Series II.  John DePol working files, 1896-2004

Extent:  31 linear ft.

Contents:  Correspondence, notes, proofs and prints of engravings, preliminary drawings, transfer sketches, broadsides, photographs, keepsakes, galley and page proofs, book mock-ups, clippings, newsletters, engraving tools, print type, and printed ephemera.

Arrangement:  The series is arranged in alphabetical order and chronologically in folders.  Cross references have been added.

Description:

            These files, kept in alphabetical order by John DePol, document the varied contracts, commissions, and job files of his life work, from extensive collaborations with numerous private presses and institutions to gifts or commissions for individuals.  Because they represent most of DePol’s work for private presses, academic and cultural institutions, and individuals, these files are a natural extension of Series I. DePol’s Work.  As working files, they reflect all aspects of DePol’s projects, from conceptualization to execution.

            Using these files researchers may follow the development of a DePol project from the initial correspondence through the printed engraving.  In some cases research on a subject to be illustrated, drawings, transfer sketches, engraved wood blocks, proofs, and the final printed engraving are available for a particular project, such as the illustrations for Inishbream, published by Barbarian Press.  In other cases only the printed engraving may survive.

            In this series are found remnants of DePol’s early work for U. S. Banknote, Pandick Press, and L. F. White and files for his first illustrated book, Liam O’Flaherty’s Two Lovely Beasts and Other Stories (1950).

            Two of DePol’s most noted projects, the Benjamin Franklin Keepsakes Library, for which he created hundreds of illustrations, and the keepsakes created for The Typophiles, Inc. are represented by drawings, proofs and the printed keepsakes.

            DePol’s body of work for private presses is extensive.  He has illustrated books, broadsides, or keepsakes for Pickering Press, The Allen Press, The Barbarian Press, Press of Appletree Alley, Between-Hours Press, The Buttonmaker Press, The Glad Hand Press, The Golden Hind Press, The Herity Press, Pentagram Press, The Red Ozier Press, The Stone House Press, Yellow Barn Press, The Zauberberg Press, and numerous others.  In the process of working with these printers, DePol developed many life-long friendships which are reflected in the correspondence.  DePol’s connection to the private presses is also reflected in the numerous press marks which he created, sometimes by request but others he created as gifts.

            DePol has had ongoing relationships with numerous academic and cultural institutions, teaching courses or workshops, making gifts of his engravings to their libraries, and having his work exhibited in their galleries.  Most significantly he has created engravings for many of these schools, including the universities of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Syracuse, Alabama, Nebraska and Fairleigh Dickinson.  He has long been associated with the South Street Seaport Museum in New York and its Bowne & Co., Stationers, illustrating books for the press and teaching workshops.

            DePol’s contributions to his craft have been honored by the National Academy of Design, by universities, and by members of the printing world., including the 1994 festschrift published by Yellow Barn Press, John DePol: a Celebration of His Work.  These honors and other printed keepsakes recognizing his life and work are documented in this series.

            The files also reflect DePol’s interest in printing and his connections with other engravers, particularly Bernard Brussel-Smith, whom he visited in France in 1979.  Among the files are examples of the work of other engravers, from Brussel-Smith to some of the students to whom DePol taught the craft.

            The files are alphabetical with cross-references when files related to a press or individual were originally in two places.  For example, all of the files related to Neil Shaver and the Yellow Barn Press are together, rather than under both Yellow Barn Press and Shaver.

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Contents List

Box -- Folder -- Contents

Series II.  John DePol working files, 1896-2001

26        F1        “A,” 1957-1987

Abattoir Editions, The Adagio Press, All Saints Church, New York, American Printing Equipment Company, The American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers – New England, Jerome S. Anderson, John Anzul, Edmund Arnold, American Type Founders Company, Advertising Typographers Association of America (3 posters removed to oversize and map case), and Atelier Mourlot.

 

F2        “About a Jefferson postcard 60 years ago,” 1999

 

F3        Abramson, Daniel, 1997

 

F4        Acorn Press, 1991-2000

Printed items, one removed to oversize, Box 66

Alabama, University of – Steve Miller, 1985-1999

John DePol taught a workshop at Alabama’s Institute for the Books Arts June 11-15, 1990.  His work was exhibited at the Institute (1989 Jan 15-Feb 25).  Includes correspondence with Steve Miller, Printer and Coordinator of the University of Alabama’s M.F.A. program in Book Arts.  Miller was formerly a proprietor, with Ken Botnick of Red Ozier Press, for which DePol produced a number of engravings.  DePol created several engravings for University of Alabama publications in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Correspondence, 1985-1999

