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Walter Hamady and The Perishable Press collection, 1895-2019

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Series 1: Unbroken Correspondence, 1895-2016 and undated (continued)
Wilde, Salutations, undated (continued)
Creator's note: 'Salutations' for scanning
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/11 Wilde, Salutations corrections, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/12 Wilde, Salutations manuscript, 2001
Concerning years 1971-1994
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/13 Wilde, galley proofs of Salutations, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/14 Wilde, galley proof photocopy of Salutations, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/15 Wilde, Salutations dummy copies, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/16 Wilde, Salutations trial sewing, 2001
Creator's note: Tapes removed
BOX/FOLDER 1:11/17 Wilde, Salutations partial proof copy, 2001
Creator's note: Trial sewing on tapes
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/1 Wilde, Salutations mock-up covers, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/2 Wilde, Salutations 17 pg list of actual salutations used, 2001
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/3 Wilde, Salutations, January 2002-February 2002
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/4 Wilde, Salutations, January 2002-March 2002
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/5 Wilde, Salutations, March 2002-May 2002
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/6 Wilde, Salutations, April 2002-June 2002
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/7 Wilde correspondence, July 2002-September 2002
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/8 Wilde correspondence, October 2002-December 2002
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/9 Wilde correspondence, January 2003-March 2003
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/10 Wilde correspondence, April 2003-June 2003
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/11 Wilde correspondence, July 2003-September 2003
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/12 Wilde correspondence, October 2003-December 2003
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/13 Wilde correspondence, January 2004-March 2004
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/14 Wilde correspondence, April 2004-June 2004
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/15 Wilde correspondence, July 2004-September 2004
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/16 Wilde correspondence, October 2004-December 2004
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 1, Folder 2 (WSHH poster made by Roy R. Behrens)
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/17 Wilde correspondence, January 2005-March 2005
BOX/FOLDER 1:12/18 Wilde correspondence, April 2005-June 2005
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/1 Wilde correspondence, July 2005-September 2005
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/2 Wilde correspondence, October 2005-December 2005
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/3 Wilde correspondence, January 2006-April 2006
Creator's note: Mort 9 March
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/4 Wilde, post-mortem, March 2006-December 2006
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/5 Wilde et al, 2007-2009
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/6 Wilde, Shirley et al, 2010
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/7 Porter (Lyell and Olga), January 1970-July 1983
Close friends to both Wilde and Hamady
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/8 Wilde exhibition catalogs, 2003 and 2013
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/9 Saluations unbound proof, undated
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 52, Folders 3 and 4 See also: Series 7, Box 1, Folder 3
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/10 The 1325 Greatest Moments in the History of Graphic Design, 1989
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/11 Anna and Walter correspondence, 1984-1985
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/12 Anna and Walter correspondence, 1986-1989
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/13 Anna and Walter, undated
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/14 Boulders and Bolides/Walter's Love Book for Anna, undated
See also: Series 3, Subseries 8, Box 53, Folder 4
BOX/FOLDER 1:13/15 Alice Yaeger, 1999-2000
Series 2: Biographical, 1870-2018 and undated
The Biographical series consists of materials related to Hamady’s personal life, including his childhood and family history.
Subseries 1: Photographs and Negatives, 1870-2005 and undated
Subseries One consists of cased photographs, cartes-de-visites, 20th century photographs, negatives, contact sheets, photocopies and slides. Subjects include Hamady’s family history dating back to his grandparents, as well as his childhood, youth and nuclear family as an adult.
In original order.
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/1 Photos by Joseph Blou and Patrick Flynn, 1996
WSHH in classroom 6451 at University of Wisconsin, Madison
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/1a Photos by Zane Williams, undated
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 5, Folder 30
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/1b Poster and process photos, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/2 Assorted pictures, 1990
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/3 Photos by Dennis Church, 1989
WSHH portraits and contact sheets
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/4 Photos by Jon Bolton, 1984
WSHH portraits and contact sheets
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/5 Assorted pictures, 1981-1997
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/6 Assorted pictures, 1980
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/7 Assorted pictures, 1976
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/8 Photo by George Phillips in Old Komplin Farm, c. 1972-1973
Titled by creator
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/9 At 661 Van Dyke, Detroit, c. 1962-1964
Titled by creator
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/10 Copies of identification cards, 1961-1999
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/11 WSHH assorted photographs, c. 1960-c. 2005
Includes a small album
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/12 Charlotte and Josephine Brinker, c. 1870s
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/13 Hamady in paper mill & corn crib, undated
Titled by creator
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/14 WSHH with cat (2), undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/15 Ruth Evans Brinker Hamady, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/16 Mary C. Filthian, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/17 Sarah Ewing Filthian Sheppard, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/18 Bessie Maud Brinker, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/19 Michael Smith Brinker, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/20 Ruth Mulford Sheppard Evans, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/21 Jidu Hamady, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/22 Family photographs - historical, undated
Includes named and unnamed ancestors, images of a young WSHH
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/23 Assorted family photographs - maternal side, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/24 Old negatives, undated
Subseries 2: Family and Personal History, 1939-2018 and undated
Subseries Two focuses on Hamady’s family history and includes genealogical information, official paperwork such as birth certificates, notes from his childhood and examples of his early poetry.
In original order.
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/25 Paternal genealogy, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/26 Maternal genealogy, undated
See also: Series 7, Subseries 1, Box 1, Folder 4 (History of surnames Brinker and Hart)
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/27 Ruth Evans Brinker, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/28 Hamady/Brinker marriage license, July 17, 1939
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/29 Legal documents, assorted, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/30 Walter's earliest poems, undated
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/31 WSHH early correpondence, 1947-1958
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/32 Walter's remembrance of Anna, 2018
BOX/FOLDER 2:1/33 Anna Hamady's last will, 2017
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.
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