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Guide to the Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records Guide to the Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records NMAH.AC.0666 Alison Oswald Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 4 Biographical...................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 4 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 5 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 6 Series 1: Organizational Records, 1929-1997......................................................... 6 Series 2: Office Files, 1908-1992............................................................................. 9 Series 3: Typeface Materials, 1904-1991............................................................... 29 Series 4: Licensing Agreements, 1939-1988....................................................... 171 Series 5: International Files, 1956-1989.............................................................. 174 Series 6: Corporate Correspondence and Inter-Office Memoranda, 1968-1994............................................................................................................. 178 Series 7: Variable Input Phototypesetter Products, 1970-1977............................ 189 Series 8: Conferences, 1986-1993...................................................................... 193 Series 9: Executives' Records, 1956-1995.......................................................... 197 Series 10: Sales Materials, 1886-1982................................................................ 212 Series 11: Project Files, 1977-1987..................................................................... 214 Series 12: Xerox Corporation Materials, 1982-1989............................................ 215 Series 13: Adobe Systems Incorporated Materials, 1983-1993........................... 216 Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records NMAH.AC.0666 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records Identifier: NMAH.AC.0666 Date: 1886-1997 Extent: 108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder) Creator: Mergenthaler Linotype Co. Language: The collection is primarily in English, but multiple languages are present. Summary: These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines. Administrative Information Acquisition Information Donated by Mergenthaler Linotype Company in 1998 and 1999. Separated Materials The Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) holds objects related to the Mergenthaler Linotype Company that include books, models, linofilm system, matrices, typecasting and typesetting machine, reports, and letters. See accessions: 1981.1011; GA.22989; GA.22952; GA 22984; GA.22948; GA.22951; 22949; GA.22953; ZZ.RSN85692F20; GA.24877; GA.23057; GA.24582; 1979.0372.1; GA.22988; GA.22950; GA.17070; GA.22947; GA.22959; GA.22961; GA.22986; GA.22987; GA.22955. Related Materials Materials at the Smithsonian Institution Archives Center, National Museum of American History Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Printing and Printers Smithsonian Institution Archives Page 1 of 217 Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records NMAH.AC.0666 Presentation of Mergenthaler Linotype Machine to the National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History. (SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1521]) Smithsonian Trade Literature Collection Mergenthaler Linotype Company catalogs National Postal Museum Ottmar Mergenthaler, postage stamp, 1996. See 1997.2004.49. Smithsonian American Art Museums Ottmar Mergenthaler, sculpture, 1908. See IAS 08650110. National Portrait Gallery Ottmar Mergenthaler, sculpture, 1908. See NPG.79.77. National Museum of African American History and Culture Linotype Machine used by the Chicago Defender Publishing Company, 1902-1906. See NMAAHC-2012.18. Materials at Other Organizations University of Delaware Library, Special Collections Department Mergenthaler Linotype Collection, 1881-1954 Eight linear feet of materials including letters, legal papers, and patents. The collection represents only a limited portion of the company's history. University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center Chauncey Hawley Griffith papers, 1903-1969, undated Primarily of manuscript correspondence, drawings, and proofs that document typefaces designed and developed by Chauncey Hawley Griffith, William Addison Dwiggins, and Rudolph Ruzicka for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company in the early- to mid-twentieth century. Syracuse University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center William Addison Dwiggins Collection, 1927 Typewritten manuscript for an essay written by Dwiggins and related correspondence. University of Maryland, Special Collections William Addision Dwiggins Collection, 1902-1990 Includes over 130 volumes and over 30 pieces of ephemera documenting Dwiggins's design career, as well as works written about him. New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Paul A. Bennett papers, 1925-1966 Page 2 of 217 Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records NMAH.AC.0666 Personal and professional correspondence, research materials, typescripts of writings, and other papers relating to Bennett's career in advertising and his work with the Typophiles. Includes material relating to the Chap Book series, published by the Typophiles. Processing Information The collection was processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018. Preferred Citation Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records, 1886-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Restrictions Collection is open for research. Social Security numbers are present and have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Accruals Approximately .75 cubic foot of material relating to the Mergenthaler Linotype Company was donated by Lawrence Feller, May 24, 2013. Biographical Ottmar Mergenthaler (born May 11, 1854 in Hachtel (today: Bad Mergentheim), Kingdom of Württemberg; died October 28, 1899 in Baltimore, MD) was part of a large wave of German immigrants who sailed to the United States and settled in Baltimore between 1861 and 1910. He arrived in 1872, at eighteen years of age, and started working for his step-cousin August Hahl, who ran a workshop for electrical equipment and patent models. It was during Mergenthaler's time in Hahl's workshop that he first discovered his true passion: print technology. In 1885, thirteen years after landing in the United States, Mergenthaler was awarded a patent for a typesetting machine that eventually became known as the Linotype. The invention was the result of a decade of intense engagement with mechanized typesetting machines and the surrounding literature. The Linotype represented a major milestone in the history of printing, and, by extension, the larger history of Mergenthaler's time. His invention revolutionized the printing industry, making it possible to print faster and more efficiently than ever before. Ultimately, Mergenthaler's Linotype opened a new chapter in the history of mass communication and determined the path of the printing industry for the next century. Mergenthaler Linotype Company was founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. Source Page 3 of 217 Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records NMAH.AC.0666 Tsaniou, Styliani. "Ottmar Mergenthaler." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 3, edited by Giles R. Hoyt. German Historical Institute. Last modified July 26, 2013. http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=42 Scope and Contents The collection documents the development of typefaces and contains some company business records, including reports, memoranda, correspondence, marketing materials, and other business papers; and typeface examples. Arrangement The collection is arranged into 13 series. The series level arrangement scheme was imposed during processing to facilitate a more usable order for the records. Several series documenting typeface were combined into a single series, Series 2: Typefaces. In most instances, original folder titles were retained. In circumstances
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