Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials 1896-1983 (bulk 1916-1940) MS.1986.139
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Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467 617-552-3282 [email protected] http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 4 Biographical note...... 5 Scope and Contents note...... 7 Arrangement note...... 7 Collection Inventory...... 8 Series I: Original artwork...... 8 Series II: Art reproductions...... 18 Series III: Publications...... 22 Series IV: Correspondence...... 26 Series V: Ephemera...... 27
Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials MS.1986.139 - Page 2 - Summary Information
Library Unit Archives and Manuscripts Department
Creator Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
Title Boston College collection of Eric Gill materials
Date [bulk] Bulk, 1916-1940
Date [inclusive] 1896-1983
Extent 28.0 Linear feet (21 boxes and 7 oversize objects)
Language English
Abstract The Eric Gill collection includes sketches, drawings, and engravings by Gill, as well as publications, ephemera, and some correspondence. There are also several woodcut printing blocks, a stone tablet and a plaster block, and rubbings of stone carvings.
Preferred Citation note Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials, MS.1986.139, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
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Publication Information Processed by Jillaire McMillan, August 2000. This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit.
Last Update 2015. New accessions incorporated and description revised by Rowena Clarke and Sarah Nitenson.
Restrictions on access Collection is open for research.
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Provenance Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time.
Related Materials
Separated Materials note Books related to this collection are cataloged separately, and may be found by searching for the local collection name Gill in the library catalog.
Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials MS.1986.139 - Page 4 - Biographical note
Eric Gill was born in Brighton, Sussex on February 22, 1882. His father, the Reverend Arthur Tidman Gill, had recently left the congregational church to join Calvinist Methodist Connexion Church as a minister. Gill’s mother, (Cicely) Rose King, had been a professional light opera singer before her marriage. The family moved to Chichester in 1897, by which time Gill’s father had joined the Anglican Church. Gill enrolled at the Chichester Technical and Art School, where he won a prize for technical drawing and met his future wife, Ethel Hester Moore. In 1900, Gill moved to London to train as an architect but found the profession staid and the experience frustrating. After discovering a passion for calligraphy during evening classes at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, Gill embarked on a career in letter cutting and monumental masonry. He married Ethel in 1904. Gill became quite well-known in London art circles, especially among the more radical and politically-minded groups such as The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and The Art Worker’s Guild. He was an active member of the Fabian Society. However, he remained an outsider figure in these groups and in 1907 he and his family relocated to the countryside, settling in the village of Ditchling, Sussex. During his early years at Ditchling, Gill began to work regularly with stone as a sculptor and became involved with the group of artists associated with Jacob Epstein and Augustus John. In January 1911 Gill had his first solo exhibition of stone carvings at the Chenil Gallery in Chelsea, which was well received and led to a number of commissions. However, Gill was dissatisfied with his success, seeing it as a corruption of his artistic ideals. After converting to Roman Catholicism, Gill moved his family to Ditchling Common, where he aimed to live self-sufficiently on the farmland attached to his new home. Gill received a number of major commissions, one of which was for the stone Stations of the Cross at Westminster Cathedral. Gill, along with his apprentice, Desmond Chute, became lay members of the Dominican Order and Gill’s increasing fame helped to attract similarly-minded Catholics to Ditchling Common, where a Catholic craft community developed. Gill left Ditchling with his family suddenly, and rather acrimoniously, after a dispute over guild finances and his resentment of the relationship between his daughter Betty and David Pepler, the son of his friend Hilary Pepler. From 1924 to 1928, the Gills lived in Capel-y-ffin in the Welsh Black Mountains. It was during this period that Gill designed the typefaces for which he is most remembered: Perpetua, Gill Sans Serif, and Solus. Gill Sans Serif, in particular, had an enormous impact on the development of modern typography. In 1928, the Gills moved to Piggots, five miles from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. There Gill took on a number of large-scale sculptural jobs, including a series of carvings produced for Broadcasting House, the BBC’s headquarters in London. In the 1930s Gill produced a steady stream of books, including: Art and a Changing Civilization (1934), Money and Morals (1934), Work and Leisure (1935), The Necessity of Belief (1936), and Work and Property (1937). Gill’s art had always been controversial, and his representations of sex and the interplay of religion and sexuality caused some outcry. His sculpture of Shakespeare’s Prospero and Ariel at Broadcasting House elicited multiple complaints from the public. Gill’s writing hinted at some of his
Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials MS.1986.139 - Page 5 - more outré philosophies, but the revelation in the 1980s of his complicated, adulterous, and incestuous relationships instigated a critical reassessment of Gill’s life and work. Gill died in Uxbridge on November 17, 1940, from lung cancer after suffering years of declining health. His funeral Mass was held in Piggots before his burial in Speen. Gill’s final works were his autobiography, completed in the summer of 1940, and his unfinished stone altarpiece for Westminster Cathedral, which was finally set in place in 1947.
