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Guide to the William and Lillian Glaser Papers, 1924-1961


Ax 874





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Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
 
Collection Number:
 

Ax 874
 
Creator:
 

Glaser, William C. D.Glaser, Lillian Gerard
 
Title:
 

William and Lillian Glaser Papers
 
Dates:
 

1924-1961 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

90 linear ft. (65 containers
 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

William and Lillian Glaser were printers of children's books, who worked closely with illustrators to achieve superior reproductions. The collection includes the business memos, invoices, correspondence, working material, original artwork, dummies, proof sheets, publications of the books and pamphlets they printed, as well as financial records of the publishers, authors, and illustrators for whom they worked.
 

Biographical Note

The Glasers, William C. D and Lillian Gerard ran a mid-twentieth century printing business on Long Island. William Glaser, later joined by his wife Lillian, a longtime assistant to F. N. Doubleday, founded the business. The prevailing concern of the Glasers was to produce top quality reproductions in print for the artists with whom they worked.

Content Description

The Glaser collection includes the business memos, invoices, correspondence, working material, original artwork, dummies, proof sheets, publications of the books and pamphlets they printed, as well as financial records of the publishers, authors, and illustrators for whom they worked. It is organized by book title, so that related materials including business documents and correspondence will be listed according to its manuscript.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into the following series:

Series: Books and Related Materials

Series: Periodicals

Series: Correspondence

Series: Commercial Job Order Files

Series: Billing Files and Records

Series: Miscellany

Series: Oversized Art

Administrative Information

Processing Note 

Collection processed by Nancy Farmer, Sandra Lebow, and Cheryl Roffe, Manuscripts Processors, October 1980.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], William and Lillian Glaser Papers, Ax 874, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
Printers--United States--Correspondence
Publishers and publishing--Correspondence
Women printers--United States
Book illustrations
Mock-ups

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Books and Related Materials
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1		 folder
1
Abraham Lincoln. Text and drawings by James Daugherty. Business memos, invoices, correspondence.
   1942-1958
 
2
Abraham Lincoln. Working material
  
 
3
Abraham Lincoln. Dummy
  
 
4
Abraham Lincoln. Cut up press sheets
   1943 edition
 
5
Abraham Lincoln. Cut up press sheets
   1958 edition
 
6
Abraham Lincoln. Margin and press layouts
  
 
7
Abraham Lincoln. Unbound book
  
 
8
Abraham Lincoln. Autographed by the author
   1943
 
9
The Adventures of Misha. By Sergei Rosanov. Translated by Ivy Low. Illustrations by Alexander Mogilevsky. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1937-1947
 
10
The Adventures of Misha. Working Material
  
 
11
The Adventures of Misha. Working Dummy
  
 
12
The Adventures of Misha. Dummy
  
 
13
The Adventures of Misha. Book
   1938
 
14
Ali the Camel. Text and drawings by Rhea Wells. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1931-1958
 
15
Ali the Camel. Working Material
  
 
16
Ali the Camel. Book. First edition
   1931
 
17-18
All Men are Enemies. Written by Richard Aldington. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Typed manuscript. Incomplete
  
 
19
All Men are Enemies. Manuscript corrected with additions
  
 
20
All Men are Enemies. Related correspondence
   1932
 
2 1-2
America Sings: Stories and Songs of Our Country's Growing. Collected and told by Carl Carmer. Arranged by Edwin John Stringham. Illustrated by Elizabeth Black Carmer. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1942-1956
 
3-4
America Sings: Stories and Songs of Our Country's Growing. Working material
  
 
5
America Sings: Stories and Songs of Our Country's Growing. Dummies. Folded Pages
  
 
6
America Sings: Stories and Songs of Our Country's Growing. Dummies with original tempera/watercolor illustration
  
 
7
America Sings: Stories and Songs of Our Country's Growing. Working Dummy
  
 
8
America Sings: Stories and Songs of Our Country's Growing. Unbound book and miscellaneous pages
  
 
9
An American ABC. By Maud and Miska Petersham. Books, three copies
   1941
 
10
An American ABC. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1941-1960
 
11
An American ABC. Working material
  
 
12
An American ABC. Publicity Illustrations
  
 
13
An American ABC. Working Dummy
  
 
14
An American ABC. Original black-line illustrations, including red key lines: Jacket Design; Title Page; Jacket back; Initials with illustrations
  
