 4 Folder 6
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-September, 1922.
Box 4 Folder 7
Correspondence of the President's Office, October-December, 1922.
Box 4 Folder 8
Correspondence of the President's Office, January-March, 1923.
Box 4 Folder 9
Correspondence of the President's Office, April-June, 1923.
Box 4 Folder 10
Correspondence of the President's Office, July-September, 1923.
Box 4 Folder 11
Correspondence of the President's Office, October-December, 1923.
Box 4 Folder 12
Correspondence of the President's Office, July 1926.
Box 4 Folder 13
Correspondence and transcriptions of correspondence, undated.
Box 4 Folder 14
Newspaper clippings, 1891-1904.
Box 12 Folder 1
Newspaper clippings (1 of 2), 1910-1919.
Box 12 Folder 2
Newspaper clippings (2 of 2), 1910-1919.
Box 12 Folder 3
Newspaper clippings, undated.
Box 4 Folder 15
Miscellaneous annual reports and statistics, 1891, 1901-1904, 1916.
Box 12 Folder 4
Publications on immigration regulations, public announcements, and printed ephemera, 1896, 1916, undated.
Box 4 Folder 16
Jewish Community of Philadelphia (Kehilla) annual reports and printed ephemera, 1911-1912, 1914-1915, undated.
Box 4 Folder 17

Scope and Contents

Series 2: Family papers, 1841-1942, contains personal materials by and about Louis Edward Levy and his family members. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal writings, photographs, and commemorative materials. This series is arranged into two subseries: Subseries 2.1: Levy family correspondence and records, and Subseries 2.2: Materials commemorating Louis Edward Levy.

Scope and Contents

Subseries 2.1: Levy family correspondence and records, 1841-1942, contains materials documenting family life of Louis Edward Levy with his parents Leopold and Wilhelmina and his brothers Max and Joseph, as well as with his wife Pauline and his children, Howard, Lionel, and Hortense. The bulk of the subseries is correspondence between family members, as well as with friends and associates. Other materials include vital records, bookkeeping and financial records, newspaper clippings, personal writings and notes, as well as a patent not related to photoengraving. Two photo albums depict family members in Leonardtown, Maryland and during a trip to Europe including images aboard the S.S. Southwark, in Amsterdam, Switzerland and the Swiss Alps, and of the Paris World's Fair of 1900 during which Louis and Max won a medal for their acid blast process. This subseries is arranged chronologically with undated materials filed at the end; vital records and family correspondence are filed first, followed by miscellaneous materials The bulk of materials are in English; some materials appear in Yiddish and German.