Includes letters from Miller, drafts or copies of DePol’s responses, DePol’s course materials, and printed material from Alabama

F5        1988-1990

F6        1992

F7        1993-1999

 

Engravings, 1988-1995

Includes completed engravings, publications in which the engravings appeared, drawings, research material, and some correspondence regarding particular engravings

F8        [Collage of wood engraving tools], 1988

F9        Denny Chimes [University of Alabama], 1988 Nov 9

Published on the cover of University of Alabama Publications of the Faculty and Staff 1986-1987

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Alabama, University of – Steve Miller (cont’d)

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Engravings (cont’d)

F10      Octavio Paz – Stanzas for an Imaginary Garden (Parallel Editions), 1990 Jul

Two engravings

F11      “Paper and Book Intensive Texas 1993” brochure, 1993

F12      Elton B. Stephens – A Few Thoughts, 1993 Nov 15

Portrait of Stephens

F13      “The Ant,” 1995 Mar

Engraving for a bookmark celebrating the two-millionth volume added to the University of Alabama Libraries, E. O. Wilson’s Naturalist.

F14      “The M.F.A. Program in the Book Arts at the University of Alabama,” n.d.

            Engraving for poster.  Poster removed to oversize Box 67

 

F15      Aldus Manutius, n.d.

 

F16      Allen Memorial Library, Cleveland, Ohio, 1991-1992

Includes correspondence, photographs of the library and the engraving of the library (1992 Jan 24) by DePol.

The Allen Press – Lewis and Dorothy Allen, 1986-1998

DePol created numerous engravings published by Lewis and Dorothy Allen at The Allen Press, beginning in 1986 with Alexander Pushkin’s Four Stories and continuing until 1992.  Files include correspondence regarding DePol’s engravings, as well as personal greetings; drawings, proofs, and printed engravings.  Also includes prospectuses and other printed items from The Allen Press.

F17      General correspondence, 1987-1998

Engravings

Pushkin – Four Stories, 1986-1987

F18      Correspondence, 1986-1987

F19      Pushkin portrait

One woodblock of Pushkin removed to Box 20

F20      “The Squire’s Daughter”

F21      “The Queen of Spades”

F22      “The Blizzard”

F23      “The Shot”

F24      Prospectus, prints, and proofs

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

The Allen Press – Lewis and Dorothy Allen (cont’d)

Engravings (cont’d)

26        F25      Pressmarks for The Allen Press, 1987 Jul 20

F26      The Allen Albion, 1990 Apr 20

Drawings, photographs, and engravings of the Albion press owned by the Allens

Nathaniel Hawthorne – Rappaccini’s Daughter, 1990

Includes correspondence, drawings, engravings, and Allen Press printed material

F27      Scenes from the story, 1990

F28      Poisonous flowers, 1990 Jun

 

Giovanni Boccaccio – The Life of Dante, 1992

Includes correspondence, drawings, engravings, prospectus and proofs

F29      Drawings and engravings, 1992 Apr

F30      Proofs and prospectus, 1992

 

F31      Lewis Allen’s DePol article, 1993

Drafts of Allen’s article for the DePol festschrift and page proof the article

*Alterman, Benjamin and Deborah – see Married Mettle Press

F32      American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1991-1996

Correspondence, applications and submitted slides for the Awards in Art during the 1990s

            American Antiquarian Society, 1986-1993

F33      Correspondence, 1986-1993

 

            Engravings

F34      The Isaiah Thomas Press, 1987 Jan

F35      Antiquarian Hall, 1987 May

Keepsake celebrating the 175^th anniversary of the American Antiquarian Society.  Some prints removed to oversize, Box 66

American Artist, 1956-1968

F36      Articles and printed issues which include engravings by DePol, such as “West Side Market Demolition,” printed in 1968

F37      Notebook of articles from American Artist, 1944-1952

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

27        F38      The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1990

Certificate of Excellence

 

*American Iron Hand Presses – see Saxe, Stephen

 

American Printing History Association, 1983-1999

F39      Correspondence and printed material, 1983-1999

F40      Engraving – “A Book’s Many Forms,” 1987

Appeared on the cover of volume IX, issue number 1 (1987) of Printing History

F41      Anderson, Alexander – correspondence and engraving, 1988-1993

Engraved portrait of Anderson by DePol

F42      Anderson, Elmer L., 1989-1991

Angelo, Valenti, 1966-2000

Includes letters, cards and printed items sent by Angelo to DePol, as well as correspondence regarding an article being written by DePol about his work with Angelo for a publication in honor of Angelo

F43      Letters, cards, and printed material from Angelo, 1966-1981

Correspondence regarding Angelo, 1983-2000

F44      1983-1999

F45      2000

Includes six photographs of Jack Maclean, and Ann & Gregory Whipple

F46      Printed material about Valenti Angelo, ca. 1975-1982

 

F47      Annual reports – original designs, 1960-1972

While working at United States Banknote Corp. DePol designed annual reports for several corporations, including Chromalloy American Corporation, Automatic Steel Products, Inc., and American Exports Lines, Inc.  Folder includes mock-up designs for annual reports.