Brady, Elizabeth A. Eric Gill: Twentieth Century Book Designer. New York: The Scarecrow Press, 1962. "Eric Gill." Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Accessed 30 July 2014. http://www.britannica.com/ EBchecked/topic/233695/Eric-Gill. MacCarthy, Fiona. Eric Gill: A Lover’s Quest for Art and God. New York: Dutton, 1989. MacCarthy, Fiona. “Gill (Arthur), Eric Rownton,(1822 – 1940)” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 -. Accessed October 3, 2014. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33403
Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials MS.1986.139 - Page 6 - Scope and Contents note
The Eric Gill collection consists of original artwork, art reproductions, publications, correspondence, and ephemera. The majority of material relates to Gill's career as a letter-cutter and artist, and the bulk of the collection is artwork. Included are engravings, lettering designs, pencil sketches, photographs, prints, rubbings of headstones and other carvings, sculptures, a stone tablet, and woodcut printing blocks. Publications include works by and about Gill, exhibit announcements and catalogs, and items from presses with which Gill was associated. Correspondence between Gill, his family, and his friends is relatively minimal. Ephemera consists of items related to St. Dominic’s Press. There is also music written by Gill. This collection has research significance for the study of sculpture, typography, Catholicism, and social politics in the early twentieth century, and the Arts and Crafts movement. Descriptions of some artworks are accompanied by a “Physick” number (P#), designated by John Physick in his catalog of Gill’s art for the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged in five series: I. Original artwork; II. Art reproductions; III. Publications; IV. Correspondence; V. Ephemera. Series I. Original artwork is divided into six subseries: A. Engravings; B. Pencil sketches; C. Rubbings; D. Other artwork; E. Artifacts; F. Artwork by others. Series II. Art reproductions is divided into three subseries: A. St. Dominic's Press publications; B. Other publications; C. Miscellaneous reproductions. Series III. Publications is divided into four subseries: A. By Gill; B. About Gill; C. Exhibit announcements and catalogs; D. General publications.
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Series I: Original artwork, 1898-1976, undated
Arrangement note
Series I. Original artwork is divided into six subseries: A. Engravings; B. Pencil sketches; C. Rubbings; D. Other artwork; E. Artifacts; F. Artwork by others. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically, with the exception of Series I. Engravings, which is arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of Gill’s original artwork, including engravings and proofs, sketches, rubbings of carvings, woodcut printing blocks, a sculpture, and an engraved stone tablet. Subjects include biblical, mythical, and pastoral scenes, as well as portraits and still lifes. Many items contain Gill’s annotations in the margins. Descriptions are sometimes accompanied by a “Physick” number (P#), designated by John Physick in his catalog of Gill’s art for the Victoria and Albert Museum. There are also artworks by other artists associated with Gill.