Vital records and legal documents, 1841-1871.
Box 12 Folder 5
Family correspondence, 1848.
Box 5 Folder 1
Family correspondence, 1854.
Box 5 Folder 2
Family correspondence, 1857.
Box 5 Folder 3
Family correspondence, 1861.
Box 5 Folder 4
Family correspondence, 1868.
Box 5 Folder 5
Family correspondence, 1869.
Box 5 Folder 6
Family correspondence, 1870.
Box 5 Folder 7
Family correspondence, 1871.
Box 5 Folder 8
Family correspondence, 1872.
Box 5 Folder 9
Family correspondence, 1873.
Box 5 Folder 10
Family correspondence, 1874.
Box 5 Folder 11
Family correspondence, 1875.
Box 5 Folder 12
Family correspondence, 1876.
Box 5 Folder 13
Family correspondence, 1877.
Box 5 Folder 14
Family correspondence, 1878.
Box 5 Folder 15
Family correspondence, 1879.
Box 5 Folder 16
Family correspondence, 1880.
Box 5 Folder 17
Family correspondence, 1881.
Box 5 Folder 18
Family correspondence, 1882.
Box 5 Folder 19
Family correspondence, 1883.
Box 5 Folder 20
Family correspondence, 1884.
Box 5 Folder 21
Family correspondence, 1885.
Box 5 Folder 22
Family correspondence, 1888.
Box 5 Folder 23
Family correspondence, 1890.
Box 5 Folder 24
Family correspondence, 1892.
Box 5 Folder 25
Family correspondence, 1895.
Box 5 Folder 26
Family correspondence, 1896.
Box 5 Folder 27
Family correspondence, 1897.
Box 5 Folder 28
Family correspondence, 1898.
Box 5 Folder 29
Family correspondence, 1899.
Box 5 Folder 30
Family correspondence, 1900.
Box 5 Folder 31
Family correspondence, 1901.
Box 5 Folder 32
Family correspondence, 1902.
Box 5 Folder 33
Family correspondence, 1903.
Box 5 Folder 34
Family correspondence, 1904.
Box 5 Folder 35
Family correspondence, 1905.
Box 5 Folder 36
Family correspondence, 1906.
Box 5 Folder 37
Family correspondence, 1908.
Box 5 Folder 38
Family correspondence, 1909.
Box 5 Folder 39
Family correspondence, 1910.
Box 5 Folder 40
Family correspondence, 1911.
Box 6 Folder 1
Family correspondence, 1912.
Box 6 Folder 2
Family correspondence, 1914.
Box 6 Folder 3
Family correspondence, 1915.
Box 6 Folder 4
Family correspondence, 1917.
Box 6 Folder 5
Family correspondence, 1918.
Box 6 Folder 6
Family correspondence, 1920.
Box 6 Folder 7
Family correspondence, 1921.
Box 6 Folder 8
Family correspondence, 1932.
Box 6 Folder 9
Family correspondence, 1942.
Box 6 Folder 10
Family correspondence, undated.
Box 12 Folder 6
Photocopied and translated correspondence, undated.
Box 6 Folder 11
Miscellaneous bookkeeping and accounting records, 1872-1884, 1928.
Box 12 Folder 7
Liberal Club (Baltimore, Md.), printed materials, writings by Levy, and ceramic token, 1873-1926.
Box 6 Folder 12
Miscellaneous receipts of payment, 1873-1901.
Box 6 Folder 13
Iconographic Publishing Company, stock certificates, 1885.
Box 6 Folder 14
Printed and published writings by Louis Edward Levy and Max Levy, 1890-1909.
Box 6 Folder 15
Newspaper clippings, 1895-1919.
Box 12 Folder 8
Family photograph albums, 1900-1902.
Box 14
Autograph book inscribed to "Sidney Levy and his sister", December 7, 1903.
Box 6 Folder 16
Funeral notice for Isaï Lévy, 1904.
Box 13 Folder 1
Miscellaneous membership and admission cards, 1916, 1919.
Box 6 Folder 17
United States patent and correspondence, hæmocytometers, 1917-1921.
Box 12 Folder 9
Portraits of Louis Edward Levy and Howard S. Levy, including glass and film negatives, 1913-1932, undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
Notes and personal writings of Louis Edward Levy, undated.
Box 6 Folder 18
Poetry manuscripts of Louis Edward Levy, undated.
Box 12 Folder 10
Mounted photograph, "possibly family graves in Bohemia", undated.
Box 7 Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Subseries 2.2: Materials commemorating Louis Edward Levy, 1919, contains materials related to the passing of Louis Edward Levy. Materials include condolence correspondence, obituaries and news clippings, commemorative resolutions and meeting minutes of organizations that Levy was involved in, and printed ephemera. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title. The bulk of materials are in English; some materials appear in Yiddish and Spanish.

Card acknowledgement of sympathy, undated.
Box 7 Folder 2
Commemorative meeting minute of the Board of Managers of the Congregation Mikve Israel, February 23, 1919.
Box 7 Folder 3
Commemorative meeting minute of the Council of the Jewish Community of Philadelphia, February 23, 1919.
Box 7 Folder 4
Commemorative resolution of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America, March 11, 1919.
Box 7 Folder 5
Condolence notes (1 of 3), 1919.
Box 7 Folder 6
Condolence notes (2 of 3), 1919.
Box 7 Folder 7
Condolence notes (3 of 3), 1919.
Box 7 Folder 8
Notice and program of memorial meeting of Jewish Community of Philadelphia, 1919.
Box 7 Folder 9
Notices of memorial donations to the Federation of Jewish Charities of Philadelphia, 1919.
Box 7 Folder 10
Obituaries and newspaper clippings (1 of 2), 1919.
Box 8 Folder 1
Obituaries and newspaper clippings (2 of 2), 1919.
Box 12 Folder 11
Resolutions of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith, February 19, 1919.
Box 8 Folder 2