F48      Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, [1955]

Engraving by DePol

F49      Antonetti, Martin, 1989-2000

Antonetti has been a Librarian at Mills College, The Grolier Club in New York, and Smith College.  DePol lectured at Mills College in 1987 and did an engraving of El Campanil at Mills.  DePol later engraved an image of Antonetti’s home.

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

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Appletree Alley, Press of – Barnard Taylor and Mary Chenoweth, 1957-2000

DePol designed numerous engravings for books and ephemera printed by the Barnard Taylor’s and Mary Chenoweth’s Press of Appletree Alley of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.  Includes correspondence; drawings, proofs and prints of DePol’s engravings; photographs of Taylor; engravings done by Barnard Taylor; announcements and printed material from the press; manuscripts of books; and page proofs or signatures from books printed by the press

Correspondence, 1957-2000

F50      1957-1986

Includes engravings and printed Christmas greetings

F51      1987-2000

Includes engravings by DePol and Taylor

F52      Photographs of Barnard Taylor, n.d.

 

F53      Wood blocks engraved by Barnard Taylor, 1980-1985

11 wood blocks engraved by Taylor, including some used in Appletree Alley publications, as well as a self-portrait.  With the exception of the self-portrait block, all others are unidentified, although a few are dated.  All have been removed to Box 21

DePol engravings for Press of Appletree Alley, 1982-1996

F54      Press devices and paper designs, 1982-1985

F55      W. B. Yeats – Ballylee: The Tower, 1983

Proofs, book signatures, and publication announcements

F56      D. H. Lawrence – The Man Who Loved Islands, 1985

Drawings, engraving proofs, page proofs, publication announcements

F57      Wendell Berry – Traveling at Home, 1988

Correspondence, drawings, proofs of engravings, book signatures, publication announcements

F58      Philip Roth, 1993-1994

Correspondence, drawings, and proofs of DePol’s portrait of Roth

F59      Louis Simpson – The Appointment: Poems of the Second World War, 1996

F60      Joan of Arc, n.d.

 

F61      Press of Appletree Alley printed material, 1960-1988

Includes unbound proof sheets for a trial copies of Maxine Kumin’s Closing the Ring (signed by Kumin) and Peter Blakian/Bruce Smith’s Invisible Estate (signed by Blakian, Smith and engraver Rosalyn Richards). Plus catalogs, proofs, and announcements

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

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*Aralia Press – see Peich, Michael A.

*Archer, Richard – see Williams College

*Ardentia Veritas Press – see Waring, Alan

*Arif Press – see Tanner, Wesley B.

*Arts of the Book – see Veatch, Robert & Lynne

F62      Ashantilly Press – William Haynes, Jr. – correspondence, 1957

Includes an engraving by Haynes

*Ashlar Press – see Heckscher, August

F63      Associated American Artists Gallery, 1968-1990

Correspondence, receipts, and catalogs related to consignment of DePol’s work

            “Atlantic Convoy, 1943,” 1943-1993

F64      Correspondence and research, 1981-1992

Includes 4 photographs taken during World War II in Toomebridge

F65      DePol’s journal, 1943

This is a photocopy of journal pages found in Series VII. Personal (F52).

Includes description of first Atlantic crossing in the form of letters to Thelma

F66      Engraving, 1993

 

F67      Austin Peay State University – Trahern Gallery, 1990 Sep 24-Oct 15

Exhibition of DePol engravings.  The poster for the exhibition titled “John DePol,” has been removed to oversize Box 67.  See also file of Arthur Goldsmith, Jr.

28        F68      “B,” 1951-1999

Includes correspondence or material related to David Bianchi, Victor Borsodi (Silo Press), Brooklyn Museum of Art, Roy Baldridge, Milton Birnbaum, George Baumgartner, Brad Benedict, Jean Marcel Bertrand, the University of Bridgeport (exhibition of DePol engravings, 1977), M. J. Baumwell, John & Randi Bull, Will Barnet, Lowell Bodger, Mary Lew Bergman, Scott Baldwin, Michael Baldyga, Book of the Month Club, Byrd Press, and Denise Brady.