 
15-16
America's Stamps. By Maud and Miska Petersham. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1946-1960
 
3 1
America's Stamps. Working materials
  
 
2
America's Stamps. Working dummy
  
 
3
America's Stamps. Book. Inscribed by authors. Two Copies
   1947
 
4
America's Stamps. Book with holographic corrections
   1947
 
5
America's Stamps. Book
   1947
 
6
Andy and Polly. By Rhea Wells. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1930-1942
 
7
Andy and Polly. Working material
  
 
8
Andy and Polly. Book
   1931
 
9
Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki. By Maud and Miska Petersham. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1932-1957
 
10
Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki. Working material, including galleys
  
 
11
Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki. Jacket and cover layout deigns and illustrations: Cover illustration of Miki offering Auntie a bouquet of flowers. Pencil and colored pencil; Jacket back. Flowering strawberry plant. Color pencil and pencil; Jacket back. Ink version; Layout design notes
  
 
12
Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki. Title page illustrations and paste up: Title page. Stenciled flowers; Title page. Ink and colored pencil; Title page. Paste up
  
 
13
Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki. Working dummy. Hale edition
  
 
14
Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki. Book. First edition
   1932
 
18
Bamboo, the Grass Tree and Coconut, the Wonder Tree. Jacket design and layout plans. Tempera
  
 
19
Bamboo, the Grass Tree. Working dummy
  
 
20
Bamboo, the Grass Tree. Dummy
  
 
21
Bamboo, the Grass Tree. Book
   1942
 
22
Coconut, the Wonder Tree. Book
   1942
 
23
Banana Tree House. By Phyllis Garrard. Illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1937-1949
 

Banana Tree House. Working material
  
 

Banana Tree House. Working dummy
  
 

Banana Tree House. Book. Two copies
   1938
 
4 1
Beachcomber Bobbie. By Florence Bourgeois. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1935-1942
 
2
Beachcomber Bobbie. Working materials
  
 
3
Beachcomber Bobbie. Galleys
  
 
4
Beachcomber Bobbie. Book
   1935
 
5
Bible Children: Stories from the Bible. Selected by Blanche Jennings Thompson. Illustrated by Kate Seredy. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1936-1958
 
6
Bible Children: Stories from the Bible. Working material
  
 
7
Bible Children: Stories from the Bible. Working dummy
  
 
8
Bible Children: Stories from the Bible. Press sheets. Two editions
  
 
9
Bible Children: Stories from the Bible. First edition. Protestant and Catholic version
  
 
10
Billy in Search of a Tail. By Nina Butler. Illustrated by Roberta Asseln. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1938-1952
 
11
Billy in Search of a Tail. Working materials
  
 
12
Billy in Search of a Tail. Photostat negatives
  
 
13
Billy in Search of a Tail. Book
  
 
14
A Bird in Hand. By Maud and Miska Petersham. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1938-1957
 
15
A Bird in Hand. Working material
  
 
16
A Bird in Hand. Illustration overlays
  
 
17
A Bird in Hand. Illustration overlays
  
 
18
A Bird in Hand. Illustration overlays
  
 
19
A Bird in Hand. Original illustrations
  
 
20
A Bird in Hand. Books. MacMillan: First printing. Hale: Cadmus edition
   1951
 
21
Black Face. By Thelma Harrington Bell. Illustrations by Corydon Bell. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1930-1958
 
