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Series 2: Biographical, 1870-2018 and undated (continued)
Subseries 3: Personal Ephemera, 1897-2008 and undated
Subseries Three consists of Hamady’s personal realia, including the boards from a family bible, a beloved copy of Grey’s Anatomy given to him by his mother, Ruth, guidebooks related to his travel in Europe, clipped items intended for future collages, and hats worn in professional portraits.
Arranged by material type.
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/34 Family Bible, undated
Boards from old family Bible
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/35 Sheets from family Bible, undated
Pages noting dates of births, marriages, etc.
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/36 Hayes, Bill - The Anatomist, 2008
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/37 Baedeker's Switzerland, Baedeker's Southern Germany, 1897-1902
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/38 Goss, Charles Mayo - A Brief History of Henry Gray and his Anatomy, 1959
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/39 Ephemera related to WSHH, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/40 Gray's Anatomy cuttings, undated
Creator's note: Organized by area
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/41 Cutting dies and templates, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/42 Metal sign, undated
BOX 2:2 Gray's Anatomy, undated
With note of explanation and images of Ruth, WSHH's mother
BOX 2:2 S.S. United States box, undated
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 53, Folder 7 With explanatory letter
BOX 2:2 Hats (3), undated
Used in portraits by Zane Williams
Series 3: Professional Files, 1950-2018
The Professional Files series concerns Hamady’s work as an artist, publisher and book arts professor. It is arranged into eight subseries organized by undertaking and material type.
Subseries 1: Perishable Press Project Files, 1959-2017 and undated
Originally accessioned as Series 2, this subseries consists of project files related to the Perishable Press, Limited. The series includes documentation of book projects, from inception to completion, as well as reference materials and correspondence with collaborators.
Material types include correspondence, exhibition catalogs, mock-ups, contact sheets, negatives, photographs, supply catalogs, price lists, inventories, display materials, Perishable Press ephemera, broadsides, letterheads, greeting cards, C.V.s and financial information.
In original order.
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/1 The Quartz Crystal History of Perry Township, 1979
Removed from frame, item #64
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/1a Clarence Major, Parking Lots, 1988-1991
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 51, Folder 7
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/2 Clarence Major, Parking Lots, 1991-1992
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/3 Clarence Major, Parking Lots, 1992
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/4 Clarence Major, Parking Lots proofs, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/5 Clarence Major, Parking Lots binding, 1992
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/6 Parking Lots distribution and post publication, 1992-1993
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/7 Parking Lots Arcus Ticket Company calendar, 1993
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/8 Clarence Major, Parking Lots 35mm slides of process photos, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/9 Jonathan Williams MS, 1987-1990
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/10 Jonathan Williams, No-No Nse-Nse, 1991-1992
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 51, Folders 8 & 9
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/11 Jonathan Williams Drescher illustrations to go to Royal Engraving, April 12, 1993
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/12 Jonathan Williams, No-No Nse-Nse, 1993
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 5, Folder 2 (Limericks, Metaphors)
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/13 Jonathan Williams, No-No Nse-Nse post-partum, 1993-2001
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/14 Jonathan Williams, mock-up and proofs No-No Nse-Nse, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/15 Jonathan Williams, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/16 Guy Davenport correspondence, 1993-1997
Regarding Williams' No-No Nse-Nse
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/16a Joel Oppenheimer Del Quien Lo Tomo: A Suite, 1982
Removed from frame, item #68
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/17 Joel Oppenheimer, 1985-1990
Creator's note: Post 'Notes Towards the Definition of David' See also: Series 7, Subseries1, Box 1, Folder 5 (Joel Oppenheimer Granite)
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/18 Joel Oppenheimer New Hampshire Journal dummy and mock-ups, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/19 Joel Oppenheimer New Hampshire Journal proof and correspondence, 1991-1993
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/20 New Hampshire Journal misc. correspondence, 1993-1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:1/21 New Hampshire Journal binding samples, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/1 Joel Oppenheimer New Hampshire Journal mock-up, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/2 New Hampshire Journal misc. correspondence, 1993
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/3 New Hampshire Journal misc. correspondence, 1994-1998
Page spreads enclosed
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/4 Joel Oppenheimer New Hampshire Journal binding samples, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/5 Joel Oppenheimer New Hampshire Journal, 1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/6 Bobby Byrd correspondence, 1985-1994