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

28        F69      Babcock, Ralph – The Scarlet Cockrel Press, 1958-2000

Includes correspondence and issues of Weaker Moments

 

F70      Bain, Ian, 1988

 

F71      Backwoods Press – Marvin Neel, 1954-1978

Correspondence plus several original wood engravings by J. J. Lankes, of which two are signed

*Banknote Keepsakes Series – see United States Banknote Corporation and Pandick Press

Barbarian Press – Crispin & Jan Elsted, 1987-1999

DePol created the wood engravings for Inishbream, a novella by Theresa Kishkan which was published by Barbarian Press in 1999.  DePol also designed several press devices for Barbarian Press.

F72      Correspondence, 1988-1999

Includes a few proofs and printed information

Inishbream, 1987-1999

F73      Research, 1987-1988

Includes 16 photographs of Co. Galway, Ireland from the Irish Tourist Board

F74      Research – Limerick, 1947

Five snapshots taken by DePol in Limerick in 1947

F75      Typescript (photocopy), n.d.

F76      Sketchbook, 1988 Jul – 1989 Jan

F77      Sketches, 1989-1991

Pencil drawings, including the drawings used for wood blocks

F78      Page layouts with drawings, n.d.

Includes extensive autograph comments by Elsteds.  Removed to oversize Box 66

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Barbarian Press – Crispin & Jan Elsted (cont’d)

Inishbream (cont’d)

28        F79      Woodblocks (24) – Removed to Box 10

An Introduction to Saint Brendan                                  chapter head – 1/20/1996

Chapter 1                                                                     chapter head – 1/22/1996

Chapter 2                                                                     chapter head – 1/24/1996

Chapter 3         “The Book of the Chronicles”   chapter head – 2/13/1996

Chapter 4         “Irish Mist”                                           chapter head – 1/24/1996

Chapter 5         “The Brand”                                         chapter head – 1/27/1996

Chapter 6         “The Gate from the West”                     chapter head – 1/30/1996

Chapter 7         “Sea Area Forecast”                             chapter head – 2/4/1996

Chapter 8         “Remembering Winter”             chapter head – 2/9/1996

Chapter 9         “Patterns of Evolution”              chapter head – 2/10/1996

Chapter 10       “Lament for Christy King”                     chapter head – 2/11/1996

Epilogue                                                                       chapter head – 1996

Two-piece landscape scene for title page                      9/6 & 9/8 1991 (2 blocks)

Vertical of village                                                          8/3/1997

Brendan’s Boat            (chapter 1)                               8/7/1997

Gypsy Caravan (chapter 5)                               7/28/1997

Fireplace                      (chapter 3)                               8/19/1997

Pub                              (chapter 6)                               3/31/1997

Crabpots                      (chapter 2)                               4/14/1997

“Inishbream” sailboat    (chapter 10)                             3/20/1993

Flowers on the table     (chapter 7)                               2/24/1996

Men with currachs                                                        2/2/1996

[L]                                                                               1996

 

F80      Engravings, 1996-1999

Some proofs are dated and signed, plus some page proofs.

F81      Engravings of chapter headings, n.d.

F82      Sets of engravings, 1996-1997

Includes “final set of illustrations” (1997 Aug)

F83      Lists of engravings sent to others, 1993 & n.d.

F84      Announcements, 1999

 

F85      A Christmas Carol, 1984

Copy of the book which is a dramatic adaptation of Dicken’s book by C. Z. Barnett and published by Barbarian Press

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

28        F86      Barlow, Lou – correspondence and engravings, 1983

Six numbered and signed engravings by Barlow from a series on Broadway, NY

 

*Beilenson, Peter – see The Peter Pauper Press

 

F87      Beronä, David, 1996

 

F88      Belander, Terry – Book Arts Press, 2000

 

Berliner, Harold, 1985-1998

F89      Correspondence and printed, 1985-1998

Includes a leaf from the 1477 edition of Pruss’s Hortus Sanitas printed at Strassburg (removed to vault) and ephemera printed by Berliner, including the Eric Gill issue of Special Casting (1984), and family photographs.  Poster of an excerpt from Henry Beston’s The Outermost House removed to oversize Box 68

F90      Gutenberg drawings and proofs, 1986

DePol’s engraving of Gutenberg

*The Bellvue Press – see Williams, Eric

Between-Hours Press – Ben Grauer, 1951-1996

DePol did numerous wood engravings for Grauer, including personal Christmas cards, annual tributes to Bruce Rogers, and other printed material.

