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Oscar Ogg (addition 4)

 Series

Content Description

From the Collection:

Addition 4 to MSS 11995 contains newspaper & advertisement clippings, periodicals (The Christmas Reader and The Committee for italic Handwriting Newsletter, book reviews by Oscar Ogg, book cover mock-ups, ink & water color drawings, illustrations of calligraphy, and correspondence. Included are “typofile” and italic scripts handwriting. There is personal information including Squire Ogg’s grade school report on the human body & one piece of art, one small notebook, religious art, photographs and photograph albums.

Addition 5 to MSS 11995 Oscar Ogg papers contains five oversize items: a pencil graphic design sketch with a slogan on advertising in 1950 and the heart of America; a poster that chronicles some of the changes and developments with machines in the areas of papermaking, printing, type casting and setting, and stereotyping, along with a handwritten memorandum note from The New York Times Index; a print of selections from Orlando by Virginia Woolf; a print of a poem on yellow roses by an unknown author; and a print of a quote by Rabbi Liebman. Various artwork, photographs, clippings, and papers related to Oscar Ogg's work and family life. Articles about calligraphy and teaching children calligraphy.

Dates

  • Creation: 1936 - 1967

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

From the Collection: .2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States