Engravings, 1913-1939, undated
The Trinity with Chalice, (P22), 1913 Box 1 Folder 1
Animals All, (P29), 1914 Box 1 Folder 2
Hog and Wheatsheaf, (P31), 1915 Box 1 Folder 3
Animals All, (P50), 1916 Box 1 Folder 4
Flight into Egypt, (P52), 1916 Box 1 Folder 5
Chalice and Host with Candles, (P53), 1916 Box 1 Folder 6
Chalice and Host with Alpha and Omega, (P54), 1916 Box 1 Folder 7
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Hog in Triangle, (P58), 1916 Box 1 Folder 8
D P and Cross, (P64), 1916 Box 1 Folder 9
Chalice and Host, (P65), 1916 Box 1 Folder 10
Concerning Dragons, (P66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 88), 1916 Box 1 Folder 11
St. Michael and the Dragon, (P66), 1916 Box 1 Folder 11
Child in Bed, (P68), 1916 Box 1 Folder 11
Child and Spectre, (P70), 1916 Box 1 Folder 11
Cantet Nunc Lo, (P75), 1916 Box 1 Folder 12
Madonna and Child with Chalice, (P76), 1916 Box 1 Folder 13
Nativity in Cave, (P79), 1916 Box 1 Folder 14
Christmas Gifts: Dawn, (P81), 1916 Box 1 Folder 15
Madonna and Child, with Gallows, (P82), 1916 Box 1 Folder 16
Christmas Gifts, (P83), 1917 Box 1 Folder 17
Adam and Eve, (P87), 1917 Box 1 Folder 18
Dragon, (P88), 1917 Box 1 Folder 19
Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry the Cross, (P97), Box 1 Folder 19 1917
The Resurrection (2nd State), (P91), 1917 Box 1 Folder 20
Jesus Receives His Cross, (P94), 1917 Box 1 Folder 21
He Falls the First Time, (P95), 1917 Box 1 Folder 22
Veronica Comforts Him, (P98), 1917 Box 1 Folder 23
He Falls a Second Time, (P99), 1917 Box 1 Folder 24
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He Speaks to the Women, (P100), 1917 Box 1 Folder 25
He Falls the Third Time, (P101), 1917 Box 1 Folder 26
He is Stripped of His Garments, (P102), 1917 Box 1 Folder 27
He is Nailed to the Cross, (P103), 1917 Box 1 Folder 28
Jesus Dies on the Cross, (P104), 1917 Box 1 Folder 29
Spray of Leaves, (P108), 1917 Box 1 Folder 30
Stalk with Leaves, (P109), 1917 Box 1 Folder 31
Initial Letter O with Speedwell, (P110), 1917 Box 1 Folder 32
The Holy Face, (P111), 1917 Box 1 Folder 33
Axe and Block, (P135), 1917 Box 1 Folder 34
Flower, (P139), 1918 Box 1 Folder 35
Ascension, (P140), 1918 Box 1 Folder 36
Madonna and Child in Vesica, (P143), 1918 Box 1 Folder 37
Penny Pie, (P144), 1918 Box 1 Folder 38
S D P and Cross, (P145), 1918 Box 1 Folder 39
Welsh Dragon, (P150), 1919 Box 1 Folder 40
Angel Blowing Horn, 1920 Box 1 Folder 41
Hottentot, (P172), 1920 Box 1 Folder 42
Jesus Before Pilate, 1921 Box 20
Clare, (P196), 1922 Box 1 Folder 43
Crown of Thorns, (P252), 1923 Box 1 Folder 35
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Sacred Heart with Arrows, (P253), 1923 Box 1 Folder 44
Elizabeth Gill, (P279), 1924 Box 1 Folder 45
Madonna and Child, (P343), 1925 Box 1 Folder 46
Child in Manger, (P344), 1925 Box 1 Folder 47
Earth Receiving, (P363), 1926 Box 1 Folder 48
Woman with Balloons, (P387), 1926 Box 1 Folder 49
Woman Bending, (P388), 1926 Box 1 Folder 50
Nativity, (P479), 1927 Box 1 Folder 51
Child with Letter T as Crucifix, (P487), 1927 Box 1 Folder 52
Angel Holding a Book, (P501), 1928 Box 1 Folder 53
Spray of Seven Leaves and Flower Bud, (P509), 1928 Box 1 Folder 54
Woman Climbing Floreated Phallus, (P510), 1928 Box 1 Folder 54
Man Waving Eight-Leaved Spray, (P529), 1928 Box 1 Folder 55
Man Waving Ten-Leaved Spray, (P530), 1928 Box 1 Folder 55
Youth Blowing Kiss, (P531), 1928 Box 1 Folder 56
Girl All Agog, (P532), 1928 Box 1 Folder 56
The Prioress's Tale, (P588), 1929 Box 1 Folder 57
Ecce Tu Pulchra Es, (P614), 1929 Box 1 Folder 58
Belle Sauvage IV, (P623), 1929 Box 1 Folder 59
Sculpture, No. 1, (P628), 1930 Box 1 Folder 60
Death at Foot of Tree, (P632), 1930 Box 1 Folder 61
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Three Men Hanged, (P633), 1930 Box 1 Folder 61
Naked Girl in Spray, (P638, 639), 1930 Box 1 Folder 62
Girl in Spray, Black Petticoat, (P640), 1930 Box 1 Folder 63
Young Man in Spray, Black Petticoat, (P641), 1930 Box 1 Folder 63
Blind Old Man at Foot of Tree, (P644), 1930 Box 1 Folder 64
