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Hammond World Atlas Corporation archive of print records and samples of printing methods

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BOX 51 Examples of the Print Process
Within eight folders are samples of materials illustrate and document all the basic elements of map compilation, design, construction and printing. Map artwork contained in the collection includes works drafted using pen and ink, stick-up lettering, and a scribing technique that creates the desired image by removing an opaque coating from a sheet of plastic film. Cartographic design features include examples of line work, symbolization and lettering. The printing of maps and atlases is represented in numerous printing plates, color separations, photographs of original artwork and film negatives. Also included are plates of book covers and catalogs, as well as, an obituary of C.S. Hammond.
FOLDER 1 The New Peerless Atlas of the World Atlas cover on board
FOLDER 1 The New Era Atlas of the World Atlas cover on board
FOLDER 1 Hammond's Pictorial Atlas of the World Atlas cover on board
FOLDER 1 The People's Atlas with 1920 Census Atlas cover on board
FOLDER 1 Hammond's Commercial and Library Atlas of the World wuth 1910 Census Atlas cover on board
FOLDER 2 Faultlines and Earthquake Map, California Atlas proofs, negatives
FOLDER 2 Northern Japan Ryuku Island proofs, negatives
FOLDER 2 Western Europe proofs, negatives
FOLDER 3 Antarctica Cross Section Original Art
FOLDER 3 Germany Original Art Before WWI, Between Wars, Occupied
FOLDER 3 Switzerland Original Art Language map
FOLDER 4 Terrasculpture Globe Gore proofs, negatives
FOLDER 4 South America proofs, negatives Vegetation relief as used in new format atlases
FOLDER 4 Russia proofs, negatives, sketches
FOLDER 5 General Catalogue 1890s?
FOLDER 6 Catalogue to Road Maps
FOLDER 7 Catalogue of Atlases, Maps, Globes, and Geographical Appliances. 1929
FOLDER 8 C.S. Hammond obituary 1929
Printing Records: Index Cards 1900-1990s
Among the non-cartographic materials in the collection is a file of some 12,000 4-by-6-inch cards that represent part of Hammond's printing history from the early 1900s to the mid-1990s. This is primarily a record of the publications that Hammond produced for other companies. The basic data contained in these records changed over time but usually included such information as the customer's name, type of material printed, and number of copies printed, which could range from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands of copies.
BOX 52-57 Index cards: 1900s-1950s
BOX 58-60 Index cards: 1950s-1960s
BOX 61-62 Index cards: 1960s-1970s
BOX 63 Index cards: 1960s-1990s
BOX 64-65 Index cards: "inactive"

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