Letterform Archive

Massive Private Collection of 19th-century Ephemera Finds a Home at Letterform Archive

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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Now, thanks in part to a generous donation from Sheaff, thousands of these items will find a home at Letterform Archive.

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  • Now, thanks in part to a generous donation from Sheaff, thousands of these items will find a home at Letterform Archive.
  • The collection is particularly strong in nineteenth-century ephemera and includes advertising, calling cards, invoices, labels, packaging, postcards, and tickets.
  • "I am really delighted that this collection of pieces found individually over several decades will be made fully available to the public at the Letterform Archive," said Sheaff.
  • Letterform Archive provides access to its collection through in-person research visits, class and group tours, publications, exhibitions, and the Online Archive.

Massive Private Collection of 19th-century Ephemera Finds a Home at Letterform Archive

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Online, Advertising, Internet, Printing, Ephemera, Archive, Acquisition, Publication, Collection, SAN, Commerce, Letterform Archive, Zapata (lithograph), Roger Hale Sheaffe

Now, thanks in part to a generous donation from Sheaff, thousands of these items will find a home at Letterform Archive.

Key Points: 
  • Now, thanks in part to a generous donation from Sheaff, thousands of these items will find a home at Letterform Archive.
  • The collection is particularly strong in nineteenth-century ephemera and includes advertising, calling cards, invoices, labels, packaging, postcards, and tickets.
  • "I am really delighted that this collection of pieces found individually over several decades will be made fully available to the public at the Letterform Archive," said Sheaff.
  • Letterform Archive provides access to its collection through in-person research visits, class and group tours, publications, exhibitions, and the Online Archive.

Letterform Archive announces first-of-its-kind exhibition capturing the innovation and community of graffiti

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Letterform Archive announces Subscription to Mischief: Graffiti Zines of the 1990s, a new exhibition exploring 1990s indie graffiti zines and original works by graffiti writers of the era, on view beginning May 6, 2023.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Letterform Archive announces Subscription to Mischief: Graffiti Zines of the 1990s, a new exhibition exploring 1990s indie graffiti zines and original works by graffiti writers of the era, on view beginning May 6, 2023.
  • Subscription to Mischief is co-curated by Kate Long Stellar of Letterform Archive and guest curated by Greg Lamarche (Sp.One), Kel Troughton, and David Villorente (Chino BYI).
  • The exhibition draws from the collections of Letterform Archive and of Greg Lamarche, creator of Skills Magazine; a seminal '90s graffiti publication.
  • Subscription to Mischief is a time capsule of graffiti letterforms and a tribute to the community formed through snail mail.

Letterform Archive expands its Online Archive to include full, original publications from the Bauhaus School

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Letterform Archive announces a significant update to its Online Archive with the digitization of fourteen Bauhaus books and three years of Bauhaus magazines.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Letterform Archive announces a significant update to its Online Archive with the digitization of fourteen Bauhaus books and three years of Bauhaus magazines.
  • The publications are now available online as free resources to anyone in the world.
  • The book series, Bauhausbucher, was published by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and professor László Moholy-Nagy and served to condense and deliver Bauhaus ideas to a wide audience.
  • All Online Archive images are digitized using high-fidelity photography, as well as raking light, sensitive staging, and high-resolution files to produce true-to-life imagery that captures the small details of each object.

Letterform Archive announces new exhibition celebrating design that empowers communities and fights oppression

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In collaboration with Polymode, Letterform Archive is excited to announce Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest, a new exhibition on view beginning July 23, 2022. This will be the second-ever exhibition presented by Letterform Archive in their new permanent space at 2325 Third Street, Floor 4R in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.

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  • This will be the second-ever exhibition presented by Letterform Archive in their new permanent space at 2325 Third Street, Floor 4R in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.
  • Curated by Silas Munro of the design studio Polymode with Stephen Coles of Letterform Archive, the exhibition will feature more than 100 objects, including broadsheets, buttons, signs, t-shirts, posters, and ephemera spanning the 1800s to today.
  • "We're also very inspired by the collective and collaborative process that Letterform Archive welcomes and supports for typographers, designers, and expanded audiences."
  • The hardcover exhibition catalog, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest, is authored by Silas Munro, with an introduction by Colette Gaiter.

San Francisco's Letterform Archive Makes 1,500 items and 9,000 images integral to the history of typography, graphic design, and written communication available for free online

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Monday, April 13, 2020
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Since then, the beauty of the written word has manifested itself in artistic lettering styles and typefaces.

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  • Since then, the beauty of the written word has manifested itself in artistic lettering styles and typefaces.
  • "This has been a dream since before the archive opened five years ago, and this launch was planned long ago," says Rob Saunders, founder and executive director of Letterform Archive.
  • The Archive'sonline repository of digitizedmaterials related to lettering, typography, calligraphy, and graphic design spans thousands of years of history.
  • During its five-year history, Letterform Archive has welcomed over 10,000 visitors from 30 countries, including students, practitioners, and letterform admirers from every creative background.