Young Wife Looking Up to Lover in Tree, (P645), 1930 Box 1 Folder 64
Naked Girl in Spray, (P646, 647), 1930 Box 1 Folder 65
Wife of Baths Tale: Prologue, (P650), 1930 Box 1 Folder 66
The Summoner's Tale, (P654), 1930 Box 1 Folder 67
The Merchant's Tale, (P657), 1930 Box 1 Folder 68
Boy About to Climb Tree, (P658), 1930 Box 1 Folder 69
Bird on Bough with Parson's Hat On, (P687), 1930 Box 1 Folder 70
Frightened Young Man with What He Wanted in a Cage, Box 1 Folder 70 (P688), 1930
Clothes for Special Parts, (P718), 1930 Box 1 Folder 71
Tree and Dog, (P733), 1931 Box 1 Folder 72
Vesica with Devil's Serpent with Initial Letter A (P765, Box 1 Folder 73 766, 767), 1931
Christ and the Leper, (P769), 1931 Box 1 Folder 74
Hamlet and the Ghost, (P833), 1932 Box 1 Folder 75
Hamlet Prince of Denmark, (P838), 1932 Box 1 Folder 79
The Play Scene, Hamlet, (P845), 1932 Box 1 Folder 77
"I am set naked on your kingdom," Hamlet, (P846), 1932 Box 1 Folder 78
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Head of Lion and a Motto, (P848), 1932 Box 1 Folder 79
Man and Woman in a Garden, from The Sonnets of Box 1 Folder 80 William Shakespeare, (P852), 1933
The Lord's Song, (P856), 1934 Box 1 Folder 81
St. Matthew, (P862), 1934 Box 1 Folder 82
Babe on Bough, (P874), 1934 Box 2 Folder 1
Eve, (P885), 1935 Box 2 Folder 2
Christmas Card, (P896), 1935 Box 2 Folder 3
The Green Ship (double title page), (P898, 899), 1936 Box 2 Folder 4
Man Swimming, from The Green Ship, (P900), 1936 Box 2 Folder 5
Woman Asleep, from The Green Ship, (P901), 1936 Box 2 Folder 6
Mr. Scribner, from The Green Ship, (P902), 1936 Box 2 Folder 7
Woman Diving, from The Green Ship, (P903), 1936 Box 2 Folder 8
Mr. Brown, from The Green Ship, (P904), 1936 Box 2 Folder 9
The Dying Patriot, from The Green Ship, (P905), 1936 Box 2 Folder 10
Woman Looking Through Foliage, (P907), 1936 Box 2 Folder 11
Christ Seated, (P918), 1936 Box 2 Folder 12
Rahere, (P964), 1937 Box 2 Folder 13
At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners, (P977), 1938 Box 2 Folder 14
Man and Woman Embracing, (P979), 1938 Box 2 Folder 15
Moneychangers, (P983), 1938 Box 2 Folder 16
Dove with Olive, League of Nations Union Stamp, Box 2 Folder 17 (P986), 1939
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Gentleman in a Victorian Parlor, undated Box 2 Folder 18
Mother Nursing Child, undated Box 2 Folder 19
Unidentified woodcut, Nude Woman, undated Box 2 Folder 20
Pencil sketches, 1898-1940, undated
Ball Headstone, undated Box 2 Folder 21
Branch with Leaves ("Chichester under Catt"), 1898 Box 8 Folder 1
Christ, undated Box 2 Folder 22
Christ on Cross, undated Box 2 Folder 23
Church Candlesticks, 1937 Box 8 Folder 2
Crucifixion, framed; "H W church (altar)", 1939 Oversize 1
Crucifixion, undated Box 2 Folder 25
Drawing, figure study; framed, undated Oversize 2
Drawing, study of foot, undated Oversize 3
Female nudes, 1934 Box 2 Folder 27
Figure study, female; framed, undated Oversize 4
Figure study, two nude torsos; framed, 1916 Oversize 7
Inscription Over Doorway at Ablington Manor, undated Box 2 Folder 28
Mother and Child, 1920 Box 2 Folder 30
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Stoke Prior Church proposed hexagonal candlesticks, Box 7 Folder 2 1940
Stone Ledger in Jevington Churchyard, 1911 Box 2 Folder 31
Rubbings, undated
Crucifix (black background), undated Box 7 Folder 3
Crucifix (black background, pencil sketches in top Box 7 Folder 4 corner), undated
Crucifix (white background), undated Box 7 Folder 5
Crucifix from Eric Gill's coffin, undated Box 7 Folder 6
Dog, undated Box 7 Folder 7
Headstone: Ane Lorster, undated Box 8 Folder 3
Headstone: Eleaner Peckham, undated Box 8 Folder 4
Headstone: Lucy daughter of Jonathan Stevens, undated Box 8 Folder 5
Headstone: Mr. Morgan Dove, undated Box 8 Folder 6
Headstone: Mr. William Bradbridge, undated Box 8 Folder 7
Headstone: Mrs. Ann Churchill, undated Box 8 Folder 8
Headstone: Samuel son of Ellis Bartlett, undated Box 7 Folder 8
Headstone: Sarah Kelleway, undated Box 7 Folder 9
Headstone: Thomas Whitefeild, undated Box 7 Folder 10