F91      Correspondence, 1951-1980

Includes photographs and drawings done by Grauer for DePol engravings.  A copy of L’Image, Numero Specimen has been removed to oversize, Box 66.  Also includes typeset used by Grauer, which has been removed to Box 24

Engravings

F92      Christmas cards – proofs and drawings, 1951-1963

F93      Christmas cards sent to the DePols, 1951-1974

F94      Proofs or prints of engravings by DePol, 1952-1965

F95      “Alfred in London,” 1965

Proofs, woodblock (see Box13), and prints for an Alfred A. Knopf keepsake

F96      Bruce Rogers birthday keepsakes, 1952-1957

Proofs and numbered editions of keepsakes printed by Grauer with engravings by DePol

F97      Grauer’s Albion Press, 1980

Proofs of DePol’s engraving depicting the Grauer’s press which was given to DePol by Grauer’s widow in 1980, plus information about the history of the press

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Between-Hours Press – Ben Grauer (cont’d)

28                    Woodblocks, 1952-1975

F98      List of DePol’s woodblocks, 1952-1975

Also page proofs for Years of Twenty and a few proofs for other DePol engravings, plus a small scroll with events of 1908 for Grauer’s birthday in 1975 (removed to Box 13).  See Box 13 for these woodblocks created by DePol:

Christmas cards for Grauer

“From Ben Grauer 1952 – Seasons greetings” (1952)

Microphone and bow tie (1953)

Clasped hands (1954)

Full length of (new) house front (955)

Front door [29 E. 63^rd St.] (1956)

Dufy alone [dog] (1957)

Front room fireplace [wood sculpture above & 2 Foo dogs below] (1958)

Dufy in Garden (1959)

Door of library looking into foyer (1960)

Second floor foyer & stairway up [closed doors of library in back] (1961)

18^th century Barock Austrian stove in living room (1962)

Public hall looking through open door to foyer & stairs w/ umbrella stand (1963)

Master bedroom fireplace with mantle & clock (1964)

Dining room table with candlesticks & window (1965)

Louis XIV reproduction commode in drawing room with Buddha, etc. (1966)

Living room with piano, antelope sculpture (1967)

Albion Press (1968)

Grandfather clock and stairs (1969)

Sculpture by Antoine Poncet by window (1970)

Two grandfather clocks and stairs (1971)

Ibex (1972)

Fireplace full of flowers (1973)

Clasped hands with “Ben & Mel” (1974)

 

Engravings for Bruce Rogers birthday keepsakes

“B R” with thistle (1956)

Small lone thistle (1955)

“B R” in square frames (1955)

“B R” with pointing hand (1953)

Small “B R” in frame (1954)

Small “B R” in circle (1957)

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Between-Hours Press – Ben Grauer (cont’d)

Woodblocks (cont’d)

28        F98      (cont’d)

Ben Grauer – Between-Hours Press

“Ben Grauer” in oval with decoration (n.d.)

“Ben Grauer” in frame (n.d.)

Stamp of “B H” with hour glass

Five small woodblocks of “BH with hourglass

 

Other woodblocks

Alfred A. Knopf keepsake - outdoor book shop in London, (1965)

Alfred A. Knopf keepsake – [grey hound] (1965)

“Bunny’s Peaches” (1959)

Dr. Leslie keepsake – hourglass (1960)

A. Burton Carnes keepsake “ABC” (1962)

In memory of Peter Beilenson - Kelmscott/Goudy keepsake – press (1962)

Amphora engraving (1975)

Ben Franklin broadside printed on Today – NBCTV on January 17, 1956 (1956)

[Man walking in rain], (n.d.)

[Book press] (n.d.)

[Book press] (n.d.)

[Buildings with trees and pond] (n.d.)

 

Photographs and slides of Grauer and friends, 1952-1968

Includes Ben Grauer, Melanie Kahane Grauer, Herman Cohen, John DePol, John Fass, John Dreyfus, Lew White, A. Burton Carnes, Marin Speckter, Joan Porter, and Ralph Porter.

