Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Warren Chappell, 1978
Creator: | Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991 | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 403 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteArtist, book designer
Scope and ContentsFamily background; childhood in Virginia; study and teaching at Art Students League, New York City, 1926-35; promotional art director, LIBERTY magazine, 1928-31; study with Rudolf Koch, 1931; assistant to Boardman Robinson, Colorado Springs, 1935-36; juvenile book illustrations; design of Trajanus and Lydian typefaces; book design for Alfred Knopf, George Macy, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1940 on; A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD, 1970; Oscar Ogg
Subjects- Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
- Book design.
- Book industries and trade.
- Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991--Interviews.
- Interviews.
- Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934.
- Oral histories (literary works)
- Publishers and publishing.
- Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952.
- Starr, Louis Morris, 1917-1980, interviewer.
- Type and type-founding.
- Type designers--Interviews.
Access ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984
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