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/7 Mclimans/Byrd Art in America, 1992-1998
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/8 Mclimans/Byrd Art in America, 1997
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/9 Mclimans/Byrd Art in America, December 1997-February 1998
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 1, Folder 6 (two sheets from Royal Graphix); Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 5, Folder 3
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/10 Art in America mock-up dummy, 1998
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/11 Bobby Byrd Art in America three proof copies, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/12 Bobby Byrd Art in America, March 1998-June 1998
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 51, Folder 12
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/13 Bobby Byrd Art in America post-partum, June 1998-August 1998
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/14 Bobby Byrd Art in America post-partum, July 1998-December 1998
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/15 Byrd correspondence, 1998
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/16 Printed poems by Bobby Byrd, undated
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 5, Folder 4 (Bird's eye view of Japan)
BOX/FOLDER 3:2/17 Richard Wiley Whitman Sampler, December 1997-June 1999
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/1 Richard Wiley Whitman Sampler, July 1999-October 1999
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 51, Folders 13, 14 and 15
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/2 Richard Wiley Whitman Sampler, November 1999-December 1999
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 7, Folder 1 (antique maps of Japan)
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/3 Richard Wiley Whitman Sampler dummy copies, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/4 Richard Wiley Whitman Sampler, January 2000-May 2001
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/5 Richard Wiley Whitman Sampler, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/6 Kenneth Bernard, 1980-1987
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/7 Kenneth Bernard collage photocopies, 1986-1987
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/8 Kenneth Bernard, 1989-1992
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/9 Kenneth Bernard, 1993-1995
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/10 Kenneth Bernard, 1996-1999
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/11 Kenneth Bernard, Nullity, 2000
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/12 Kenneth Bernard, Nullity, May 1, 2000
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/13 Kenneth Bernard, Nullity, June 1, 2000-July 31, 2000
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/14 Kenneth Bernard, Nullity, August 2000-October 2000
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/15 Kenneth Bernard, Nullity, September 2000-March 2001
BOX/FOLDER 3:3/16 Kenneth Bernard, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/1 Kenneth Bernard, 2004-2005
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 52, Folder 1
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/2 Kenneth Bernard Nullity mock-up and correspondence, 2006-2018
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/3 Kenneth Bernard Nullity marble papers, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/4 Kenneth Bernard Nullity dummy copies, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/5 Kenneth Bernard Nullity dummy copies, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/6 Toby Olson The Pool 35 mm slides, June 1991-August 1991
Creator's note: Mostly covers
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/7 Toby Olson correspondence post - The Pool, 1991-1993
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/8 Toby Olson correspondence, 1994-1995
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/9 Toby Olson correspondence, 1996-1998
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/10 Toby Olson correspondence, 1999
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/11 Toby Olson, Ten or Depression Dog, 2000
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/12 Flynn illustration examples, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/13 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/14 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, 2002
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/15 Toby Olson, manuscript copy of The Bitter Half, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/16 Toby Olson, manuscript copy of The Bitter Half, undated
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/17 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, 2003
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 1, Folder 7 (Royal Graphix); Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 5, Folder 5 (Royal Graphix)
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/18 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, March 2002-March 2003
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 52, Folder 6
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/19 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, 2003-2015
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 52, Folder 6
BOX/FOLDER 3:4/20 Toby Olson, Depression Dog mock-ups, 2003
BOX/FOLDER 3:5/1 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, April 2003
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 1, Folder 8 (test prints)
BOX/FOLDER 3:5/2 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, May 2003-August 2003
BOX/FOLDER 3:5/3 Toby Olson, Depression Dog, September 2003-June 2004
See also: Series 6, Box 1, Folder 2
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