22
Black Face. Working material
  
 
23
Black Face. Working dummy
  
 
24
Black Face. Press sheets, cut
  
 
25
Black Face. Books. First edition, Doubleday 1931. Cadmus edition
  
 
26
The Blue-Eyed Lady. By Fernac Molnar. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1942-1957
 
27
The Blue-Eyed Lady. Working material
  
 
28
The Blue-Eyed Lady. Working dummy
  
 
29
Boat Children of Canton. By Marion B. Ward. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1943-1956
 
30
Boat Children of Canton. Working material
  
 
31
Boat Children of Canton. Working dummy
  
 
32
Boat Children of Canton. Original illustrations, rough drafts. Pencil and tempera
  
 
33
Boat Children of Canton. Book. First edition. David McKay company
   1944
 
5 1
A Book of Garden Flowers. By Margaret McKenny. Illustrated by Edith F. Johnston. New York, MacMillan, 1940. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1940-1958
 
2
A Book of Garden Flowers. Working material
  
 
3
A Book of Garden Flowers. Publicity circulars
  
 
4
A Book of Garden Flowers. Working dummies, two versions
  
 
5
A Book of Garden Flowers. Illustration proof sheets, cut. Full color
  
 
6
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. New York, Macmillan, 1958. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1941-1961
 
7
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Working material
  
 
8
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Working dummy with paste-in
  
 
9
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Working dummy with paste-in, incomplete
  
 
10-11
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Press sheets, several runs
  
 
12
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Press sheets with endpapers and jackets
  
 
13
A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfinch's Age of Fable. Book. 1942 edition
  
 
14
The Book of Nah-Wee. By Grace and Carl Moon. N.Y. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1932. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1931-1957
 
15
The Book of Nah-Wee. Working material
  
 
16
The Book of Nah-Wee. Press sheets, with end sheets
  
 
17
The Book of Nah-Wee. Books. First edition, 1932. Cadmus edition
  
 
6 1
A Book of Wayside Fruits. By Margaret McKenny and Edith F. Johnston. New York, Macmillan, 1945. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1942-1958
 
2
A Book of Wayside Fruits. Working material
  
 
3
A Book of Wayside Fruits. Dummies, paste-in pictures and text
  
 
4
A Book of Wayside Fruits. Press sheets, cut, with jackets and endpapers
  
 
5
A Book of Wayside Fruits. Book. First edition, 1946
  
 
6-7
A Book of Wild Flowers. By Margaret McKenny and Edith F. Johnston. New York, Macmillan, 1939. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1937-1958
 
8
A Book of Wild Flowers. Working material
  
 
9
A Book of Wild Flowers. Circular proofs
  
 
10
A Book of Wild Flowers. Working dummy
  
 
11
A Book of Wild Flowers. Dummy, paste-in pictures and text
  
 
12
A Book of Wild Flowers. Press sheets, cut, with jackets
  
 
13
A Book of Wild Flowers. Book. 1939 edition
  
 
14-15
The Box with Red Wheels. By Maud and Miska Petersham. New York, Macmillan, 1949. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1948-1960.
 
16
The Box with Red Wheels. Working material
  
 
17
The Box with Red Wheels. Circular proofs
  
 
18
The Box with Red Wheels. Working dummy
  
 
19
The Box with Red Wheels. Press sheets, cut, with hard cover and pencil notations
  
 
20
The Box with Red Wheels. Press sheets, cut
  
 
21
The Box with Red Wheels. Book. 1949 edition
  
 
22
Breakfast with Clowns. By Rosalie Slocum. New York, Viking Press, 1937. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1935-1953
 
23
Breakfast with Clowns. Working material
  
 
24
Breakfast with Clowns. Galleys
  
 
25
Breakfast with Clowns. Books. 1937 edition. Cadmus edition
  
 
7 1
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Selected by Wilhelmina Harper. Illustrated by Vera Neville. Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1941. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1940-1951
 
2
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Working material
  
 
3
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Working dummies. Original rough sketches
  
 
4
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Dummy, paste-in pictures and text
  
 
5
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Illustration overlays
  
 
6
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Press sheets, cut, with jackets, endpapers and circulars
  
 
7
Brownie of the Circus and Other Stories of Today. Book. First edition, 1941
  
 
8
Buddy the Bear. Written and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. New York, Coward-McCann, 1936. Business memos, invoices, correspondence
   1936-1949
 
9
Buddy the Bear. Working material