Headstone: William Peckham, undated Box 8 Folder 9
Madonna nursing child, undated Box 8 Folder 10
Men wrestling (black background), undated Box 8 Folder 11
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Men wrestling (white background), undated Box 8 Folder 12
Oxford St., street sign or headstone: Joseph Blake, Box 8 Folder 13 undated
Siste Viator (3), undated Box 8 Folder 14
Woman in fetal position, undated Box 7 Folder 11
Woman on one knee, undated Box 7 Folder 12
Woman's profile (partial), undated Box 7 Folder 13
Other artwork, 1906, 1926, undated
A collection of 19 original designs for 5 line capital Box 2 Folder 24 letters, pen and ink on paper, 1906
E. G.: Influenza, photographs, 1926 Box 2 Folder 26
Lettering design: "The Ancients held there to be...", pen Box 8 Folder 15 and ink on paper, undated
Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, reproduction, undated Box 2 Folder 29
Silhouette of clothed woman, pen and ink on paper, Box 8 Folder 16 undated
Artifacts, 1908-1938, undated
Alphabet lettering, plaster block in frame, 1909 Oversize 5
Emitte et renovabis, stone tablet, undated Oversize 6
Sculpture woodcut printing block, boxed with Sculpture Volume by Eric Gill, 1924 1
Christmas Card (P8), woodcut printing block, 1908 Box 9
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The Trinity With Chalice (P22), woodcut printing block, Box 10 1914
Spoil Bank Crucifix, with Chapel (P156), woodcut Box 11 printing block, 1919
St. Bernadette (P381), woodcut printing block, 1926 Box 12
No Wild Beast Shall Dismay Me (P494), The Song of the Box 13 Soul, woodcut printing block, 1927
Pigotts Roads (P556), woodcut printing block, 1928 Box 14
Sculpture No. 2 (P629), experiment with a multiple tool, Box 15 woodcut printing block, 1930
The Temptation (P800), The Four Gospels, woodcut Box 16 printing block, 1931
Crest: Mailed Hand Holding a Fleur-De-Lis (P884), Box 17 bookplate for Gerald Stephen Hughes, woodcut printing block, 1938
Initial Letter I (P974), Twenty-five Nudes, woodcut Box 18 printing block, 1938
The Invisible Man (P273), engraving on zinc, metal plate, Box 19 1924
Crucifix (P506), Art and Prudence, engraving on copper, Box 19 metal plates, 1928
Wooden stand for printing block, undated Box 21
Artwork by others, 1930-1976, undated
Anonymous. Capital letters, A, C, G, T, T, proofs, Box 2 Folder 32 undated
Coster, Howard. Photograph of Gill, undated Box 7 Folder 14
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Coughlin, Jack and Moser, Barry. Wood engraving of Box 7 Folder 15 Gill, 1976
Chute, Desmond. Christ Crucified, India ink drawing, Box 2 Folder 33 undated
Chute, Desmond. Holy Family, proof wood engraving, Box 2 Folder 33 undated
Friend, George. Ex Libris Clare Adams, engraved Box 2 Folder 34 bookplate, 1931
Friend, George. St. Raphael, copper-engraved design, Box 2 Folder 34 1930s
Holloway, Edgar. Capel-y-Ffin, pencil drawing and Box 7 Folder 16 postcard, 1945
Kennington, Eric. War memorial sculpture, undated Box 7 Folder 17
Kindersley, David. Et Alias Oves Habeo Quae Non Box 2 Folder 35 Sunt..., photograph of inscription, 1936
Tegetmeier, Denis. A Journey from This World to the Box 2 Folder 36 Next, engraving, 1930
Series II: Art reproductions, 1915-1981, undated
Arrangement note
Series II. Art reproductions is divided into three subseries: A. Publications by St. Dominic’s Press; B. Publications by Other Presses; C. Miscellaneous Reproductions. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents note
This series contains examples of Gill’s works in various media, such as advertisements, book plates, Christmas cards, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, postcards, and stamps. Subjects are mainly religious in nature. Descriptions are sometimes accompanied by a “Physick” number, designated by John
Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials MS.1986.139 - Page 18 - Physick in his catalog of Gill’s art for the Victoria and Albert Museum. Dates refer to the date of the reproduction rather than to the date of the original artwork.