Scope and Contents

Series 3: Family printing businesses, 1875-1937, contains materials documenting activities and assets of family businesses for printing and photoengraving that Louis Edward Levy and his brothers Max and Joseph, and sons Howard and Lionel were involved in. This series includes documentation of the business that they conducted under the company names Levytype Company, Graphic Arts Company, Repro-Art Machinery Company, and Herald Company. Materials include correspondence, patent materials, financial records, contracts and agreements, photographs, prints, and a substantial manuscript about the Levy line screen and the Levy family by William Gamble. This series is arranged into five subseries: Subseries 3.1: Correspondence, Subseries 3.2: Business records, Subseries 3.3: Printing process patent materials, Subseries 3.4: Acid-blast machinery photographs and sketches, and Subseries 3.5: Print samples and design specimens.

Scope and Contents

Subseries 3.1: Correspondence, 1875-1937, undated, contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with business clients and associates, as well as some pamphlets and other printed materials. The bulk of correspondence is to or from Louis Edward Levy and Max Levy. The subseries is arranged chronologically, with undated correspondence and other materials appearing at the end of the subseries.

Transfers of patents for rights of usage in Philadelphia, 1875-1876.
Box 8 Folder 3
Incoming correspondence, 1884.
Box 8 Folder 4
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1890.
Box 8 Folder 5
Incoming correspondence, 1891.
Box 8 Folder 6
Incoming correspondence, 1892-1893.
Box 8 Folder 7
Incoming correspondence, 1895.
Box 8 Folder 8
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1896.
Box 8 Folder 9
Incoming correspondence, 1897.
Box 8 Folder 10
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1898.
Box 8 Folder 11
Incoming correspondence, 1899.
Box 8 Folder 12
Incoming correspondence, 1900.
Box 8 Folder 13
Incoming correspondence, 1901.
Box 8 Folder 14
Incoming correspondence, 1902.
Box 8 Folder 15
Incoming correspondence, 1903.
Box 8 Folder 16
Incoming correspondence, 1904.
Box 8 Folder 17
Incoming correspondence, 1905.
Box 8 Folder 18
Incoming correspondence, 1906.
Box 8 Folder 19
Incoming correspondence, 1907.
Box 8 Folder 20
Incoming correspondence, 1908.
Box 8 Folder 21
Incoming and outgoing correspondence (1 of 2), 1909.
Box 8 Folder 22
Incoming and outgoing correspondence (2 of 2), 1909.
Box 8 Folder 23
Incoming and outgoing correspondence (1 of 4), 1910.
Box 8 Folder 24
Incoming and outgoing correspondence (2 of 4), 1910.
Box 8 Folder 25
Incoming and outgoing correspondence (3 of 4), 1910.
Box 9 Folder 1
Incoming and outgoing correspondence (4 of 4), 1910.
Box 9 Folder 2
Incoming correspondence, 1911.
Box 9 Folder 3
Outgoing correspondence, 1912.
Box 9 Folder 4
Incoming correspondence, 1919.
Box 9 Folder 5
Incoming correspondence, 1921.
Box 9 Folder 6
Incoming correspondence, 1932.
Box 9 Folder 7
Incoming correspondence, 1937.
Box 9 Folder 8
Acid blast etching process, pamphlets and other printed material, undated.
Box 9 Folder 9
Other photoengraving processes, plate samples, pamphlets, and other printed material, undated.
Box 9 Folder 10
Correspondence, undated.
Box 9 Folder 11
Scope and Contents

Subseries 3.2: Business records, 1890-1915, 1932, undated, contains various records documenting printing-related business conducted under the company names Levytype Company, Graphic Arts Company, Repro-Art Machinery Company, and Herald Company. Materials include financial records, contracts and agreements, and manuscripts. Manuscripts include an article about the Levy line screen and the Levy family by William Gamble, as well as drafts of directions for setting up and using Levy acid blast machinery. This subseries is arranged chronologically; undated materials appear last.

