Chauncey Hawley Griffith photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Chauncey Hawley Griffith photographs
- Date
- 1936-1954 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Griffith, Chauncey Hawley, 1879-1956
- Extent
- 0.2 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Printing.
- Typography.
- Arrangement
- Collection arranged in two folders by subject. Two oversized.
- Preferred Citation
- pa72m31 : [identification of item], Chauncey Hawley Griffith photographs, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Chauncey Hawley Griffith was born in 1879 in Ironton, Ohio. He began his career as a journeyman compositor and pressman. Griffith joined the Mergenthaler Linotype Company in 1906 in the sales staff. In 1922 he became the vice-president of the development department, and revolutionized the technology into what would become known as today's 'font'. In 1936 Griffith became the vice-president of the company developing fonts until his death in 1956 in Butler, New York.
- Scope and Content
- The Chauncey Hawley Griffith photograph collection consists of 15 gelatin silver prints. Seven portraits of Chauncey Hawley Griffith, vice-president in charge of typographical development for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, and 8 of his house and property. Separated from the manuscript collection 72M31.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
- The intellectual rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Portraits
Portrait of Chauncey Hawley Griffith., 1936
Portrait of Chauncey Hawley Griffith., 1937
Portrait of Chauncey Hawley Griffith., 1937
Chauncey Hawley Griffith pointing to information about type., 1949
Chauncey Hawley Griffith looking through an eyepiece., undated
Chauncey Hawley Griffith in King Library, Univeristy of Kentucky., April 1954
Chauncey Hawley Griffith in King Library, University of Kentucky., April 1954
Architecture
View of a white Tudor house., undated
Side view of house., undated
View of house., undated
View of porch on the house., undated
View of house., undated
View of a lake with a bell in the foreground., undated
Picture of two chipmunks eating from a pan., undated
Color photograph of the side of the house., undated
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