St. Dominic's Press publications, 1916-1924, undated
Adeste Fideles: A Christmas Hymn, (P72-76), 1916 Box 2 Folder 37
The Apostles Calendar, 1923 Box 2 Folder 38
Autumn Midnight, 1923 Box 2 Folder 39
Broad sheet No. 1 "The Dressmaker", 1920 Box 2 Folder 40
Broad sheet No. 2 "A Carol", 1920 Box 2 Folder 41
Broad sheet No. 3 "A Carol", 1920 Box 2 Folder 42
Calendars, 1922-1923 Box 2 Folder 43
Child Mediums, 1923 Box 2 Folder 44
Christmas Gifts, 1923 Box 2 Folder 45
Concerning Dragons, (P64, 66-70, 88, 142, 145, 150), Box 2 Folder 46 1923
Emblems Engraved on Wood by Eric Gill, (P36-38, 40, Box 2 Folder 47 42-43, 46-47), 1916
Happy Christmas, (P48, 158), 1919 Box 2 Folder 48
Holy Night, 1919 Box 2 Folder 49
A May Day Garland, 1920 Box 2 Folder 50
Nisi Dominus, 1919 Box 2 Folder 51
The Order of the Burial of the Dead, 1917 Box 2 Folder 52
Poor Man's Pence, 1917 Box 2 Folder 53
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Ritus Servandus in Benedictione, 1919 Box 2 Folder 54
Sculpture: An Essay on Stone-cutting with a Preface Box 8 Folder 17 about God, title page and two male figure images, 1924
Serving at Mass, 1916 Box 2 Folder 55
Song of the Dressmaker, 1923 Box 3 Folder 1
The Song of the Dressmaker, undated Box 3 Folder 2
Vivis, undated Box 3 Folder 3
The Way of the Cross, 1917 Box 3 Folder 4
Welfare Handbook No. 1, Health, 1919 Box 3 Folder 5
Welfare Handbook No. 2, Town Planning, 1919 Box 3 Folder 6
Welfare Handbook No. 3, Riches, 1919 Box 3 Folder 7
Welfare Handbook No. 4, Woes, 1919 Box 3 Folder 8
Welfare Handbook No. 5, Birth Control, 1919 Box 3 Folder 9
Welfare Handbook No. 6, Commerce, 1919 Box 3 Folder 10
Welfare Handbook No. 7, Dress, 1921 Box 3 Folder 11
Welfare Handbook No. 9, Missions, 1922 Box 3 Folder 12
Welfare Handbook No. 10, War Memorial, 1923 Box 3 Folder 13
Other publications, 1915-1934
The Devil's Devices, (P36-47), 1915 Box 3 Folder 14
Initial Letters Etc. Engraved by Eric Gill, 1929 Box 3 Folder 15
"The Lost Child," (P855), 1934 Box 3 Folder 16
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Orate Fratres, 1927 Box 3 Folder 17
The Story of How Amnon Ravished His Sister Thamar, Box 3 Folder 18 1930
Miscellaneous reproductions, 1925-1981, undated
Ampleforth College Library, bookplate, (P832), 1932 Box 3 Folder 19
Animals All (1916), Christmas card, (P50), undated Box 3 Folder 20
The Betrayal, postcard, (P351), undated Box 3 Folder 21
Bookplates (2), undated Box 3 Folder 22
Chalice and Host with Alpha and Omega, 1st Communion Box 3 Folder 23 Card, (P54), 1938
Child with T as Crucifix, Christmas card, (P487), Box 3 Folder 24 undated
Christmas card, undated Box 3 Folder 25
Distributist League public meeting, broadside, undated Box 7 Folder 18
Drawing of a Young Boy, undated Box 3 Folder 26
Emitte Spiritum Et Creabuntur, photographs, 1932 Box 3 Folder 27
Good Shepherd, photographic print of proof, (P397), Box 3 Folder 28 undated
Jesus Meets His Mother, photograph, (P96), undated Box 3 Folder 29
The Labour Woman, newspaper article, 1925 Box 3 Folder 30
League of Nation stamps, 1939 Box 3 Folder 31
Lovers, from Troilus and Criseyde, postcard, (P408), Box 3 Folder 32 undated
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Madonna and Child with an Angel: Madonna Knitting, Box 3 Folder 33 Christmas card, (P60), undated
The Nativity, Christmas card, (P795), undated Box 3 Folder 34
Nude Boy on a Branch, bookplate, (P886), undated Box 3 Folder 35