F99      Photographs and slides, 1952-1968

13 photographs and 10 slides

F100    Photographs, 1956-1966

64 photographs

F101    Information regarding Ben Grauer, 1952-1996

Printed articles and notes by DePol, plus his drawing for an engraving of Grauer.  Includes issue #11 of Lithopinion and a copy of Jake Zeitlin’s This I Believe, which Grauer had sent to DePol

F102    Bewick, Thomas – correspondence and printed material, 1965-1994

Includes printed engraving by Bewick and DePol’s drawings for a portrait of Bewick

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

29        F103    Binnacle Press, 1962

DePol provided engravings for Log: Five Days aboard the Schooner “Stephen Taber,” as kept by Robert E. Levy.  Photocopy of book and three proofs of engravings, plus a letter from Levy

 

Biographical information regarding John DePol, 1944-1999

F104    Notes, Christmas letters, and biographical essays, 1946-1994

F105    Articles about DePol, 1944-1999

 

F106    Bird and Bull Press – Henry Morris, 1960-1993

Correspondence, paper samples and printed material

*Bishop, Peter – see The Petrarch Press

*Bishop, Philip R. – see Mosher Books

*Blackwell North America – see Walsdorf, Jack

F107    Blinn, Carol – Warwick Press, 1994-1996

Correspondence, print, and a proof of DePol’s 1996 engraving for The Typophiles honoring Blinn

*Blumenthal, Joseph – see Pentagram Press

F108    Bobcat Press – Richard Hicks, 1976

Correspondence and one photograph of the press

F109    Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 1991-1998

Correspondence regarding DePol’s gifts of his work to the library and newsletters, one of which includes an article regarding DePol

*The Bodley Head – see Ryder, John

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

29                    Book Club of California, 1988-2000

F110    Correspondence, 1988-2000

Includes correspondence with Don Fleming, plus drawings by DePol and prints

California Flora by Elizabeth McClintock (San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1995)

DePol designed the engravings for this book

F111    Research of flora images, 1995

F112    Drawings for engravings, 1994-1995

F113    Proofs and repros, [1995]

F114    Printed and pattern paper, [1995]

F115    Page proofs, 1995

 

F116    “Reminiscences of a Wood Engraver,” 1988

Article for The Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter.  Includes engraving and printed items

F117    California Avifauna – 1990 keepsake series, 1990

 

F118    Book Craftsmen Associates, Inc., 1957-1962

Correspondence with Harvey Satenstein, engravings by DePol

F119    Bookplates, 1965-1999

Includes correspondence with James P. Keenan of Cambridge Bookplate, with bookplates for Dr. Joseph Teplin, The Wil-Art Press, Book Craftsmen Associates, John Alden Knight, Houser, Vawter, Michael Gunn, Steve Corey, John F. Shroder, Jr., Dr. Abner Morris Memorial Library Fund, and the Rene d’Harnocourt and Glas collections at Fairleigh Dickinson.  Also includes a collection of John Gartner bookplates by different artists as well as a print by Allen Lewis which were given to DePol by Norman Kent.

Bookways – W. Thomas Taylor, Printer, 1994-1998

F120    Correspondence, engravings, and mock-ups of covers, 1994-1998

Also includes the No. 12 issue of Bookways noting DePol’s 80th birthday.

F121    Mock-up for a book regarding DePol, n.d.

 

F122    Bornstein, Dean G. (wood engraver), 1987-1996

Includes correspondence, signed proofs and prints of his work

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

29        F123    Borsodi, Victor H. – The Silo Press, 1957-1962

Correspondence and printed

 

F124    Boston Athenaeum, 1958-1990

Correspondence with Walter Muir Whitehill and Rodney Armstrong

F125    Boston Public Library, 1953-1995

Correspondence with James Lawton and Sinclair Hitchings, plus printed ephemera from the library

F126    Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, 1974-1975

Includes correspondence with Matthew Sheridan, two photographs and 1 negative (Boston), as well as drawings, proofs and prints of DePol’s engraving, “The Old State House Boston,” which he engraved for the centennial celebration of Boston Safe Deposit in 1975.

*Botnick, Ken – see The Red Ozier Press

Bowne & Co., Stationers – South Street Seaport Museum, New York, 1977-      1999

Bowne & Co. is the printing shop of the South Street Seaport Museum.  DePol has created engravings for the shop, taught engraving classes, and been supportive of the museum.

Correspondence, 1975-1999

Includes correspondence with Roger Campbell, Ginna Johnson, Barbara Henry, Pamela Fogg, Julia Boltin, Lissa Dodington, Catherine Comar, Peter Neill, Edmund A. (Ted) Stanley, William F. Pearce, and Doug Bauer, as well as printed material from the museum

F127    1975-1990

F128    1991-1999

 

F129    Photographs, 1994-1998

50 photographs, plus negatives of John and Thelma DePol, Barbara Henry, Bobby Baker, and others taken at a farewell party for Ted Stanley, as well as images of the 1998 exhibition at the museum, “John DePol’s New York.”

