Found 3 collections related to Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963

Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to a course for training in bookselling as a trade, conducted in New York City in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association under the auspices of the Booksellers' League of New York and directed by B.W. Huebsch. less

Correspondence with members and related groups, official reports, minutes, and financial statements, relating to a plan for coordinating the observance of the 500th anniversary of printing from movable type. Frederic G. Melcher conceived and was chairman of the committee less

Pynson Printers, founded in 1922 in New York by typographer Elmer Adler, was a private press that produced many limited edition books. In 1930 Adler began publishing The Colophon, a quarterly for book collectors. Both Pynson Printers and The Colophon ceased operations in 1940. Collection consists of correspondence and other materials relating to Pynson Printers and The Colophon. Bulk of the collection consists of Elmer Adler's correspondence files, 1927-1932, kept while he was running Pynson Printers and organizing and editing The Colophon. With the correspondence are memoranda, clippings, order forms for subscriptions to The Colophon, back issues, bills and invoices, notes, sketches, printed materials, and a few photographs of The Colophon. Topics include all aspects of Pynson Printers operations, matters relating to specific books printed by Pynson, and Adler's activities as a consultant on typography. Also, Colophon subscripton correspondence and order forms, and letters to the editors in response to an offer of a brochure about the periodical. less