Prospectus of a Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Box 7 Folder 19 Porcelain by R. L. Hobson, with designs by Eric Gill, 1933
The Re-creation of Man, bookplate, 1930 Box 3 Folder 36
St. Mark, Christmas card, (P870), undated Box 3 Folder 37
Samples of Gill's type design, undated Box 3 Folder 38
Sculptures, photographs, undated Box 3 Folder 39
Spoil Bank Crucifix, on An Appeal, (P157), undated Box 3 Folder 40
The Stations of the Cross, postcards, (P93-106), 1981 Box 3 Folder 41
Three Martlets, advertisement, (P28), undated Box 3 Folder 42
Tree and Burin, on flier, (P189), undated Box 3 Folder 43
Tree and Dog, (P734), 1931 Box 3 Folder 44
Virgin and Child, (P980), undated Box 3 Folder 45
Series III: Publications, 1896-1983, undated
Arrangement note
Series III. Publications contains four subseries: A. By Eric Gill; B. About Gill; C. Exhibit Announcements and Catalogs; D. General Publications. Each subseries is arranged alpabetically.
Scope and Contents note
Boston College Collection of Eric Gill Materials MS.1986.139 - Page 22 - This series includes works written by Gill, about Gill by others, exhibit announcements and catalogs of his work, and works printed by presses affiliated with Gill. Gill’s writings mainly consist of essays, articles, forewords, and lectures. Subjects include art, religion, politics, and labor issues.
By Gill, 1920-1982, undated
All That England Stands For, undated Box 4 Folder 1
"The Artist and Book Production," in Fine Print, 1982 Box 4 Folder 2
"Caelum Et Terra Transibunt", 1972 Box 4 Folder 3
"Dress" in Blackfriars, 1920 Box 4 Folder 4
Foreword to The Evolution of Peace, undated Box 4 Folder 5
Foreword to a Treatise Upon the Craft of Wood Box 4 Folder 6 Engraving, 1967
"The Human Person and Society", 1940 Box 4 Folder 7
The Liverpool First Edition Club Catalogue, foreword, Box 4 Folder 8 1930
Money and Morals, excerpt, 1934 Box 4 Folder 9
The Palestine Diary, extracts, 1949 Box 4 Folder 10
Sculpture and the Living Model, 1932 Box 4 Folder 11
Stations of the Cross, undated Box 4 Folder 12
The Stations of the Cross, 1944 Box 4 Folder 13
Trousers and the Most Precious Ornament, 1937 Box 4 Folder 14
Unemployment, 1933 Box 4 Folder 15
Unholy Trinity, 1938 Box 4 Folder 16
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"Work and Culture," lecture, 1938 Box 4 Folder 17
About Gill, 1918-1983
"The Art of Eric Gill" in The Commonwealth, 1925 Box 4 Folder 18
The Art of Lettering and Its Use in Divers Crafts and Box 4 Folder 19 Trades, 1931
Beauty Looks After Herself, advertisement, 1963 Box 4 Folder 20
Capel-y-Ffin School Prospectus (4), 1937 Box 4 Folder 21
Cards at the time of Gill's death, 1940 Box 4 Folder 22
A Day in the Life of Eric Gill, Stonecutter, 1982 Box 4 Folder 23
The Diuturnity of Eric Gill, 1959 Box 4 Folder 24
The Engravings of Eric Gill, publisher's announcements, Box 4 Folder 25 1982-1983
Eric Gill, 1954 Box 4 Folder 26
"Eric Gill" in Good Work, 1966 Box 5 Folder 1
Eric Gill: A Catalogue of His Works, 1983 Box 5 Folder 2
"Eric Gill: The Man and the Maker" in Good Work, 1964 Box 5 Folder 3
Eric Gill: Stone Carver, Wood Engraver, Typographer, Box 5 Folder 4 Writer, 1979
"Eric Gill's Coin Drawings" in Good Work, 1961 Box 5 Folder 5
"Eric Gill's Story of His Life", 1941 Box 5 Folder 6
Fine Print: Eric Gill Centenary Issue, 1982 Box 5 Folder 7
A Letter about Eric Gill, 1950 Box 5 Folder 8
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Trumpington War Memorial: Ceremony of Unveiling and Box 5 Folder 9 Dedication, 1921
