Warren Chappell papers
Content Description
Dates
- 1929-2000
Creator
- Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Biographical / Historical
Mr. Chappell illustrated books for several publishing houses, including Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, Harper & Row, Doubleday and Little, Brown. His own books included "The Anatomy of Lettering" (1935), "A Short History of the Printed Word" (1970) and "The Living Alphabet" (1975). He also designed two typefaces, Lydian and Trajanus.
Among the books he illustrated were editions of Jonathan Swift's "Tale of a Tub" (1930), Leighton Barret's retelling of Cervantes' "Don Quixote de la Mancha" (1939), Mark Twain's "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1942), Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones" (1943), Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" (1976) and Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" (1981).
He kept his studio in New York until 1951 when he moved to Norwalk, Connecticut. In 1978, Chappell moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he became the Artist-in-Residence at the University of Virginia. He died on March 26, 1991.
Sources: "Warren Chappell, Illustrator, Teacher And Artist, 86, Dies", The New York Times. Accessed 3/2/2022 https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/obituaries/warren-chappell-illustrator-teacher-and-artist-86-dies.html
For more information: "Warren Chappell." Wikipedia. Acessed 3/2/2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Chappell
Extent
3 Cubic Feet (6 document boxes and 4 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Creator
- Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991 (Person)
- Title
- Warren Chappell papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 2022-02-24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States