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Bowne & Co., Stationers – South Street Seaport Museum (cont’d)

29        F130    DePol exhibition – “John DePol’s New York: an Exhibition of Etchings and                                           Wood Engravings,” 1997 Nov 1–1998 Jan 25

Includes correspondence, biographical information, material for the exhibition, including proofs of the engraving “South Street” (1950) used in publicity.  Photocopies of newspaper article removed to oversize Box 68

F131    Wood engraving courses, 1982-1985

Includes correspondence, lists of students, engravings by DePol, and announcements (including a poster removed to oversize Box 68).  Also includes proofs (most of which are signed) of engravings created by students Frank Weissman, John DePol (second cousin), Nigel Holmes, Diane Wray, Barbara Henry, Michael Deas, Robert Long, Lana Cockbill, Robert Muehl, David J. Fisch, Janice Frey, Claire Lukacs, and Martin Hutner

Engravings, 1982-1996

May include correspondence, photographs, drawings, proofs, repros, and/or printed material

F132    “Bowne & Co., Stationers,” 1982

One photograph of the company

F133    “Ambrose” (a lightship), 1984

 

30        F134    “Peking” (ship), 1988

F135    “To Make Shrub,” 1991

F136    Robert Bowne, 1992

Poster removed to oversize Box 68

Edgar Allan Poe – The Pit and the Pendulum, 1990-1991

DePol created the illustrations for Bowne’s edition

F137    Drawings and designs, 1990-1991

F138    Proofs, 1990

F139    Page proofs, announcements, and reviews, 1991

 

F140    Caroll Boltin – A Practical Guide to Light Refreshment, 1993-1996

DePol created the illustrations for this cookbook.  Includes correspondence, drawings, proofs, announcements and broadsides

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Bowne & Co., Stationers – South Street Seaport Museum (cont’d)

30        F141    [South Street Seaport Museum], n.d.

F142    Barbara Henry for a 1994 American Printing History Association keepsake, 1994

Includes correspondence, drawings, layout design, proofs and printed poster (removed to oversize Box 68)

F143    Miscellaneous engravings, 1994 and n.d.

Includes several images of ships, including one on the Hudson & Erie

Printed ephemera from Bowne & Co., 1977-1994

F144    Brochures, cards, stationery, and the 80th birthday card for DePol, 1977-1993

F145    Newsletters, programs, broadsides and brochures, 1983-1994

 

F146    Articles regarding DePol, 1978-1994

 

 

F147    Brady, Denise – bradypress, 1992-1994

Correspondence and self-portrait engraving by Brady

F148    Brancolini, Gino (Eugene) – Press of the Little Herd, 1983-2000

Correspondence and printed items which bear the press mark engraving by DePol

F149    Braun, Wilson (Delaware) - correspondence, 1990-1992

*Brewer, Frederic (The Private Press of Frederic Brewer) – see The Lilly Library

F150    The Briar Press – Elizabeth Nevin, 1996-1998

Correspondence

F151    Brody, Catherine Tyler (Cathy), 1980-2000

Brody wrote the biographical essay for John DePol: a Catalogue Rainsonne of His Graphic Work 1935-1998.  Correspondence and copies of parts of the catalog

F152    Bromer Booksellers, 1981-1992

Correspondence and catalogs

F153    Brooklyn Bridge, 1982-1983

Drawings and an issue of New York which features the Brooklyn Bridge

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

30        F154    Brown University, 1940-1992

Correspondence regarding DePol’s gifts of his work to Brown

 

Brussel-Smith, Bernard, 1952-1994

DePol and wood engraver Bernard Brussel-Smith worked together in the 1950s and were friends.  The collection includes two trays of slides taken in 1979 when the DePols visited the Brussel-Smiths in France, as well as signed engravings by Brussel-Smith.  Also included are thirteen engraving tools used by Brussel-Smith, two metal engravings, and eight wood blocks engraved by Brussel-Smith

F155    Correspondence, 1967-1994

Letters from Bernard and Mildred Brussel-Smith, including engraved Christmas cards

F156    Photographs, 1952-1984

Seven photographs which include the DePols, the Brussel-Smiths, Lew White, Paul Bennett, and Frank Petrocelli

F157    Slides, 1979

52 slides taken during the 1979 trip to Collonges-La-Rouge, France to visit the Brussel-Smiths.  Originally “tray 1”

F158    Slides, 1979

76 slides from the 1979 trip to France, originally “tray 2”

F159    DePol’s “An Appreciation,” 1983

Drafts of DePol’s article about Brussel-Smith

F160    Writing by Brussel-Smith, 1961

“Wood, Tools & Equipment for Artist-Engravers” and “Wood Engraving & Relief Etching for Industry,” two booklets written by Brussel-Smith

F161    Brussel-Smith’s portrait engraving of John DePol, n.d.

