Collection number: MS 81
Size:
(4 items)
(0.10 cu.ft.)
About Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941)
Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer and publisher, worked for the Merrymount Press of Boston, Mass. He was a recognized authority on the history and use of print types, and he played an important role in the development and improvement of typography in the United States.
About the Daniel Berkeley Updike Letters (1900-1924)
Two letters written by Daniel Berkeley Updike to Dr. Locke. In one letter, Updike thanks Locke for providing him with a medical excuse for not carrying out jury duty, and in the second, describes some printed materials he evidently sent to Locke. Also included are two letters written to Updike: one, from Charles Eliot Norton, invites Updike to dine with C.R. Ashbee, owner of London, England’s Kelmscott Press; the other, written by Sweir Mitchell, provides Updike with instructions for the printing of a book.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
Daniel Berkeley Updike Letters, 1900-1924, MS 81, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Chris Barnes, Librarian, Keene State College, Keene, N.H.,1976 (Accession numbers:77,78,82, 84)