Contracts, leases, and agreements, 1890-1901.
Box 9 Folder 12
"Mercury liquidation account bills payable", 1891.
Box 9 Folder 13
Sheriff's sale list, "D.F. Rowe, Trustee, vs. Louis E. Levy trading as Levytype Co.", 1896.
Box 9 Folder 14
Accounting balance sheets of the Levytype Company, 1897.
Box 9 Folder 15
Expenditure records, 1898.
Box 9 Folder 16
Loan payment notes and statements of assets, 1900-1911.
Box 9 Folder 17
Lists of acid blast and etch powdering machines sold in America and Europe, 1909-1910.
Box 9 Folder 18
"Directions for erecting the Levy acid blast etching machine", 1908-1910, undated.
Box 9 Folder 19
Miscellaneous invoices, bills of lading, and inventories, 1909-1910, undated.
Box 9 Folder 20
Accounting balance sheets of the Graphic Arts Company, 1912-1915.
Box 9 Folder 21
Manuscripts on Levy screen and Levy family by William Gamble with correspondence, 1932, undated.
Box 9 Folder 22
"Directions for setting up Repro-Art Machinery Company's etching machine", undated.
Box 9 Folder 23
"Formulas" [for Levy acid blast etching process], undated.
Box 9 Folder 24
"Memorandum of Agreement", undated.
Box 9 Folder 25
Expenditure records, undated.
Box 10 Folder 1
Business contact lists, undated.
Box 10 Folder 2
Phonograph disc, undated.
Box 10 Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Subseries 3.3: Printing process patent materials, 1894-1912, contains letters patent and associated materials for Louis and Max Levy's multiple inventions related to photoengraving. Materials associated with the patents include certificates of working, tax receipts, and some correspondence. Patents in this subseries are from the United States, France, Belgium, and Germany.

Materials are in English, French, and German. Researchers should note that a patent awarded to Max Levy for a hemocytometer invention appears in Subseries 2.1. This subseries is arranged chronologically.

"Matter relating to German screen patents", 1894.
Box 10 Folder 4
United States patent, half-tone screen, October 12, 1897.
Box 10 Folder 5
United States patent, etching metal plates, June 20, 1899.
Box 10 Folder 6
German patents, certificates of working, and tax receipts, 1899-1907.
Box 12 Folder 12
French patents and tax receipts, 1902-1906.
Box 10 Folder 7
United States patent, machine for powdering plates for etching, September 26, 1905.
Box 10 Folder 8
United States patent, matrix-making machine, August 7, 1906.
Box 10 Folder 9
United States patent, etching machine, May 4, 1909.
Box 10 Folder 10
United States patent, etching-machine, October 29, 1912.
Box 10 Folder 11
Affidavit of Moses Cohen "in the matter of the Graphic Arts Company's Patent No. 2710 of 1899", 1910.
Box 10 Folder 12
Statements regarding Belgian patent number 140799, 1900-1903.
Box 10 Folder 13
Belgian patent certificates of working, 1905-1906.
Box 10 Folder 14
"List of foreign patents", 1908.
Box 10 Folder 15
Scope and Contents

Subseries 3.4: Acid-blast machinery photographs and sketches, undated, contains photographs and prints of Levy acid-blast machinery. These include photographs and concept illustrations of the machinery's external appearance, as well as photographic and illustrative prints displaying acid-blast plates and the acid-blast process. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Photographs of machinery, external (mounted), undated.
Box 10 Folder 16
Photographs of machinery, external (unmounted), undated.
Box 10 Folder 17
Photographic prints and concept illustration of machinery, external, undated.
Box 13 Folder 2
Photographs and photographic prints of plates, undated.
Box 10 Folder 18
Schematic diagrams of machinery, internal, undated.
Box 10 Folder 19
Scope and Contents

Subseries 3.5: Print samples and design specimens, undated, contains samples of prints and graphic design associated with the Levy family printing businesses. These include reproductions of photographs and illustrative art; business advertisements designed for clients, and printed ephemera. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by material type.

Book cover design sketches, undated.
Box 10 Folder 20
Business advertisements, undated.
Box 10 Folder 21
Certificates and programs, undated.
Box 12 Folder 13
Miscellaneous engravings and manuscript facsimile, undated.
Box 10 Folder 22
Reproductions of illustrations and sketches, undated.
Box 13 Folder 3
Reproductions of photographs and glass plate negative, undated.
Box 13 Folder 4
Volume of print samples, undated.
Box 11

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