This Just In: The Albert Klijn Archive
The collection of material from the under-appreciated Dutch designer includes original artwork for advertising, branding, lettering, and posters.
The collection of material from the under-appreciated Dutch designer includes original artwork for advertising, branding, lettering, and posters.
The type foundry and magazine publisher chose a home where fans and scholars have hands-on access to their significant digital archive, collateral material, and ephemera.
Ross F. George was the inventor of the Speedball pen and original author of the Speedball Text Book. We thank his family for donating a major archive of his work.
Seattle sign painter and showcard writer Ross F. George (1889–1959) was the inventor of the Speedball pen and author of the first 17 editions of the Speedball textbook (now in its centennial edition).
With this post we gratefully acknowledge George’s family’s donation of an archive of his work, containing drawings for original alphabets published in the Speedball textbooks, his pens (including some early prototypes), showcards and other examples of his lettering and drawing, account books, papers, and photos.
An iconic sign painting manual and lettering portfolio from the end of the 19th century arrives at the Archive.