Guide to the Jerry Kelly Collection of Paper and Cloth Binding Samples

Title:
Jerry Kelly Collection of Paper and Cloth Binding Samples

OCLC No.: 1004236065

 Dates:  
ca. 1980s-2010s

 Extent:
7 boxes

 Abstract:
A collection of paper swatch books and binding cloth samples accrued by Jerry Kelly in the course of his activities as a book designer, calligrapher, type designer, and typographer.

 Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use. Copyright restrictions may apply; please contact repository for requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce the materials.

Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jerry Kelly Collection of Paper and Cloth Binding Samples, ca. 1980s-2010s, The Grolier Club of New York.

About the Finding Aid:
This finding aid was prepared by Meghan Constantinou in Microsoft Word at the Grolier Club, September 2017.

 Provenance:
Items in this collection were accrued by Jerry Kelly in the course of his activities as a book designer, calligrapher, type designer, and typographer. They were stored on the shelves of his office at 80 East 11th Street, New York.                                       

Scope and Content Note:
A collection of paper swatch books and binding cloth samples accrued by Jerry Kelly in the course of his activities as a book designer, calligrapher, type designer, and typographer. Materials were loosely sorted by Kelly into Mohawk and Neenah good quality uncoated papers (used frequently by Kelly); coated and exotic papers, including metallic and translucent; binding materials; older swatch books (ca. 1995-2005); and miscellaneous.

Access Points:
Subjects
Paper industry—20^th century
Paper industry—21^st century
Cloth binding (Bookbinding)—Materials—Specimens
Book covers—Catalogs
Paper—Catalogs
Paper—Specimens

Arrangement Note:
This collection arrived loosely sorted but with no arrangement schema. Materials were kept in the order in which they arrived by the archivist.

This Collection is unprocessed.

Further accruals are expected

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