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Warren Chappell Papers, 1870-1994, Accession #10204-av, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This material was transferred from the Rare Books Division to the Manuscripts Division on December 3, 1996.
This addition to the papers of American book illustrator and artist, Warren Chappell (1904-1991) consists of ca. 3,300 items, ca. 1870-1994, chiefly Chappell's illustrations and artwork for books, dust jackets, magazines, Book-of-the-Month Club announcements, keepsakes, bookplates, and Christmas card designs; and individual sketches and drawings by Chappell and other artists (including some pre-twentieth century artists), but also including personal and professional correspondence; printed material; some photographs; articles; talks and speeches by Chappell; exhibition catalogs featuring Chappell; reviews and notices for books illustrated or written by Chappell; examples of various typefaces; political cartoons; and various topical files. Also present are some manuscripts and drawings by Chappell's grandfather, John Taylor Chappell (1845-1915), and Samuel Michael Chappell.
Series I: Topical & Miscellaneous Files
Subseries A: Artwork by Chappell & Other Artists
(Boxes 1-2; Oversize Boxes N-1, S-34, S-35)
Subseries B: Topical & Miscellaneous Files (Boxes
3-8; Oversize Boxes N-1, )
Subseries C: Correspondence (Boxes 8-10)
Series II: Artwork & Illustrations by Warren
Chappell for Books, arranged by book title (Boxes 11-18;
Oversize Boxes S-32, S-33, S-35)
Includes: Art Students' League Poster for the Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition by Allen Lewis; Windrose Zur Landkarte von Deutschland Poster by Warren Chappell and Berthold L. Wolpe; Printed illustration by Fritz Kredel from Soldiers of the American Army 1775-1941 ; Littera Scripta Manet Posters printed at the Acorn Press; Poster advertising Warren Chappell and The Frederic W. Goudy Distinguished Lecture in Typography For 1970; Poster by Andrew Hoyem "In the Beginning/Was the Word/The Word Was God/In Him Was Life; American Typecasting Fellowship Certificate; Poster advertising "University of San Francisco Symposium XIX Egypt People of the Sun"; Exhibition Poster "Warren Chappell Artist and Artificer in the Twentieth-Century Book World."
Including: Amsterdam Continental; Sally Boggan; Matthew J. Bruccoli; Nash Burger; Paul Cadmus; Warren Chappell to Mr. Grabhorn re his stay at Offenbach, 1931 Aug 24 (typed copy); Carroll Coleman; Rick Cusick; George Mason University; Elizabeth Sage Hare; S.L. Hartz; Weston P. Hatfield; Thayer Hobson; Andrew Hoyem; Fridolf Johnson; Herb Johnson; Dorothy Kenyon; Liza Kirwin; Karl Hermann Klingpor; J. Van Krimpen; William McCleery; S.C. Mitchell; Dumas Malone; Mrs. Barrows Mussey; Joseph Pennell; R. Hoe & Co., Inc.; Rudolph Ruzicka; Harry Scherman; Anthony M. Schulte; Max Schuster; Ellery Sedgwicke; Al Silverman; Fred Smith; Paul Standard; [Louis M. Starr]; Francis Steegmuller-Hazzard; Stinehour Press; University of Richmond; Edward Wagenknecht; Robert Penn Warren (postcard); Eva Williams; Stuart Wright; Lili & Erich Wronker; Hermann Zapf; and Unidentified Correspondents