The Village Cross: Briantspuddle, 1918 Box 5 Folder 10
Exhibit announcements and catalogs, 1935-1982
1935 Exhibition: Artists Against Fascism and War, Box 5 Folder 11 London, 1935
Christmas Exhibition, Libraries of U. C. Berkeley, 1969 Box 5 Folder 12
"Eric Gill," David Paul Gallery, 1982 Box 5 Folder 13
"Eric Gill Centenary Celebration," Spode Conference Box 5 Folder 14 Centre, 1982
"Eric Gill: Drawings and Carvings", 1982 Box 5 Folder 15
"Eric Gill as Type Designer and Book Illustrator," Box 5 Folder 16 Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1975
"The Illustrators of Golden Cockerel Press," Studio One Box 5 Folder 17 Gallery, 1978
A Keepsake for the Guests at the Opening of An Box 5 Folder 18 Exhibition of the Work of Eric Gill, Master of Lettering, Monotype House, 1958
The Monotype Recorder (commemorating exhibition at Box 5 Folder 19 Monotype House), 1958
Printed by Hague and Gill: A checklist prepared in Box 5 Folder 20 conjunction with the exhibit "A Responsible Workman," UCLA Library, 1982
The Society of Printers, 1971 Box 5 Folder 21
Society of Typographic Arts and the Newberry Library, Box 5 Folder 22 1949
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"A Tribute to Eric Gill," Studio One Gallery, 1976 Box 5 Folder 23
"The Word Into Flesh: The Art of Eric Gill," from the Box 5 Folder 24 Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection, 1982
General publications, 1896-1980, undated
Almanach des Postes et des Telegraphes, 1927 Box 5 Folder 25
Charterhouse Oxford and Cambridge Atlas, 1896 Box 5 Folder 26
Crashaw, Richard. Musicks Duell, 1935 Box 5 Folder 27
Lethaby, W.R. About Beauty, 1927 Box 5 Folder 28
Paulson, Mary. Primitive Garments, 1980 Box 5 Folder 29
Pope Pius XI. The Social Order, 1931 Box 5 Folder 30
Publications by Hague and Gill, 1932-1947, undated Box 5 Folder 31
Publications by St. Dominic's Press, 1916, 1919, Box 6 Folder 1 1930-1934
Royal Sion, 1950 Box 6 Folder 2
Series IV: Correspondence, 1907-1959, undated
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of letters, postcards, and Christmas cards between Gill, his family, and his friends and associates. Also included is some correspondence of Gill’s close friend, H. D. C. Pepler.
Postcards from Gill to family and friends, 1907-1939 Box 6 Folder 3
Letters from H. D. C. Pepler to R. Hunter Middleton, Box 6 Folder 4 1924-1925, 1934
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Postcards to Gill and his wife, 1928-1930 Box 6 Folder 5
Invitations from the Dominican Fathers, 1929 Box 6 Folder 6
Letter from H. D. C. Pepler to Mr. Glenn, 1930 Box 6 Folder 7
Correspondence from Gill, 1932-1940, undated Box 6 Folder 8
Christmas cards, 1934-1959 Box 6 Folder 9
Letter from Stanley Spencer to Mrs. Eric Gill, 1953 Box 6 Folder 10
Note to Gill accompanying an anonymous woodcut of Box 6 Folder 11 Eve and the serpent in Eden, undated
Series V: Ephemera, 1924-1926, undated
Scope and Contents note
Ephemera includes business cards, letterhead, and receipts associated with St. Dominic’s Press, as well as music written by Gill.
Business cards, probably printed by Pepler (St. Dominic's Box 6 Folder 12 Press), undated
Letterheads, probably printed by Pepler (St. Dominic's Box 6 Folder 13 Press), undated
Music notes, undated Box 6 Folder 14
St. Dominic's Press receipts, press packing label, Box 6 Folder 15 1924-1926
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