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Arthur W. Rushmore Correspondence
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Rushmore held a variety of positions throughout his life, all having to do with the printing industry. He is best known as a book designer. Rushmore served as head of production at Harper and Brothers for more than 30 years. Along with his wife, he founded the Golden Hind Press in 1927, where they published a limited edition of the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
The collection contains letters from different associates in the printing industry from firms such as the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, The Atlantic Monthly Press, Inc., the Merrymount Press, Pynson Printers Incorporated, and the American Book Bindery, Inc.
Purchased from Oak Knoll Books, August 19, 1992.
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Subject
- Books -- New Jersey -- Madison
- Book design -- New Jersey -- Madison
- Book industries and trade -- New Jersey -- Madison
- Printing -- New Jersey -- Madison
- Printing -- Layout -- New Jersey -- Madison
- Printing -- Make-up -- New Jersey -- Madison
- Publishers and publishing -- New Jersey -- Madison
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- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services
- Finding Aid Date
- January 2024
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Open for research.
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