Proofs

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

Brussel-Smith, Bernard (cont’d)

30        F162    Engravings by Brussel-Smith, 1983 and n.d.

Includes a signed self-portrait by Brussel-Smith, signed engravings, proofs, and his portrait of Beatrice L. Warde.  Thirteen tools, two wood blocks removed to Box 24, two metal-surface engravings and eight wood block engravings removed to Box 22-23, and two original signed engravings and two printed engravings removed to oversize.

 

Wood blocks and Metal etching – Box 22

Four wooden blocks with incomplete engravings, one labeled: “BBS – from Mildred Dec. 1989 – JD”

Two metal surface etchings: Man fishing and “a portfolio of the work of brussel-smith”

Wood blocks – Box 23

Three wooden blocks, three with engraving incomplete and one with an image transferred but engraving not begun – all unidentified and undated

Wood blocks in wooden box with tools – Box 24 [Lion’s head] for Esquire, ca. 1937 (given to DePol by Burt Carnes) Single rose used by John Anderson, n.d.

F163    Prints of pharmaceutical engravings by Brussel-Smith, n.d.

Pamphlets and cards for various medications, many for Sharp & Dohme, Philadelphia, some removed to oversize Box 66

F164    Printed advertisements with engravings by Brussel-Smith, n.d.

 

F165    Material about Bernard Brussel-Smith, 1952-1989

Includes articles, exhibition programs, price lists for his work and a resume

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

30                    Bucknell University, 1960-1992

F166    Correspondence, 1960-1992

Letters from Ann de Klerk and others regarding DePol’s gifts to Bucknell, an exhibition of his work, “John DePol…Some Garden Accessories,” and a lecture (September 28, 1989).  Also includes the text of the lecture and a program.  Poster announcing the lecture and exhibition removed to oversize Box 66

F167    Photographs, 1964 and n.d.

Twenty-one photographs plus negatives of buildings at Bucknell

F168    Engravings by DePol, 1964-1989

Includes drawings, research images, repros, proofs and prints of DePol’s engravings of the Charles M. & Olive S. Rooke Chapel, The Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, The Observatory, and the Daniel C. Roberts Hall, all buildings on the campus of Bucknell

F169    Printed material from Bucknell, 1961-1989

Annual reports and booklet

31        F170    Buechler, John – University of Vermont, 1986-2001

Correspondence, some regarding the library’s collection of DePol’s work, and Vermont exhibition catalog

 

Bullnettle Press – Asa Peavy, 1988-1999

DePol created engravings for Bullnettle Press (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) and later for Yale University Press and San Francisco Public Library when Peavy moved to jobs at those institutions.

F171    Correspondence, 1988-1993

Includes some printed ephemera

F172    Correspondence, 1994-1999

Includes DePol engravings and letters and printed ephemera from Coriander Reisbord (The Skeptical Press) plus two photographs of an Albion Press at the San Francisco Public Library

F173    Engravings, 1989

Includes drawings and proofs from a Bullnettle Press pressmark and illustrations for Cydney Adams Flesh of Best Intention (1989)

F174    Printed ephemera, 1986-1989

Includes printed engravings by DePol

F175    Bump, James (lutemaker), 1983

Series II.  John DePol working files (cont’d)

31        F176    Burke, Jackson – Mergenthaler Linotype Company and The Foot Press, 1952-                                                1962

Correspondence and engravings by DePol for The Foot Press (including a press mark).  DePol also created “Park Row, New York” engraving for a Christmas card for the Mergenthaler Co. and an engraving depicting Ottmar Mergenthaler and Whitelaw Reid and the linotype machine (1961).

*The Burncoat Press – see Pomeroy, Jane

The Buttonmaker Press – Don Knoepfler, 1982-1994

DePol created engravings for Knoepfler and Buttonmaker Press, including a press mark and illustrations for several books.

F177    Correspondence and woodblocks, 1982-1993

Includes correspondence and printed ephemera, including a copy of The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurber.  The 10 woodblocks engraved by DePol for Buttonmaker which were removed to Box 19 are:

Frontispiece (bears) for Barry Lopez’s Renegotiating the Contracts (1989)

Nine wood blocks for the Buttonmaker edition of Mark Twain’s The Quaker City Holy Land Excursion (1985)

Mark Twain portrait